2025 Program Cover Artist & Poster Contest Winner Debbie McCormick

"I have lived in Moscow since 1992. In summer 2023, I decided to try “sketching” as a way to pass time on the beach during a rafting trip, and I was hooked. I began taking online lessons, and then I began watercolor painting about 6 months later. So creating art is all very new to me! I find it a very satisfying counterbalance to my “work” life as a public defender in Latah County.

For my poster inspiration, I knew I wanted to include a frog (just because I love them), so I made a few sample sketches until one of them “grabbed” me. Of course, the Maypole has been a long-time Moscow RenaissanceFair tradition, so I thought it would be important to include, and it was a way for me to include the lettering in a unique way."