Do you ever feel like books find you at the exact right moment? During the past July and August I read these books while I was recovering from an unexpected and unsettling illness. I know that I chose them, but it felt like they were finding their way to me for a reason. Each book, in its […]

In early June during a weekend on the other side of Lake Michigan, I visited the Art Institute of Chicago – a museum that I was lucky to frequent as a kid during family visits to the city. No matter how many times I’ve been there since, each time I walk up the steps between […]

    When we moved into our house in 2015, the space that is now my studio was a sunroom annex off of what is now our daughter’s bedroom. As you can see, it was a tad dingy and VERY yellow. After much consideration, we decided to build a dividing wall, which made the bedroom […]

My work is featured this week in Sir Magazine’s “Workspace of” series. Sir Magazine is a gorgeous online magazine based in Antwerp, and the magazine’s editors have invited illustrators from around the world to draw their workspaces for this series. I’m honored to be included in the group, and I have loved perusing the other artists’ drawings and workspaces. It’s not only interesting to see the places where […]