Wow! Thank you Paige Keiser who has awarded my blog with the " You Make My Day Award " from over at the Fox in Socks blog . This ...

I'm busy, busy with deadlines but I got a decent job from Scholastic yesterday from this sample on TheIspot . Ya just never know--what m...

Here's a piece I did last year for High Five, the new magazine that Highlights started for the younger audiences.

I have been playing around with fabrics in my work recently. I painted with acrylics and then scanned in fabrics and placed them digitally. ...

It's time to start a new year. I have deadlines looming but I thought I'd post a personal piece I did for a new dummy.

The weather men are calling for snow again this weekend. I love snow but not ice!! In Missouri we get both. Here's a picture of my home(...

It's been awhile since I've posted. I am in the middle of a couple of projects with rushed deadlines. Unfortunately I can't sho...

If you know me, you know I LOVE golden retrievers, especially my Brandy girl! Just had to share this video of a very talented golden. It mad...

Here are a few rough sketches for a possible book dummy. I say possible because I have a hard time getting personal projects completed. I ...

Our sunset was amazing last night! Talk about art!! But then who can compete with God's paintbrush?! This one's a bit dark but I was...

There are often changes from original sketches to the final painting stage in a book. I thought it would be fun to show the original sketch ...

Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go...I always loved that song and it always reminds me of Thanksgiving so...

This past weekend my husband, Brad and I went to the Missouri SCBWI conference where he was asked to speak on a "First Books Panel...

I really enjoy doing black and white illustrations with washes. They're quick and you get to see instant results without having to think...

The temperature is supposed to be down in the twenties tonight. Brrrr! This cold weather made me think of the art I did last year for Kate...

I can't believe it's already November!! With November comes Robert's Snow . If you haven't heard of it, please go check it o...

I have worked with a couple publishers overseas and both experiences were luckily good ones. One was a publisher in Korea and then the other...

Lately, I have been working in two different mediums. For educational work, I get a lot of requests for my digital watercolor style and then...

Since the Fall theme keeps coming up I thought I'd post a piece I did a few years back. This was painted with digital watercolor using P...