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 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 posted this new illustration as a print for sale on Etsy! Who doesn’t love a turquoise vintage bike, and why not have a lion riding it? And every lion out for a fun bike ride needs his dog along for the ride in a basket up front. Drawing this made me think
I just added this narwhal to my Etsy offerings! The Foxy fox print sold really well the last few months (THANKS to everyone who bought one!) so I decided to add a few more prints featuring unique animals and encouraging words. This narwhal is the first, since I know a lot of folks out
I’ve had a hankering to draw a fun fox lately, and thinking about foxes makes me think about one of my favorite 80’s epithets — Foxy. Why don’t we call people foxy anymore? I think we should all start using this adorable, woodland-scented compliment whenever we want to tell someone they’re attractive. In honor of
Here’s a personal piece I finished recently as a way to experiment a little with technique. I sometimes wish I could dye my hair my favorite shade of turquoise, but I’m a little too chicken. The great thing about drawing pictures is you can sort of live vicariously through them, so the next best
Here’s a flower I drew for this year’s Mother’s Day card. And my mom just got hers in the mail, so it’s safe to post! ;o) I’m incredibly fortunate to have not only a mom but also a mother-in-law who are super supportive and hang my pictures on their walls. It is such a wonderful
This is another book cover that I illustrated recently for the excellent people at Penguin books. The book is called Little Shop of Homicide, and is the first in the new Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery series by Denise Swanson. Ms. Swanson is the New York Times best-selling author of the very successful Scumble River
The Juno Charm is a lovely new book of poetry written by Irish poet Nuala Ni Chonchuir and published by Salmon Poetry, and it was relseased just last month. My “Midnight Peacock” illustration was chosen for the cover art because, as Nuala put it, the peacock is the symbolic animal of Juno, and the
