What's New?
November 2011
I am officially “Open for Business”
Check out my new online venture, “Dave's Store” – and feel free to purchase something while you are there. It is a one man show – not only do I create the artwork, I also take the orders, cover myself in tape while packaging and then stand in line at the Post Office! It's a good life . . .A new book – Surviving the Hindenburg
I just finished painting all the illustrations for a new book written by Larry Verstraete (the talented author of my “S is for Scientist: A Discovery Alphabet”), from Sleeping Bear Press. The book details the experiences of Werner Franz, the 14-year old cabin boy who survived the disaster when the ship exploded at the Lakeurst Naval Station, New Jersey in 1937. Next May is the anniversary of the event, and our “Surviving the Hindenburg” will be in stores before then.
New portrait
I had the pleasure of painting a portrait for a client who is one of the most engaging storytellers I have ever met, Jack Driscoll (not the character from “King Kong”, though this Jack could hold his own against the 8th Wonder of the World)Jack wanted a portrait of himself as his alter ego, Jacques the Voyageur, and that's just what I did. Look closely, and you will see clues to the hair-raising story Jacques is telling the youngster seated at his campfire.
Book signings and field sketches
We did another book signing at Gettysburg and Harpers Ferry this summer, and had a great time. I even managed to do some sketching, in costume, on the Gettysburg battlefield. A week later, Pat and I found ourselves at the Little Big Horn Battlefield and the Fetterman Massacre site, where I again sketched. This is my newest obsession – field sketches from all those dramatic places that have held me in their grip sense I was a child.
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