Everyday Saints
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Every Problem Has A Solution Quilt Project. The illustrated quilt-like square here is the result of my query, “how can I best use my skills as an illustrator and graphic designer to…
Read MoreBlack Lives Matter
Why did it take the murder of George Floyd for me to start educating myself on racism? Why did it take me so long to write this blog post? My friend and colleague, Liz Weaver of Paprika Creative, wrote a…
Read MoreSowing Seeds
A Friend from Quaker Meeting recently shared with me, The Soil Story. It’s a short, well-crafted, and engaging video produced by Kiss the Ground – a 501(c)3 increasing societal awareness about the extraordinary benefits of healthy soil. Watch The Soil…
Read MoreThe Slump Series: No. 3 of 3
Saying Good-bye & Transformation Welcome to the third and final episode (for now) of The Slump Series. Saying good-bye is never easy, but if we can consider it a time of transformation, it makes it a little easier. Now there’s…
Read MoreThe Slump Series, Episode No. 2 of 3
You Can Learn From the Slump Is it weird to have “conversations” with a drawing? Well, it may, depending on your background. Please let go of this classification … just for a little bit! For certain, the exercise of “talking”…
Read MoreThe Slump Series, Episode No. 1 of 3
How to Embrace & Love The Slump There are days when you’d really like to be working – in the same room – with your best design-colleague-friend. Alas, as a freelancer, we work from our home offices; our colleague-friends do…
Read MoreNew Nature Writers
We are pleased to share a new logo we designed for New Nature Writers this past December. New Nature Writers is an organization that establishes an ecosystem of places where people gather to write about the land and waters they…
Read MoreVintage 1969 Card Art
We are very happy to share this new illustration created for my husband, Cris Collins. It was created in pencil first, then inked, scanned and colorized in Photoshop over a kraft paper background. Cris was my art director, choosing the…
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