Hello and welcome!

I am an illustrator/designer/artist who loves illustrating books, creating surface designs, and getting messy with a variety of materials. I make my work through a hybrid process of digital techniques and traditional printmaking. I am drawn to working with my hands to carve rubber blocks, mix ink, and print on paper, then scan the artwork to collage and color the prints digitally.

Experimentation and play are fundamental steps in making each piece, and I appreciate the imperfections and chance textures inherent in printmaking. The cyanotype process allows me to create photographic forms from nature and found objects and use them in new ways.

I am deeply inspired by the place I live - an urban boreal forest on a hill above the rocky North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. The trees, leaves, animals, moss, lichen, and the ever-changing moods of the Great Lake inform and inspire the motifs in my work. Dreams, meditation, and the inner landscape also inspire me.

I am working on a collection of book illustrations and surface designs inspired by Carl Jung and his colleague’s theories on archetypal symbols, the collective unconscious, and fairytales. I am interested in how fairy and folktales speak directly to our unconscious through archetypal stories and images and how illustration can elevate the archetypal meaning in a story.

Please take a moment to visit my shop or contact me about a project. We can also connect on Instagram. I am currently available to work on commission-based illustration and design projects.

In 2008, I started HotHouse Design & Post, LLC., a graphic design and illustration studio where I provide logo design and visual communication services to my clients.