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I used to read Jane Eyre every summer. Something about the summer thunderstorms, the drama of thunder and rain made me want to get back into Jane Eyre’s world.  She’s a good heroine for anyone, and for me, I loved that she drew sketches (not many characters in novels do) and overcame  all kinds of [...]

You know that mysterious and fascinating feeling when you are thinking of someone and they call you just then. You say, “Oh, I was JUST thinking of you.” Once many years ago, my sister called me (just as I was going to call her). I said, “What are you doing?” She answered, “Making pop-corn balls.” [...]

This painting I did has as the central feature the grain elevator in my home town of Groom, Texas. Wherever you looked it seemed, you saw only these silos, enormously protruding like the cigarette commercials of my 1960’s childhood (you know the cigarettes pushing up out of the carton in an inviting way?). Otherwise, there [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]