the gist— I am a person. I learned to draw. I kept drawing. I became an illustrator. I illustrated a picture book.
expanded version— Jon is an illustrator who draws an imaginary world of jaunty animals in a studio in the trees. He runs a greeting card & illustration studio, established in 2011, with his frequent collaborator and wife, and briefly owned a gallery in Texas. His first picture book Wander New York: Fitz in the City is coming out in August 2020.