Every story's a journey
On a long ago vacation in Cozumel I attended one of those dinner and a show tourist events – a banquet with performances depicting Mexico’s history. I enjoyed the dancers with antlers and loved the hot chocolate. Returning home I tried to recreate the drink I tried a combination of chocolate, cinnamon, and coffee. Hint:…
Artists conception of the Poverty Point archaeological site near Epps, Louisiana at it’s height. The site was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the spring of 2014, only the 22nd in the United States to be added to the World Heritage List and the first in Louisiana. Oil painting, 24″ x 36″, 2014. Poverty…
What if Cleopatra faked her death and escaped on a pirate ship? While her sister sailed for Wales with the most valuable ancient books from her Library of Alexandria? And they both landed in an imagined new world filled with crypto-creatures and historical humans? Trekking to the desert of 1st century New Mexico, Cleo from…
The Pharaoh and the Librarian is a work of fiction. Alternative fiction. “What if” fiction. Everyone thinks they know the historic Cleopatra. They’ve seen the movies, read the books, and heard of her in history classes, yet much is based on writings of Roman historians. Cleo grew up privileged, had her food tasted, participated in…