Ghost Ship, Bohoy

For the novel "Ghost Ship" by Lori Townsend I did a pastel painting of a ship enveloped by ghostly mists and clouds, in an ink-dark night, on an eery rolling sea. The thriller depicts reporter Zilla Gillette who investigates the human trafficking of young girls and boys who have been abducted and carried by a vessel at sea to a hidden location.

For info on the book, or to buy go to:
https://www.loritownsendak.com/

"Ghost Ship" pastel, 9x12, commission, $200.

American Home Wrecker cover, Bohoy

I used my painting, done in 2008 to symbolize the commencement of Obama's presidency, for the cover of the novel "American Home Wrecker" by Lori Townsend. 
The book is a depiction of the white supremacist underworld, extreme right-wing separatist group in America, as well as a look at domestic violence investigated by reporter Zilla Gillette.

For the cover design I ripped the art apart to simulate what the “home wreckers” in the book have attempted to do– divide America and abolish what our first African American president had accomplished and to create tumult in America.
For info on the book, or to buy, go to:  https://www.loritownsendak.com/



Original painting "New Day," watercolor, 5x7. [SOLD]

Café Days

Café Days

These are the days to brunch & lunch

Inside; not out. 

Sun bathed corners in casual cafés

Hidden from chills about.

[Greenwich, CT]

Pastel, 5x7, $100.

Holiday Harmony

It doesn't take much for cats and dogs of all breeds to play in harmony. 

Watercolor & pencil, 10x8

Lone pine

A  lone pine awaits Christmas lights, camera, action. 


Pastel, 5x7, $100.

Servants in a row.

Cooks, maids & butlers all in a row. 
Snap your fingers. 
You're dreaming. 
Get cooking!

Mixed media, 4 x 6.5 
Prints available- Contact me for prices

November Browns

November
Brings brown.
Brun branches.
Taupe trees.
Tan tall grass.
Dirt brown ground.
Stone stones.
Brown is beautiful.
Against baby blue skies.

Pastel, 5x7, $110.

Flower in the Sun

Catch the sun in a flower before the frost does. 

Janis Joplin sang "Flower in the Sun.
"https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/janisjoplin/flowerinthesun.html


Pastel, 8x10, $150.

Raining Leaves

A quiet street. Not a soul around.
But the leaves put on a show anyway.
Like acrobats they glide thru the air, 
flying with the greatest of ease.
Like dancers they pirouette,
turning, and whirling.
Done- they nosedive, nudged by the wind.
And like trained pilots, 
land with precision, 
on a runway of pillows-
red, orange, yellow and green.

Pastel, 5x7, $100.

Dizzy Gillespie 100th birthday

In celebration of the anniversary of jazz great Dizzy Gillespie’s 100th birthday, author David G. Brown shares his intimate experiences and memoirs of this magical musician in his book "Shadowing Dizzy Gillespie." 

This is the art I did for the cover. 
See the book here.

See Dizzy play here. And here.

Mixed Media, 6x9, [Commission- Alaska]