About

Artist, Educator, Illustrator

As an elementary school art teacher I share my young students’ enthusiasm and love of color. I hope to transmit their spirit and freshness into my work. Whether figurative or abstract, at its core, my work is narrative, rooted in the magic of storytelling. I borrow the bright and playful color palettes of the elementary art rooms where I teach. I love working with tempera paint, crayons, fabric scraps and felt. My work takes pleasure in, and appreciates, the importance of ordinary materials common to teaching and learning spaces.

Collaboration is vital for the growth of artists and thinkers. Collaboration is a cornerstone of my teaching practice as well as my personal art practice. I enjoy working with educators to bring artistic thinking and creativity into the classroom.

I am the illustrator of the children’s books Brown:The Many Shades of Love, Black:The Many Wonders of My World and Blue:The Many Feelings I Feel, written by Nancy Johnson James. My debut author/illustrated picture book biography, A Language of Stitches: The Radical Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins, will be published July 2026.