I discovered your work accidentally in the bookstore a few years ago, and immediately began the googling. Found your site, loved it, etc. Though did you have this blog always? I feel like I would have commented ages ago if you had.

At any rate, I have always had a great deal of respect for visual artists. Since I was very little I went to arts schools, and while I could do the performance arts pretty well, and could write, the ability of creating pictures on a page just seemed to elude me. I worked very hard at it, and I suppose I have a passable ability now. But anytime I see an artist who just strikes a chord with me I just have to drop a line. Because it’s like . . . magic . . . to me.

I think you are amazing. I know a lot of people think you are amazing, so it is probably not new to hear it. Nor I suppose does it really matter that I think you are amazing. But I also know (as an author of children’s books myself), how it never gets old to hear it. Your stuff moves me, is beautiful, and has a wonderfully dark edge to it. It’s this kind of art, I can’t quite describe, but has a sort of dirt feel to it. Not as in the euphemism “dirty”, but really a sense of there being . . . dirt on the page. Bah, I can’t describe it, and I call myself an author. You cite Jim Henson as an inspiration for example, his sketches and artwork are similar with what I mean by “dirty”.

Point is, I really like that look.

Well whatever, I wanted to let you know I’m a huge fan (and send as many people to this site as possible). I recently finally purchased a copy of The Spider and the Fly, and feel an obligation to show it to any guest who comes to visit.

At any rate:

Good luck with the future and congrats on your success . . .

all best,

Adrienne