The Release of "Jolly The Elf" a Christmas Tradition coming soon

Available this Holiday Season Through Amazon, Ingram publishing and fine book stores. Also Including Jolly The Elf... Plush Dolls, Christmas cards and a soon to be available Coloring and Activity book.

This Christmas.......... make it a Jolly Christmas Tradition!!

The Tradition of Jolly the Elf was first created over 40 years ago by Jo Shepherd Ripley and is still enjoyed by thousands of children through out the Midwest. I am very proud to have been the illustrator to bring the true Jolly to life and into your hearts This Holiday Season.

Announcing another book I've illustrated "The Secret of Willow Ridge"

Due to be Released Soon
Available through Amazon Books and fine Book stores


Helen H. Moore, Illustrated by John Blackford
Foreword by Claudia Black, Ph.D.

Meet Gabe, an extremely likeable ten-year-old. Yet Gabe is almost-friendless, unhappy, and skeptical. He’s reeling from mistreatment at the hands of his addicted father and the effects the disease of addiction have had on his family. The good–and exciting–news is that Gabe is about to embark on a hopeful journey that leads him to take pride in his dad’s greatest accomplishment: recovery. Peppered with Gabe’s insights and enhanced with charming and evocative illustrations, The Secret of Willow Ridge: Gabe’s Dad Finds Recovery addresses the emotional and social issues children of addicts face, through an engaging and contemporary story.

Foreword written by renowned author Claudia Black, Ph.D. who is internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. Since the 1970s Dr. Black’s work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children.

Free halloween coloring pages for 2009

This is the first of 4 new Free Halloween coloring pages, ENJOY Kids



I just had to add my favorite mummy enjoy



Just follow the unbroken web links to the finish...before
The Big Spider repairs her web and eats you!!!!





NOTE:
(Just Have Mom or Dad click on this picture then save a copy of it to their picture files on their computer and print it from there.)

Please allow me to introduce "JOLLY"

"Jolly the ELF" a Christmas Tradition

Jolly is one of the books I'm currently working on and I thought I'd post a few of the pages here so you can see them. Hope you like them?

Leonardo an artist I admire....................

WOW sorry I haven't been around for a while but I have had to knuckle down and work on some book illustrations but in between the pages I was able to do some self gratification (hehe) art and I thought I'd post some today and bring my blog back up to speed. Also I removed some of my most precious art hehe and stowed them away because I found I have a stalker and he was hacking me and trying to attach viruses to my art...I think he is gone now. So I'll start posting again.....man life sometimes can just get in the way of having fun.........can't it? Why do people have to try and destroy other people. I will never understand the use of computer viruses or reason behind hackers. I can see why now people go to war!


"Leonardo, a Art Rage Painting of mine"


A couple of Poster concept Designs for Burning man. If I get to go this year I'll use them to barter with hehehehe