Long Tale – Opening Night

The opening reception for Long Tale was on Friday, March 1st. It was my first time in ATB's ArtVault Space and was such a great night, despite it being incredibly cold in Calgary. I attended the event with one of my best friends and we had a wonderful time! There was delicious food and drinks, lots of people I knew, and so many beautifully illus ...

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I Didn’t Stand Up – Alexis

I Didn't Stand Up, written by Lucy Falcone and illustrated by me, is out today! For all of you who have asked me where they can get a copy, it's available online through Indigo, Amazon and my publisher's distributor. As for physical bookstores, Chapters/Indigo carries it. In Calgary, the stores in Chinook, Signal Hill and Crowfoot all current ...

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Book Signing on May 13th, 2017

I'm going to be signing books at the Chapters in Crowfoot on Saturday, May 13th. This will be my first official book signing. Because both of my books are relevant to spring - one is about butterflies and the other is about compost and gardening - this seems like appropriate timing. I'll be there from 11:00 until 4:00, so come say hi and get a f ...

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Book Cover Process: Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess

Last summer I was contacted by the good people at Pajama Press about illustrating a cover for the middle grade novel: Macy MacMillan and the Rainbow Goddess. It's the second book by Shari Green and is written entirely in verse. It already has one honour: it's a Junior Library Guild 2017 Selection, and it hasn't even been released yet. It comes out ...

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Behind the Scenes of Charlie’s Dirt Day – PART 6 – final art

A final sneak peek inside the finished pages of Charlie's Dirt Day...This image is one of my favourites. It was really fun to work on and until it was completely finished I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out.I hope you've enjoyed the preview of the book as well as some of my process over the last few weeks. If you want to see more, you'll hav ...

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