couples must imagine that the mermaid lurking behind them is simply jealous and not hungry whatsoever, not at all.....

collages i made for my sister's collage morning with the stack of national geographic magazines we got from my neighbors

two sisters (gouache experiment)

some mermaids doing mermaid things for mermay (freehanded them listening to presentations so please forgive everywhere that's a bit weird)

though of course there is also the dust jacket!

8. i always knew you would run.

6 + 7. here she was on the edge

5: the eyes stepped into the clearing.

4. they would run together

3: realizing only then that the forest got quite cold

in honor of the NEWS btw this is how it's set up in the gallery:) i wasn't going to post this till after i put all the illustrations up but i'll be a little early....just this time:) i hand bound the book myself because i didn't want to learn how to get in contact with a printer!!

2: do say you'll stay with us forever!

1: mila found the bearskin when she should have been cleaning the attic.

decorative drop capitals for my short story "bearskin"!!! more artwork coming soon:) my favorites are the W and the second T (which I almost didn't do!!!) -- which are yours?