by EdKoehler | Jul 12, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
I like things that fly. I like airplanes, I like kites, and I like birds. I really like birds. I don’t study them, nor do I watch them like those pith-helmeted enthusiasts with binoculars. Truth is, I know little about them except that they are beautiful,...
by EdKoehler | Jun 21, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
On a recent Saturday morning in St. Louis, I headed to the Missouri Botanical Garden for their dazzling Chinese lantern exhibit, Magic Reimagined. Admittedly daytime is not when you’re supposed to view a lantern exhibit, but I wanted to get a preview and the...
by EdKoehler | Jun 7, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
In my inaugural post I promised to explore the value of humorous art for children’s books, educational material and the like. The world in which I usually work, religious publishing, is a serious world. As well it should be, because the mission of my publishers...
by EdKoehler | Nov 21, 2013 | Children's Books
My work for Christian publishing involves everything from full color children’s book illustrations, curriculum, to kid’s activity books. These activity books are fun, colorful, appropriately complex for specific ages. I may be assigned puzzles, games,...