I created illustrations for a series of interpretive signs along the Chena River in Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. The project teaches about the natural history of the river including fish found there, beaver and wetland ecology, and invasive species for a military audience.

I work in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign and love to combine digital and traditional media.

I regularly contribute to the Field Notes section of Edible Alaska Magazine, published quarterly. I create illustrations, recipes, and notes about harvesting and cooking with wild plants in Alaska.

Digital illustrations using pen or pencil and photoshop.

This map was created for the Prince William Sound Science Center’s annual publication, Delta Sound Connections. It shows both Prince William Sound and the Copper River Watershed. The map was also redesigned to fit on a coffee mug.

The illustration is watercolor and pen combined with digital media.

I created this series of five pen and watercolor illustrations for Chugach National Forest. It highlights different aspects of the Nellie-Juan College Fiord Wilderness Study Area in Prince William Sound, especially how t is meaningful to people. This series was part of an artist residency I did with the Voices of the Wilderness program in 2017.

The paintings are on aquabord archival panels.

I created artwork for eight interpretive signs in the Upper Copper River Basin. The series of dynamic signs tells the rich history of the region and work to raise awareness for the first language of the region through integration of Ahtna place names. The sign help visitors at each location make a connection to the entire watershed and to understand how the place where they are standing is connected to a much larger unique and special place.

The project involved working closely with the Copper River Watershed Project, their many agency partners, and other groups involved in the area. Design by Whittington Evans Communications and writing by Wendy Erd.

Digital illustration (pencil and photoshop) of reconstruction of the “Feature 12” house. This illustration was created for the Cape Espenberg Birnirk Archaeology Project for the University of Alaska Fairbanks and an accompanying film directed by Sarah Betcher.

I developed illustrations for the first pop up book from Alaska, situated in Alaska, and by Alaskan artists. The illustrations were with pencil and digital paint in Photoshop. I worked with Liz O’Connell, writer and director, Susan Joy Share, art consultant and pop up engineer, and Vered R. Mares, design assistance. The publication was developed and published in part, with the Anchorage Museum.

Apun ventures out of her burrow in April when snow still blankets the Arctic. The hungry Arctic fox explores the ever-changing environment. What will she encounter? Will she find food? 

You can read more about the process of illustrating this book, and see a slideshow of all of the illustrations on my blog.

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve hired me to create an adult coloring book. Each of six spreads addresses a theme that is important to the land, such as bear ecology, geology, wilderness, or subsistence fishing.

I created a series of pen and watercolor illustrations for this document published by the Association of Alaska School Boards. Design and art direction by Spin Space LLC.

This document is available through the AASB and addresses working with trauma in schools and communities throughout Alaska.

Alaska Geographic published books about the national parks in Alaska and I helped to illustrate their book on Katmai National Park and Preserve. Illustrations ranged from natural to cultural history; themes including bird watching, paleontology, recreating a subterranean dwelling people used to live in, and depicting the novarupta.

This illustration shows life in the subneviean world and how animals got under the snow to stay warm in the winter. It has been featured online in blog posts by the National Science Foundation and the Deschutes Land Trust and hangs in the elementary school in Talkeetna, AK.

McCathy-Kennicott Visitors Guide

Overstory Consulting commissioned me to create a series of maps for the new Kennecott & McCarthy Visitors Guide. The maps were created in Adobe Illustrator to be printed in color and black and white. A copy of the visitors guide is available online here.

A selection of illustration work in traditional color media - watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, and colored pencil. I often combine media to create scenes that explain the natural world.

A selection of illustration work in traditional color media - watercolor, gouache, acrylic paint, and colored pencil. I often combine media to create scenes that explain the natural world.

I love to study and draw the wild plants of Alaska. I create field sketches to coloring pages, to botanical illustrations of wildflowers and edible or medicinal plants.