I’m a self-taught artist, and I’ve been drawing since I was very small. I grew up imagining an audience of children listening to my stories and participating in my imaginary world. Pictures always accompanied my stories. Naturally, I'm drawn to illustrated text--comic books, picture books, cereal boxes. One of the defining moments in my artistic career was winning a colouring contest (well, one of several) when I was 12, and spending the entire winnings on an ElfQuest graphic novel--a book that would inspire me for years to come. My favourite thing to draw as a small kid was always cartoon animal people, so it’s great that I get to do so much of it now.

I’ve been self-employed full time as a freelance artist since 2001. I use a variety of mediums: Prismacolor art markers, watercolours, acrylic, coloured pencil, and Photoshop on my Macintosh.

I live in Calgary, Alberta with my sons Peter and Cian, and partner Rob. I love outings to our local Chapters/Starbucks (coffee+books=happiness!), Canadian history, going to movies.