Something Different

I did these pieces as a part of advent for church.  They're actually in reverse order.  The bottom one is representing the period of waiting.  One of the first things to come to my mind was that moment of tension right before the sun rises.  It's a moment where the whole world seems to be waiting in anticipation of the day.  The top one is celebration.  I wanted to stick with the nature theme so showed a spring morning as the animals are all waking up and rejoicing in the beginning of another day.

Tomie DePaolo Award Entry

Here's my entry for an SCBWI illustration contest for the prompt:
"A sneeze is a breeze in your nose."

Holiday Postcard

One of my favorite parts of the holiday season was my inspiration for my holiday postcard :)

Fixed It!

I felt like this one needed more depth so I added another layer of leaves.  Added bonus: there's more contrast now too :)

Out for a Drive

Stormy Day

It was pretty crazy wet here today.  Lots of wind and tons of rain, so I used that for this:

Model Trains

This is a re-take on a sketch I did a while ago.  The former drawing had a little boy playing with his train set by himself.  This one is more of an homage to all the Saturdays I would spend tittering around the garage with my dad while he worked on his model trains :)