Sheldon Dawson Freelance Illustrator

Yield/2003/Acrylic on canvasboard/18″ x 24″

Learning to Fly / acrylic on board / 40″ x 24″

This little baboon’s intention seems obvious, but whether or not his home-made wings will prove to be functional is still in doubt.

Ambroise the daring voyageur

Found a way to continue his tour

When he wrecked his canoe

What else could he do

But to go on, taking a small detour

Illustration from Do Unto Otters written by Grant Anderson, published by Pemmican Publications.

Illustration from What Could You Do In Your Canoe? written by Louise Gordey, published by The Louis Riel Institute.

Unpopularity

A free ride on the new Ferris wheel

Sounded like a pretty good deal

But now I have a strong hunch

That going so soon after lunch

Cost me my ten dollar meal

Illustration from Do Unto Otters, written by Grant Anderson, published by Pemmican Publications.

The Grizzly bear’s rest wasn’t deep

Till he tried counting dozens of sheep

This didn’t work great

Until several he ate

Allowing him to fall fast asleep

This is a suspenseful moment for the sheep as they anxiously hope that the bear is finally, deeply asleep.

 Illustration from Do Unto Otters wtitten by Grant Anderson, published by Pemmican Publications

A rider in traditional clothing carries forward the Metis flag in this illustation from The Metis Nation written by Jean La Prairie, published by the Louis Riel Institute.

Illustration from James McKay written by Jean LaPrairie, published by the Louis Riel Institute.

 Metis women prepare pemmican in this page from The Buffalo Hunters written by Jean LaPrairie, published by the Louis Riel Institute.

“Hi ho Blitzen away! Away I say! Go, giddyup, take off,  fly, run, move…”