My book We Belong Together was 1 of 150 books recently selected out of 650 entries nationwide to be featured in the Society of Illustrators 2011 Original Art Show, an exhibit which showcases the year’s best children’s books. Here’s a link to more information about the show including the complete list of all the illustrators [...]

To celebrate the recent release of WE BELONG TOGETHER I’m giving away not one but two books! Leave a comment below this post or on the Wanart facebook page post regarding this give-away telling us your favorite food combination (the odder the better). I’ll have to admit my favorite at the moment is Spam with [...]

Here are some pictures from my book launch celebration on September 17, 2011 for YOU ARE MY CUPCAKE and WE BELONG TOGETHER. It was a beautiful event and I was overwhelmed by the turnout. It was held at the Magnolia Bakery on Columbus Avenue in New York City. What an amazing day!

A book launch for [...]

Happy (belated) New Year! Things over at Wanart have been pretty busy as we start preparing for the Year of the Ox which starts on January 26. I have also been working on a couple of new book dummies including one about Kiwi and Pear going to outer space! Here are some sketches from the dummy:

Here are scanned pages from the catalog showing the Greetings from Kiwi and Pear book and the Travel Flash Cards!
(Greetings from Kiwi and Pear – left side of spread) “Travel around the world with Kiwi and Pear! – Kiwi and Pear are a pair of monkeys who do everything together, and now they’re off on [...]

Welcome to the Kiwi and Pear blog where you will find the latest news along with information pertaining to the highly-anticipated Kiwi and Pear book “Greetings from Kiwi and Pear” which is coming out in Spring of 2009! Here are some concept sketches I did for the book dummy before taking the book to finish: