Also that year, Telzer's drawing of a shell in pen and ink appeared in the Wood's Hole Children's School of Science brochure. Nancy Palmieri Telzer's Mount Holyoke experience has presented her with new challenges in art. And while she's taken a life-drawing course in the past, she still prefers skulls and shells to human flesh, landscapes, or still life compositions. Telzer likes to take her time with drawings. Her lily commission took her an entire summer.
Patience is absolutely necessary.
But the slow process has never troubled Telzer. Outside her MHC art class, Telzer has had less time for biological illustration and is looking forward to completing a new series of drawings at home during January Term. Her other interests include biology, philosophy, and fiction writing. While she had planned to major in economics, she has recently decided that her passions lie elsewhere. Art, she says, will always hold an important place in her life.