I began painting seriously in midlife, after raising kids and working as a journalist and illustrator in Los Angeles. I take inspiration from the landforms and colors and energies around Ojai and the surrounding wilderness and try to get out of the way of what the pictures want. My aim is to capture the energy and spirit of place, the simultaneous feeling of awe and humility, of togetherness and singularity, of personal insignificance and limitless possibility.
My piece “Ahwa’y” is in the permanent collection of the Ojai Valley Musuem. I’ve also shown at Gallery 825 in Los Angeles, the Santa Paula Art Museum and the Beatrice Woods Center for the Arts.
I’m the author and illustrator of Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook, published by Abrams. My other books include Plus One: A Novel and Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons Cupcakes and the Reinvention of the American Grown-Up.
