The Happy Birthday Party

the portrait party is two years old this month!

the portrait above was drawn by my sister, lali shaw!

dale o'flaherty & lucy knisley

it looks like dale (portrayed above) was on a rampage of portraits! this swap with lucy is one of several he sent out at the same time.

julie oakley & xavier oakley

julie and her son, xavier, had a lovely evening. he helped her make meatballs for supper and then they had fun drawing each other. xavier ended up going to bed very late because julie can’t estimate time when she's drawing.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts

my wife and i moved this month and, although we love our new home, it hasn't had internet access until this afternoon. perfect timing actually because, just this afternoon, i received a beautiful surprise from roz stendahl. she and her friends at mcba (the minnesota center for book arts) had a portrait party! they made books from their drawings and they sent me a copy! the cartoon above is by ken avidor. he opened the party with a pep talk and drew this picture of the party in progress. thanks for including me everyone!