Breakfast with Ransome

I had breakfast with a couple of artist friends yesterday, including James Ransome (far right). 

In addition to being an award-winning illustrator, James is also an associate professor and program coordinator in the illustration department at Syracuse University.

Tomorrow is the publication date for his newest illustrated picture book called Light in the Darkness: A Story about How Slaves Learned in Secret, written by his wife Lesa Cline-Ransome.

You can watch him paint the cover in time lapse at this YouTube video.