With many thanks to a thoughtful audience member, here is a quick snap shot of the Madam Zorony story in progress in Chelan, WA. Yesterday w...

Another quick pic of a (hopefully) satisfied customer at the July 4th Methow Arts Fest facepainting booth. We had a line 10-20 kids deep for...

The action is fast and furious over here in Summer Reading land -- evil polar bears, magic zebracorns, vice-like bubbles, and the occassion...

Boo is VERY excited about her new book, Boo's Surprise . Now she just needs to find that purple striped dress that she was wearing for t...

The 4th of July here in the Methow Valley is awesome! We don't do hot dog eating contests or fireworks -- the later being banned complet...

Due to certain clerical errors from the left bank studios of Wolf Creek a wonderful batch of first grade school visit 'thank you' no...

My lovely editor at Holt passed along this recent review of Boo's Surpise . It was a real treat to follow-up on Besty's/Boo's a...

My Summer Reading adventures are off and running. You can follow along, or print and color all of the pages here , but the first three days ...

I'm done with my grades, and back to my first full-day in the studio in over a month! Yesterday was also the kick-off of Summer Reading ...

For the last week, I have been humbled and awed, saddened and inspired, by my return to teaching in a high school art room. Tragically, Sean...

Here's a sneak peak of the CAT DIARIES cover art. This was taken with a digital camera, so the color is a little different, but it's...

A wee bit different than most of the drawings that you'll find here... Tor and Del Ray, here I come!

In the spirit of the day, here is a great link to a new children's book on the subject of recycling and reuse. Check out Anna Alter'...

Recently, I helped the Sno-Isle Library System (north of Seattle) to redesign their Kids page. For the most part, this meant creating a mas...

My daughter and I did a little sculpting recently. She made flowers, and I made a penguin. Then she flew the coop... or waddled off to a exc...

Chérie Stihler, the author behind Polar Polka , has been sending me lots of publicity updates. Good news all around! First, it appears that ...