Lights! Camera! Action!

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Lee is gonna be on TV tonight!

OPB will be airing a segment about Lee on it's Emmy-winning show Oregon Art Beat. The show, which is in its 19th season, profiles artists throughout the Pacific Northwest 😀🌲☔️

The crew spent some time with Lee last fall, following him around with cameras and asking him all kinds of probing questions. Kind of nerve-wracking, especially when you are used to working all alone in a studio all day!

Special thanks to Jacob Pander and crew, who made it all happen 👍 And thanks to Oregon Art Beat for producing such a fun show, it's so interesting to learn about all the talented folks living here in the PNW 😄

The episode will air tonight on OPB at 8pm PST. Or watch it right here!

Fresh batch of books!

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Just got a big box of Lee's latest picture book, Kate, Who Tamed The Wind!

It's all about a little girl who befriends a neighbor and figures out an ingenious way to temper the winds atop the steep hill where he lived. Written by amazing kidlit writer Liz Garton Scanlon.

The story reminds me a bit of when we lived in Corbett, where gale force winds routinely buffeted the surrounding hills. We lived in a little house tucked down in a protected hully gully, but there were parts of town where the winds could get up past 100 mph!

Anyway, it's a lovely story, especially for all the tree lovers out there 😀 It's due out Feb. 6!

New picture book coming out soon!

We just love getting shiny packages in the mail!

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Just got an advance copy of the new picture book Lee illustrated, Kate, Who Tamed The Wind! It's so fun to see the book in its final form, after months and months of edits and revisions 😀

It's a lovely book about a girl comes up with a plan to tame the wind by harnessing the power of trees. Written by award-winning author Liz Garton Scanlon.

It's due out in stores on 2/6/18.

Greeting card sets now in Lee's shop!

Walking in the snow. Illustration by Lee White.

We finally added greeting card sets to Lee's shop!

They come in packs of 6, 12 and 24. You can mix and match from 12 different designs, just let us know which ones and how many of each you want during checkout 😀

The greeting cards are printed for us in the US. They measure 4.5 inches wide by 5.5 inches high, and come with a brown Kraft envelope. They are blank, ready for you to write all your witty thoughts 😀

Here's all the different designs to choose from:

The Original Art exhibit!

Illustration by Lee White.

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Lee will be part of the upcoming The Original Art 2017 exhibit!

The exhibit, put on by the Society Of Illustrators, showcases art from the best picture books of the year. Lee is one of the featured artists for the picture book Emma and the Whale 😀 It's quite an honor to be selected!

The illustration above will be on display at the Society of Illustrators in NY from Nov. 1 thru Dec. 30. It's loosely inspired by the lovely beaches on Bainbridge Island, in the Puget Sound.

Here comes Halloween!

Image by Lee White.

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Here's the cover Lee did for the upcoming Halloween issue of Cricket Magazine. Hitting newstands soon!

Note: Lee will be sharing the process for making this image live on Facebook! More details to come 😀

Great review from Publishers Weekly!

Art from Love, Santa, the new picture book Lee illustrated.

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A bit of good news in all this gloom 😀

Love, Santa, which Lee illustrated, got a great review from Publishers Weekly! It's a really beautiful story, so it's nice to see it get some love.

It's all about how a girl comes to learn the truth behind Santa, and how she carries on the spirit of Christmas. We will definitely read it to our little guy when he is a little older and ready to know that Santa is bigger than any one person 😉

It's written by the amazingly-talented Martha Brockenbrough, a Seattlite who has written a whole lot of books for young readers.

It's due out on 9/26!

Love, Santa

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We're finally back from traveling all summer and look what we found in the mail! The new picture book Lee illustrated!

It's a truly beautiful story about Santa and the spirit of Christmas. Written by the illustrious Martha Brockenbrough 😀

It will be available on Amazon on 9/26!