SCBWI LA conference

and then the Little Moments, all the Little Moments held hands. 
They didn't know it at the time but by linking palms, 
they gained momentum, 
they grew a never been named shape, 
they rang sang spoke a new word.
It sounded like yeahwoooooshwooshweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
and then....

a Big Moment appeared.
Yes indeed it did.
Last night at the SCBWI LA conference I won an Honor Award for my illustration portfolio.
I am very very very very very very very excited. And I was able to meet some amazing illustrators, writers,...so much talent and passion all around.

Hope you have a little moment today...it may hold hands with some others and before you know it.........yeahwoooooshwooshweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Can the little drop do it?

                        

                       Found this idea in an old dummy and decided to redo it. This is what I have so far.

He turned my heart upside down

                                      
                                           sketch for a picture book idea in musing mode

Love-a-Ball

                     sketches from a picture book dummy (i prefer smarty). It is called Love-a Ball.
    Dog loses ball. Dog finds ball. Dog loves ball. Dog plays with ball in the SNOW he calls OH!
Dog loses ball in the Oh. Oh NO! Dog is sad and remembers ball and calls for ball and.....

If you are an editor or art director and would like to see the full smarty for Love-a-Ball let me know. Cheerio!

New illustrations

                                     some new illustrations (in process) from a new picture book (in process)

Blue Cat Collage

"calculating the distance between moon and star"

Bye Bye Summer

Discovering a Giant Strawberry...

                                                         ...  can make you sleepy

Old made New..updated image

This is an image posted awhile ago that I have revisited, replayed,

 and re-imagined with a new character. 

Often when it appears one is doing nothing...

actually something extraordinary is being born.

However, you just might not know what it is...

until sometime later.

These are new illustrations using collaged prints.

From a Blue-tiful World

                  

   I still believe in this little guy, and keep playing with ways to make him alive on the page.

                     These are current monotype's hot off my fingers. They portray a character named 

Bo Biddle from a picture book that is determined to be made.

Illustrations

pages from a mock up children's book in process