Home, jet lagged, filled with hope, anxiety, and just about every other emotion jumbled up together. Not sure I will ever be able to find the right words to describe this trip. The biggest question is…why do we wait until everything feels so uncertain to express just how much someone means to us? Maybe it’s […]

[Read more →]

After skyping with Yukiko and getting status updates from her friends, it was pretty clear that a trip to Japan had to happen. . .So armed with a best friend, her ipad (it has a language translator), train schedules, maps, prayers and good intentions we’re off tomorrow afternoon Japan bound.

[Read more →]

Recently I had the opportunity to work with Yoga Journal Australia and they were just as lovely to work with as their US counterpart. The article was about  the different birth plans/trends that are emerging in Australia and how a yogic approach is incorporated. While researching the subject matter, I found quite a few videos […]

[Read more →]

Swinging on delicate hinges
the Autumn Leaf
Almost off the stem
-Jack Kerouac

[Read more →]

The last few weeks have been a blur and I had all kinds of new work to post and fun things to share but none of that seems very important now. My dear sweet friend Yukiko has been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. I can’t even wrap my mind around this, it doesn’t seem […]

[Read more →]

*assignment from class 7-classic fairy tale hansel and gretel All I can say is it’s been a very long month and a half. Juggling contract work plus school has been challenging at times but it’s been worth it. We’ve produced an eight panel action sequence, a 32 page book dummy and a finished illustration of […]

[Read more →]

Tonight I’m taking my first class at California College of  the Arts. The Tuesday night, ten week course is an introduction to children’s book illustration. In the past I’ve done a couple educational children’s books and music workbooks, but not the kind of picture book project I’ve been dreaming about. This July marks my two […]

[Read more →]