Unusual Animal Messages is an animal Oracle Deck that offers a daily reading from uncommon and occasionally overlooked animal messengers. We’ve seen plenty from the tiger, it’s about time we give the cockroach and axolotl a chance to share their wisdom with us! Each animal message is based on a real characteristic or trait and offers us lessons from the Animal Kingdom as we maneuver through our own life experiences. Learn about the weird and wonderful world of uncommon animals, all while receiving intuitive messages in mindfulness, letting go, finding joy, and acceptance, among others. This animal spirit deck can also be used as a self-reflection tool or as meditation cards.
52 Oracle cards and A 64-page guidebook with hand-painted gouache artwork. CICO Books, Autumn 2022.
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A selection of realistic animal artworks and portraits. Gouache on paper, 2022.
A selection of aquatic wildlife artworks and aquatic animal portraits. Gouache on paper, 2022.
Selection of dog and cat portraits. Gouache on paper. 2010-2021.
My party flamingos join Vegware’s Gallery Collection of artistically designed hot cups. This collaboration between Vegware and Edinburgh-based Coburg House Studios saw artists and illustrators across Scotland create designs for their newest product line, now sold throughout the U.K.
Bio-degradable and sustainable packaging, but make it fun.
2020
I worked with Subplot Designs, Inc. and Petcurean Pet Nutrition to create illustrations for Petcurean's new SPIKE dog treat packaging, launched in November 2015. The portraits were designed around a "photo bomb" concept, where the dogs react to scenes in the corresponding line drawings. The dogs are active, fun, engaged, and filled with just the right amount of attitude. Gouache on paper (main dog paintings) and pen/ink (background line drawings).
The Creativity Awards, Bronze Award in Packaging 2016
Pentaward, Silver Award in Other Markets 2016
Animals (With Problems) is a series of artworks portraying a diverse cast of animal characters in humorous predicaments. Each animal’s problem relates to a unique characteristic, like the white tiger yearning for a new coat, the cheetah that ran so fast its spots flew off, and the sloth that moves a bit slower than the rest of the Animal Kingdom.
2017 AOI World Illustration Awards, Shortlist
Gif of a rotating seashell.
Gouache on paper, 2020.
Animals just want to have fun, too!
Gouache on paper.
Raven has collected so many things she’s lost her eggs! But a quick fix using supplies she has on hand ends up working out perfectly.
Selection of insect paintings and artworks. Gouache on paper, 2022.
Vintage optometry sign come to life.
Gouache on paper, 2021
Hippo loves sweets. Ox-pecker loves dental hygiene. A humorous series of gouache paintings depicting a symbiotic relationship at work.
Wall decor for an independent sweet house/ice cream parlor in Tennessee.
11x14 inch gouache on paper, 2017.
Do you remember your favorite toy? These dogs do.
Gouache on paper, 2019.
2020 3x3 17th Annual Magazine, Merit
Gouache sketches in Moleskine watercolor notebook, 2018-2020.