Greetings,
Long live the portrait artist forum!
I’ve gathered you all here to report my new project. This will be a bit of a stretch to connect to portraits, but I shall try: first of all, I once painted a portrait, so there’s that. Secondly, my first line was a total suck up to the forum - never a bad idea. And fifthly, here’s a nice portrait by Diego Velasquez. There, that’s five or six good reasons to read on.
I’ve written a new children’s book called: “The Adventures of Alex the Vegetarian Coyote,”
https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Al...6491033&sr=1-2. It is my hope that it will be available by Christmas.
I’ve just finished an 18 month tour working for the Dept. of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation in California. I worked exclusively in the San Joaquin valley from north to south. This story springs from my experiences there in the valley.
Mi amigo, and frequent forum contributor, Carlos Ygoa of Madrid, Spain, AKA Carlito, has generously agreed to illustrate the story. Carlos is presently busy working on these oil painting illustrations between painting monster murals for installation around the world. If you visit his blog site you can gasp at the photos of his 3 story high paintings:
http://thelimitedpalette.blogspot.com/, or his homemade bread and cheese – he’s promised a recipe for paella.
I think that’s a plug for everyone. So, please don’t complete your Christmas shopping early, hold off until the last minute and look for the story of Alex, the vegetarian coyote, and Bernice, the lop eared rabbit.
My story is dedicated to my brand new three month old baby granddaughter.
Actually, Cynthia allowed me to post this if I guaranteed her new baby granddaughter a part in the forthcoming Pixar movie.
The following are the opening, and closing lines of the story.
PROLOGUE
from Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Juliet: My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late. Prodigious birth it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy!
EPILOGUE
If you ever find yourself traveling through the wine country of California - observe closely. You may just see Eva, a dark haired girl with curls that lay on her shoulders, riding a chocolate brown colt with white stockings. And alongside, Bernice, the lop eared rabbit, riding atop a vegetarian coyote named Alex.