Plants of Enchantment is on the shelf in these Santa Fe stores so far:
Barton's Bloom Boutique
Indigo Baby
Georgia O'Keefe Museum Gift Shop
St. John's College

More will be added soon and we will list them here!

And starting November 1, it's available to purchase online! Ashley and I are excited to share it with everyone. I want to personally thank everyone who has helped up a long the way — people who have purchased artwork and generally encouraged me to keep going. This also includes our families and our husbands. Thank you to everyone who took the time to help us proofread or give an opinion — your imput has helped this project along!

I just finished a painting of the Ropes Mansion in Salem. You may recognize it from Disney's Hocus Pocus, where it is affectionally called Alison's House. This was created with gouache on Paint On's Natural Mixed Media Paper.

Some exciting news! In April I was elected as a Library Board Trustee, and this week I joined the SCBWI!

SCBWI stands for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. I'm looking forward to connecting with more members and continuing my education in this field.

New Utrecht Gouache Sets are out in stores! I designed the packaging for these two skis, as well as created the paintings for each. Yes, the color wheel was created in gouache. It is amazing the variety of colors that you can create with each set.

I'm a designer for Blick Art Materials, and one of my big projects last year was designing new paint sets for the Utrecht Brand. Three of the sets feature my paintings: Landscape, Color Theory and the Basic.

In case you missed it, I just posted a special announcement here. In 2023, I had the opportunity to make a lot of new art but most of it I can't post on Instagram or my website until it is officially announced or sent out into the world. That is how it goes with many creative projects. But I am excited to announce that Enchanting Plants will be published in 2024 - this is definitely a passion project that unites painting with a love of plants, and the time that I lived in New Mexico. All of the original paintings are gouache. Keep checking back for more updates and other projects as I am able to release them.

I'm taking a three-month class in character design and this is my first design for July! This was made with Procreate and I did all of the hand lettering myself with no font used. It was really fun to try something new.

An acrylic painting I made recently, for another job that I am working on:

In April, I took a class on Nonfiction Book Illustration and this is some of the pieces I put together for a book proposal. I chose the topic of ice-cream, because my husband has been making some recipes this year. I made this with a combination of Procreate and gouache painting.

My husband and I visited Ireland last September, and I finally did a larger landscape from one of my photos.
It was such a wonderful place to visit! And I'd love to go back again.