Marcelas Owens

When I met him a couple of years ago I could instantly see that his sisters looked up to him and his grandmother adored him. Today, all of us can adore and look up to Marcelas Owens!!!

mama! papa!

I don't always realize where inspiration comes from until later. These illustrations are from two of my favorite books as a young child. I hadn't realized until recently that Maurice Sendak was so directly influenced by Winsor MCCay!