3x3!

Last week I learned that my illustrations for Maggie & Oliver, or A Bone of One's Own won a place in the 3x3 Children's Show No. 9! Here's the list of all the winners. So exciting!

Moose Book ~ Sketch

Here's a rough sketch from the Moose book. I'm deep into final art right now and having a blast drawing the huge variety of critters in this book– birds, bugs, marine life, mammals– and, of course, Moose!

Beachy Break

I took a much-needed break at the beach. It was hard to do this– I'm in the middle of some exciting projects, with more waiting in the wings– and I was afraid of losing momentum. That said, I haven't had a vacation in a long time. It was so refreshing!

There were spectacular sunrises. (I'm still an early riser, even on vacation.)

And clouds. And wind. And awesome thunderstorms!

The requisite disembodied-pedicured-feet-on-beach angle shot...
 

... and miscellaneous flotsam. This must be a good sign:

Coastline Map

Here's a very simple map of the Connecticut coastline I did recently for Connecticut Cottages & Gardens Magazine. Nice to see how they use it on the page.

(My crummy scan doesn't do the magazine justice... their gorgeous photography gives me total house and garden envy!)

Interview

I've been interviewed by the lovely Alison Hertz over at her blog, On My Mind. Alison is doing a series of interviews with different authors & illustrators every Wednesday. Great idea!

Click here to read.

Thanks, Alison!

Moose? What Moose?

Here's a snippet of a sketch from the book I'm working on now. I'm loving this Moose who likes to hide in plain sight!

Inspiring

Neil Gaiman's commencement speech has already gone viral, but I had to post it, if only for myself to go back and watch again. So much brilliant advice for creative folks. Enjoy!

It's a Very Mappish Week