New work

The Three Kings ©Miskend2012

Here's another work on the Bible theme. Scroll down to see Noah's Ark submitted for the Children's Book Illustration Art Showcase on view until March 30th.

Exhibit Info

Noah's Ark, gouache/acrylic gold/colored pencil © Donna Miskend2012

March 4 - 30, 2012

Children's Book Illustration Art Showcase

Featuring Bible art and other children's book illustrations

by members of LICWI and CBIG Illustrators

at Gallery Connect

320 Broadway

Greenlawn Road

Huntington, NY 11743

Opening reception March 4 12:30-2pm

After the reception date please call (631)271- 0272

T-F 11am-5pm and Sunday after services for viewing availability.

Thank you to Debbie Cuneo for organizing the exhibit

I have 3 pieces in the show, here's one of them.

The Lion And The Mouse

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

© Donna Miskend

Gouache, digital

Aesop's Fables is a great theme for playing with design. Here's a more painterly interpretation of The Lion And The Mouse at the moment when the mouse helps the lion escape in return for sparing its life.

Aesop's Fables

This is my entry for CBIG's 2011 second annual exhibition.

I conceived this program with last year's physical exhibit titled Dragon's and Magic at NYPL's Jefferson Market Library. The online catalogue can still be viewed with 19 participating CBIG members. http://www.cbig-nyc.com/DragonMagicCatSm.pdf The artwork is terrific!

This year we have an online exhibit, and our theme is Aesop's Fables.

Thanks again to Diana Ting Delosh for putting together the wonderful catalogues, and to all the members who sent their fabulous artwork.

Participating members:

Beth Bogert · Lisa Cinelli · Gwen Connolley · Deborah Cuneo · Diana Ting Delosh · Carrie Eko-Burgess · Doris Ettlinger · Lisa Falkenstern · Laura Goetz · Leeza Hernandez · Mark A. Hicks · H. R. Karpes · Jennifer Merz · Donna Miskend · Ginger Nielson · Sawaka Norii · Marilyn Papas · Barbara Mason Rast · Roberta Rivera · Karen Romagna · Jada Rowland · Vicky Rubin · Tatyana Starikove · Teresa Tyler · Penny Webber · Wallace West

View the catalogue here:

http://cbig-nyc.com/CBIGAesop%27sBksm.pdf - http://cbig-nyc.com/CBIGAesop%2527sBksm.pdf

A GREAT CAUSE

Here's a chance for all the authors out there to not only get a consultation on your literary project, but also support a great cause - Born Free USA.

Anna Olswanger, literary agent with Liza Dawson Associates is offering a consultation as part of an auction to raise funds for Born Free USA, a non profit national animal advocacy group dedicated to protecting wild animals in captivity, and wild animals threatened in their natural environments. Visit their web site for further information about the projects they fund at http://www.bornfreeusa.org.

Anna represents fiction and non-fiction for both the adult and children's market. Visit her web site at www.olswanger.com.

And to bid on the auction:

http://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/Item.action?id=136829236

DON'T WAIT - THE AUCTION ENDS ON JUNE 24TH!

Pass it on and help support animals in need.

Dragons & Magic Exhibit

©DonnaMiskend2010
Read a conversation with us about our inspiration, illustration process and other thoughts

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2010/10/01/my-library-childrens-book-illustrators

The exhibition of illustrations by 18 member artists of  CBIG inspired by the books The Reluctant Dragon, by Kenneth Grahame and The Magic City, by E. Nesbit is on view at the Jefferson Market Library through Oct. 29th.

Dragons

R. Dragon, © Donna Miskend, watercolor

And now for the lighter side. I love doing the the elaborate borders, but I also like to work in a simpler style. He's the dragon in Kenneth Grahame's The Reluctant Dragon, who prefers poetry to dragon-like behaviour. You may know Grahame's other popular work, The Wind And The Willows. But don't miss this little gem too. The townspeople hear there's a dragon nearby and rush to call on the dragonslayer. But a young boy knows better. He knows all about dragons, and goes to see for himself. What he finds is a dragon who loves poetry, nature, and wants to live in peace. Yep, appearances are deceiving, and now it's up to the young boy to save the dragon. It's a wonderful story.

I couldn't decide between the 2 books chosen to inspire 18 illustrators for CBIG's exhibit Dragons & Magic on view at the Jefferson Market Library through October. But as the September theme on our web site is dragons, in the end I could do both.