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Student Spotlight: Vesper Stamper

Vesper Stamper is one of our few classmates who manages to make beautiful artwork, AND care for her two young children. Moreover she’s recently announced that her novel, the Orange Tree (which she wrote and illustrated for the Book Show) will be published by Knopf in spring 2018! She talks with us about how she manages her time, what it’s like to be both a mother and an artist, and about creating the Orange Tree. Congratulations @vesperillustration !

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Continuing my theme of abandoned houses in #iceland ... I think the reason you don't see #Viking #ruins is that the landscape is so geologically dynamic, nothing lasts all that long before it potentially gets buried in several feet of #volcanic ash. #illustration #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #house #prismacolor #blackandwhite (at West Iceland)

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The #moss here climbs up the black-rust #cliffs like the first foliage on earth. #Iceland #illustration #sketchbook #creation #watercolor #drawing #godslove (at Iceland)

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Sometimes, this happens. #waterfall #cavern #Iceland #godslove #creation #hisheart #sabbath (at Selfoss, Iceland)

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Stumbled onto the perfect location at the base of the #lava floes from #snæfellsjökull #volcano. At the side of a mountain stream. Which ends in a #waterfall. Which pours off a cliff into the #arctic #ocean. #heaven #iceland #nevercomingback (at Hellnar)

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Abandoned house, western peninsula, #iceland , near snæfellsjökull volcano. #waterfalls everywhere. #arctic #rawbeauty

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Feet touching magical land...I'm here. #Iceland #illustration #arctic #sketchbook #drawing

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My little #experiment is done. #workinprogress #illustration #gouache #painting #mountains #aspen #birch #pine #spruce #colorado #switchback #childrensbooks #picturebook #pinkhair #walkies #childhood #children #books

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Adapted from a photo of #German girls in a #Catholic procession in Würzburg, 1937. Learning how to #draw #children my way, to be more #authentic. #illustration #newnovel #amwriting #drawing #sketchbook #history #historicalfiction #prismacolor #blackandwhite #pencil #whitedress #lilies

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"Over this little house of brick, a great grace descended." (Times when I wish insta wasn't square, or I had a square book...) #grace #illustration #forest #woods #sketchbook #prismacolor #pencil #medieval #drawing #amwriting #newnovel

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Growing up in NYC, you don't always realize the significance that #water plays in your inner composition. I took it for granted until I realized how much I need #rivers and #lakes as much as #trees. I'm starting every day with a #riverwalk by the #Hudson now. #citygirl #naturegirl #artistproblems #artistneeds

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Summer will be over soon #praisethelord #flattened #summerSAD #cantbreathe #humidity #illustration #sketchbook #drawing #postgradlife

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J'adore les vêtements de @katrinleblond tres bien, et aujourd'hui j'achete deux choses tres especiàl. Merci beaucoup, Katrin, pour votre générosité, et vos beau créations! ❤️ #jaimemontreal #montreal #speakingfrench #minivacay #europeinnorthamerica

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Nous buvons notre café. #speakingfrench #montreal #minivacay (at Café Melbourne)

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Ah, bonsoir, Montreàl! Nos dîner des crêpes etait parfait!! (Ce non etait pas ici a Schwartz's, mais un crêperie bretonne tres tres bon!) #practicing #french #speakingfrenchbadly #canada #montreal

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Hooray! One of my #thesis pieces is a runner-up in @cqjournal in the Illustration Professional category, with @kadirnelson and @matt.rota ! Not bad company. 😉 #illustration #creativequarterly @svamfaillustration @3x3mag

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This is how it must be done. You can't get water from a stone. #illustration #drawing #handlettering #jesus #holyspirit #tranquility #rest #abiding