I'm an illustrator living in Menlo Park, California.

Over the past fifteen years, I’ve shown oil paintings in coffee shops, designed patterns for Pottery Barn Kids, sold prints through Serena & Lily, worked on picture books, and illustrated stories for the wonderful Cricket Magazine Group. I’m also the illustrator for LitWorld’s World Read Aloud Day.

Outside of work, you’ll find me with my two daughters not cooking the food right, not dancing the dance right, and not knowing where the sparkle-purple-circle thing went or what the sparkle-purple-circle thing even is. Mysteries abound! Sometimes I can trick them into drawing with me though, and all is well in the world again (mostly).

Before I became an artist, I worked for Oracle Corporation. I was a New Product Release Analyst. Every night, I came home after work and painted in my dad’s garage. While I’m proud of my early mini career, nothing could have motivated me more to become an artist than the long hours I spent pretending to be someone I was not.

Let's work together! I love illustrating anything for children. Especially stories.

Email
lmanwell@gmail.com