R&B art

Art for the Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh—two German military musicians.  Soldiers really wore these fantastic costumes 500 years ago.

Bad moms

Character sketches of bad moms from a canceled project, The Mother Store.

See? I’m not the only one

Others who are better than me forget to return library books on time.

Umberto & Margherita

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The improbably mustachioed King Umberto and Queen Margherita come to visit Nini in his caffè— (By the way—yes, this is the Queen Margherita for whom the pizza is named.)

Dean Cornwell

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The jacket for The Famous Nini, and Dean Cornwell's inspiring illustration of a Venetian night scene.

Jacket art for Famous Nini

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Of all the images for a picture book, the jacket art gets the biggest going-over.  I sent 4 rough thumbnail ideas to Kerry Martin, the senior design editor (in the olden days there was an art director and an editor; Kerry's title reflects the…