Starting from a young age, I loved SPACE - how it made me feel, the
use of it, its colors and angles. Whether I was rearranging the
furniture in my bedroom each week, or fantasizing about what an
upstairs addition would look like on our house, I was always looking
for new ways to change the space around me that reflected my mood.

I later moved to New York City, where I lived for nearly 18 years.
Living in a succession of tiny studio apartments, I started to adapt
my desire for, but lack of, space to creating environments on paper.

Combining my love for color and details with the use of pattern, I
create tiny "homes" for my illustrations to live within. Whether
I'm wrapping an illustration in words or filling the page with
bright color, I try to merge artwithmoodwithspace.

I now live in Austin, Texas where I finally have more than four
walls to work with.

Clients include:
Chronicle Books, Random House, Target, Ivory, Klutz, Oopsy Daisy, teNeues, Graphique de France,
Schurman Design, Bruce McGaw, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Orange Avenue, Scholastic, Roaring
Brook Press, Magic Murals, The Boston Globe, TimeOut NY, YM, Teen, Travel & Leisure