I’m a self-taught maker of paintings, murals, nesting dolls, illustrated journals and other things. I take inspiration from the landforms, colors and energies around Ojai and the surrounding wilderness. 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, 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. I’ve published stories in the New Yorker, the Atlantic and the New York Times Magazine.
