Education!
- Graduated Salutatorian at age 20 from Central Christian College and subsequently bagged husband unanimously voted “Best Legs” by entire girls’ dormitory.
- Received perfect marks in art training received at Central Missouri State University from professor who had exactly one glass eye (really....the other one seemed to work quite properly).
Experience!
- Completed art for Story Hour, years 1-3 and Friendship Curriculum for CRC Product Services. Became proficient at multi-tasking—Draw, Listen to ABBA Gold, and eat a bunch of chips, all at once.
- Many happy years doing freelance drawing and writing for Standard Publishing’s magazines and curricula. Skills used include but aren’t limited to—watercolor, pen and ink, computer generated art, and groveling.
- Illustrations for magazines published by Focus on the Family’s Clubhouse Jr., and The Teaching and Learning Company’s Holidays quarterlies. Editors say I am “easy to get along with and always on time.” My husband “begs to differ.”
- Contributed a record number of weird youth activities, most having something to do with Cheez Whiz and/or paper wads, to more than 40 books and materials by Group Publishing.
Accolades!
- Recently won honorable mention in Society of Childrens Books Writers and Illustrators online Illustrator contest in a feeble attempt to score free membership and cool t-shirt.
- Judge of Upstream People Gallery’s juried competition found my work “pretty good.”
- Winner of fourth grade environmental poster contest, “trash category” with winning slogan—“Because Litter Things Mean A Lot.”
Awards I Didn’t Win...
- RuPaul look-alike Contest (not even close)
- Guiness Book of World Records Longest Ever Mustache
- All-American Female Bodybuilding Championship (though I have been known to break Cheetos in two with my bare hands. . .)
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