Ahoy, ye sea dogs!

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P is for Pirate is here! As long-time readers know, the subject of pirates is a favorite of mine. You can imagine how happy I was when Sleeping Bear Press asked me to illustrate Eve Bunting's latest, P is for Pirate.  Here's how the jacket…

The Picture of Oscar Wilde

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Here is the third in a series of three images for the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s season brochure—specifically for the world premiere of L’Hôtel, a new comedy by Ed Dixon. The cast is stars from the recent and distant past. I showed you…

Jim Morrison

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Here is the second in a series of three images for the Pittsburgh Public Theater‘s season brochure—specifically for the world premiere of L’Hôtel, a new comedy by Ed Dixon. The cast is stars from the recent and distant past. Yesterday…

The Divine Sarah

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This past January I had the pleasure of creating images for the Pittsburgh Public Theater's season brochure—this time for the world premiere of L'Hôtel, a new comedy by Ed Dixon. The cast of characters is 6 stars from the recent and distant…

Loud art poster

I don't think I ever posted this—it's a poster I designed for an exhibit of music-related art at the Graffiti Gallery here in the National Transit Building in early 2013. I was without a camera at the time and took these in-progress photos…

Here’s Charlie

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Twenty-fourteen is a big year here in Oil City, Pennsylvania. It was 100 years ago, just a couple of doors up from my studio address, that Charlie Chaplin signed his first movie deal with Mack Sennett. Charlie was performing at the Lyric Theater…

3D Henry

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Look what I got in my inbox! Mohamed from Egypt is learning 3d programs. He used my model sheet of Henry  (from Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies) to create this beautiful digital image. I love the textures of the different articles of clothing—the…

Douglas Fairbanks

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I see Hesperus Project is doing another one of their wonderful musical accompaniments to a silent film—this time around, it's The Mark of Zorro, with the mighty Douglas Fairbanks. I love these concerts. If you like ancient music or silent…

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Lily auditions

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Prancing Dancing Lily is an app! Thanks to the creative people at Fat Red Couch, Inc. Here's a link to the scene where Lily, the cow who loves to dance, reaches New York City. She's standing outside Radio City Music Hall where the Rockettes…