When the art director for Ladybug magazine contacted me about doing an illustration for them, she was looking for a very specific image. She wanted a little boy in a chef's hat and apron dropping marshmallows into a cup of hot chocolate. I began by doing sketches of little boys' faces. Once I had one that I was happy with, I played arou ...
Read MoreI was contacted by the art director at Alberta Views Magazine back in July about doing an illustration for an essay called 'Washing the Body: I carry my mother inside me now as she once carried me' by Karen Connelly. It was about a woman's experience of losing her mother. Because I'd been doing a lot of work for the children's market, I was really ...
Read MoreI just received an e-mail containing the final cover of my soon-to-be-released picture book, Bye, Bye, Butterflies! and I thought it would be a good time to share the process behind that cover.I felt that the cover needed to show the main character, Charlie, interacting with butterflies and I had some initial ideas of how that that could go.My edit ...
Read MoreLast summer I had an idea to make a Get Well Soon card where the letters in a bowl of soup spelled out the message. I did several sketches in my sketchbook, but I never actually got around to painting it. This past winter I revived the idea, but made it into a Thank You card. I recently painted a version of it in my sketchbook, where I'm still e ...
Read MoreI've an idea for a series of thank you cards for a while now so I thought I'd start painting them up. This one is 'Tea Time' and it's just done in my sketchbook. I'm experimenting with using colored pencils on a layered acrylic painting.Also, the Uppercase Work/Life 2 iPhone app is now available. Check it out - it's free. ...
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