I'm an author and illustrator, with a background in animation and children’s books.

I love creating expressive characters with personality, particularly for early chapter books and middle grade novels, as well as warm-hearted, gentle colour work for the very young. I work in traditional mediums, or digitally, or a combination of both - whatever feels best for the particular artwork.

I’m also strongly inspired and influenced by the natural world, and love painting birds, flowers and nature.

I live on the beautiful mid-north coast of NSW, Australia, with my husband and 3 sons. After a break from my illustration career to raise my boys, I’m thrilled to be diving back into my creative work. I hope you like it.

Professional background

Publishing

I have written and illustrated 6 children’s picture books, all first published by Penguin Books Australia, and have subsequently been published in the US, Canada, Korea, the UK, and translated into Hebrew, Spanish, and Korean.

My book titles include;
Fly, Little Bird
Are You Hungry?
Sophie’s Big Bed
Sophie Bakes a Cake
It’s Christmas
Ruby Makes a Friend
Rosie to the Rescue
Rosie and the Bunyip

I've also illustrated chapter books, picture books, book covers, and various magazines for children including Highlights Magazine (US) and School Magazine (Australia).

Animation

I trained and worked as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studio in Sydney, Australia, on a number of Disney films. It was an amazing opportunity, working with and learning from incredible artists. We trained in human (and dog) anatomy through life drawing classes, and visited zoos and studied animals to get a better understanding of movement, form and construction. We had some of the world greats come and teach us - including Glen Keane, Andreas Deja, Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, among many others. It was truly an amazing training ground for someone who has always loved to draw.

I worked on the animated feature film "Peter Pan; Return to Neverland", and movie length sequels to Disney classics including, “The Lion King", "The Little Mermaid", "Tarzan", "Lilo and Stitch", “Lady and the Tramp” and "A Goofy Movie".