Elfie, our house elf.

This is Elfie, our house elf.

On Thanksgiving Eve he arrives astride Berry (seen here) his mountain goat, all the way from the North Pole. We've been lucky to have had Elfie as our house elf for the last two years. The kids have been very good this year and they hope to see Elfie again this year. He keeps an eye on them from Thanksgiving Eve until Christmas Eve when Santa picks him up in his sleigh. He reports to Santa on a nightly basis. He has a list and is not afraid to use it. During the month of December if the kids are REALY GOOD, Elfie brings them gifts. Sometimes he's not very pleased and the gift box is empty. ooooh, ouch.

Always Listen...

Here is a pic of a project I've been working on with Disney / Hyperion. It's the title page, so imagine text and a pretty title.

Birds, Birds, Birds

Raise the Flag

Here's another pirate painting along with a couple concept sketches that didn't make it into the book.

The Dashing Apple Core

Here is a model I constructed to illustrate the cover for Please Bury Me in the Library. It's built from the everyday objects: books (obviously), a champagne cork-wire-thingy chair I had sitting around (HaHa... sitting around, chair), and two apple core heads stacked on top of one another... the foot is a mustache of the bottom head.

Thoughts Around Twilight

Here' an older painting I did.


...the strangest thing happen, while I was working on it one night this moth actually landed on the painting.
No joke.

"A Classic" - Please Bury Me in the Library

Here's another image from one of my books....

Pirate Papa

Here's some pirate fun! This was a spread in the book "I Love My Pirate Papa" written by Laura Leuck.

Please Bury Me - Drawings

Here are some of the drawings that led to the final cover artwork.

Please Bury Me in the Library - Back Cover

Please Bury Me in the Library - Cover

So with this being my first poke at contributing to a blog I thought I go back a bit and post some book stuff I did a couple year ago. This is a book of children's poetry by J. Patrick Lewis.