Earlier this summer the Royal Canadian Mint released a collector coin featuring my illustration of the Memphré, a mythical creature said to inhabit Lake Memphremagog (on the border of Quebec and Vermont). Click here to see the coin at the Mint’s website.
Illustration of Memphré by Emily S. Damstra
The Mint released its latest Mythical Creatures coin this month featuring my illustration of Mishepishu, a creature that haunts the waters of Lake Superior according to Ojibwe legend. Click here to view the coin at the Mint’s website.
Illustration of Mishepishu by Emily S. Damstra
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I just saw these today in a coin shop and was really interested. Two mythical creatures I had never heard about!
I had never heard of two of the three either! Were you at Colonial Acres?
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[…] includes a water line with elements of the illustration above and below water. (The others are the Memphré, Mishepishu, a Polar Bear, and an Iceberg with whales). I didn’t plan to create a body of work with that […]