“Life experience and a passion to live a life that matters make me a reliable, hard-working, artist. Please reach out if you would like to work together.”
I studied Fine Arts at UC Santa Barbara and Illustration at Cal State Long Beach. Shortly after college, I was hired to illustrate backgrounds and animate characters for educational computer games. That launched a fifteen-year, full-time career in computer games.
In recent years, I have been fully focused on my career in illustration and have successfully illustrated more than twenty children's books for self-publishers. Click here to purchase books and related gifts.
I truly enjoy visiting elementary schools to read books, followed by lessons in drawing, animation, mural painting or book making. Click here for details about school visits.
My hobbies include tending to an organic vegetable and berry garden, paddling, running, lifting, hiking and playing volleyball.
Fun Fact: I am the daughter of two volleyball Olympians. My career highlights include winning the California Division 1 State Championships, playing Division 1 PAC 10- as a starting outside hitter- for UC Santa Barbara and rising to #2 on the California Beach Volleyball Association ranks in 1999.
CAREER NOTES:
SCBWI Southern Breeze Conference Artist and Illustrator 2025.
The first book I illustrated, "I Love You All the Time", has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.
"The Tangle Tower" was listed as a top 20 children's book on Amazon/Kindle.
I was the original artist of JumpStart games by Knowledge Adventure.
Proud member of the SCBWI, Southern Breeze.