I’ve been illustrating since the age of 4, a time when my hair and sense of fashion was the best it’s ever been.
Self-portrait, 1997
I peaked early, becoming a published illustrator at the age of 9, and I’ve been chasing that level of creative success ever since.
Author and illustrator at the Animal Splatters book launch, 2002
Throughout the years I continued exploring my style, heavily influenced by Shel Silverstein, Quentin Blake, Tim Burton, Mathew Gray Gubler, Lynn Johnston, and Bill Waterson to name a few. In high school, I painted these watercolour ostrich paintings, my anxious flightless fowl, whose loose lines and use of colour would become central to my art.
Ostrich Bride and Groom, 2011.
Illustration work is my passion; my part-time-sporadically-paid second job. When I’m not drawing, you can find me crocheting, renovating a dollhouse, designing halloween costumes, or plotting a craft project that will inevitably take over my house and my sanity.
Me and the original flightless fowl.