Soar

Taking Care of the Earth

Illustration Friday: Little Things

Illustration Friday: Excess

Old King Cole

Kings & Queens

Illustration Friday: Superstition

This deals with the origins of Chinese New Year. I barely finished in time to post for IF!

The Frog Prince

Here is the whole series.

Cards

Frog Prince: Paint vs. Photoshop Experiment

I've been experimenting in Photoshop with this Frog Prince series...I think I like painting it better.

B-A-C-H

Dog Stories

Illustration Friday: Scale

Birds have to practice their scales, too.

Illustration Friday: Hats

Frog Prince

Another Frog Prince image. And the original pre-Photoshop ink drawing, if anyone's interested.

Frog Prince

Tug of War

A little story about a tricky turtle.

Stinky Feet

Thanks For Voting!

My piece was voted into the first-ever Illustration Friday Gallery Show, to be held Nov. 3rd through January 20th at the Open Gallery in Long Beach, California. There were 678 entries, and mine was voted into the top 25, so grazie mille to everyone who voted for my art! I'm excited to be part of this show--to learn more about it, click here. Thanks again, and congratulations to everyone who made it into the show!

Illustration Friday: Grow

Growing pains...

Simple Simon

Two very simple illustrations.

Illustration Friday: Extremes

OTHELLO: O, I were damn'd beneath all depth in hell, But that I did proceed upon just grounds To this extremity! .......................Poor Othello! Jealousy is the monster which mocks the meat it feeds on!

Illustration Friday: Open

Illustration Friday is mounting it's first gallery show! Art will be chosen based on voting. I'm entering this illustration, so if you wish to vote, click here to learn how. Thanks for visiting!

Illustration Friday: Blues

The great Robert Johnson with a hellhound on his trail.

Interior

Stories

Beardsong

Congratulations!

Wandering Prophet

Winnie-the-Pooh

This cover was a bit intimidating, since the Winnie-the-Pooh characters are such icons. I attempted to interpret them in my own way, but without being too different-for-the-sake-of-being-different. In rereading the book, I found the characters much more vivid and sharp than I remembered them. Eeyore, in particular, is very bitter and self-absorbed. And for some reason, Pooh's voice (in my head as I read) began to sound like Orson Welles. I also discovered, while creating this image, that I share a birthday with the original Winnie-the-Pooh illustrator, Ernest Shepard.

Illustration Friday: Wedding

It's been way too long since I've posted anything for IF. Here are the Owl and the Pussycat, on their way to be married by the Turkey who lives on the hill.

Bats in the Belfry

This is what I feel like in the morning when my alarm clock starts ringing...

Hello Ocean!