I study the medieval North Atlantic while being a Jill-of-all-trades. Creator of the Viking Coloring Book Project. Commissions open.
Stockton, California
Joined September 2013
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Nine years ago today I received notification that the Kickstarter campaign for The Viking Coloring Book had reached its goal less than 3 days in. It would go on to more than double that goal, helping to launch my work in historical themed coloring books.
Today that first volume is officially out of print. I've been working on the subsequent volumes over the years but my publisher/agent situation hasn't yet resolved itself. [*Hi if you can help with that]
If I met you while I was in graduate school there is a good chance at some point I wanted to show you where I'm from. I'll be able to very very soon.
Book number three's manuscript and illustration plates are all complete save for a few last minute adjustments. I'll be headed to the printers with it later this week. The grant funded Historic Stockton Coloring Book is almost ready for distribution!
The most recent scene from the Historic Stockton Coloring Book: an early gas powered Holt Brothers Caterpillar tractor outside of Stockton, California, circa WW1. One can easily see the flat landscape of Central Valley black earth that I grew up in here.
I just found a small stack of some of the original Viking Coloring Book Kickstarter Backer Reward mini print sets while preparing for this weekend's coloring book booth for the SJ County Fair. 12 of the paintings associated with the original book in a nice accordion file.
This photo was taken at the last event I had goods from the Viking Coloring Book Project, a book signing in Solvang in February 2020 I did on my way back from the ACMRS annual conference in Tempe.
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday my medieval illustrations will be alongside my more recent local works from the Historic Stockton Coloring Book Project at the San Joaquin County Fair. Come by for special deals this weekend only on all prints and cards!
You might even catch me painting the third Historic Stockton series piece live. You'll certainly be able to see this one framed alongside all the others.
The rest will be in the portfolio books available for viewing. #archaeology #anthropology #outreach
I've been busy every weekend this month with events so I haven't had the chance to post my most recent painting since it finished pressing flat.
This is Stockton Terminal and Eastern Engine Number 3, or as it was once known in Stockton, the Slow, Tired and Easy.
ALT Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad Engine Number 3, a steam engine in front of an engine shed.
Just finished- the first of five paintings for my grant funded Historic Stockton Coloring Book. #archaeologicalillustration #archaeology #watercolor
The names of 3 of the 4 large vessels are known. From the left of the scene is the barge Kathleen (loaded with bricks), the Port of Stockton (river paddle-wheeler), the TC Walker (river paddle-wheeler), and a nameless sail-powered river scow (flat bottomed sail boat).