Since 2009, I’ve made 2D environment and concept art for video games and interactive apps, as well as illustration commissions. 

My technique has always been a hybrid of traditional and digital art, with my work started as hand-drawn on paper in ink and finished digitally as different projects require. I was initially hired out of fine art college to make illustrated environment art for a special little video game in an Edward Gorey-inspired style about a spider who makes webs and eats bugs, which featured the element of games that I love most – environmental storytelling. So many detailed rooms that hinted at mysteries for players to uncover through the art and exploring. 

As one of the first wave of iPhone/smartphone game developers, I worked on the first fully illustrated mobile game. This more highly-polished style and its clever game mechanics helped put us on the map and changed the trajectory of my life. Since then I’ve truly been honored and very lucky to collaborate with some of the best creators in the business.

I also make websites, from the straightforward to the purely creative. Noteworthy sites include an interactive onsite map for the Roswell UFO Museum, and a very large site for a company that worked on the Blue Origin space shuttle capsule.

In addition to games and websites, I art direct and make 2D art for other interactive apps. A favorite was a new type of adult app called Body Heat, an iPhone massager controller, which we sold to OhMiBod (NSFW, adult content). Our version featured a lovely glowing heat signature that responded to touch. It won two awards from the city of Vienna, which I love!

In my fine art, I specialize in traditional mediums. My surreal, ethereal subjects live in their very own sepia toned haunted garden. I still consider myself an environment artist and spend much of my time in grand gardens, so my focus is my nature related art these days. The dreamy secrets of flowers, mushrooms, and of course insects… I’ll always remember my beloved first game about a spider.