Sea Creatures - A double-page spread from the upcoming children’s book ‘The Missing Light’ written by the talented author, Erin Todd
Niagara Falls, as seen from Canada with good friends
Skidaway Tree - When I came across this ancient oak on a hike, it seemed to have a long and twisting story to tell
Sequoia Towers - A double-page spread from the upcoming children’s book ‘The Missing Light’ written by the talented author, Erin Todd
Toucan Play at This Game - This particular toucan had a palette for papayas
Lilac Breasted Roller - A bird all too common in Kenya, and far too colorful
Mittens the Remorseless
Vernon - Named 2024’s sexiest man of the year
Luna(tic)
Homage to ‘Ends of the Earth’, a stirring song of adventure, love and longing by Lord Huron
‘There was an Old Man of The Hague, Whose ideas were excessively vague; He built a balloon To examine the moon, That deluded Old Man of The Hague.’ Limerick by Edward Lear
Stardust - A double-page spread from the upcoming children’s book ‘The Missing Light’ written by the talented author, Erin Todd
A scientific explanation for why the chicken crossed the road. Originally created as my entry in a competition against other illustrators to win the the contract to illustrate the rest of the book.
You cannot cure hams with a hammer, You can’t weight a gram with a grammar, Mend socks with a socket, Build docks with a docket, Nor gather up clams with a clamor. You can’t pick locks with a pickle, You can’t cure the sick with a sickle, Pluck figs from a figment, Drive pigs with a pigment, Nor make your watch tick with a tickle. […] A bat can’t be made out of batter, A flat’s not a thing that can flatter, A pond does not ponder, A wand will not wander, And that’s the end of our patter.
‘His father was a whale, With a feather in his tail, Who lived in the Greenland sea; And his mother was a shark, Who kept very dark In the Gulf of Caribbee. His uncles were a skate, And a little whitebait, And a flounder, and a chub beside; And a lovely pickerel, Both a beauty and belle, Had promised for to be his bride. You may think these things are strange, And they are a little change From the ordinary run, it’s true; But the weirdest thing (to me) Of all appeared to be, That HE was a kangaroo!’ Poem by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, 1890
Esmerelda
A photo of a pencil drawing of a bust of Michelangelo’s David
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