Black Lives and those of Civil Rights giants were lost in 2020 including Breonna Taylor, John Lewis, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Their losses sparked outrage, calls for social change, remembrance, and appreciation. I drew these portraits as I reflected on their lives.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic is keeping many of us close to home in 2020. This small series features a few animals and plants found locally. Chipmunks and hydrangeas had a terrific year in 2020. A lake in the area, where bluegill are a common sight, battled invasive fanwort. And my sister raised chickens and built a chicken coop with her wife. The rooster’s name is “Grayson”.

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Last month I attempted my first SVS (Society of Visual Storytelling) Challenge. They had chosen a word prompt for the month: “Isolation”. The online critique was helpful and I went back in to make a couple fixes to the piece afterwards. I am trying to communicate the isolation of the gorilla at the zoo (something my family and I have witnessed before) and also express the girl’s feelings of shame and empathy for the gorilla while the other humans seem less affected by the same experience.

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I finished the color illustrations for the self-published children’s book I’ve been illustrating… my first time completing 16 full color spreads! I’m currently adding the text to each page before it gets sent out for publishing. It has been an fantastic learning experience and I’m looking forward to turning my attention again towards portfolio development!

The big project over the last year has been a book I’m illustrating for a couple who is self-publishing a story about a neighborhood beagle. This is a sketch for one of my favorite spreads in the book.