Recent news....

4.27.10 See pics from my talk, "Framing Social Issues in Books for Children", at the 23rd Annual Conference on Children's Literature's Ashley Bryan Art Series

2.26.2010 Our Children Can Soar wins an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children

2.23.10 A Place Where Hurricanes Happen, written by Renee Watson has left my studio and is pre-selling now at Amazon and Random House.com

3.25.08 BIRD has flown the coop! This morning I delivered final artwork to Lee and Low Books for BIRD, written by Zetta Elliot. Bird flies into the world this FALL.

11.05.07 We're open for business! Check out the new "shop" section of the site and get those orders in! More to come...

10.8.07 It's Robert's Snow time again! Bidding starts November 19. Visit the robert's snow website for details. Though I didn't contribute to this year's batch of snowflakes, there are plenty of great illustrators who did! Condolences to Grace Lin and family, founder of the Robert's Snow program.In memory of Robert Mercer who lost his fight against sarcoma in August 2007. Robert and his wife Grace Lin founded Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure in 2004. Since that time, the event has raised more than $200,000 for Dana-Farber.

10.01.07 Just added new black and white section! More to come.

9.22.07 Added a few sketches I did for a cd project to the blog.Check out....www.bloomsburyusa.com to see a few books I've worked on....(specific titles on the blog)

8.06.07 Recently finished work for Scholastic's Read and Rise Magazine. A special thank you to Pat Cummings for the recommendation!Finally finished series of paintings for The People Collector. Drawings created with charcoal and painted with acrylic.

4.25.07 In the beginning stages of my first dream job with Lee and Low Books.....Website is in the midst of massive overhaul. Keep checking in for updates......

4.20.07 Just rejoined SCBWI......