Farmyard Fancies

Dare to Dream;  8"x10"; pen and ink on paper

(I am excited to announce that Dare to Dream has been accepted into 

the Art Station 2013 Fall Juried Exhibition, Stone Mountain, GA.)

Beautiful Dreamer 8"x10" pen and ink on paper

“Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Farmyard Fancies is a little series I started based on my love of farming, art, illustration and a desire to encourage people to follow their dreams. It is also a bit of fun between my 10 year old daughter and I...posing the question, "What are farm animals in their dreams?" This is a Turtle Tale in its very early stages...but dreams have to start somewhere.


"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." —Anais Nin

DreamPuff 8"x10" pen and ink on paper

If you can dream it, you can do it.
—Walt Disney


“No matter how your heart is grieving,
if you keep on believing,
the dreams that you wish will come true.”
― Walt Disney Company

Pigasus 5"x7" pen and ink on paper
Ad astra per alia porci

When pigs can fly...John Steinbeck used the Pigasus as a personal stamp. Later, he included with it the Latin motto, Ad astra per alia porci which means 'to the stars on the wings of a pig'. To Steinbeck it was a symbol of himself as "earthbound but aspiring" A wonderful explanation on the origins of Steinbeck's symbol is given on the Center for Steinbeck Studies in a note by his wife, Elaine Steinbeck.