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THE MIRROR OF TRUTH: Kickstarter Prelaunch Update
Above is the Kickstarter Banner for the Deluxe Illustrated Hardcover of THE MIRROR OF TRUTH, my 350-page YA Retelling of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES. To fund the printing for a fully illustrated novel with around…
JUNE 2026 NEWSLETTER
NEW PICTURE BOOK: ELIZABETH: Princess, Abbess, Saint by Mary Ford I was honored to have had the opportunity to work with Orthodox scholar and teacher Mary Ford on her first book for children. (She has written many…
APRIL 2026 News – KICKSTARTER PreLAUNCH!
Here is the wrap-around cover painting for my upcoming novel, THE MIRROR OF TRUTH, my YA Retelling of SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES. It’s big!–a 24×36 inch oil painting. FOLLOW my Campaign on Kickstarter as I…
2025 HOLIDAY NEWSLETTER
ORIGINAL ART NEWS I’ve added SIX new original oil paintings to the LANDSCAPE original art page. ______________________________________________________________ NANCY DREW! For Nancy Drew Fans: I illustrated the cover of a novella, CASE OF THE CURIOUS COLLECTION, only offered…
OCT. 2025: A STORM OF HORSES at the MAZZA MUSEUM
Much of my artwork from A STORM OF HORSES, my biography of French artist Rosa Bonheur is on view at the MAZZA Museum of picture book art at the University of Findlay Ohio, along with the first…
SEPT. 2025: A New Venture…
So….I have started a Substack publication titled FAIRY TALES: Mirrors of Truth, which will mainly be about retold fairy tales—articles by me and others, reviews, and my own process of creating fairy tales. I’m planning to post…
CLASSES in Writing and Illustrating Picture Books
I haven’t offered classes in writing and illustrating here in Massachusetts for many years. If you are around in July, I’m offering them on Monday and Thursday evenings in Florence, MA. (Near Northampton)
SPRING IS HERE!
My favorite thing to do for the past few years has been to paint outside, “en plein air” as it is called, basically meaning “in the open air.” I will be going out next week for the…
Happy Holidays!
My Father Christmas print was matted and framed by a customer, and she shared this photo of it framed above her mantle. This looks like a Christmas card, doesn’t it? (The print is on 17×22 paper and…
NANCY DREW
In the early eighties I illustrated a number of Nancy Drew stories for the Wanderer series. I did covers and interior art for #57-#60. I recently partnered with Drewtique, an online shop that has a license to…