Fall

The word 'fall' traces it's origins through the old English faellen and the Old Norse fall, words having the meaning "to fall from a height".  The term came into use in 16th Century England as a contraction of expressions like "fall of the leaf" and "fall of the year".

There are so many ways to fall - overboard; to pieces; in love; to sleep...and there is that famous fall of Alice's.  I love this season for it's feeling of transformation; for that last bright flare of the candle before the dark of winter... 

To Fall.

Hansel & Gretel

In honor of Fall, something appropriately gothic - illustrations for Hansel & Gretel, commissioned by Wireless Generation.  I love fairy tales.

Summer

"In summer, the song sings itself." - William Carlos Williams.

Ahh, summer...it's been wonderful having time off to do whatever I want.  I still haven't made it to Central Park with my sketchbook, but there's still time...if I don't end up simply lying in the grass, whiling away the time looking at the clouds, that is.

Digital painting, inspired by this season, all-too-fleeting.

summer rain

Lately I find myself weary of this heat and wishing for a nice cooling summer rain...

Pencil drawing enhanced with digital painting, 6.5"x14"

Theatre Backdrop; Blue Lagoon

Five hours, 2 cups of coffee and plenty of blue paint = this backdrop for The New Acting Company.  Acrylic on canvas triptych, 6x8 feet.

Bluebird

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." - Chinese Proverb

acrylic on canvas, 2.75" x 2.75"

Happy Gothic Birthday

Question: What does one give a red-haired, Edward Gorey-tattooed southern belle for her birthday? 

Answer; a 2.5"x 3" vampiric memento, painted on an appropriately dark and stormy night, with acrylic paint and glitter nail polish.  Small enough to travel in a padded envelope to New Orleans, where all good vampires live.

Dancing Dinos At The Beach

Just in time for summer, Dancing Dinos At The Beach has been released by Random House. This is the third book in the Dancing Dinos series. It was written by my mother, Sally Lucas. Mom always said, 'one day you and I will do a book together'...I used to roll my eyes at this, never thinking it would actually happen. Well mom, you were right. Times three.