Abraham Lincoln sketch. Pen&Ink, 2009.

What would Abe do? Water color, 2012.

Thumbnail sketch for a series of sofa ads for Angotti, Thomas and Hedge, an ad agency in New York, NY. A,T&H are no longer in business but I worked with them doing lots of sketching (lucrative but draining) from the mid 80's through about 2006. Funny, all the time I was doing all that advertising work I couldn't wait to get free. And now, I kinda miss those guys. Understandable, I guess. I miss the people... not the work so much. Oh, and I got the sticker today, 11/6/12, from the nice lady at the polling station. Pencil, 1998.

Illustration for "Thank You Sarah, The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving" by Laurie Halse Anderson and illustrated by me, publ.d by Simon&Schuster, 2003. Sarah Hale, born 1788, a widower who raised 5 children, a published author and publisher of America's first magazine for women- petitioned for abolishing slavery, equal education for girls and boys, ending corporal punishment for children and saved Thanksgiving for us all! Watercolor, pen&ink, 2002.

Color sketch which was used to sell my graphic novel manuscript "Gaijin-American Prisoner of War" to Disney Hyperion to be publ.d 4/14. Watercolor, gouache, 2009.

The sketch and final art for pg.s 20/21 of "Thank You Sarah, The Woman Who Saved Thankgiving!", written by Laurie Halse Anderson, illus.d by me and publ.d by Simon&Schuster. Working with Laurie's text was so much fun. The voice she created for the narration is smart and sassy- perfect for your third or forth grader. And I had the best time working with the editor, Kevin Lewis, on this project. He allowed me lots of flexibility and space to play, as per my inclusion of "It's Thanksgiving! Do you know where your turkey is?". There was a t.v. ad being shown at the time that said- "It's 10 o'clock- do you know where your kid is?" It was funny to me to use that popular line- slightly altered- in the illustration. Not every editor would've gone along with that because historical fiction tends to need illustration that stays very close to it's historic source. Kevin thought is was funny too. Since the book is still in print, I'm guessing some other folks enjoyed it as well! Pencil, pen&ink, water color, 2001.

Doctor's office doodle. I think I was channelling some Stratego characters from my youth. Pen&Ink, 2009.