While I’ve been painting professionally for almost decade, illustration is a new adventure for me. It feels quite natural since my paintings are narrative and worked in a series. Children’s book illustration is a joy and I love doing it so, SO much! I’m also learning to write picture book stories and hope to be a picture book author/illustrator someday. I must start somewhere so here are my beginnings. More work to follow in the near future; I’m working hard at this!
Kidlit Illustrations & Book Projects
Home Sweet Spaceship
A picturebook about friendship, communication, and persistance. Ages 4-8.
On the night that Crow fell Interupted dreams Pause and plan
Crow’s nest is in disrepair and he needs a new one, a practical something where he can bake his forest-famous cheesecake. Woot wants an almost impossible something, a spaceship for adventurous lunar expeditions with a side mission of gathering moon cheese to help make his friend’s cheesecake even better. In spite of their best intentions – miscommunication, mismatched purposes, and comical outside influences create a series of ridiculous and useless somethings. They should pause and plan together, but will they?
What Dogs Do
A picturebook about the secret activities of your family’s dog. Ages 4-8
The Hole Digging Club Expert finder of lost things Finding a lost mind, among other things Making doggie tea Tea time with cat spies “The Knows” dog satelite
What does your dog do during the day while you’re at school? It will definitely surprise you!
Character studies and miscellaneous
Practice makes perfect; here are my noodles and doodles, for better or for worse.
Woot and Crow Bernard and the Bumpus Earl has a toothache Earl chasing Jones Bernard and the Bumpus Edwina has the coolest pet EVER