Secret Moon Art

June 2, 2022 Posted with a flurry of fondness, here again is the dummy book cover for 'Pattillo Armadillo and the Dream of Green' from way back in 2004:

Mossy Cave Observatory , a pencil drawing by Jude Cowell…all rights reserved ©JudeCowellArt

Someone seems to have discovered the reason why over the years Vincent Van Gogh's famous yellow Sunflowers have been fading into a brownish haze. Don't leave us, Van Gogh's Sunflowers! Even if you are a floral symbol of monarchy ! (Sun = Leo = natural ruler = divine right of kings , as they think.) Well, truth is, I have no sunflowers about the place for publishing here but I can sympathize with one of my favorite master painters. If only he could be around to decry this unfortunate fading which is seemingly due to something Van Gogh added to his palette himself to make his colors...brighter! It's a sad and classic case of unintended consequences, right? This reminds me of some artwork I perpetrated in 1996, the first I'd drawn on black paper since high school art classes; then I had photos taken of the pieces which were transferred onto slides - no desktop publishing then, at least not for moi. But when I scanned the slides for my art files later on, I found that...

This illustration is entitled, Pattillo Wakes at Moonrise . Well, of course he does. For he's an armadillo with a natural habit of foraging at night for ants and grubs! Mmm-m-m-m...yum yum. And here's Pattillo catching a little shut eye , making a pit stop on his journey to a greener clime.

In honor of the Nov 24 Full Moon in Gemini--this year's Snow Moon --here's Pattillo Armadillo with sleepy stuff still in the corners of his tiny little eyes...appearing in a tableau called, Pattillo Awakens at Moonrise. secret moon art 2007, drawing by jude cowell

This drawing is from Pattillo Armadillo and the Dream of Green and shows a scene near the end of the story. You see Pattillo mustering his energy for the final leg of his journey...short little legs and all. You see, the Great Lichen Forest was an ancient growth and contained within the smaller Blue Tree Forest. Click on above title to stop by my pages at Gather.com, why doncha? We'll schmooze. Click on My Articles and look for one about Pattillo's dummybook and its journey to New York City...and alas, back home again a mere month or so later...but with a comlimentary Editor's Letter in tow in honor of his valiant exertions. At www.gather.com , tea or coffee are optional...or as Abraham Lincoln is said to have said so amusingly: if this is tea, bring me coffee. If this is coffee, bring me tea. (c)2007 Unscene World by Jude Cowell