Artist Bio: I learned to cross stitch as a very young child. My maternal grandmother was instrumental in teaching me how to cross stitch and take pride in this as an ethnic art form. Over my years it is still something that I thoroughly enjoy doing. I have cross stitched many pictures for family, friends and myself. I have just recently completed two tablecloths for my sisters at my mother's request. I find cross stitch to be a great stress reliever for me. When this project came up with CMHA I decided to do a cross stitched bird house. I was not sure how it would be accomplished but I shopped around for material that would work and once that was found I completed a cross stitch pattern that would add color to the bird house and show traditional colors used in a lot of Ukrainian cross stitch projects. The color red represents/symbolizes passion, happiness, love and cheerfulness. The color black represents/symbolizes the earth. The floral symbol is for people's willingness to look to the beauty of nature. I have been in the mental health field for 38 years as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse and have worked mostly in The Battlefords, initially at Saskatchewan Hospital and for the past 12 years at Battleford Mental Health Center as a Community Mental Health Nurse.