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I am a Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) graduate, with a BFA in Illustration.
I have been a freelance illustrator since 1989, specializing in publications for kids-- for their education and entertainment. I also illustrate for grownups when a whimsical piece of art is needed to perk up a page!
My illustrations run the gamut from traditionally-created to digitally-created, with stops in-between.
I've also begun a second business, with different product lines made with fiber/fabric. Currently, I am designing & creating pillows, tea & egg cozies, and finger puppets, and have been exhibiting @ craft shows, as well as selling items via online and "brick & mortar" shops.

* NEW * : I am now licensing artwork from both my Arts & my Crafts portfolios.

Interests

rear window, altered books, ebay, graphic novels, pugs, cinema paradiso, vintage tablecloths & linens, (beelie) ball fringe, rick rack, barkcloth, oilcloth, wool felt, felted sweaters, tag & garage & estate sales, old rusty stuff, fruit-themed paraphernalia, soho, true crime novels, court tv, anything english, hedgehogs, ladybugs, alfred hitchcock movies, dollhouses, vintage toy trucks, miniatures, vintage gameboards and playing pieces, vintage advertising, milk glass, fiestaware, polka-dotted enamelware, pop-up books, paper engineering, children's magazines from different countries. favorite children's book illustrators: garth williams, beatrix potter, robert mccloskey, eric carle, lois ehlert, clare beaton, salley mavor, arthur rackham, mary blair, lois lenski, helen oxenbury, lucy cousins, robert sabuda, maurice sendak, tomie depaola, arnold lobel, ashley wolff. favorite designers: cath kidston, tricia guild, kaffe fassett, rebecca cole, barbara sculati, laura ashley. favorite authors: louisa may alcott, louise fitzhugh, joanna trollope, katie fforde, anne tyler. favorite movies: spellbound, a room with a view, maurice, my brilliant career, strictly ballroom., hobbies & interests: puppets, home dec & diy