favorite things
Ghost stories
Full moons
Spooky autumn nights
Interesting clothes and jewelry
Unusual pens and pencils
Reading in the middle of the night
And being scared...but only a little
Favorite museums
MoMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guggenheim
Philadelphia Museum of Art
New Museum
Center for Photographic Art
The Hemingway Home
FAVORITE ARTISTS
Vincent van Gogh
Cezanne
Salvador Dali
Georgia O'Keeffe
Frida Kahlo
Yayoi Kusama
Henri Matisse
favorite illustrators
Mary Blair
Charles Addams
Maurice Sendak
Charles Schulz
Dr. Seuss
Tove Jansson
Hayao Miyazaki
Dea LENIHAN
illustrator-artist-author
Dea Lenihan is an artist and author whose work can be seen on book covers and in museums and galleries. As an illustrator, in 2013, Dea was recognized and showcased by the ERIC CARLE MUSEUM where her illustrations from the book, OPEN PILLOW were featured for a special Storytime Weekend. She has also illustrated books and book covers in the middle-grade novel space. She is the creator of 9 best-selling coloring books and subsequent YouTube Channels, ART BY DEA and DOODLEBUG ART, which boasts an impressive 300 videos and over a million views where adults and children alike can learn her illustration and coloring techniques. Yearly, she decorates the doors and windows of the famed RIALTO THEATER of Westfield, New Jersey, for ADDAMSFEST, a month-long celebration of the work of Charles Addams, creator of The Addams Family. Some of Dea’s more unique work has been creating the, I AM A WRITER yearly planner, her Easter egg designs which were featured in PARADE MAGAZINE, her logo and graphic art designs for businesses, and the commissioning of portraits for private collections.