The Jersey Devil

In 1735, a woman named Leeds, who had already had 12 children, gave birth to a 13th. She complained to her friends and relatives that the “Devil can take the next one”. The baby, upon being born, was deformed and mutilated. The baby turned into a monster with the head of a horse, the wings of a bat and cloven feet. It promptly flew out the chimney and has been haunting the Pine Barrens ever since, mutilating animals, scaring the locals and bringing bad luck. http://www.prairieghosts.com/jerseydevil.html

I don't think a horse's head is very scary so I modified my Jersey Devil to have the head of a bat.

Plain Jane Eating Breakfast

Plain Jane is eating plain, dry white toast (just like Elwood), drinking her plain black coffee, and reading the local paper.

Jane is content.

(FYI...click the picture for your horoscope)

Digging through the wreckage

So I'm digging through all the household clutter and sorting things into piles - mine and his. I found a box my mom gave me filled with Rev. George A. Brown Memorial School projects. I was pretty amazed by this one done my 8th grade year, 1985. The assignment was Political Satire. My grade was "+" (whatever that means).

I promise not to post my 7th grade essay on the civil war - dreadful.

Stitch

Broken wing

Here's one of my first on the drawing tablet. I love using color for the first time.

Mermaid

Smokin'

Napping

Here's an old one. That's Chester on her back.