Illustrated Books
Over the years, I’ve illustrated several books and recently authored my own. These include picture books, middle-grade books, poetry collections, and non-fiction books for adults. I’m very open to collaborations that embrace a concept-driven, artful approach to storytelling!
Homebound, 2024–2025
Homebound is a wordless picture book about a white stork witnessing the loss and destruction caused to the natural and urban environments of Ukraine by russia's full-scale invasion as he’s making his way to his nest in early spring. Set for publication in late 2025 from Orecchio Acerbo (Italy). Selected for the sixth edition of The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase, featured in American Illustration 44, and awarded the Merit Award in the 3x3 International Illustration Show No.22.
My Aunt’s Red Dress, 2019
My Aunt's Red Dress
by Tais Zolotkovska is a fictionalized biography of Anya Silver, a poet who lived, loved
and created in the face of inflammatory breast
cancer and imminent death. Published by Monolith Bizz.
Storytelling for Eyes, Ears, and Hearts, 2020
In Storytelling for Eyes, Ears, and Hearts, Ukrainian author Mark Livin explains how to learn to hear and see stories everywhere you go, deepen your understanding of how texts work, and captivate with your writing. The book also features interviews with prominent Ukrainian authors, copywriters, and journalists. Art director and designer Oksana Gadzhii. Published by Nash Format.
Zeus’s Triangle, 2020
This story by Andriy Bachynskiy follows young
Theodor as he accidentally travels back in time to ancient
Greece and has to use his knowledge of geometry to make his way back to the present. Published by The Old Lion Publishing House.