I recently finished working on a couple of very fun illustrations for the University of Minnesota’s latest campaign, which centered on a theme of light. For my part of the campaign, I illustrated two scenes that tied in with research done at the University. The scenes were then printed onto window clings and installed in […]
I’ve just completed this new print for sale on Etsy, featuring a frolicking elephant and one of my husband’s favorite sayings, “All Sunshine Makes a Desert.” It’s a traditional Arabic aphorism handed down to my husband by his mom, who has a wealth of interesting phrases and sayings from Lebanon, where she is from.
It’s time to share with you the third installment of Denise Swanson’s Devereaux’s Dime Store mystery novel covers: Dead Between the Lines! As always it was a pleasure to work on this book cover with AD Mimi Bark at Penguin Group. This time around the mystery involves gardening, so it was fun working all
I just finished this illustration inspired by our new town. It’s an interpretation of the view of higgledy-piggledy medieval buildings that you get as you cross the Old Elvet bridge, one of four bridges spanning the River Wear in the city center here in Durham. I love that one of the results of a
First, I apologize for my long absence from the blogosphere! For the last several months I’ve been working on two big projects which have kept me from doing much else. One was a big move — to England! My husband landed a two-year post-doc at Durham University in the North East of England, so we
I originally met Melanie Eberhardt via her “day job” at Realm Advertising in Georgia when I worked on a holiday card for one of Realm’s clients. But she’s also a painter and illustrator in her own right, with a fluid, colorful, very unique style. She’s worked on lots of commissions for commercial clients and had
I just added this owl print to my Etsy shop! I know it’s a little late to be getting on the owl bandwagon, but I thought, why not! They’re fun to draw, and so many people love the feathered little guys. I actually consider myself somewhat of an expert on owl items, because when
I just added this llama print to my Etsy shop! It’s the latest in my series of animals with fun phrases. I knew I wanted to draw a llama, because they’re funny looking and fluffy and who doesn’t love a llama? I sketched out this prancing guy one day, and I just had to
I just finished working on a really fun and unique project for a new entity called the Public Media Platform. The PMP is a collaborative digital content-sharing system that was just started and that will allow all the different public media outlets (so, PBS, NPR, Public Radio International, etc) to share content for the
In honor of St. Patrick’s day I thought I’d share this illustration which I recently created for the March issue of Connecticut Magazine. It’s a full-page opener for a story called Irish Yearning by David Monagan. The story is a personal essay about the journey of irish immigrants in Connecticut, from his own ancestors
