Jessica Johnson

JESSICA JOHNSON

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About the artist

I grew up in the Royal Forest of Dean, ambling through woody thickets, inspecting fungi and rescuing any small animal that strayed across my path, injured or not. It was a magical place to grow up and hugely influences my artwork.

At the age of about 7, I announced to my family that I was going to be an artist and would be off to University. Some years passed and my dream was realised, as I went to study illustration and animation at Kingston University.

After I had graduated, I worked in numerous bookshops, always hidden away in the children’s book section, and after lots of picture book gazing I applied to work temporarily at a children’s book publisher in London. I stayed there for three and a half years working as a designer where I learnt about lots of exciting things such as typography and how to cut out a perfect paper snowflake.

I loved being a designer, but dealing with illustrators everyday only made me realise more than ever that it was what I wanted to do, what I am. I left London and went back to my rural roots where I now live with my boyfriend Tim and our gorgeous but completely bonkers saluki, Peanut, happily illustrating the gorgeous flora and fauna around us.

Purchase details

Please contact Jessica directly at jessicamauskin@googlemail.com for further details of any image on this page or for more information about her work.