book peeps
Wooooo! This just arrived via Charlesbridge Publishing. Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins is now published in Korea! It’s a thrill to see my illustrations paired with another language, and to know the book is getting a wider audience. And in other news: Seven Days of Daisy is scheduled to be published by Down East next May! My wee book about the passage of time, island-style, has come a long way since I wrote it back in 2002. Now Nana needs a walker and lives in assisted living in Portland. But some things don’t change, such as Daisy’s fascination with the little things. A...
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Thwack! I still have sea shanties stuck in my head…..what’s a comix camper to do? The week of history about piracy and privateering in Casco Bay combined with comic creation turned out to be too darn fun. Thanks to Casablanca Comics and the Fifth Maine Museum for help in launching the pilot program! Campers got off to a fierce start, working on a 4 panel comic about their journey to camp. This one by Ruby has energy and character. This is Annika’s, also direct and graphic. I like the bad hair moment that leaps to the hot air balloon. Nicholas gives a lot of sound to his...
Read Morebig on botanicals
I’m a lousy gardener, but I love botanicals of any kind. Here is a pastel done recently when our resident peonies made their annual splash, a miracle that never ceases to amaze me, since I didn’t plant them. Last week, I trekked to the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in the company of a few savvy moms and groovy girls. I went mainly to catch the exhibit of Robert McCloskey’s sketches. He’s an illustrator strongly associated with Maine, thanks to titles like Blueberries for Sal and One Morning in Maine, both well-read books in our house. The exhibit is right in the...
Read Morecolor of peaks
The Trefethen Evergreen Improvement Association, otherwise known as “the club”, was the venue last Friday night for the sixth annual Color of Peaks art show. The TEIA is better known as the sailing and tennis spot, but once a year invites island artists to exhibit, while taking a portion of sales towards scholarships for island children to participate in club camps. The sight of the little sailboats bobbing about is a seasonal cue; summer has begun. I worked on five new pastels for the show. This one, titled “Late Boat” went to a couple with fond memories of a...
Read Morehappy fourth
I am working on pastels for next week’s Color of Peaks show at the www.teiaclub.org, really the best spot on the island: wrap-around porch overlooking the bay dotted with boats. Heavenly. I wish everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July with lots of sunshine and the breeze at your...
Read Morenature’s way
Now that the steamy Solstice has come and gone, it’s hard to believe that six months ago I was working on Ice Harbor Mittens for Down East, snug as a bug in my studio with icicles outside. Peter Ralston photographed me starting one of the illustrations for that book, due out this October. A mighty swell article came out of that, “Happily Ever After” appearing in the 2010 Island Journal, published by the Island Institute. This is one of the photos that didn’t get used, but you can see how I’m trying not to laugh at Peter, who needed me to smile. And a day later,...
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