Friday, September 23, 2011

September 24th is Fish Amnesty Day! Get a move on it!


No longer, Becky told herself,
would Mr. Squiggy be forced to circle
his tiny bowl of tepid tap water,
goggled by visitors and fed those small
factory made protein pellets.
No, for today he had been made free,
free to make his own choices, 
liberated from the stifling care
of his old home,
to chart his own course
and seek his own fortune.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

In the New Stuff department...

This Fall, I'll have two new titles out, Jingle Bells: How The Holiday Classic Classic Came To Be, by John Harris and published by Peachtree, and Better Than You, a new collaboration with Trudy Ludwig, author of Just Kidding. Originally slated for release by recently folded Tricycle Press, it will be published by Knopf, an imprint of Random House.

 From Jingle Bells, By John Harris. Peachtree Publishers, 2011. Oil on Paper. 
From Jingle Bells, By John Harris. Peachtree Publishers, 2011. Oil on Paper. 

 From Better Than You, By Trudy Ludwig. Random House, 2011. Oil on Paper. 
 From Better Than You, By Trudy Ludwig. Random House, 2011. Gouache on Paper. 

New things are also afoot, and while I can't divulge much, I will leave you with this tidbit... and while I still cannot avail further details or specifics, I can relate at the very least that the protagonist is not, in fact, the stuffed flying badger.


Also coming down the proverbial pike is the corresponding title to this recently completed painting for Lee and Low...

...a 22" x 30" oil on paper for a book that is not about 19th century competitive bocce ball.