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SO excited it's spring, and happy to share this piece that's in this month's Babybug magazine!

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2018-04-07

Here's an oldie from the dummy I've worked on fastidiously all month. Both kids look different now, but I still like how this turned out.

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2018-03-17

Here's one of many pages of this week's drawings. This doesn't quite fit the dummy, but I wanted to throw on color anyway.

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2018-03-03

Wishing you a happy Valentine's Day! I hope can you take time from whatever you're doing to share a little love.

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2018-02-15

“Somebody once said we never know what is enough until we know what's more than enough.”- Billie Holiday (with ‘Mister’)

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2018-01-13

“I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me.” - Paul Simon, “The Boxer”

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2017-12-11

"Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist - leave that to the classical musicians." Happy Birthday, DAVE BRUBECK!
https://t.co/wx4h3VRzZH

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2017-12-07

Happy Belated Birthday, David S. Ware!
Nov 7, 1949 - Oct 18, 2012
(pencil sketch, 2017)

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2017-11-09

"When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion."

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2017-06-27