Book Cover Work
Farrar & Wolfe, 2025
The Cartographer's Grief
Meridian Press, 2025
Threshold
Quiet House Books, 2024
Architectures of Silence
Grove Atlantic, 2024
The Unfinished Season
Terrain Books, 2025
Field Notes, Vol. III
Farrar & Wolfe Publishers
The Brief
"A literary debut about grief and cartography — the author wanted a cover that felt like a map drawn from memory, not precision."
Thumbnail Sketches — First Pass
Raw, imperfect. The work of deciding what to keep.
Final Illustration
Final — Farrar & Wolfe Publishers
Single-weight pen, 2025
Illustration for Startups
Meridian Studio, SF
Ledger — Brand System
Studio Hara, NYC
Wellpath App Icons
Editorial Commission
Wired — Feature Spread
Alvar Textiles, 2025
Repeat Pattern System
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Restraint as Practice
Graphite Gallery, Berlin
Horizon Study No. 7
Group Show — Restraint
Diptych: Before / After
Copenhagen Drawing Fair
Five Lines for a Mountain
Ongoing — 2024–2026
The Reduction Series
Solo Show — Spring 2026
One Mark
Meridian Studio, San Francisco
The Brief
"A fintech startup building tools for independent freelancers — they needed an illustration system that felt human and precise without being cold."
Thumbnail Sketches — First Pass
Raw, imperfect. The work of deciding what to keep.
Final Illustration
Final — Meridian Studio, San Francisco
Single-weight pen, 2025
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