Illuminara

I was shown in a dream , a place at night , with a guide beside me. He was male, and I don’t recall what he looked like but I heard his voice and felt his presence. The place where we stood and watched reminded me of a gas station or some kind of mechanic’s [...]

Halloween is only about a week away! I thought it would be fun to post this jacket cover I did years ago for Gregory Maguire’s SIX HAUNTED HAIRDOS. This is the second book in his series The Hamlet Chronicles which in all add up to seven.  I was delighted to illustrate these books. The characters [...]

My dad and brothers just took a trip to Texas where we were all born. We moved from Texas when I was about nine. I have longed to know more about my Grandpa Clayton’s parents, grandparents and ancestors and for years it felt like sifting through dust, finding nothing. Finally, recently, like striking oil, information [...]

Since it’s October, I thought it might be fun to focus on ghosts. I have seen ghosts. In my experience, ghosts are people who have died and they’re examining or playing with the earth plane in some way. Some are not “ghosts” exactly as they are those who died and are in peace but make [...]

When I was newly pregnant with my first child, I dreamed of a realm where there was only the sound of pure white cloth flapping gently in the wind. I saw there was a tree where the white cloth shimmered, waving in the air. Dark skinned angels, majestic and silent looked down at me with [...]

In July I dreamed of Michael Jackson in the afterlife. He spoke softly and explained what he was wearing. “I wear white, my suit is white now.” He called the energy particles which make up life force (and has an appearance of form when gathered–such as when a ghost appears) “dust”. He [...]

In this sketchbook entry from 2004, when we lived out in the country in a pre-revolutionary war house, I dreamed the most wondrous dream.  I was of black skin, and was wandering around in what felt like a revolutionary war-era town. I was on the outskirts of the town. There were people who welcomed me [...]