Bio

​I am an illustrator from Wisconsin, America's Dairyland. I am currently studying an MA in Illustration at the Edinburgh College of Art after graduating from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design with a BFA in Illustration. I like to focus on the beauty in this world and try to capture some of that in my work. I enjoy combining the past with the present through my interest in illustration and design from the late 19th century to mid 20th century with the use of modern techniques and tools of illustration. I love to eat cheese and to draw silly and inky things.

When searching for inspiration and references to inform my work, I like to explore antique stores, book shops, and flea markets.  While not drawing, I enjoy listening to 80s music, going for walks, and spending time with my dogs and family.

Sabrina McKay and the Cerulean World, Graphic Novel Concept

Sabrina McKay is a spontaneous, absentminded, and adventurous 11 year old girl living in a village on the northeastern coast of Scotland in the 1950s. She lives there with her parents, Robby and Amelia, and her best friend in the whole world, her dog, Tomino. 

She loves her life, but many things are changing…which she is not very happy about.

Most changes she sees as bad, but some are good- magical perhaps?

Within the pages of Sabrina McKay and the Cerulean World, is a story of change and growth. It is a story of the nature of life with all the new, the old, the future and the past. Join Sabrina as she navigates her everyday life as well as an epic quest in a fantastical world in her dreams. 

In these pages, readers will be sure to find plenty of the ordinary and lots of action, adventure and romance!