Wander Magazine

29 CREATIVES
PAY TRIBUTE
TO EARTH DAY
SPRING 2021

t
hroughout the pandemic lockdown,
many of us have strengthened our bonds
to nature, as we have realized how fragile
and connected we all are.
With that in mind, we asked this group
of creative women and girls – from
six countries to share their illustrated
thoughts about Earth Day.
Some of that work serves as a celebration,
while others used their art to provide
a caution about how we care for
Mother Earth.
We invite you to take some time to reflect
on how you might lighten your footprint in
the coming year – while enjoying the magic
and majesty right outside.
We wish you a wonderful 2021.
Suzette Moyer
Sara Quinn
Kris Viesselman
Cover illustration by Isabel Espanol

Gabriela Salem | Argentina

Erin Robinson | New York

Nuri Ducassi | Florida

Isabel Espanol | France

Coralette Damme | Minnesota

Evelyn, age 9 | Minnesota

Sam Kirk | Illinois

Maria Loor | California

Kris Viesselman | Minnesota

Laura Liedo | Spain

Be Boggs | California

Petra, age 9 | Norway

Lisabeth Mertins | California

Amy Ning | California

Gayle Kabaker | Massachusetts

Galie Jean-Louis | Washington

Samantha Dion Baker | New York

Bea, age 6 | Kansas

Julie Elman | Ohio

Jennifer Borresen | Florida

Deborah Velásquez | Connecticut

Dagny, age 13 | Norway

Marta Sevilla | Spain

Suzette Moyer | Washington, D.C.

Willa, age 4 | Kansas

“When the rain stops, some clouds
become rusted. The Pelicans, who
are the cloud cleaners, fly in their
airplanes to clean the rusted clouds.
Then, the world fills with love.”
Jing Li | China

Delia, age 9 | Washington, D.C.

Jennifer Orkin Lewis | New York

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Sara Quinn | Minnesota
Society
grows reat
hen we plant Trees
in whose hade We know
e shall never sit. - greek proverb

Index and bios
01
Gabriela Salem | Argentina
Gabriela Salem is an illustrator,
designer, visual artist, writer and
university teacher in Buenos Aires.
Find her work at gabisalem.com.ar.
@gabitasalem (insta & twitter)
02
Erin Robinson | New York
Erin's illustrations have been
featured in the New York Times and
the Washington Post, among others.
You can find her work on her Etsy
shop, brooklyndolly.com.
@brooklyndolly (insta)

03
Nuri Ducassi | Florida
Nuri is an art director and illustrator
who has led award-winning design in
some of the top newsrooms in the U.S.
and Canada. Her work appears in the
Minneapolis Star Tribune.
06
Evelyn, age 9 | Minnesota
Evelyn is a nature-loving artist. She
enjoys being outdoors, preferably in a
tree, and wants to be an ornithologist
when she grows up.
@nducassi (twitter)
04
Isabel Espanol | France
Isabel, a Paris-based
illustrator, likes collage and the hazards
of using what she finds. She teaches
at Lisaa school of graphic design. Find
her work at isabelespanol.com and
marlenaagency.com/isabel-espanol.
@isabel_espanol (insta)
07
Sam Kirk | Illinois
Sam, who was born and raised on
Chicago's Southside, explores culture
and identity politics through her
artwork. She focuses on women,
communities of color, and LGBTQIA.
Find her work at iamsamkirk.com.
@iamsamkirk (insta)
05
Coralette Damme | Minnesota
Coralette uses art to share her
reverence for nature. She likes
printmaking because there is no
CTRL+Z. Find her work at
craftyhag.com.
@thecraftyhag (insta)
08
Maria Loor | California
Maria is a designer, illustrator, painter
and work-in-progress animator, living
and drawing in sunny Los Angeles
with her partner, two aussies, two
rescue cats and her two boys. Find her
work at marialoor.com
@marialoor.studio (insta)

