Sine Quinn and I met a few years back and quickly bonded over our mutual love of picture books. We worked together on the award-winning...

Brigid seems to be a favourite saint among the Irish children. Being from the states, I wasn't raised on the familiar stories of Brigid....

I come from a family of artists. My grandfather on one side was an accomplished carpenter and furniture maker. My maternal...

Daddy had an entire routine around shoe polishing, and he had a little wooden box of kit that went with it. Perhaps it was a carry-over...

Before photographs were just something you scrolled through on a phone, they were very precious. Photography was an expensive venture...

I'm pretty sure it was twice during the first few weeks of school (yes, first grade!) that I was invited to make a personal visit to the...

When John Lewis died this summer, it got me to thinking about "Good Trouble". Children deserve to get into a bit of 'good trouble' - or...

My great aunt was an incredibly beautiful and fashionable woman. She was a pure Southern lady - her hospitality, her sweet tea, her...

When we arrived at my grandparents house, granddaddy's greeting was always "give me a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck". It...

Just after the Lockdown was announced, a colleague at Alliance Francaise invited me to be part of their Live Series. My presentation was...

Children, due to their petite stature and remarkable agility, are the ideal candidates to be employed in the picking of peaches (much...

So here is the finished illustration for my grandmother reading to us on the front porch at bedtime. Her dress is green in the actual...

I was lucky that my paternal grandparents lived in the same small town (and very near) my great-grandmother and two great-aunts from my...

My father's uncle, Uncle Walt, had a cabin down in the South Georgia woods, near Pine Mountain and Warm Springs. Every summer, usually...

My children will never understand the catastrophe that is a ruined family portrait. Before you could snap 100 selfies on your smart...

Along with a limited use of colour, I've kept a lot of the white space for the final layout on this spread. The text is placed below the...

In art school you are taught the rules of colour theory. Knowing these rules helps to plan and make the most of your colour palette. My...

The idea of adding colour to a decent enough line drawing is one that excites me! I love line art, but I REALLY love colour! I try to...

I Remember - I remember sandboxes, swings, swimming pools, and being sunburnt Catching lightening bugs and keeping them in a jar, but...

In the summer, in the South, it was HOT. Even through the heat, we spent most of the time outdoors. We did a lot of swimming! We also had...