ILLUSTRATION

Children’s books are to me the original (and still best) “augmented reality.” Through the images I produce, I share my love of the natural world and human history, and I hope they inspire joy and appreciation in children and adults alike.

The images below include original concepts as well as copies of works by the artists I most enjoy learning from.

My first real collaboration with my son. And there is something I really love about that crocodile. #crocodile #alligator #crocodilians #crayon #animalillustration #animalart #prouddad
[insert your favorite Gandhi quote here] #watercolor #gandhi #gandhiquotes #portraits #watercolorportrait #illustration #weaving #meditation #india
A little virtual time (and space) travel. #watercolor #caveart #cavepainting #paleoart #lascaux #horses #animalpaintings #portraitoftheartist #lockdowntraveldreams @lascauxofficiel
A favorite from a few years ago. Copied from the fantastic Alaskan sketchbooks of William Berry from the ‘50s. #wolf @hannahroseberrystudios #watercolor #animalillustrations #wildlifeart #animalportraits
The best thing about copying paintings is how long and how closely it gets you to look at the original. The table cloth on this one was just amazing. . #vermeer #watercolor #painting #art #dutchmasters #netherlands #dutchart #johannesvermeer #map #wi
There is nothing quite so meditative as painting bricks. Except maybe weathering the wood around them. . #watercolor #architecture #brick #bricks #halftimbered #buildings #historicbuildings #newengland #painting #windows #oldhomes
The fact that dinosaur skulls are still around tens of millions of years after the individual animals lived is just mind-blowing. And they are endlessly fascinating to look at and contemplate. . #dinosaurart #trex #tyrannosaurusrex #dinosaurskull #di
Always good to learn from the masters. Here’s a watercolor copy of an NC Wyeth illustration for Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha. You can say it’s a romanticized image and a romanticized story, but that’s actually the point they
Another bovine piece. This is based on images from @lascauxofficiel. I used acrylic to allow for scratching through the paint to mimic the engraved images that are often hard to notice in photos of actual cave art. #caveart #paleoart #lascaux #paleol
For us, wolves are basically family. Because they’re howley. . #howl #wolf #wolfpup #howling #wolvesofinstagram #penandink #drawing #sketch #animalart #puppyportrait #dogs #ink #pen
Brushing off the brushes to create a wee heelan coo. #watercolor #painting #cow #cattle #highlandcow #highlandcoo #highlandcowsofinstagram #livestock #animalart #scotland #scottish #animalportraits
The #pen #sketch I made of the #Celtic settlement ruins at Castañuelo in #Andalucia while Sam @fincabuenvino took his associated photo. #drawing #ruins #ancient #archaeology
Since we started looking at traveling to #Portugal, high on my list has been "Anta Grande do Zambujeiro," at 20ft high, possibly the #tallest #megalithic passage tomb known in our time. I'll do more drawings of it from photos, but this was
The Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição dos Congregados in #Estremoz, #Portugal with #jacaranda #tree, #birds, and #clouds. #pen #drawing #urbansketchersportugal #architecture #ink
#Pen #sketch of the quinta where we're staying in the #Alentejo region of #Portugal. Documents to the 17th c., #architecture and #archaeology maybe back to the Moorish times.
Almost 79 years after #HalFoster drew the original, I've completed my first #inked copy of a #PrinceValiant panel, and what a great process it has been. #1937 #2016 #art #illustration #drawing #ink #pen #blackandwhite #comics #comicsart @fantagraphic
#Detail of #horses from a #PrinceValiant panel by #HalFoster I'm copying for #inspiration and #art #education. #1930s #illustration #comics #ink #pencil #sketch #drawing #blackandwhite #animals
Prepping for a work project, I'm taking notes from the master (and constantly finding #inspiration) copying a #PrinceValiant panel by #HalFoster from the #1930s. #kingarthur #classic #comics #illustration #art #knights #ink #pencil #sketchbook @fanta
Good #oldfashioned #stoneage tomb at Poulnabrone, #Ireland. (From a photo I found online.) #art #archaeology #illustration #pen #ink #drawing #sketchbook #history #druid #magic #grave #tomb #landscape
I have long loved the Shang #culture of #China for their amazing #bronze #artifacts. But I did not know until visiting Yanxi, Anyang, that they buried #soldiers in such an #IndianaJones like manner. This was #sketched from an outdoor replica, but was