Brief Summary
Using both traditional media (pencil, watercolor, pastel) and digital processes, I create illustrations and fine art with an affinity for mystery, horror, and the odd. My fine art consists of architectural studies, landscapes, and portraits that focus on the surprising beauty I find in life, which often presents itself in unexpected ways.
Clients
Bad Moon Books
Cemetery Dance Publications
Crippen & Landru
Dark Regions/Ghost House
Lonely Road Books
Meerkats (CD art/tattoo design)
Random House/Doubleday
Surf Zombies (CD layout/art)
Undertow Books
ZBS Foundation
Professional Experience
B.A. - Art & English, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (cum laude)
M.F.A. - Traditional Illustration, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS
Artwork purchased for Coe College's Permanent Collection
Coe College alumni exhibition, visiting artist/solo show
Works included in a juried handmade book show at the Academy of Art University
Five works included in "1000 Postcards," Green Lantern Gallery, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
"Yellow Carousel Horse" and "Arrival of the Train,"
Illustration West 44 Show at Billy Shire Fine Arts, Culver City
Halloween/Folk-Fantasy Art Show
Group Exhibit at Canvas Gallery: San Francisco
Internship at Purgatory Pie Press, NYC
Internship at the studio of Hannah Wilke, NYC
Awards and Recognition
Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles: Two Certificates of Merit, Illustration West 44
Honor Roll, Academy of Art University
Dean's List, Coe College
Art scholarship recipient, Coe College