I’m off to the Euphoria dune shack this coming Saturday.  I won’t have much of a power source except for a Brookstone charger that is supposed to re-charge my phone eight times.  The shack has no electricity or running water. … Continue reading →

It’s been awhile since I posted and I don’t have any good excuses. I wanted to include an image I made for my good friend Hayden for Christmas. He proposed to his girlfriend, Laura, in Central Park over the holidays… Continue reading →

I’m headed to LA next weekend for the SCBWI National Conference. So excited and nervous. This will be my first national Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators conference. I’ve posted the promo cards I had made and will be… Continue reading →

This is Walton the Weasel. SHE borrowed a park ranger’s hat and is asleep at the Cape Cod National Seashore. Shhhhhh….

Working on Patience and her penguins. This is the policeman who actually lived at the New Orleans Aquarium during Katrina– Officer Dan Kinney. He fed the penguins for a week until the staff could get back to evacuate them. What a nice guy.

Working on my kid’s picture book with penguins. Attended the SCBWI Houston conference this weekend which was great. Getting all my penguins in a row so to speak so I can start sending out my “dummy” to agents.

This week’s Illustration Friday word is “cultivate.” Since I’m working on a penguin picture book, I’ve been cultivating penguins left and right. They are such little characters. These are South African penguins and Rockhopper penguins (the ones with the crazy… Continue reading →