Exciting to be invited to join Video Shop: The Blockbuster Experience project by @hireillo.com! We got to choose from a list of vintage classic movies, some great, some cheesy. I chose cheese😂. Hire an Illustrator is selling our posters online, 13 posters by 13 illustrators. press.hireillo.com

Cool to see my linocut art enlarged for the River Oaks Community Centre in Oakville, selected as part of Oakville's Connextions 2025 project. It's a joy to see art integrated into the community!

#publicart #illustration #community

For #scbwiDrawThis September prompt of Travel, a spread from picture book Blue Boat Home by musician Peter Mayer for @skinnerhouse.bsky.social @uua.org
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Sharing the first review of my new picture book, Blue Boat Home by Skinner House Books in Foreword Reviews! Can't wait for the April 1st launch!

@skinnerhouse.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks

Happy St. Patrick's Day! This was from a series of Holy cards for Karla Verlag, Germany, linocut with digital colour.

#illustration #religious #StPatrick #Christian

I'm amassing quite a collection of these cute little art trading cards from @hireillo.com
#artcard #illustration #kidlitart

Celebrating Black History Month with a few images from Two Finger Guitar, a chapter book about blues guitarist, Etta Baker, for Gibbs Smith Education. Linocut with digital color.

#kidlit #educational #BlackHistoryMonth

Sharing a few illustrations from the 2026 Magical Almanac by Llewellyn Worldwide, created in my new digital ink technique.
I still carve lino but am enjoying mixing it up with drawing on the ipad in Procreate. Multiple undos are magical!

#illustration #digitalart #procreate #digitalink

In memory of David Lynch, a brilliant filmmaker and creative genius. This digital ink portrait is an ode to his ground breaking student work, Eraserhead.
#portraiture #digitalink #davidlynch #illustration

Happy Year of the Snake! Wishing everyone a ssssspectacular year!

I was thrilled to receive advance copies of my latest picture book, Blue Boat Home, by musician Peter Mayer for Skinner House Books @skinnerhouse.bsky.social. My new digital ink style accompanies the beautiful lyrics. Official launch is April 2025 but it's available for pre-order now.

Wishing peace and joy to one and all this holiday season.

Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! You are 249 today! Very well preserved. This is a digital portrait, a copy of one of the few portraits of Jane. Her novels transcend time and are much more than romantic fantasy.

Sneak peek at the cover of my forthcoming
#picturebook by Peter Mayer published by Skinner House Books! It's available for pre-order on Amazon, launching April 2025.

#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbook

Happy 269th Birthday, Marie Antoinette! The last Queen of France had her life literally cut short by the guillotine. The cover from a little zine I made about her life.

#frenchhistory #frenchqueen #marieantoinette #digitalink #kidlit #illustration #comic #womenshistory #illustrator #kidlitart

Happy Halloween! This cover from a Cricket magazine Halloween issue had the theme of Day of the Dead. Linocut with digital colour.

#kidlitart #kidlit #childrensillustration # illustration #linocut
#halloween2024

Loon Man Goes Trick or Treating. A character based on a horror story told around a bonfire in cottage country. A chilling tale and I wondered about Loon Man. What did he look like? How did he come to be? What is his motivation? To be continued...

#Halloween2024 #horrorstory #scary #illustration