self published Illustrator, writer, painter & teaching artist

Hello and thank you for taking the time to visit my site. I am an internationally self published cartoonist, painter, writer and teaching artist(and sometimes singer) from Annapolis Maryland. I work in many mediums of art but my passion is in illustration and poetry, self publishing over a dozen books of my enterTOONing illustrations available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble etc., in addition to greeting cards and other various merchandise available in various outlets. I spend countless hours lost in my "toon" world at home and when I'm not tooning I'm teaching painting, drawing and/or crafting classes for the local community college, area senior centers and more. My hope is to use my creative energy to inspire, enlighten and entertain. I began drawing at a very young age, I was an only child so drawing became my best friend. I was inspired by Hanna-Barbera cartoons, but also learned from people and places around me, I can remember copying technique as young as 7 years old from a girl sitting next to me in grade school, I loved how she drew hair. I later became inspired by fashion illustration, studying drawings by such designers as Bob Mackie. I would sit and draw Cher in all kinds of wild clothes(I'm still doing that today). Drawing has always been a part of my life but not until I was much older did I begin to share it publicly and commercially. I began by designing greeting card collections, from humor to inspirational and from breast cancer awareness to LGBT inclusion and MORE! I progressed into celebrity caricatures  and found it incredibly fun and people seemed to enjoy it. Cher, Joan Rivers, Barbra, Dolly and hundreds more. I saw so many other artists do caricatures as well so I wanted to be different so I added poetry and commentary bubbles to the drawings.....I'm not the greatest artist and not the greatest writer but I believe the combination creates something very special...toon-tributes. I've been blessed to have many celebrities see my work and their kindness and gratitude is always overwhelming. Joan Rivers LOVED the greeting cards I designed for her and took them onstage during a performance in NYC, Barbara Eden posed graciously with a Jeannie-toon and my shining moment was when a Cher-toon of mine made it's way to the icon's birthday cake! I am grateful every day for my talent and the opportunities to share it and inspirit others. We all have a gift, the objective is to discover your gift and utilize it to better yourself and light up the world <3