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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Disgruntled Elf

























I sketched this late last night after a long evening of stringing up lights, chasing down and replacing the bad bulbs, and unboxing ornaments.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 9


















Here is a piece from the book Silent Night, Holy Night. The story of how the Christmas carol came about. I painted all the art in watercolor and Prismacolor Pencils.

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 8























This is the cover art for the book The Legend of St. Nicholas, depicting a very young St. Nick early in his career. I painted this piece in acrylics and prismacolor pencils.

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 8

























This piece was just pure fun to work on.

Monday, December 8, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 7


This is the cover art for the book Clear Moon, Snow Soon. I can feel the cold air just looking at this piece. Probably has something to do with growing up in the Midwest. I painted the art for this book in oil on paper.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 6





























Just a fun piece for the back cover of the book “The Night Before Christmas.” It was great fun illustrating such a classic story. I painted the art in watercolor and color pencils.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 5


This is one of my favorite pieces from the book “Junk Man’s Daughter.” I painted all the art in watercolor.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season Day 3 & 4

These are two pieces from the book “Papa’s Gift” written by my good friend Kathleen Long Bostrom. I’ve always enjoyed painting snow. It sure beats shoveling it, which I’ve done plenty of times. Who knows, maybe it takes experiencing the snow and cold to really understand it… naw.

 Snow Chickens.
























Making a snow sandwich.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season/Day 2
























The shopping scene from the book “The Legend of St. Nicholas.” I painted this piece in acrylics. The unique perspective kept things very interesting. It was a lot of fun to work on.

Monday, December 1, 2014

In The Spirit Of The Season
































This is the title page illustration from a book I illustrated titled, "Clear Moon, Snow Soon. I painted all the artwork for this book in oil on paper.