JURASCALS: Created by J. Timothy Quirk, JURASCALS is a daily comic strip about rascally Jurassic dinosaurs and their adventures in the real world. JURASCALS comic strip is published in the McCook Daily Gazette (McCook, NE).
Georgia! The readers have spoken and with a 60% of the vote, it has been decided that Lina and her Dinosaur will travel to Georgia for the next story. With that in mind I am proud to present the cover for How Many A's in Atlanta? which will be the next 8 page easy-to-read story! I will be working with the jurascals team: Whistlepig press, creative consultant Carlo Dall'Olmo and Educational consultant Maureen Manning to complete the book in the coming weeks and it should be available by month end!
For November's poll, same question: Where should Lina and her dinosaur travel? From all the responses during the month of November, the top answer will be the location for Lina and the dinosaur's next easy to read book! Thank you to all who voted on this poll and I look forward to presenting How Many A's in Atlanta!
This is the first oil painting done for the Jurascals series. It is called "But who was chasing the dinosaur?"
The dinosuar is seen running near the Carrie Welton Fountain on the Waterbury Green in Waterbury, Connecticut. The Carrie Welton Fountain is a representation of Carrie Welton's horse named "Knight". I debated calling the painting based on a riff of the name but ultimately I came to the conclusion that a simple title that befits a children's book, one that asks a question of the child seeing the painting was more appropriate. So I chose "But who was chasing the dinosaur" and I think it fits quite well.
The painting will be on display at the ARTWELL GALLERY in Connecticut for the exhibit entitled DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES which will be held 10/23/2010 to 11/14/2010. For more information on artwell gallery, see their website at http://www.artwellgallery.org/ or visit the good folks there on Water Street in Torrington, CT.
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First in a series of books for early childhood reading by J Timothy Quirk
This is the first in the series of books designed to assist children in their reading development. "I LIKE ART", was the first book I created to assist my daughter in recognizing some sight words. It was from this one book that all of the other books were created. The pictures are large, the story is simple and the words are used in a fun way.
An art museum that looks like a castle in the middle of a large city is a concept that captured my family's imagination. Fortunately there is such a place for the castle-like art museum is based on the Wadsworth Antheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. None of the art depicted in this little book actually represents any of the art inside, so I do recommend a trip to the Wadsworth-you'll see some amazing works! For the pretend pieces of art in the museum, I depicted a chair that is actually a chair in our dining room, the Mark Twain house (if it were partially yellow) and the Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut.
This was the first book and the dinosaur did not appear in it. The dinosaur appeared in the second book and in most of the subsequent ones.
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