Title: Artist Afloat A Sketch Journal of Britain by Canal

When artist Maggie is asked by her Aunt Rose to navigate her old boat down to London, little does she suspect that the journey of a hundred miles will change her life.

There exists throughout Great Britain a network of navigable canals which connect every city and most major market towns. This network, which covers over 3000 miles of countryside, is home to a thriving boating community.

As Maggie discovers the fascinating world of contemporary life on the British canals, she records her experiences in word and picture in her sketchbook.

American artist and writer Linda Anfuso has long been fascinated by the canals of England. It has been her life-long dream to explore this 200 year old network of Inland Waterways.

Her work has been exhibited at major galleries and museums through the UK and the USA.

Among her published writings are two books of poetry entitled "Stolen Daughter", and "Red Coat", a treatise on European Medieval Illumination materials entitled "A Palette of Period Pigments", another on historic dyeing techniques entitled “Woad, its History and Uses“, “The Picasso Principle,“ a handbook on marketing techniques for professional artists and craftspeople, and numerous essays and short stories published in various anthologies and magazines. Her science fiction story "In the Eye of the Beholder" can be found in Marion Zimmer Bradley's anthology "Snows of Darkover".

She lives with her husband, fellow artist and writer Dennis Anfuso, aboard a narrowboat in the UK.