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Signing stock.

Signing stock.

Facing the dragon

Facing the dragon

An original pencil sketch from Journey. Now available on my...

An original pencil sketch from Journey. Now available on my shop!

figuring out the style for ‘Journey’, circa 2010....

figuring out the style for ‘Journey’, circa 2010. #sketchbook

My ShadowBY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONI have a little shadow that...

My Shadow

BY ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,

And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.

He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;

And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.

The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—

Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;

For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,

And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.

He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,

And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.

He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;

I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!

One morning, very early, before the sun was up,

I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;

But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,

Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.

Prints from the trilogy. This one is new. #linkinbio

Prints from the trilogy. This one is new. #linkinbio

For Journey fans: here’s one of many unused color sketches for...

For Journey fans: here’s one of many unused color sketches for Return (2016). It took me about seven months to crack the code on that one so there are many stories of the girl and her dad that ended up on the cutting room floor. #editing #picturebook #wordlessbook

My youngest playing around with colored light @carlemuseum - the...

My youngest playing around with colored light @carlemuseum - the project was put together by their educators to accompany my reading of You Are Light so it was a joy to come back a few days later with my own kiddo and watch the magic.

What an honor to be interviewed today by the talented and...

What an honor to be interviewed today by the talented and perceptive @ilanstavans for his “In Contrast” podcast with NEPR today. The episode will post sometime in June.

I do love me a copper roof. #sketchbook

I do love me a copper roof. #sketchbook