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We’re celebrating Rebcca Brown’s 70th birthday tonight @elliottbaybookco, along with her recent book, My Animal Kingdom, Illustrated by yours truly. Hopefully she’ll read one of the delightful and profound essays from the collection
This week marks the 6th book birthday of The Spirit of Springer! Springer is my first published book, and still my favorite. Written by @amandaablerbooks and published by @lbfbooks, this picture book tells the true story of an orphaned orca calf th
Another day, another deluge. With the Spring Equinox upon us, right alongside #FossilFriday, It felt like the perfect time to repost the March illustration from my paleoart calendar. False spring > third winter is the typical pattern in the pacifi
If I seem quiet lately, it’s because I’ve been getting lost in some new projects that are slowly coming to life.
The deep cold of February called for an aquatic king. I chose the Tylosaurus for this month in my paleo calendar because it's one of my favorite pieces from the past year and this final stretch of winter can be the most challenging. One of the larges
Today is #WorldWhaleDay, so I wanted to share a few of my favorite pieces to mark the occasion. Every day is whale day in my world, but I'll take any excuse to celebrate them.
"I tell you, the sperm whale will stand no nonsense." - Herman Melville from Moby Dick It's been slow sailing through Moby Dick on my second voyage with @frizzlit book club. I've fallen overboard, left behind to swim alone as the ship sai
The Creature from the Black Lagoon was the obvious choice of illustration for the “Monster” chapter of Rebecca Brown’s book “My Animal Kingdom.” Certainly on of my favorite monster boyfriends, this was the excuse I&rsquo
January is nobody's favorite month, which is why I selected these stylish sauropods as the first entry in my 2026 calendar. Initially created as a commissioned painting for a local client the previous holiday season, this piece quickly became a favo
Sink or scream? Dissociate or drown? The options seem more limited by the day. The tide of horrors is relentless, and the waves are swirling with microplastics. Do we surrender to the despair or swim through the sludge? What can we save and what
2025 Annual Report. This was a tough one, and I wouldn’t want to repeat it. But upon reflection, the tectonic shifts that were so painful early in the year have made space for unexpected opportunities, new perspectives and optimism I haven&rsqu
I'm so proud of this little book and all the people that worked hard to bring it into the world. This was a labor of love by everyone involved, and I'm grateful to be included in the project. The essays are gorgeous, the writer is a legend, the desig