Big News! My newest retreat has just been announced! Come to Spain in October 2025 and immerse yourself in cultural beauty and all the forms of lettering. How do you find your own style of lettering? How do you discover the sort of lettering that becomes your passion? Is it with a brush, a dip pen, a pencil and micron pen? An iPad? Do you work slowly and precisely, enjoying every crisp edge, or do you prefer a messy line with splotches of ink on the page? This, and much more, are the kinds of things that we’re going to have fun exploring on my Lettering Retreat in Spain October 2025. Read more here.

Want something beautiful to focus on? Jump on over to Make Art That Sells, my teaching site. Make 2025 your year to thrive as an artist. I’ve taught over 30,000 students from over 100 countries and I love helping creative people thrive!

My three decades as an art agent for some of the most celebrated book publishers, advertising agencies, top designers, and  products for manufacturers of gift and home has given me a wealth of information on how to thrive as an illustrator, and my passion is to teach this to you.

As an agent, I’ve mentored top names in the business like Lisa Congdon, Helen Dardik, Suzy Ultman, Carolyn Gavin, Mike Lowery and Sarah Walsh. I know who succeeds and why, and I’m happy to share that with you in my courses.

Before I founded my agency, I was lucky to enjoy a thriving illustration career in New York for clients like Anna Wintour, the Grammys, Penguin Random House, Chronicle Books, and clients in Tokyo and Paris. All this enables me to craft illustration courses for you with the understanding of an artist. I get it! I get what is motivating, I love to trick you into doing your best work! Learn more here.

Let’s have some fun and amp up your art in a magical setting! Want to make art in real life? I love color, I love paint and I love travel. Do you? So let’s paint in Portugal! Join me for my Color Quest Art Retreat in Portugal March 2025. Read all about it here.

My last retreat was one of the most incredible events I’ve ever enjoyed–teaching lettering to a small group of wonderful people on our own private French villa for a week. We had an amazing time nestled in our private European villa with all our needs taken care of so we could make art. Now, I’m excited to offer my next retreat, this time for Color Quest Art Retreat in Portugal March 2025, in a way that is sure to inspire you and brighten and diversify your artwork. I love color! I love how exciting it is to mix nuanced shades and tints and then combine a curated selection to create a stunning color story. We’ll work in watercolor and gouache, I’ll teach you my best tips on painting and of course we’ll dive deep into exploring an array of color palettes, followed by a daily drawing and color assignment suitable for your portfolio. When you have a lush and color-diversified portfolio, you attract all kinds of wonderful gigs. Read more here.

On all my retreats, while sipping coffee or wine, I’m happy to share advice, support and specific guidance, from my 30 years as an agent, for getting illustration work in books, gift and stationery, children’s books, games, puzzles, authoring and illustrating non-fiction books and more. And I love to do Career Tarot which was a big hit last time. My retreats are for all levels, and I delight in guiding each person from where they are, spotting what makes their work special. Plus, we’ll enjoy yummy meals catered to every food preference, field trips to medieval and arty towns, bop on in an art store, vintage and antique shops, and so much more!

Check out all the details and sign up for the Color Quest Retreat in Portugal March 2025 here!