touristas
It’s a little known fact, even among my island neighbors, that I ride a motorcycle. As my husband and I get older, the bikes wind up in the barn more often than not. But every summer, we blast off. The first trick is making it onto the ferry. Our pair of Hondas make a tidy fit next to the freight. Our first stop was Hallowell, where we visited the heavenly Hubbard Free Library. You gotta love a library that feels like a sacred space, and one in which the children’s section is at the very front. A divine place for reading if ever there was one! I entered a raffle for this bear...
Read MoreSketchbook Project at SPACE Gallery
Hooray! The Sketchbook Project was back in town, at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. We were so eager to hold our own sketchbook once again, like a long lost friend. The Milan-based collective Carnovsky provided a stunning backdrop, with a wallpaper display titled RGB, which paired well with my fresh Tattly tattoo. We had our eyes peeled for all things sketchy, and just stare at this Caronvsky bit long enough to be hypnotized: you….WILL….sketch… It had no effect on this viewer. Every book checked out gets multiple views though, with viewers sharing. This one was a...
Read MoreHAVNFUN
It figures that on a hot, hot day my comp copies of Cast On, Bind Off should arrive. Hooray! I did the illustrations for this book with beginnings and endings for all kinds of knitted projects way back when people really were wearing knitted things. I also found reference from a long ago photo of Tessa McGow, a talented MECA student with busy hands who posed during a drawing session. Shortly thereafter, my family traveled to Minneapolis for a wedding. Even with 102 degree weather, this says it all. The wedding of Kirsten and David took place at the American Swedish Institute, a unique...
Read Moresummer bookies
Happy 4th y’all! I’ll sneak in a post here, as we head outta Dodge tomorrow. I had the honor of visiting the Stewart Free Library in sweet Corinna, Maine last week. Past miles of hills and strawberry patches, I came to this venerable building from another era. Warmly welcomed by the Summer Reading program, I shared Seven Days of Daisy. A cute crowd of volunteers helped work the days of the week: This looks like it would make a very interesting story, “Seven Days of Summer” by Autumn: Librarian Director, Donna Lambert, shared her cool book of seven days, crafted from a...
Read Moreworld of wonders
I’m pleased to be included in an exhibit at the Atrium Gallery at USM’s Lewiston Auburn College, a collection of children’s book illustration with a science/nature theme called Tell Me a Story: A World of Wonders. These are 3 of my originals from A Warmer World. A very small hermit crab illustration became part of a digitally created pattern for the end papers in Nest, Nook, and Cranny which I illustrated. Love these end paper illustrations for Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Kevin Hawkes, a former island neighbor, and how Velma not quite disappears in the...
Read MoreICON 7: whole lotta love
My college town, pretty Providence, played host to the Illustration Conference, ICON 7. I’m still buzzed from all the electricity. Illustrators from all over gathering for a love fest in the field. I checked in first with my hosts, the lovely Christina Rodriguez and her husband, Travis, both RISD alums. Lucky me! And thanks to Kid Lit Cafe. I met up with familiar faces at the RISD Icon exhibit at Woods Gerry Gallery. Excellent show. Had to hug my fellow alum and mentor in so many ways, Annie Gusman Joly. She offered me my first teaching job at the Art Institute of Boston waaaay back...
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