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SS2014 Wild Collection

July 2, 2019 by jennifer

The Bear and Ram n Zebra images silkscreened on tees and tanks.

Photos by Jared Whitney

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Portrait Stories. Started May- into July 2020.
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When I started this series I had one goal: share stories and perspectives from others. It felt important to give space and this platform to folks. It wasn’t about the ‘likes’ or about selling anything. It was to be for encouraging and bringing hope. We are all a part of a larger network, we are all interconnected, and we are all human. This beautiful breath of humanity. Dotted lines marked this connectivity between us, and our spirits.
It has been an honor to draw each of you. Thank you for sharing your voice and heart. This past quarantine season has been changing who we are collectively. Let us keep pressing forward to love our neighbors.
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#illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #storytelling #daysofquarantine #onebigfamily

Instagram only lets you tag 20 people, so please just go back through the posts to view each person. ❤️

Allie Owen. Portrait. July 2020. • • ‘Bedtim

Allie Owen. Portrait. July 2020.
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‘Bedtime is later. Morning snuggles and family bike rides are almost daily. LEGO and Marco Polo fill our days. Structure is loose, yet most days take on the same shape. My husband working from home is a gift for him and for us. Stairs provide both his shortest commute ever and my main source of exercise. Takeout has never tasted so good. Activities and plans are missed, but really only by me. I’m reading more and reflecting on privilege, gratitude, purpose. Somehow I’m tired a lot. I miss the Y. I miss time to accomplish something besides the dishwasher. I especially miss my sister.‘
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Portrait Story Series
This current quarantine season has been changing who we are. Over the past 40+ days I have been drawing portraits, telling your stories, and sharing your experiences. #illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #storytelling #daysofquarantine #familytime

Andrea Beaulieu. Portrait. July 2020. • • ‘Q

Andrea Beaulieu. Portrait. July 2020.
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‘Quarantine has been such a special time for my little family. Our twins are growing and changing so fast... before Covid Cade only saw them for 20 minutes each day. In the last 4 months he has been able to be a part of our daily routine and that has been so important to me and for us as a family. It’s been a wonderful silver lining while there is so much chaos and dread.’
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Portrait Story Series
This current quarantine season has been changing who we are. What are you going through right now? Could I tell your story? Can I draw your portrait? DM me your reflection and photo. #illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #cherish #daysofquarantine #familytime

Jessi Beyer. Portrait. July 2020. • • ‘You k

Jessi Beyer. Portrait. July 2020.
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‘You know that saying that says you never know what you have until it's gone?

That's been percolating in my head a lot over the past two months.

I know what it's like to miss something right now.

I'm isolated from my friends and family members, I'm cut off from my daily activities, and the public spaces that used to be safe are no longer so.

Perhaps more importantly (at least on a global scale), painful injustices and prejudices are being brought to light, people are losing their loved ones to COVID, and jobs and businesses are disappearing left and right.

As I said: we all know what it's like to miss something right now.

These things will come back, and when they do, I know I won't take them for granted again.

I'll appreciate them.

I'll be grateful for them.

I'll cherish them.

Life is lived for the big moments but made up of the little moments, and I know for a fact that all this has shown me just how important those little moments actually are.’
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Portrait Story Series
This current quarantine season has been changing who we are. What are you going through right now? Could I tell your story? Can I draw your portrait? DM me your reflection and photo. #illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #cherish #daysofquarantine

Brett Thacher. Portrait. July 2020. • • ‘Whe

Brett Thacher. Portrait. July 2020.
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‘When this pandemic is done, there are a few things I’d like to keep around.

-The idea that we do something or wear something, not to protect ourselves, but to protect others
-Long neighborhood walks
-My new bird watching skills
-‘Yes Days’ when I have to say yes to anything my daughter wants to do, just because.
-Confronting, vulnerable conversations on race

The gnawing fear and the Zoom calls can go.’
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Portrait Story Series
This current quarantine season has been changing who we are. What are you going through right now? Could I tell your story? Can I draw your portrait? DM me your reflection and photo. #illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #futurehope #daysofquarantine #yesdays

Nadine Lloyd. Portrait. July 2020. • • ‘The

Nadine Lloyd. Portrait. July 2020.
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‘The stillness and chaos of this past season makes me want to work for a better world for my sweet kids and the next generation.’
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Portrait Story Series
This current quarantine season has been changing who we are. What are you going through right now? Could I tell your story? Can I draw your portrait? DM me your reflection and photo. #illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #futurehope #daysofquarantine

Bo Baskoro. Portrait. July 2020. • • ‘I’ve

Bo Baskoro. Portrait. July 2020.
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‘I’ve been fighting the feelings of my worth, my drive, my significance to myself and to people diminishing. I got thrown between realities where the feeling of security is compromised and I’m abandoned or I’m overwhelmed and in a loop of failure. Fall after failure has thrown me into confessing that I hate the place I’m in and I’m not okay. My mental health is a mess and my physical health is cartwheeling behind it and I’m in this stupid paralysis of needing someone to be patient with me and dreading the idea of opening up to someone.⁣
However, I’m really fighting to move but it’s hard to feel safe, vulnerable and driven.⁣
I hope nobody else feels like this, but if you do then I hope it’s solace to know that you aren’t alone and I hope you can collect your pieces and find someone that will doubtlessly support you. ⁣
Getting help and being vulnerable is scary but I’m trying to tell myself that scary is okay. A lot of times, I think scary is the signal in your brain that’s telling you that you’re going in the right direction. ⁣
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This isn’t to deter from the large scale circumstances that the entire world is facing right now. But I feel like one’s mental health plays a very significant role in how we respond to the things we’re faced with and I’d really like to be strong and kind when facing it.⁣’
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Portrait Story Series
This current quarantine season has been changing who we are. What are you going through right now? Could I tell your story? Can I draw your portrait? DM me your reflection and photo. #illustratedportraits #spreadlove #inthistogether #beloved #daysofquarantine

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