April 2026
“The Star-Speckled Garden” is a 40-page picture book for all ages. Featuring bold, whimsically detailed, full spread illustrations from start to finish, this 40 page picture book spins a beautiful tale, created in full collaboration with Benji Waters.
Through whimsical imagery and a lyrical, flowing narrative, this beautifully illustrated picture book follows two small spiders as they navigate their worries, soften their fears, and slowly learn to see beyond the clouds of their own making. Along the way, they discover that compassion begins within―and that self-love has the power to transform not only how we see ourselves, but how we connect with the world around us.
Original sketch and final illustration
Original sketch and final illustration
Original sketches and final illustrations
Original sketches and final illustrations
Digitally hand-illustrated in Adobe Fresco, without the use of AI or any other digitally-assisted creation. Fully designed book print files with text assembled in Adobe InDesign. Ebook created with Kindle Create.