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Recent news.... 7.01.12 Just returned from a month in Sao Tome. Check out the drawing section for visual journalism work in and around Baltimore and, coming soon...Africa! 3.25.11 Spring is in full swing. Word of the season, "studio". I am working on new art for my next Lee & Low title, SUNDAY SHOPPING written by Sally Derby. Stay tuned to the blog for upcoming appearances. 11.28.10 Kudos and "thank you" to Mary Napoli for her fantastic article in CLAs Journal of Children's Literature (v36n2), "Children's Illustration as a Healing Process: Exploring the Work of Shadra Strickland". 10.20.10 My first cover for Jerdine Nolen is available at Simon and Schuster. You can see the full painting here. 8.28.10 A PLACE WHERE HURRICANES HAPPEN is featured on NBC Nightly News in their Hurricane Katrina fifth year anniversary special. 4.27.10 See pics from my talk, "Framing Social Issues in Books for Children", at the 23rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature's Ashley Bryan Art Series 2.26.2010 Our Children Can Soar wins an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children 2.23.10 A
Place Where Hurricanes Happen, written by Renee Watson
has left my studio and is pre-selling
now at Amazon and Random House.com 11.05.07 We're open for business! Check out the new "shop" section of the site and get those orders in! More to come... 10.8.07 It's Robert's Snow time again! Bidding starts November 19. Visit the robert's snow website for details. Though I didn't contribute to this year's batch of snowflakes, there are plenty of great illustrators who did! Condolences to Grace Lin and family, founder of the Robert's Snow program.In memory of Robert Mercer who lost his fight against sarcoma in August 2007. Robert and his wife Grace Lin founded Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure in 2004. Since that time, the event has raised more than $200,000 for Dana-Farber. 10.01.07 Just added new black and white section! More to come. 9.22.07 Added a few sketches I did for a cd project to the blog.Check out....www.bloomsburyusa.com to see a few books I've worked on....(specific titles on the blog) 8.06.07 Recently finished work for Scholastic's Read and Rise Magazine. A special thank you to Pat Cummings for the recommendation!Finally finished series of paintings for The People Collector. Drawings created with charcoal and painted with acrylic. 4.25.07 In the beginning stages of my first dream job with Lee and Low Books.....Website is in the midst of massive overhaul. Keep checking in for updates...... 4.20.07 Just rejoined SCBWI...... |
