Purple Prince

I've been hunkered down in the studio finishing up a couple of custom pieces. This handsome fellow was inspired by a family favorite, The Purple Prince of Oz in which Prince Randy has to fulfill these seven requirements to become king:

1. make three true friends
2. serve a strange king
3. save a queen
4. show bravery in battle
5. overcome a fabulous monster
6. disenchant a princess
7. receive an important magical treasure from a wizard

Puppet Master

Puppet Master, original collage on scribbled book cover

Two years ago Patrick and Lizzie were well into their Oz adventures. This week they are finishing up the 47th book in the series, Trouble Under Oz. It has been a fantastical journey and even though I don't sit in on the nightly readings there has been a bit of Oz seeping into my own work. I've dubbed it Oz-mosis ;)