I am having fun illustrating the cover for the 100th Anniversary edition of Amazing stories Work in Progress: A Future Fan

I started a fairy tale themed Substack - I've written a lot of articles and reviews of retold fairy tales from Middle grade to adult and this will make a nice archive of them and well as the pub. process of my YA retelling. substack.com/@ruthsanders...

"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” I love that last line! It has been a guiding light to me in and of itself, and I find I keep returning to it as a subject and inspiration for my work. 3/3 www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/in...

Had fun at Worldcon in Seattle, and sold some scratchboard art...

A little tree I recently finished in oils. 24x36. Tree lives at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge MA.

From my illustrated Golden Key by George MacDonald.

Merry Christmas!

I always love the first snow of the season. Our backyard in Massachusetts...

I am almost finished with the first piece for my version of Alice's Adventures in wonderland. Tenniel did 42 illustrations, and I am also aiming for that number.... #AliceinWonderland #Alice #kidlitart #kidlit #illustraton #scratchboard #scratchboardart

Sharing a peaceful unicorn with you on my birthday. #oilpainting #art #unicorn #unicornart #fantasyart

Scene from my picture book-The Enchanted Wood, an original fairy tale. #oilpainting #art #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #fantasyart

Cover I illustrated for a limited edition from Centipede Press #illustration #art #fantasyart #bookillustration #dracula #vampire Prints available at goldenwoodstudio.com

I've been illustrating horse stories for over 40 years. Thought it was time to create my own how to draw horses book. #art #horse #horseart #kidlitart #illustration #animalart

Tempus Fugit #scratchboard #scratchboardart #scratchboardartist #art #artist #fantasyart

My biography of 19th century artist Rosa Bonheur. I love to draw and paint horses, but never did one as large as the eight by sixteen footer hanging at the Met in New York: The Horse Fair. #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #horseart #art #womenartists

Here are three of my Nancy Drew cover paintings from the early 80's

I illustrated two new interactive board books--#kidlit #kidlitart #art #illustration #animalart Any kids on your gift list? Signed copies from publisher: tinyurl.com/mr3bpsxv

Steampunk Angel. #scratchboard #art #illustration #fantasyart

I am a long time illustrator and fantasy artist. New to BlueSky. #art #illustration #scratchboard #fantasy #fairy #fairytale #fantasyart

Pretty new here! Have not gotten the hang of things yet... Starter packs? How to edit posts? Anyway, I plan to post my art here in a Non-AI space. Here is one of my scratchboards. #art #illustration #scratchboardart #fairytale

Descent, an illustration from my edition of The Golden Key by George MacDonald. 12x16 Scratchboard #art

My favorite medium: scratchboard.

Just finished Heretics of Dune case stamp art. Scratchboard, color separated in Photoshop. Centipede Press 2025.