09
Kris Viesselman | Minnesota
Kris is a creative director, editor, artist,
designer, filmmaker and ring leader.
She is a consultant with Grey Horse
(NYC) and can often be found in
Minnesota, California, Washington,
D.C. or Norway.
12
Petra, age 9 | Norway
Petra, from Oslo, loves being outside,
gymnastics, animals, singing and art.
She likes being with friends, and is
learning to cook these days, too!
@krisv (insta & twitter)
10
Laura Liedo | Spain
Laura is an illustrator based in
Barcelona. She works for magazines,
studios, and advertising agencies.
Find her work at lauraliedo.com.
@lauraliedo (insta)
13
Lisabeth Mertins | California
Lisabeth is a career commercial
illustrator for books, magazines and
newspapers. Recent years find her
loading her kiln or creating a
watercolor. Find her work at
lisamertins.com.
@lisabethannm & @mertinsillos (insta)
@lisamertinsillos (insta)
11
Be Boggs | California
Be is a Los Angeles-based artist who
works in animation, digital illustration,
painting, woodcarving and
photography. She has had exhibitions
in Laguna Beach and ArtShareLA.
Find her work at beboggs.com.
@illustratedbe (insta & twitter)
14
Amy Ning | California
Amy is a Long Beach-based artist,
born in Tokyo. She immigrated to
Los Angeles in 1972. Find her work
at amyning.com.
@amyningvisuals (insta)
@amyning1 (twitter)

15
Gayle Kabaker | Massachusetts
Gayle is an award-winning painter,
writer and visual storyteller. Traveling
to paint and draw is a big part of her
life, and she uses her sketchbook to
document her life. Find her work at
gaylekabaker.com.
18
Bea, age 6 | Kansas
Bea is a creator, from making wooden
robots with dad in his shop, to playing
with textiles in mom's scrap drawer.
@gaylekabaker (insta & twitter)
16
Galie Jean-Louis | Washington
Galie is a longtime artist with more
than 25 years creating award-winning
work. She is passionate about the
arts, architecture, design and the
environment. Find her work at
galiestudio.com.
@galiejl (insta)
19
Julie Elman | Ohio
Julie is a professor at the School of
Visual Communication at Ohio
University. She teaches publication
design, editorial illustration,
typography and the creative process.
Find her work at julie-elman.com.
@joodlesbyjulie (insta)
17
Samantha Dion Baker | New York
Samantha loves wandering with her
family, drawing all of the things she does,
eats and sees. She is author of "Draw
Your Day," "Draw Your Day Sketchbook"
and Draw Your World." Find her work at
sdionbaker.com.
@sdionbakerdesign @sdiobakerdesign (insta)
20
Jennifer Borresen | Florida
Jennifer is an illustrator and data
visualization editor for USA Today.
She is best served with coffee and a
side of humor.
@Jennart (insta & twitter)
@freshroastedgraphics (insta)
@Jennart (twitter)

21
Deborah Velásquez | Connecticut
Deborah is an artist-designer and
the author of "Drawing in Black and
White." Her work includes paintings,
prints, ceramics, textiles, rugs and
mobiles. She lives in New England with
her husband and two boys.
@velasquezstudio (insta)
24
Suzette Moyer |
Washington, D.C.
Suzette is a senior design editor at
The Washington Post. She is an
award-winning designer who loves
flowers, painting and art museums.
@scmoyer (insta)
22
Dagny, age 13 | Norway
Dagny, from Oslo, likes reading and
making things. She also enjoys board
games and is in a local theater group.
25
Willa, age 4 | Kansas
Willa colors outside the lines and
pretends she's a white cat named
Brownie for the better part of each day.
23
Marta Sevilla | Spain
Marta works in Madrid on her
colorful and quirky illustrations. Her
focus is editorial illustration, children's
picture books and book covers. Find
her work at martasevilla.es.
@martasevilla (insta)
@martasevillaart (twitter)
26
Jing Li | China
Jing works as a freelance illustrator in
Beijing. She started to draw when she
was four years old and has continued
to draw since then. Find her work at
jinglistudio.com.
@i_am_jingwaa (insta)

27
Delia, age 9
| Washington, D.C.
Delia is a Girl Scout who loves bats,
cats and graphic novels.
28
Jennifer Orkin Lewis |
New York
Jennifer (aka August Wren) has a deep
love of color, pattern and nature that
are the foundation of her work as an
artist, illustrator, author and teacher.
Find her work at augustwren.com.
@augustwren (insta)
29
Sara Quinn | Minnesota
Sara is a designer, illustrator, educator,
researcher who is easily distracted by
wonderful visual things. … Look! Isn't
that beautiful?
Credits
Founding editors
Sara Quinn, Suzette Moyer, Kris Viesselman
Creators
A million thanks to all the contributors for
donating their beautiful work.
Type
We used these typefaces, designed by
women: Abril Fatface, Lusitana & Signika.
(The logo is derived from Ziggurat italic by
Hoefler&Co.)
Future projects
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Note: The creators maintain the rights to their own artwork
outside of this project's context.
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