Voyeur with Permission
The Biggest Family in the World - a new children's book based on the life of Charles Mulli, planned for publication in 2014. This is a blog chronicling the book's creation from the perspective of the artist. It's a strange feeling as I paint the details of someone else's life. It's almost like I am a voyeur, observing and studying personal photos in an attempt to bring Charles Mulli's story to life on "canvas". I have the help of Paul Boge, the writer of Charles' biography, Father to the Fatherless , and of course Paul's own stories of his intimate relationship and visits with the Mulli family in Kenya. The adapted version that I am working on is also very broad and generalized in scope, so that there is a lot of freedom to "fill in" the visual gaps as I need to. One of the more amusing scenarios is as I work on young Charles' new business ventures, where he purchases a matatu (truck for local transport), and starts taxiing...