100 Years of Illustration

Christmas Greetings and Good Wishes for the New Year

I've added text to one of my original silk-screen prints. Click on the image to enlarge it. Back to more great Swiss design after the holidays.

Another Carpal Tunnel Surgery

In October of 2004 I was required to wear this cumbersome and itchy brace to counter the onslaught of carpal tunnel syndrome. You can imagine how long I put up with that.

By July of this year I opted for surgery to my left hand. It eliminated the numbness and pain associated with this condition. BTW, those are my granddaughters at an earlier age in the photo behind me.

So today I had the right hand done, and all went as well as before.

Robert Louis Stevenson by John W. Alexander

We've just returned from Silverado Country in California and it will take me a few days to get organized. Meanwhile, here's a great portrait of this marvelous author that appeared in Century Magazine in its April 1888 issue.