Even the Smallest Will Grow
Available on April 20, 2021!
When You Need Wings
When You Need Wings
is now available!
The Making of When You Need Wings
Creative Process Videos
The Wisdom of Trees
Mary’s Monster
Penguin Flies Home
Penguin loves everything about flying: the wind beneath his wings, the song that rises from his belly, and the sight of new and wonderful places. Still, he misses his penguin friends in the South Pole. So, he flips and flaps back home, ready to teach them the magic of flight!
But when he arrives, his enthusiasm for flying doesn’t get quite the reaction he expected. Will Penguin’s friends still like him, even if they don’t share his soaring dreams?
My New Etsy Shop
A little part of me has always dreamed of living in the English countryside above a little shop where I could paint, and share creativity with whimsical pieces of art for sale. There’d be tea and cake, and shop kitties to greet everyone who entered! Alas, that will remain just a dream, but I’ve decided I can have an online shop. I can’t serve tea, but I can share creativity and art, and of course the kitties are here to greet everyone. So I’ve opened an Etsy shop. I invite you to check it out. Please bring your imagination, and a cup of tea (or coffee if that is your thing) and join me there.
Honoring Mother's Day! To everyone who is a mother, and to everyone who embodies a loving, nurturing soul.
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May 9
I'm not a mother, but I hope I leave this planet having nurtured a lot of souls with love and joy. So I'm posting a few images this week to honor every mother spirit.
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May 8
A daily sketch, in case you need a puppy fix. .
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May 7
Squeeee! Painting these two little characters for an upcoming book gives me a lot of joy!
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May 5
Sharing another image from my book EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL GROW.
You can be sleek and fast,
like the horse
that once was a wobble-legged foal.
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May 3
I love how baby donkeys look like they come with their own hats.
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May 2
This has always been one of my favorite illustrations because I love raccoons so much. Excited to offer new stationary on my Etsy shop.
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May 1
Yeah, it's my birthday so I'm partying it up with some goofy fun.
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Apr 30
Sharing another piece form my book, EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL GROW. Creating this book for little ones reminded me to be a little gentler with myself too. To just try to relax and let what is meant to be unfold.
'... will you be a poet,
like the seashell that grows in spirals
until his depths hold a secret song?'
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Apr 28
Appreciating mothers should be a daily practice, not just once a year, so I'm sharing another one of my favorite pieces of a mother and cub who share our world.
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Apr 25
Continuing my Earth Day celebration with an illustration from my new book, EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL GROW.
A newborn calf drinks her
mother’s rich milk
until she grows big enough
to swim around the world.
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Apr 24
Honoring Earth Day (my favorite day) for the rest of the week by sharing some illustrations of the animals who share this planet. From my book. HOMES IN THE WILD.
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Apr 23
Happy Earth Day! May we all care for the planet as much as it cares for us!
From my Book: THE WISDOM OF TREES
We Are Like Wizards
Below our canopy of branches
summer heat gives way to shade.
Come windblown seed and creeping vine,
come mushroom, moss, and orchid.
Plant yourself in the rich, moist soil
our decaying leaves provide.
Come tiny mouse and long-legged monkey,
come snake, parrot, and jaguar.
You are welcome to share
the climate we create.
We clean the air and seed the clouds,
we drench the thirsty land with rain.
We are like wizards.
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Apr 22
Will you be a seeker,
like the bird that silently grows
within her egg
until she hatches and flies away
to explore land, sea, and sky?
Sharing another piece from my new book, EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL GROW. I have a print of this on my Etsy shop.
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Apr 21
Today is book birthday for EVEN THE SMALLEST WILL GROW! Sharing a little trailer.
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Apr 20
