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    SPRING 2024 NEWSLETTER

    I’ve finished all the artwork for two board books written by my daughter Whitney, Good Morning Farm Animals and Good Night Farm Animals. The publisher, Crocodile Books, plans to release them in the fall. These were great fun to work on…

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    SPRING is coming!

    Ten years ago this month I created this symbolic painting of the personification of spring. I have versions of summer and fall as well, and some day I will create one for winter. Don’t be fooled by…

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    Beautiful Birds!

    My new coloring book for 2023 is Beautiful Birds, a grayscale coloring book for adults. The images are from many different picture books I’ve done over the years that have images of birds in them. The Secret…

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    Three Amigos

    This large scratchboard piece is currently at the International Scratchboard Society’s annual show in Tucson, Arizona. It is close to 20×30 inches and took a month to complete! The reference for this piece was a photo I…

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    Scratchboard Plein Air Drawing

    In the fall of 2023 I attended Fall Color Week in the Adirondacks, organized by Eric Rhoads and Plein Air Magazine. This is my third time at this fabulous event, one of my favorite weeks of the…

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    Horses, Horses, Horses: Exhibition News

    I have two upcoming library shows in MA featuring my illustrations of horses: from covers for the Black Stallion and the Horse Diaries series, my fairytale illustrations, Hush Little Horsie by author Jane Yolen, and my biography…

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    Spring 2023 News!

    Watch City Steampunk Festival — May 13, 2023 I have not been a vendor at any outdoor events/festivals for many years. However, I had a great time last May at the Steampunk Festival in Waltham, MA. and…

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    A Starred Review for A Storm of Horses!

    “Inspired by watching her father at work, young Rosa Bonheur dreamed of creating her own paintings and supporting herself someday. It was an unconventional, impractical notion in nineteenth-century France, but with her father’s guidance and her talent…