Electric Shoebox Studios

The drawing on the right

came about when Anne

and I were designing the

invitation to our wedding.

I asked him if he could

draw something, and in

a few minutes, presented

us with this.

I used to have some

still lifes of fruit that he did with colored pencil, I think

in high school, but I don't know where they are hiding right now.

Below is Minor Hurricanes

and those boys are, of course, my grandsons.

This artist happens to

be my son. Alden Thomas is very gifted in a lot of areas, but the thing I like best are his pencil or prismacolor drawings. He has illustrated children's books and done drawings for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

These days, he uses a

tablet most of the time,

I think. His style is dist-

inctive. He's very savvy

with all things media.

I took this photo in 2013

at his exhibit at the Largo

library. He told me the

other day that his website,

Electric Shoebox Studios,

hasn't been updated in a

long time, so I expect that some construction will be ongoing there.

Many, many years ago,

Alden created illustrations

for a home– schooler's

resource book on grammar written by a friend. I thought they were genius. This was

so long ago, I doubt he remembers it. I still have

the book, but can't find

a date on it.

More recently, but still a

while back, Alden illustrated

a children's book called

The House Ate It, which

is still available on Amazon.

Songs For Dad

Covers for Father's Day CD's Alden & Julia used to make me

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