New Children's Cookbook: "Eat to ROAR"

This creative cookbook encourages children to cook and eat like the plant-eating dinosaurs.  Many dinosaurs were herbivores, meaning they ate only vegetation.  Some grew to be huge because their diet of leaves and ferns required so much digestion that they needed an extra-long intestine, which could fit only in large dinosaurs. 
By offering tasty plant-based recipes for families to try, the Dinosaur Connoisseur, Saber-Tooth Kitty and their dinosaur friends hope children will enjoy their food and grow up healthy and strong. Available on Amazon.com

Latest oil painting. Currently on display at the Medford Arts Center. 20 x 16" on canvas.

Just became part of the effort to restore a well-known landmark in Ocean County, NJ.  The dinosaur statue which resides on route 9 in Bayville, NJ. It has taken a beating in the last couple of decades. The excellent artist, Shannon MacDonald, is restoring it in a new and exciting way!  The logo I did for the project is shown here.

For the full story visit this link: http://www.app.com/story/news/2015/08/22/beatles-artist-refurbish-bayville-dinosaur/32203897/

Newest book illustrations. The story of a little Sheltie who runs off in a thunderstorm, gets lost and spends the night living under a backyard grill.  Based on a true story, he was found, renamed Weber, brought to a shelter and rescued by a volunteer.  Weber will touch your heart as you share his journey to his forever home where he will always be safe.

Speaking of Dinosaurs

Recently published in Prehistoric Times magazine.
My depiction of a Plateosaurus.

Coming Soon!

Dinosaur Teacher

No, not a teacher who still teaches the way they did 45 years ago.
Why we as artist, like dinosaurs so much. Some of us anyway. I have a keen interest in illustrating dinosaurs. Why? There seems to be such a fascination with these creatures which we develop at a young age. Especially for those who love to draw. My first drawings as a child were of dinosaurs. I can remember learning to color "in the lines" in a dinosaur coloring book. Who cares? No one. Only those who also like this as a subject. But, because we found something we were awed by so long ago brought us to hand drawn lines on paper. That helped us develop the skills necessary to build other images of form and structure. You had to make the dinosaur look REAL. Shadows, perspective, movement. Then you had to place him in a real looking environment. Then... imaginations began to soar.
And they are still soaring higher than ever.