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Rusalka

Phoenix

Ouroboros

Ika-roa

Questing Beast

hands - you got this

hands - little by little

quiet cuddle time, wide world outside

Bake-kujira

hands - one thing at a time

Magazine illustration mockup. person, stylized in blue, leaving city and turning toward wooded hills, with relaxed expression. road leads to hills and beyond. watercolor collage. in opposite corner, a red municipal bus next to a conifer tree. — mocked up illustration for Northern Woodlands magazine

Nguruvilu

hands - hello

lion and bird over black and white floral background, with lettering "be brave and kind." watercolor collage — brave and kind

yoga kids

camping

blue and yellow beach-related images — beach

book cover image for The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Lettering over a fig inside a bell jar shape, with dark background

cozy spot

hey sunshine

special delivery

alphabetical birds

Cover image for Desserts cookbook. watercolor collage of cook at bakery counter — Desserts cover image. workshop/personal project

Picturebook cover for Gulp the Unwise by Jennie Stevenson. personal project — Gulp the Unwise cover. workshop/personal project

character studies for Gulp the Unwise — Gulp and Momo character study

picture book spread for Jasper the Sloth Isn't Lazy, by Lila Rogers. Watercolor collage of sloth child painting on living room walls. — Jasper the Sloth Isn’t Lazy. text by Lila Rogers. personal project.

picturebook cover with red balloon floating beside flying seagulls — Bob by Zoe Tucker. workshop/personal project

Bug and Bob, a girl and her red balloon, splashing in the surf — Bob and Bug

Bob and Bug imagine adventures

watercolor collage illustration. child sitting on beach reads a story book to her friend, a balloon, who looks over her shoulder — Bob and Bug on the beach

sneakies

Folktale Week: The Crane Wife

The man helps the injured crane

A woman comes to the man’s door

The betrayed wife becomes a crane again and flies away

Man laments his loss, heart a stone, tears a river

winter magic

trio of sleeping dogs in watercolor each with hand lettered phrase above — sleepy dogs

city garden

"find your quiet place" lettering around watercolor collage of inviting couch — find your quiet place

cozy autumn

mixed media collage of hands holding a seedling under the words "foster growth"

light in the dark

Story Boxes. personal project

watercolor collage of flowers with black and white vase and background — cut flowers

Old Tjikko

Portrait of sculptor Edmonia Lewis, shown carving herself from marble — Edmonia Lewis

ahoy there! tees

watercolor collage of bear in bushes — bear in the brush

linocut block print of morning glory vine — morning glory

singing spring

Grand Canyon

watercolor painting of goldfish — goldfish

sunset sea

watercolor painting. night scene with a stone hut, bright glow visible through open doorway — come in, come in

a charm of hummingbirds

pink meadow

floating leaves

cicadas

Hours

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