"Life is not
a support system
for art.
It is the other
way around."

--Stephen King

"If I could
say it in words
there would be
no reason to paint."

--Edward Hopper

"Sometimes I've
believed as many
as six impossible
things before
breakfast."

--Lewis Carroll

Education
M.F.A. Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA: Traditional Illustration May 2005
B.A. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA: Art and English (cum laude) May 1989

Clients
Cemetery Dance Magazine
Crippen & Landru
Random House/Doubleday
Zumaya Publications
ZBS Foundation

Most Recent Projects
Cover art for Vassal of El, fantasy novel from Zumaya Publications
Frontispiece illustration for an upcoming lettered collector's edition -- Cemetery Dance Publications
Two cover illustrations for Cemetery Dance Magazine
Two full-page interior illustrations for Cemetery Dance Magazine #59

Honors and Exhibitions
"Lost Fish" purchased for Coe College's Permanent Collection: September 2007
Coe College alumni exhibition, visiting artist and solo show: September 14 - October 7 2007
"Arrival of the Train" featured in Juxtapoz' Reader Art for the week of February 12, 2007
"Ghost of a House" and "Voice in the Attic," included in a juried book
ffffartsfshow at the Academy of Art University: December 7, 2006 - January 4, 2007
Five works included in "1000 Postcards," Green Lantern Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin --
ffffAugust /September 2006
"Yellow Carousel Horse" and "Arrival of the Train" exhibited in the Illustration West 44 Show at Billy ffffShire Fine Arts, Culver City -- April 2006
Interview on Academy of Art University website, December 2005
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles: Two Certificates of Merit, Illustration West 44
Halloween/Folk-Fantasy Art Show, Group Exhibit at Canvas Gallery: San Francisco -- October 2005
Honor Roll, Academy of Art University -- May 2005
Drawings exhibited by Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City IA April 2000
Drawing published in Coe College alumni literary anthology, April 2000
Marion Arts Festival, juried outdoor exhibition: Purchase Award, May 1998
Dean's List, Coe College--1985-1989
Internship at Purgatory Pie Press, NYC: 1988
Internship at the studio of Hannah Wilke, NYC: 1988
Outstanding Art Student Award, Coe College--1988
Four-year renewable scholarship through Coe's Fine Arts Scholarship Competition--1985

Professional Affiliations
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles
Graphic Artists Guild, Northern California Chapter