2026

Elias Rosenshaw 1/13/2026. Filtered digital collage with pencil on paper & digital colours.

What a wonderful Kirkus review! (Paired here with my favorite improper contraction.) "A thoughtful look at life, in all its beauty and strangeness. ... This delightfully deadpan musing on life urges compassion for others. Howden’s straightforward text is on the philosophical side, though also rooted in the absurd. Hahn’s spare black graphite pencil watercolor, mostly set against a white background, are imbued with humor and empathy for the pickle, with the foodstuff’s expressive eyes conveying many emotions at once. " https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-howden/the-wise-pickle/ THE WISE PICKLE by Sarah Howden ; illustrated by Sabina Hahn RELEASE DATE: June 23, 2026

Happy New Year, platypus, echidna, kookaburra, koala, doodle

“New mysteries. New day. Fresh doughnuts.” - David Lynch.

Australia, kangaroo, koala, emu, love

Whales, a good book or two and their robot friends…

Gengar fan art time!

Only the first of the month of a new year, and I’m keeping busy as ever…

“I was born to rock the boat. Some may sink, but we may float.” - Warren Zevon.

“You must go on a long journey before you can really find out how wonderful home is.” - Tove Jansson, Comet In Moominland.

Psychedelic landscape time again!

It’s another moon and narwhal piece… what do you expect? It’s me :-P

Something very different(ish) for me… a touch of life drawing! It’s been near enough eight years since I last had a go at this sort of thing. Pleased to see I’m not too bad at it… definitely giving it another go when I can :-)

“Edinburgh is home. It’s like everything in the world that should be is in Edinburgh and its surroundings.” - Bert Jansch.

Looking for the meaning of life Douglas Adams style, you could say…

Shark no. 2 of 2026!

This time with regular whales!

Getting that celtic groove on again…

"If there are things that haven’t aged well, I’d be grateful if you laugh them off with a forgiving heart.” - Hirokazu Hikawa.

One last thing before bedtime…

“I don’t know much, but I know a little about a lot of things.” - Oliver Hardy.

The annual “how the hell is it February already?” remark… because why not, right?

And into 2026 we go! Happy new year folks :-)

More narwhals? More narwhals :-)

Whales and friends!

“Rules are for other people, I like breaking the rules!” - Todd Rundgren.

Another of them usual characters to conclude things in my current volume!

“I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything." - Captain Beefheart.

“I find only freedom in the realms of eccentricity.” - David Bowie.

Musical madness!