Illustrations include watercolor, fine-line drawings with crowquill pen and Luma dyes, oil paintings, water color paintings, and photography.

Geometric images on this site measure approximately 1 inch x 1 inch and were drawn with crowquill pens and Luma dyes.

Iguanas make excellent drawing subjects. They don't move. While petsitting for Oscar and Iggy below, I drew them with a crowquill pen and luma dyes on parchment. The originals measure 12"x12" and took approximately 30 hours each to draw. There are no mistakes our whiteouts on these drawings.

The Maritime Heritage Project
Our major project is the Maritime Heritage Project, which is an internationally well-regarded maritime history site. History of immigration via sea travel to San Francsico during 1800s.

Elephant Lake
Lauren Hewett, Author
Lauren Brydon, Illustrator
Published by MarineStudios This children's book was written and illustrated by two highschool students about a young elephant whose dream led her to face and overcome great odds. Hand published, hand bound.
Available by special order only.

China, The Dragon
Dianne Levy, Author and Illustrator
Published by MarineStudios
Hand published, hand bound.
Available by special order only.

Kasey (Working Title)
Dianne Levy, Author
Post-Gold Rush novel set in Northern California.

Outdoors in the Classroom
Dianne Levy and
Diane Christiansen, Authors
A workbook designed to teach the value of environmentalism through active outdoors activities. Between 1986 and 1996, this guidebook was used in 2,100 San Francisco Bay Area classrooms by more than 63,000 children.
Out of Print.