Born and raised on the southern tip of Lake Michigan during a time period of what some fondly referred to as the "wonder years", family legend is that I entered into this bodily existence with a paintbrush in hand (my poor mother!). From a very early age I knew that I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. While the jury is still out on the 'growing up' part, I am happy to say that I am fulfilling my childhood dream, working by day as a designer of needlework/stitching designs that are sold and distributed all over the world. I'm a self-taught artist with a penchant for pencil sketches, but also love to be challenged with a new medium or ideas.
My unique sense of humor comes into play through my work, especially when designing custom orders for special celebrations or when illustrating children's books. I've painted several large murals, including one that included both sides of a 150 ft. long hallway in a project that took over 4 years to complete (see links posted below). My second passion is singing and I feed that passion by singing with a local Sweet Adelines International barbershop chorus and quartet.
I work with other authors creating book illustrations, cover designs and internal book design. Recently, the time felt right for me to dip my toe in the world of self-publishing, and in June 2018 and January 2019 I wrote, illustrated two of my own award winning children's books.
Please feel free to contact me with any inquiries.
click on the links below to view the video of the wall mural project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lQ6GaqWcEI fast forward to 17:00
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBp1KGTRrw fast forward to 16:01
Click on this link to view my interview on "The Writer's Dream" https://vimeo.com/388587547/4766ff7583
My unique sense of humor comes into play through my work, especially when designing custom orders for special celebrations or when illustrating children's books. I've painted several large murals, including one that included both sides of a 150 ft. long hallway in a project that took over 4 years to complete (see links posted below). My second passion is singing and I feed that passion by singing with a local Sweet Adelines International barbershop chorus and quartet.
I work with other authors creating book illustrations, cover designs and internal book design. Recently, the time felt right for me to dip my toe in the world of self-publishing, and in June 2018 and January 2019 I wrote, illustrated two of my own award winning children's books.
Please feel free to contact me with any inquiries.
click on the links below to view the video of the wall mural project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lQ6GaqWcEI fast forward to 17:00
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBp1KGTRrw fast forward to 16:01
Click on this link to view my interview on "The Writer's Dream" https://vimeo.com/388587547/4766ff7583
