How to tell a story without a word

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. “What if?” is the question Penny Stiff Hackett is always exploring through art. What if you used an unconventional medium to create something unique? What if you made a simple scene to tell an entire story spanning generations? What if that story could then reach and inspire others? Hackett was born and raised in the rural community of Prospect, Va. She has fond memories of her girlhood on the farm, playing in the family farm fields with her cousin, helping her grandmother with chores, exploring the garden, going to church in her Sunday best, searching for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and playing in the big barn. She believes her u