"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 May 2005
B.A. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA: Art and English (cum laude) May 1989

Clients
Cemetery Dance Magazine
Crippen & Landru
Random House/Doubleday
Zumaya Publications
ZBS Foundation

Most Recent Projects
Cover art for The Unmagician, a fantasy trilogy from Zumaya Publications
Cover art for The Sorcerer Series, nine supernatural thrillers from Zumaya Publications
Cover art for Vassal of El, fantasy novel from Zumaya Publications
Frontispiece illustration for an upcoming lettered collector's edition -- Cemetery Dance Publications
Two cover illustrations for Cemetery Dance Magazine
Two full-page interior illustrations for Cemetery Dance Magazine #59

Honors and Exhibitions
"Lost Fish" purchased for Coe College's Permanent Collection
Coe College alumni exhibition, visiting artist and solo show: September 14 - October 7 2007
"Arrival of the Train" featured in Juxtapoz' Reader Art for the week of February 12, 2007
"Ghost of a House" and "Voice in the Attic," included in a juried book
ffffartsfshow at the Academy of Art University: December 7, 2006 - January 4, 2007
Five works included in "1000 Postcards," Green Lantern Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin --
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"Yellow Carousel Horse" and "Arrival of the Train" exhibited in the Illustration West 44 Show at Billy ffffShire Fine Arts, Culver City -- April 2006
Interview on Academy of Art University website, December 2005
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 -- October 2005
Honor Roll, Academy of Art University -- May 2005
Drawings exhibited by Studiolo Gallery, Iowa City IA April 2000
Drawing published in Coe College alumni literary anthology, April 2000
Marion Arts Festival, juried outdoor exhibition: Purchase Award, May 1998
Dean's List, Coe College--1985-1989
Internship at Purgatory Pie Press, NYC: 1988
Internship at the studio of Hannah Wilke, NYC: 1988
Outstanding Art Student Award, Coe College--1988
Four-year renewable scholarship through Coe's Fine Arts Scholarship Competition--1985

Professional Affiliations
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators