Winter Holidays Are Here Again

Time sure does fly when you're busy. Seems like no time at all since Halloween came and went, then Thanksgiving did the same. Here we are just a few short weeks until Christmas arrives. Haven't had any time at all to draw, sketch or paint any new holiday greetings so I'll re-post one of my old favorites.

This is from a black and white pen and ink rendering I did in 1989. I later inked it with color and used it as a Christmas card. Five years later, I digitized it, added snowflakes, shrunk the image, printed multiple copies and used them as name-cards on holiday presents. The image eventually made it onto a poster advertising my holiday art displays and is part of The Cotner Collection Poster series. Here’s a version once again as a holiday greeting. Have a safe, warm and joyous Winter Season and a very Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas 2009

…May Your Holiday Season Be A Happy One

Here’s a family Christmas photo of happier times featuring my mother, Audrey; my sister, Janet; my brother, David; me; and father, Artie “Jack”. No date on the photo but I think it must have been in the early 1950s. Anyone remember?

Hope everyone has a safe, warm, very pleasant and happy holiday. I’m going to try and not eat too much but I never reach that goal and that’s a good thing, all things considered.