Mother Goose Rhyme "Ba Ba Black Sheep have you any wool?" Baba (Polish for grandma) answers in Greek "yassou, yassou" instead of "yes, sir. yes, sir", to the Greek wool man in a van when he asks her "have you any wool?" This scene is near Sheep Meadow in Central Park, NYC. Mixed media.

In Granary Burial Ground in downtown Boston, there is a gravestone for Mary Goose. Tourists think she is Mother Goose. Even though Mother Goose was first invented in France, many years earlier, Bostonians also had the rhymes. Elizabeth Goose (her married surname)sang them poorly to her grandbaby. She is the real Mother Goose in old Boston, not Mary. Mixed media.

In old London, one could hear the cry "Hot Grey Pease and a suck o' bacon!" Bacon was tied on a string to give flavor to the porridge for all to share. This girl wants to name her puppy "Pease Porridge" because he jumped into the pot. Mixed media.

Charles Dickens loved to read his father's books. This gave him inspiration later in life. Here his future travel to Vesuvius gels by reading a travel book. Mixed Media.

When Charles Dickens was twelve he had to work at Warren's Shoe Blacking (polish) Factory. He later said it was the worst time of his life, though he got ideas for his future books and life there. He would wear many hats. Mixed media.

Charles Dickens was on a book reading tour of America. While on a train from Maine to Boston, he met a little girl of twelve, Kate Douglas Wiggin, who loved "David Copperfield" best. She became an author of nineteen books, and her most famous is "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm". Mixed Media.

Sketch for NAN'S CAKE for CBIG cover project for Bobbsey Twins. Colored pencils and Micron Pigma pens.

Finished art: Nan Bobbsey attempts to bake a cake when the children are left unattended. Cover. Mixed Media.

An alligator does a "2nd Line" funeral march in front of Chef Paul Prudhomme's N.O. restaurant in the French Quarter in memory of him. Mixed Media.