Spotted my book at a lovely little store in Spring Lake, NJ this week. I will have to go back there again when I have more time.
On the shelf at Thunder Road Books
2022 Art vs Artist
2022 was just an “ok”year. I am ready for 23! I’m going to mix things up more. Wishing everyone the very best year ahead, filled with laughter and adventure.
Coming in March, 2023!
I can’t wait. :)
on writing
I’ve been working on some new stories lately. It seems the writing process works best for me if I write in images versus words. I can see my story in pictures quite clearly, so I usually do small thumbnails to pace it out and then move to drawing out larger, more detailed images.
But the creative process isn’t always so linear. Sometimes i just need to go somewhere peaceful and let my mind wander. I will scribble notes, write a simple narrative, play with prose and very often return home to make some fairly large edits. Then I start drawing again. Eventually I will print and trim out each page and move them about in my studio until the story flows just so. Sometimes I make decisions purely in regard to the visuals and other times to correct the story’s pacing. I use my well worn Blackwing or Ebony pencil and a highlighter pen for layouts that need editing.
In between all this, there is lots of coffee, long walks, chats with friends, snuggles with Boo and tidying up the utter mess I’ve made in my studio. But it works for me, somehow. :)
nice press for "The Belonging Tree"
Our little book is almost 3 months old now. It’s nice to see people talking about it on social media. Someone posted a video this week where she was reading the book to a little girl and then asked her about eating “warm acorn soup”. Her reaction was priceless! Wish i could post it here.
So much work went into this book. Done completely in watercolors, rounds and rounds of revisions, a launch in a pandemic…so it is rewarding to see it well received! Hope all of you are doing well. Stay safe!
