I just heard that Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth has been selected as the winner of the 2012-2013 Asian/Pacific American Libraries Association (APALA) Award for Literature in the Picture Book Category. Hooray! Thanks (and congrats) to Joan Schoettler for her wonderful story and Renee Ting for her guidance and for making everything happen. Also, congratulations to [...]
I’ll have to admit, I was pretty excited when I opened the package from Shen’s containing 20 copies of the book. It’s been the better part of a year since the project began, and the final product is the culmination of many hours of thinking, researching, doodling, sketching, and of course painting. I spent most [...]
This is page 31 from the upcoming book, Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth (to be released in May.) I thought it was appropriate for this week’s Illustration Friday theme of “Journey.” Read more about the book at www.shens.com! Here’s an excerpt from the publisher’s website: “Ji-su’s mother has been chosen by the Korean king [...]
Hi everyone! As you may have noticed, I took a long hiatus from blogging after finishing some large projects. Now I’m back, and ready to catch you up on everything I’ve been doing. Perhaps most exciting is the completion of illustrations for “Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth,” a project I have been working on [...]
Well, it’s been a while. Sorry again for my absence. But I have good news! I’m excited to announce that I’ll be working with Shen’s Books on an upcoming picture book. I don’t want to spoil the surprise by telling you too much about the story, but I will say that it’s set in Korea [...]