The 5th Book

I completed Kevin and His Grandma, my fifth book. My objective of writing, illustrating, and self-publishing this book was to be creative. I chuckle when my students ask me how much money I have made on my books. I do not even market them and am certainly not ready to get others to buy them! I am striving to write and illustrate well. Perhaps by my 25th book I will be satisfied. In the meantime, I am just enjoying the process. This book was purposely created with as little technology as possible. I cut pieces and made collages, drew freehand, and used watercolor. I love Arnold Loebel’s simple illustrative style in pursuit of graphically representing relationships.

On Our Walk…

My mom is visiting from South Korea. We were walking the dogs and came across a large feather on the sidewalk. It inspired me.

Current Project

I am working on my 5th children’s book. It is about the death of a loved one: Kevin learns how to accept the inevitable loss of his grandmother. I am inspired to address this topic because of personal losses I’ve experienced in the past few years as well as seeing my students (ages 10-13) grieve the deaths of mothers, fathers, and other family members.

Gouache Still Life

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Getting Back to Painting

Students Can be Persuasive!

I had my students create posters for the dogs at the Maricopa County Animal Care & Control Center. They chose a dog and read the background and then drew/colored their picture and wrote a letter from the dog’s POV. Check ’em out – don’t they pull on your heart strings?