Every year, I handcraft my family Christmas card. It's time to guess and win!
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A Killer Dream, the 2021 Christmas Card Reveal, and Winners!
This year's illustrated Christmas card reveal includes a crazy story about the inspiration behind it. Click to see the drawings and the winners!
The Christmas Card Reveal and Winners!
After a week of sketching, inking, printing, cutting and pasting, I finished my annual family Christmas card. Whew! After adding up the hours, each card took around thirty minutes to make. It was a bumpy road for this Wild Rider. I'm sure you've been there too. This year, I struggled with every part of the... Continue Reading →
Boob Report – Anxiety and the Fantastic Five-Year Finish Line
When scheduling my six-month cancer checkup, I made the mistake of booking a flight to California right afterward. Talk about anxiety. Nothing like racing against the ticking clock before a blood pressure test. These appointments are stressful enough! I planned to talk to my oncologist about the exact date when I could stop taking the... Continue Reading →
When Life Imitates Art
Danny and I embrace our weirdness and dress up as Morticia and Gomez Addams every Halloween. I find it transformational when donning a wig, applying dark makeup and slipping into Morticia's character for the night. I remember the original drawings of The Addams Family created by Charles Samuel Addams. He had an interesting fascination of the macabre and drew over... Continue Reading →
Deconstructing the Avant Garde: Ed McCartan’s Art Retrospective
When my dad moved into the nursing home, I didn't think an art show would be possible. I shelved the idea of a gallery opening. His amazing work has only been shown publicly at outdoor art shows once or twice, more than fifty years ago. He has always been a humble man and he remains unrecognized for... Continue Reading →
Susie Lindau's Wild Ride 