jennifer

my friend jennifer recently commissioned me to make some art for her. she’s an amazing voice artist, in addition to being a great beauty. we talked ideas for a few minutes & settled on her face & a mic. i focused on her green eyes & great mouth. briefly she was a “party princess”, someone…

wonder woman sketch

make a hawk a dove,  stop a war with love,  make a liar tell the truth~ Wonder Woman, get us out from under, Wonder Woman~ all our hopes are pinned on you.  and the magic that you do~ stop a bullet cold,  make the Axis fold,  change their minds,  and change the world! in case…

mercer mayer’s east of the sun & west of the moon

mercer’s mayer‘s “east of the sun & west of the moon” is a curious book. an amalgam of the scandinavian tale of the title & “the frog prince” plus some elemental mythology. i’m still confused why he didn’t call it “the frog prince” instead of “eswm“. it certainly offers a more satisfying telling of “fp”…

parading courtesan

“I hold this letter in my hand a plea, a petition, a kind of prayer I hope it does as I have planned”Nick Cave carrying her love letter purse she steals a backward glance at her lover. her lunch hour is over and it’s back to a world of dusty shelves, creamy paper, and faded…

mercer mayer’s beauty & the beast

working on some new paintings which will be offered on etsy as well as two private commissions. in the meantime i wanted to share one of my favorite books when i was a kid, mercer & marianna mayer’s “beauty & the beast”. they were husband & wife at the time~ i believe they were married…