Clients include:

  • Simon & Schuster
  • Harper Collins
  • Scholastic
  • Charlesbridge Publishing
  • Dial Books For Young Readers
  • Marshall Cavendish
  • Bradbury Press
  • Walker & Company
  • St. Martin's Press
  • Indianapolis Monthly
  • New Jersey Life
  • Yankee Magazine
  • Family Circle
  • Abelson-Taylor Agency
  • Denver University Law School


Some Awards & Recognition

  • Bank Street College Book of the Year
  • Oppenheim Toy Newsletter Gold Award
  • National Parents Publications Gold Award
  • Children's Choice Award
  • American Booksellers Association "Pick of the List"
  • Reading Rainbow Recommended Reading List
  • The New Yorker Recommended Reading List
  • Pa. Young Reader's Choice Award
  • New England Book Show Book Award
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
  • Society Of School Librarians International Book Award Honor
  • National Science Teachers Assoc. Outstanding Science Trade Book
  • Georgia State Department of Education Textbook Adoption Book



I am an artist celebrating over 20 years in the business of making books for children. I have illustrated 44 books, some of which I have also written. My work has received numerous honors including two Oppenheim Toy Newsletter Gold Awards and a gold award from NAPPA (National Parenting Publication Awards). The New Yorker magazine praised my dimensional work as "tromp l'oile marvels"!!

Two books of my books will be released in 2011. Cousins of Clouds, illustrated with Sean Addy, is a book of elephant poems written by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. 3 Pandas Planting, which I wrote and illustrated, is about recycling and taking care of the environment. It will be in stores for Earth Day. (www.3pandasplanting.com)

My editorial illustrations have appeared in many national magazines.

My love of patterned endpapers in my children's books led me to create decorative art for licensed products and giftware. My products include mugs, magnets, frames, bookmarks and plaques. I am currently collaborating on a 2011 product line with Demdaco, a design-driven company based in Leawood, KS, specializing in gifts and home accents.

A former Pratt Institute professor, I am currently a professor at Moore College of Art & Design, in Philadelphia, and on the faculty of Marywood University's MFA Program for Working Professionals. I earned my Masters Degree, in illustration, from this wonderful program. (www.moore.edu www.marywoodmfa.com)

I live in the cute, small, town of Lansdowne, PA, where I serve on the borough appointed Arts Board and am co-chair of our annual three-day celebration of music and art- The Lansdowne Arts Festival. (www.lansdowneartsfestival.com)

More about me:

I have always loved drawing and making things. My parents were creative and supported my talents. My father was an artist and teacher and took me to art museums on my birthdays. As a child, I took piano lessons but rather than practice, I colored in the sheet music! To this day, I love music, and I love to color, but cannot play the piano.

My love of books was nurtured by my schoolteacher-Grandmother, who gave me books as presents. As a child, I was frequently caught late at night, under my covers, with a book and flashlight!

I began studying art in eighth grade, continued through high school, and became a printmaking and illustration major in college. After graduation, I studied art in New York City at the School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design. When I took a children's book illustration class I knew, right away, I wanted to be a children's book illustrator. I went on to study at Marywood University where I earned a Masters degree in studio art and illustration. As a professional artist, I combine my love of art and making things with my love of books.

While teaching at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, I met Sean Addy. We admired each other's work, soon became friends, and started talking about collaborating. Today, Sean and I are an award-winning duo designing and creating children's books together.

After years of creating images for children, I discovered I had deeper thoughts to express. Images geared toward grown-ups emerged through my personal art. This body of work became my editorial art that is now published in magazines and on book jackets.

In 2007, I showed my decorative art for licensing at the big Surtex Show at the Javits Center in New York City. My first giftware line was created that year from a collaborative effort between myself and Demdaco, a highly respected quality giftware company. I continue to show at Surtex and love developing new art for a variety of different products. At the 2010 show, I met Jo Packham, creator of the popular Where Women Create magazine. I am privileged to be part of Jo's inaugural year of Where Women Cook.
(www.wherewomencook.com)