Artist Earl Newman

Earl Newman does the cover art work for all my books. He lives in the small mountain community of Summit in Oregon, the same beautiful town our assistant, Tommy, lives in. He has been drawing and silk screening for 50 years. His posters have appeared at Jazz Festivals and Art Shows all over the US.

Here Earl is hard at work at my kitchen table on my book 'Tis the Season. I watched him start with a blank piece of paper and turn it into a beautiful drawing including a wreath, pinecones, ice, snow, stars, ribbons and holly and ivy greenery. Oh, and of course, there's a harp in the drawing too. This was all in a matter of 20 minutes! We grabbed the wreath equipped with pinecones and ribbon off the porch and hung it on the chair as a model, I cut some holly and ivy off the bushes from the side of the house, (lucky for me we have them growing there) and I gave him a photo of one of our harps which he's holding in his hand in the photos. Notice the pencil sharpener in the right photo which I transported from the office for his use.

Here's Earl working on my newest book "Shalom." Containing a collection of Jewish tunes, it will be coming out in the Spring.

Mt. Hood, Artwork and Silk Screen by Earl Newman

I have had this Earl Newman print for more than 20 years. It is Mt. Hood, near Portland, and was used as a poster for a Festival at Oregon State University in 1984. I was fortunate enough to snatch up one of them.

Earl's beautiful drawings for my books:

The Original books

Holiday books

Traditional Tunes books

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