Radio and Podcast Interviews

The past week, a few interviews I gave previously finally aired online and on the radio. I was so honored to be a part of these great programs. INTERVIEW #1: On Connecting with kids through books The first program is called "Worlds Awaiting," a wonderful show about Children's Literature put on by KBYU radio. I love listening to all their programs. Here's how their website describes the show... "A...

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The Three Amigos

Carol Lynch Williams, Cheri Earl and Rick Walton...the true "Three Amigos." While they are also friends of mine, they are most importantly friends of each other. For 30 years these three have stuck by each other's sides through everything. They are a wonderful example of what friendship should be. So who other than Carol and Cheri could speak so truly of Rick at his funeral today. Their words made us laugh, made us cry and made us grateful to have been part of Rick's life in some way or another. I...

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Til We Meet Again, Rick Walton.

Today was a hard day. A beautiful day. A spiritual day. But a hard day.  Today I attended the funeral of a long-time friend and co-creator. It was beautiful. It was spiritual. It was hard. I first met Rick at a Children’s Lit Conference at UVU in 2000 while I was working on illustrating my first picture book. Brad Wilcox was the lecturer of a session and the author of the book I was...

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Radio Interview

A while back I was asked to do a radio interview at a local university broadcasting station... #byuradio I had a great time and spent about an hour answering all sorts of questions about my career and process as an author/illustrator. The host was kind and I was even able to refrain from saying "um" between every sentence. They then put my interview, another author's interview and a fun poem into...

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More Valentines - Greeting Card Style

Sometimes you actually give a valentine to an adult, right? So this year I'm including my bunny valentines in a more adult friendly format...Greeting Card Style. Click on the link below the image to download the pdf printable file for free. But please please please only use for personal use. Do not resell or repurpose in any format. Do not digitally alter the art. Enjoy! Click HERE for red pdf....

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Valentines Day Cards

As promised, here are the kids valentines day card free printables for this year. I kept with one character that I've developed and fallen in love with. I hope you do too. Just click on the link below the image and it will take you to a pdf file. Then print on 8.5x11 cardstock, cut and pass out to all your little one's loved ones. If you don't find these to your liking, click on the PRINTABLES  tab...

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Happy New Year and Happy New Books

Of course the holiday season is busy for everyone, myself included. Besides the normal hustle and bustle, I had quite a few Christmas gift commissions to complete and mail off. Here are a few examples.... Parade Portrait of an entire family...7 people Empire State Bldg commission An entire 16 page picture book commissioned for a guy to propose to his sweetheart several mini watercolors...

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