I really love to draw. My mum was a painter and fashion illustrator and I grew up watching her working on some arty project or another, so I guess it was a given that I would end up doing something similar. I have been working as a freelance illustrator for over twenty years now, five of those based in London, and over those years I have worked in a variety of mediums, on a variety of jobs - anything from storyboards, posters, package design, colouring books, cartoons, editorial illustrations and paintings. I work in a rickety shed posing as a studio in the back yard of my home in Melbourne. I work with a variety of mediums, including acrylic paint and watercolour, but I am my happiest with a good old-fashioned dip pen and Indian ink. All of my work is wonky and messy: I don't like drawing cars or anything too technical - I can't draw a straight line, even with a ruler. My desk is usually covered in paper, paint tubes, ink splotches, water bottles, empty tea cups, pencil shavings and biscuit crumbs. I have illustrated children's books with many different publishers in Australia and around the world , and I recently illustrated a series of twelve Zodiac stamps for Australia Post which were released in 2007. My partner Danny Katz , is a writer and also works from home. My cartoons have appeared with his weekly column in The Age for the past thirteen years and we have collaborated on many books together including The Little Lunch series. A little Election, Big Bad Bunnies and The Parents Are Revolting, and we have just completed The Little Lunch Games. We have a daughter, Talia, and a son Jordie, and they are a constant source of inspiration to us both. Other Inspirations ( besides my mum ) Local influences: Chris Grosz, Michael Leunig, Kate Durham also Chagall, Modigliani, Klee, George Grosz, Ronald Searle, and so on.....