It's time to MARCH into reading with Children's' Author and Illustrator Erin T. Whalen. She will be visiting schools in 2020 to read her picture books. Book your school visit now.
Category: publishing
Latest Project…
I had an amazing time creating this piece for the Alice in Wonderland project. It is for a coffee table book that will be printed in Norway. The project is described by the creators as this... 150Alice is a project celebrating the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. We have brought… Continue reading Latest Project…
The Story Emporium Information
The Story Emporium is a Children's Bookstore that is run by Children's Authors and Illustrators! Each week you will find a new author to meet however the resident author / illustrator is Erin T Whalen. Story Emporium Hours Sunday -- CLOSED Monday -- 9-1 Tuesday -- 9-1 Wednesday -- 9-9 Thursday -- 9-1 Friday --… Continue reading The Story Emporium Information
My art studio has been born!!!
I just started designing my new place... It's called THE STORY EMPORIUM. Below is a description of what it is. The Story Emporium is an art studio where children's illustration can be purchased in the form of altered jewelry, prints, originals or books. I like to call it so much more than a children's bookstore… Continue reading My art studio has been born!!!
Sitting Idle and Reflecting
Sitting idle frustrates me. I have been sitting idle for two years now because of my disabling spinal condition and now it has traveled to my RIGHT arm ... my drawing arm, uggghhh. VERY tough just to complete one painting or to even type for any decent length of time. I am actually looking into… Continue reading Sitting Idle and Reflecting
Wytch painting
Here is a painting in the works. She is one of the bad guys in my novel. I am plugging along nicely now and the book is coming together... Or should I say it's all there, just cleaning it up. I met with an old friend and a few others in the artist community and… Continue reading Wytch painting
Updating my Charlie’s Head Site this week
With all this writing I've been doing my Charlie's Head website has fallen behind. It's tough to be an author and illustrator these days because not only do you have to create work and publish it but then you have to keep up with the blogs, websites, and all the social media! It's confusing is… Continue reading Updating my Charlie’s Head Site this week
Opening Public Studio Space in April!!!
I am very excited to announce that I will be moving my art supplies, drawing board, painting table, and all of the stuff I use to create my books and illustrations to a public studio. My plan is to work there daily and I encourage everyone to come and visit me while I produce my… Continue reading Opening Public Studio Space in April!!!
Worked all weekend…
Any artist will tell you there is no better place to be than the ZONE. This weekend I worked all sorts of hours and it felt like no time at all. I have been in the zone before but never this deep. Once out of it, I was confused and dazed. It was almost a… Continue reading Worked all weekend…
New Painting … enter evil ringmaster!
Okay, the Ringmaster is stepping into the scene now. I spent last week painting this guy and I am finishing him up this week along with submitting some chapters to my writers group. What a wonderful group of women writers I got together this time. Writer's groups are magical. You get different writers from different… Continue reading New Painting … enter evil ringmaster!