My scientific training includes a B.Sc. in Zoology and a M.Sc. in Ecology, both from UCD. I have extensive experience in scientific research (behavioral ecology of primates in Sumatra, Arctic Fox research on the Aleutian Islands); at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) & UCD (behavioral biology, laboratory research in Reproductive Biology and Medical Physiology) and as a Veterinary Assistant. I have significantly expanded my scientific knowledge with these positions, which have aided me in developing my abilities as a scientific and medical illustrator.

As an illustrator, I continue to develop my professional education with specialized training in the techniques of scientific illustration through the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, based at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.. I attend national training sessions every other year to continue to expand my abilities. Other job positions that have increased my illustration knowledge include: Principal Scientific Illustrator for the CNPRC; Illustrator and Editorial Artist for the Anchorage Daily News in Anchorage, Alaska; Graphic Artist and Illustrator for CH2M HILL Engineering; and Freelance Illustrator for a broad variety of clients. Please see the following abbreviated résumé for details of these positions.

Medical and scientific illustrations require not only an intricate knowledge of the science being portrayed, but the ability to translate ideas and concepts to visual representations, and the technical and creative skills to portray the ideas precisely. It is critical to be scientifically accurate in every aspect of each illustration, and I take pride in having been complimented many times by publishers and clients on the results of taking their initial concepts to a final illustration. Few illustrators have both an advanced level of training in the sciences and the artistic abilities to portray these concepts.

Combined, my education, professional training, and experience have provided me with a high level of illustration skills. As a medical illustrator, my scientific knowledge is further refined to allow me to illustrate concepts to the cellular, molecular, and conceptual level. My experiences as a veterinary technician and research assistant at the CNPRC have also expanded my abilities to both have an understanding of, and the ability to, observe surgical and medical procedures and translate them into clear illustrations.

1975-2007 Freelance Scientific Illustrator

Provide scientific, medical, and natural history illustrations for various clients throughout the university, government and private sector.

1999-2007 Principal Scientific Illustrator

California National Primate Research Center

University of California, Davis

Provide scientific, medical and graphic illustration services to faculty and staff at the CNPRC and UCD. Developed materials and curriculum for education outreach program.

1993-1995 Senior Graphic Artist/Illustrator

CH2M HILL Engineering

Anchorage, Alaska

Layout, design and technical illustrations, slide and poster presentations.

1990-1993 Graphic Artist/ Illustrator

Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage, Alaska

Produced illustrations and graphics for daily publication and weekly special supplements under compressed deadlines. Graphics, page design, typesetting, composing and paste-up, color separations.

UC Davis, 1978

UC Davis, 1981

Field Research – primate ecology, Sumatra, Indonesia; behavioral biology, California National Primate Research Center; arctic fox biology, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Laboratory Research – Reproductive biology, California National Primate Research Center; Medical physiology, UC Davis

Veterinary Medicine – 5 years at private veterinary clinics and SF Zoo.