If you know me, you know that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and always has been. This year I was inspired to create a couple of new spooky-themed illustrations, just for fun. I love getting to draw some of my favorite motifs in a bold, Halloween-y color palette. The first one is a […]
Happy Spring everyone! It may have officially been spring for a while, but around here in the northeast of England it’s finally really feeling like it! It inspired me to draw this picture of happy animals frolicking amongst the giant flowers, many of which are inspired by the beautiful blooms I see in our neighbors’
For this Valentine’s Day email to my clients I illustrated this quote from Gandhi. I think it captures the idea of love in the broader sense, not just romantic love but love of all kinds, which I think is worth celebrating this February 14th! I’m also offering it as a print for sale on
Happy Halloween everyone! In honor of the spookiest holiday I drew this homage to one of the scariest characters out there — Dracula. In Bram Stoker’s original tale, Dracula is said to come to the shores of England at Whitby, during a foreboding, terrible storm. Whitby is just an hour and a half away
Here’s a happy snail proclaiming his Summer Love, a new picture I drew to send out as a hello and as an Etsy print. Here where I live in the northeast of England, starting about now there are a plethora of adorable snails roaming the sidewalks as soon as the sun begins to set.
Here are some colorful fluttering butterflies for the start of summer. I love the infinite variety of wing shapes, colors and patterns that can be found in butterflies, and I had a great time making up my own imaginary butterflies! Available as an Etsy print, too!
One great advantage to living in England is that spring arrives so much earlier than it did in Chicago. As early as the first week of February, snowdrops were popping up everywhere! They were followed by profusions of crocuses a couple of weeks later, and then a few weeks ago masses of daffodils took
Hello, and welcome to my blog! Thanks for visiting. To get started, I’d like to share a recent promotional image I created and sent out to friends, clients and potential clients. I love mushrooms — both for eating and for drawing — and couldn’t resist bringing together some of the more fun forms of fungi
