Hadassah Magazine piece

This is a recent piece for Hadassah Magazine for an essay by Leora Eren Frucht
recalling the time her son was in the hospital during Passover. He is adopted, and she references the story of Moses in his basket, thus the reeds and river. It's a beautifully written story with many interweaving images.

Vows

I was asked to illustrate a set of wedding vows recently. The images include places and things that had meaning for the couple, including their Georgetown home, their awesome red truck, and the gorgeous University of Virginia campus where they fell in love.

Village Voice piece

Check out this week's Village Voice for an illustration I did for for a book review by Sarah DiGregorio of the book "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal" by Tristram Stuart. The review is about the myriad, at times whimsical ways in which the Western world wastes food (ie. farmers forced to throw out thousands of carrots because they are curved and not straight), and the devastating effect this has on developing countries and the environment. 

SCBWI 2009 Summer Conference

I've just wrapped up four days at the jam-packed, star-studded 2009 conference of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.  Below are a few pics from the event's big party, the Blue Moon Ball...

With Max, aka Sara Wilson Etienne, writer-extraordinaire.

Fabulously costumed blue ladies of the night.
Yoko enjoying some California wine.
A full blue moon...

And below are some rough sketches from the actual conference...

If anyone has sketches from the conference, let me know! I'm compiling sketches in a new blog.