Once an idea is ready to become a painting, I sketch it at size on Arches cold-press watercolor paper, ink it with Pigma Micron pens, and flood it with bright pools and dabs of Kuretake paints, which can function as gouache or watercolor depending on how much water is added. When I’m satisfied with an illustration, I scan and edit it and place it within a design framework that I can output correctly for a printer or manufacturer. I collaborate with individual firms in America that work in sustainable ways and that I know by experience can deliver at the highest levels of quality. Every detail matters, and every detail must be checked, proofed, and readjusted. I am very proud of the fact that I manage all three parts of this business: making the art, designing the products, and sourcing the manufacturers who can meet my standards.

In addition to the products you can find in stores—from cards and stickers to coasters and tea towels—I do custom projects for individuals and businesses. Need an illustrated map, a website designed, a refreshed logo? Send me a note; I would love to hear from you. While most of my work draws on the wild and ragged coast of Maine, I am eager to work with whatever inspires you. I am excited by quirky vintage finds, well-designed books, old photos and magazines (hello, prewar Fortune covers), illuminated manuscripts (and the medieval monsters therein), weathervanes, Rockwell Kent bookplates, and, of course, animals—endlessly animals, from the curious platypus to the stately, plump capybara.

Speaking of animals: Who’s the running pup in my logo, you ask? That’s Daisy the Jack Russell, one of my childhood pets. She may have been ornery. She may have reveled in her demands. But she was also charming and courageous. A fiercely independent dog, she reminds me to live and work and draw with a bit more bravado than I might otherwise.