Mountain Made Asheville Artist Profile: Treska Lindsey
Business/Studio: Flat Rock, NC
Visit Artist's Website: http://treskalindsey.com/
Type of work includes: Books
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Bio/Artist Statement
Treska Gevaert was born in 1924 in Sint Martens Latem, Belgium, the seventh of eleven children During the Nazi invasion they fled their home towards the Pyrenee region of France where they survived as lumberjacks and farmhands. Postwar Treska married Bob Lindsey and they settled in the mountains of NC. There they built their home from field stones and raised their four children. In 1985 she started writing wonderful children’s books such as “How Batistine Made Bread” drawing from her life experiences.
