Like so many children's book illustrators, creating images that capture story book text can be exciting and fun, yet stressful and demanding. It's the part of creating an illustration that comes alive that makes it worthwhile.

If I was a cat, my story would be: One night, a cat curled up on a blanket of soft grass with her pencil and sketchbook. She started drawing while stars twinkled above her. The creative journey began . . .