I am painting away on a new project. I will reveal more in late June...but let's just say I am listening to Christmas music while workin...

Shhh! Spring is here! Maybe, if we don't say it out loud, Spring will stay! It has been a LONG Winter and it seems at least for the mome...

I love watching American Pickers on the History Channel and even though I am not a "junker"...that's what we call them in our...

And it's started snowing like crazy again since this picture! It's a white out at the moment outside my studio window. What is ev...

Working away...here's what's on my desk.

Here's a small cropping of a piece I did for the Tomie dePaola Illustration contest that SCBWI had recently. The illustration was for t...

I'm working on a sweet board book project at the moment. I can't give many more details until it comes out but I'll give you a p...

It's been way too long since my last post because I have been working feverishly on a board book project along with other assignments as...

Here is Brad hard at work in his office chair. Here's Cassie...too trusting? Good thing we always look down to see where she is before ...

I recently did an illustration for Jack and Jill magazine , the Jan/Feb 2011 issue. They do a fun contest called Pen in Hand where they ch...

I don't usually do resolutions for the new year but I am going to try to sketch more this year in my sketch books. My sweet daughter got...

Don't Write the Obit For Picture Books Yet

A piggy doodle for you...he's greeting someone, just don't know who as of yet.

It's been a gorgeous October in Missouri this year! The trees are really just beginning to change. We just had our first deep frost thi...

I've been working on adding some babies, toddlers and young children to my portfolio. They are so much fun to draw!  Here are a few char...

Along with so many people, I grew up loving the Little House books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Recently, we finally went to the Laura I...