One Evening with Mayor Dick and Senator Jane brings back the wonderful illustrator and artist Martha Iserman.
Martha has previously illustrated Uncle Jeffrey the Violinist and Aunt Josephine and Her Long Ride.
I first met Martha as a student of mine when I was teaching a botanical illustration class at the Marjorie McNeeley Conservatory, Saint Paul, MN. Martha has since completed a scientific illustration program, has worked at the Smithsonian and is now living in Chicago.
Martha's work for The Book of Bartholomew is really wonderful, fresh and emotive. As fine a story illustrator as she is, you should check out her amazing and exquisite nature illustrations. Over the last few years, with each sharing of new work by Martha, my socks have been blown off (I mean this quite literally, and I am getting annoyed at the lint burn marks between my toes). The detail, the exactness and the overall consistency of her work is breathtaking. You can check out her science illustrations at her website Big Red Sharks (www.bigredsharks.com). Although Martha has moved away from the Twin Cities, she will always be a Twin City artist in my heart. Hopefully one day we will get her back.
Until then, enjoy Martha's fine work in One Evening with Mayor Dick and Senator Jane, published this Friday, May 18, 2012 at The Book of Bartholomew.
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