Hiding out in the corner of a Steak ‘n Shake produced these 4 in 3 hours.

Nice illustration on the cover of Agatha Christie’s Hickory Dickory Death.

No artistic credit given to this subtle piece used for a cover of Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie. Like how the two are turned to each other and the abstract doorway look in the background.

Here’s a cover by Harvey Kidder from Murder in the Cardais Coach (later named Murder on the Orient Express).

This version of Agatha Christie’s Three Blind Mice has a Mike Ludlow cover. The wiping away of the film on the pane is amazing painting work.

Here’s a simple piece from Harold Robbins’ ’79 Park Avenue’. Love the rendering of the telephone. Very simple, yet dead on. That and the contrast of the mechanical phone and the feathery what-ever the girl is wearing.

I’ve acquired some great new paperback covers and thought I’d share them over the next few days. The one above is by Willaim Teasen.Love the use of black to frame the addition of a new element to a carafe of fluid.

I only did a minor digital check for background of Teasen and came up empty. Feel free to add thoughts below.  Click here for a collection of other covers I found.

Was signing and jotting some personal illustration for folks for Marguerite Cavanaugh’s book signing party.

Did this illustration of a fishing alligator catching a bass between Friday, December 2nd, and Saturday, December 3rd. Began the illustration at the First Friday event in Downtown Lakeland in front of The General Store. Finished it while at the Pioneer Florida Museum and Village in Dade City the next day. I wasn’t sure what I was going to illustrate at first and then my author friend, Bob Bass, stopped by with his new book about fishing bass and I knew what to draw.

I first sketched out the drawing in pencil on watercolor paper. Then i went over that with ballpoint pen.

Next I added the watercolor. As I painted i was thinking I wish I had slid the gator a bit farther back. The two do look a bit too close.

Finally, I went over the illustration with a dark grey Pitt brush marker. Now it goes off to the printer to make prints of.

Above is the prepped version of the illustration for watercolor. This is an illustration for the Pine Castle Pioneer Days. It’ll be used for the poster, sign and other collateral materials.

This is the watercolored version.

Here is the finished version.