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| Maria bundled up for a walk in Montreal |
A writer with a love of nature and books she went on to produce feature columns about the area and wrote in-depth articles on diverse topics. Over the years, she covered Canadian literature, local personalities, events, arts, leisure, travel, social issues and animal rights. She also created profiles and other informative material for education and business.
Her past clients and credits include: Kwantlen University College, Art Impressions Magazine, Tourism BC, Maturity Magazine, Pet Animal Welfare Services (PAWS), Prairie Journal of Canadian Literature, Simon Fraser University, City of Surrey, The Elder Statesman, BC Woman To Woman Magazine and the former Semiahmoo Sounder. Pavlik subsequently instructed courses and developed material for continuing education and self-employment programs on how to write for business. Her teaching credits include: Continuing Education Surrey and Self-employment and Entrepreneurial Development Society (Seeds).
Today Pavlik devotes much of her time to creative endeavors involving an imaginary little character named Penelope Puddle who was first painted as a gift by her daughter Holly. The character inspired Pavlik to expand her artistic urges, merging words with multi-media. Penelope is an original creation that represents the youthful can-do spirit in us all. She loves the BC outdoors where she can travel from sandy beach to snowy mountaintop in a day. Penelope (like her co-creators) thrives in the rainy season when her imagination grows best. Her image can be found in handcrafted greeting cards, a children's book called With My Umbrella, I Can: The Magical Journey of Penelope Puddle and three blogs: Musings of A Puddlist In B.C., Postcards From Penelope Puddle and most recently LOVE THE PLANET PRODUCTIONS.
Pavlik created an additional line of greeting cards by digitally reproducing her daughter’s handdrawn fairy art copyrighted as B.C. Fairies. All these illustrations and characters not only reflect the spirit and love of the West Coast, they also show that the drawings kids make for us are priceless.
Postscript, 2020:
The updated physical book is newly available with hands-on features to facilitate fun and curiosity about Penelope's world and vivid imagination.
Maria Pavlik withdrew the (Trafford, 2008) paperback version of With My Umbrella, I Can: The Magical Journey Of Penelope Puddle with light cover and internal wear several years ago. There are possibly previously purchased copies being sold now by unassociated third parties but no such new books are authorized to be produced or distributed.
The author (and originator of this blog) maintains exclusive rights to the book and all future versions of it as well as any other products representing the Penelope Puddle character. Although Pavlik plans to redesign and eventually present the work under different formats, the primary illustrations, concept and storyline will remain unchanged.
Postscript, 2014:
Maria Pavlik withdrew the (Trafford, 2008) paperback version of With My Umbrella, I Can: The Magical Journey Of Penelope Puddle with light cover and internal wear several years ago. There are possibly previously purchased copies being sold now by unassociated third parties but no such new books are authorized to be produced or distributed.
The author (and originator of this blog) maintains exclusive rights to the book and all future versions of it as well as any other products representing the Penelope Puddle character. Although Pavlik plans to redesign and eventually present the work under different formats, the primary illustrations, concept and storyline will remain unchanged.