"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
B.A. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA: Art and English (cum laude)

Some Clients and Associates

Cemetery Dance Magazine	Cemetery Dance Publications
Bad Moon Books	Dark Regions/Ghost House
Undertow Books	DarkHart Press
Lonely Road Books	Crippen & Landru
Random House/Doubleday	ZBS Foundation

Most Recent Commissions
Interior artwork for The Vampyricon Trilogy by Douglas Clegg, special edition--Lonely Road Books
Cover artwork for Apparitions, a collection of ghost stories from Undertow Books
Interior artwork commissioned for Dueling Minds, Cemetery Dance anthology
Cover and interior artwork commissioned for Quill and Candle, Dark Regions/Ghost House
Illustration selected for the cover of Cemetery Dance Magazine, upcoming issue
Interior illustrations for Cemetery Dance Magazine: Issues #59, #61, and #64
Cover and interior art for The Better Year, a novella by Bridget Morrow from Bad Moon Books
Cover art for the first volume of The Sorcerer Series, a supernatural thriller from Zumaya
Frontispiece for Last Exit for the Lost, by Tim Lebbon: Cemetery Dance Publications

Honors and Exhibitions
"Lost Fish" purchased for Coe College's Permanent Collection
Coe College alumni exhibition, visiting artist and solo show
"Arrival of the Train" featured in Juxtapoz' Reader Art
"Ghost of a House" and "Voice in the Attic," included in a juried handmade book show at the
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Five works included in "1000 Postcards," Green Lantern Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
"Yellow Carousel Horse" and "Arrival of the Train" exhibited in the Illustration West 44
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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
Honor Roll, Academy of Art University
Drawings exhibited by Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City IA
Drawing published in Coe College alumni literary anthology
Marion Arts Festival, juried outdoor exhibition: Purchase Award
Dean's List, Coe College
Internship at Purgatory Pie Press, NYC
Internship at the studio of Hannah Wilke, NYC