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More about me …

Making art brings me joy. I love to sketch inky images and illustrate children’s books.๐Ÿ“š My latest picture book is Chick Chat ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ’ฌ (2021). My next book is Sloth Is Not a Baby! ๐Ÿฆฅ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿป by Nelly Buchet, illustrated by me, which will publish in early 2024!

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I love creating visual stories (and characters) with heart โค๏ธ and humor ๐Ÿคฃ that readers can relate to emotionally—whether it’s over the span of a 32-page picture book or through a single illustration.

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For drawing โœ๏ธ I work almost all digitally, using an art tablet and stylus with my computer ๐Ÿ’ป or with an Apple Pencil on an iPad. For color work ๐ŸŽจ I usually combine digital drawing, inking, and painting with traditional watercolor and other natural media.

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As a kid, I was curious, creative, determined, and very chatty ๐Ÿ’ฌ—just like Baby Chick. ๐Ÿฅ I was always ready for an adventure, whether real or imagined, and so is Baby Chick!

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Here’s my first-grade school ๐ŸšŒ photo. My six-year-old self was chatting while having my first picture taken at school! Hair a bit messy, a funny expression, and my arms crossed—that was me. 

 

Being the youngest child, I entertained myself quite a bit when not playing with neighbor friends. ๐Ÿ˜ณ I made up crafts for myself, usually making something out of something else (like a robot ๐Ÿค– from cardboard oatmeal containers, cardboard boxes ๐Ÿ“ฆ, aluminum foil, and tape, lots of tape).

 

I grew up in a suburb of Dallas, but spent quite a bit of time in East Texas on my grandparents’ farm or my family’s 80 acres.๐Ÿ„ Poking around in creeks and back pastures, I was always bringing home some new, non-human “friend.” ๐Ÿธ

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I’ve been asked if I have a yard full of chickens. ๐Ÿ“ I don’t, but I wish I did! I grew up around chickens on relatives’ farms, and my parents kept a coop of “chicken girls” that my sister and I bought for them after they moved from Dallas and retired to their own farm ๐Ÿšœ. I loved gathering eggs, ๐Ÿฅšespecially the light aqua-colored Ameraucana eggs.

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I now live in a cozy, 100-year-old house ๐Ÿ  in Michigan, USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ and spend time in ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Europe ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท whenever possible.

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