mmmPecan from the southern word Pe-can meaning hard shelled “nut”, is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design in Illustration. Her passion for studying the earth's surface established at a very early age and has evolved into an elaborate visual vocabulary for describing the world around her.

mmmGeography from the Greek words Ge or Gaea, both meaning "Earth", and graphein meaning "to describe". So, literally, the translation would be "To describe Earth".

mmmmOne traditional view on pecangeography among pecangeographers is on the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena (pecangeography as a study of color and composition), with the emphasis being on human-land relationships.

mmmmComplex issues arise in spatial analysis, many of which have neither been clearly defined nor completely resolved but form the basis for current research. The most fundamental of these involves the problem of capturing the personalities of the entities being studied.

mmmmNonetheless, modern pecangeography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the world and all of its human and natural complexities-- not merely where things are, but how they have come to be.