Autumn is the best time of year and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise has never lived in New England. The smells, the change in color not just in the trees but in the light itself, the way pumpkin and apple treats suddenly appear everywhere, and most of all, the fact that it finally starts getting COLD again, makes autumn my favorite time of year.

Here's my gryphon character in her favorite spot under an autumn tree, piecing together some pretty trinket from found things in the forest. And oops, it looks like I gave her ears by mistake. Whatever, she can grow ears if she wants. Yeah. >.>

Watercolor on cold-press paper, 10 X 14 inches.