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, too, when a whimsical piece of art is needed to perk up a page!
Please visit my website to learn more about me and my illustration work-- thank you!
HOBBIES & INTERESTS: home dec & diy, vintage tablecloths & linens, (beelie) ball fringe, rick rack, barkcloth, oilcloth, wool felt, felted sweaters, puppets, eBay, tag & garage & estate sales, old rusty stuff, fruit-themed paraphernalia, pugs, 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, altered books, graphic novels, 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, Elizabeth Berg, Joanna Trollope, Katie Fforde, Anne Tyler. FAVORITE MOVIES: Spellbound, Rear Window, Amelie, A Room With a View, Maurice, Some Kind of Wonderful, Cinema Paradiso, My Brilliant Career, Strictly Ballroom.
