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This is a beach scene from the east coast. Many times the ocean gives up her bounty of bottles, shells and other treasures. The gulls in this picture were fascinated by the shiny bottle that had washed up on the beach I was walking on May 13, 2001 on Long Island, NY.

Dear Fellow Artists, Friends and World....I had always wanted to work in the book publishing industry. In 1989, my wish became reality by following my heart to work for a company that published scientific magazines, journals, and books, American Institute of Physics, AIP, on Long Island, New York. I learned the business from the ground up. Years later with digital art becoming the main-stay, and laptop computers being the workstations, I took a children's book publishing class to become a self-publisher. In 2010, I started "Holdens Whimsicals" for greeting cards, initially, and then I expanded into book publishing. In 2013, I self-published "Elephoot." The second book,"Elephoot Returns" in 2014 and the third children's book, "Penelope...