Creepy spooky haunted house

I did this picture for a collection of stories or poems—I don't remember—and this was for the cover.  It's a caricature of my dear old house in Pittsburgh.  That house doesn't have a tower, but what's a haunted house without a tower,…

Mom reviews Mummy!

A nice review of Where's My Mummy? over at Mattie's Madness blog. 

What do I paint first?

Joanie asks: I work in gouache also and I would like to ask a question if you don't mind. I have trouble working the background and characters at the same time. I usually end up painting the characters/foreground first and then paint the background…

Weird sisters

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble." Macbeth (Act IV, Scene I). I did this painting as a self-promotion piece a few years ago.  Promotion is critical to any business; it's especially important to illustrators. …

It’s October…

UPDATE! If you live in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and like to hear really old classical music, mark your calendar Oct 24 to attend The Medieval Beasts concert. I'm told it's a costume event, but didn't see any info about that on the…