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A
little bit about me:
I was born, and mostly raised, in
Rhode Island. At age 11, I landed my first job, working
as a deckhand on a commercial shell-fishing boat. After that, I held many
other jobs;
caddy, paperboy, store clerk, cook, waiter, bartender, soccer coach, carpenter
and
house painter. I studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design, and
then I
studied some more at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. With my new skills,
I went
West and worked as an art director on Film, TV, Theme Parks and Museums.
Digital Domain, Disney, PDI and Dreamworks/SKG were some of the places where
I
hung my hat. In 2004, I returned to NYC to pursue a career as a children’s
book
author/illustrator.
I live in Brooklyn with my lovely wife, Aileen,
our daughter Alaya Marzipan and our dog Jag.