James L. Lockhart

**James Leland Lockhart** was born in 26 September 1912 in a small town (El Dorado) in northeastern Arkansas near the banks of the Mississippi River--a rustic setting that family said sealed his kinship with nature. Working at his drafting table, illustrator 'Jim' Lockhart was never unnerved by the strangers that would watch him through the window. Deer, raccoons, owls, songbirds and other critters would visit in the back yard or perch on the ledge of his Lake Forest home. They …