elloh is the work of me, el lohse, a fan of lowercase letters, handwritten notes, pop culture, being an aunt and singing along to a favorite song.
I graduated from Rhode Island School of Design on scholarship but I'm also self taught in most of what I've been doing since then.
I worked for a spell as a book designer. The highlight...I met Mr. Rogers. His watch had musical notes instead of numbers.
I wanted to work for National Geographic. Photographing the highest mountaintops and Jane Goodall with the chimpanzees. I was six years old. "A little young." they said. "C'est la vie" I replied.
Now I just like to travel. Plane, train, automobile, subway, on foot, or most of the time by sketchbook and pencil.
I'm also a fan of humor, writing, children's books, words, world languages & cultures, portraits, libraries, coffee, tea (I always feel British), typography and hand lettering, playing my green ukulele named Clover (horribly but happily), old school darkroom photography, bright, saturated color including the black and white of old movies and comics, artists like Red Grooms, Al Hirschfeld, Edward Gorey, Alice Neel, Art Spiegelman, Beatrix Potter, Elizabeth Layton, William Blake, Maira Kalman, Van Gogh, Sorolla, Quino, Mary Blair... and finally making my ideas into something tangible that can be worn or displayed.
Thanks, gracias, danke, grazie, arigato, merci, high five, you rock!
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You can now find my Ode to 'To Kill a Mockingbird' prints at the Old Monroe County Courthouse Museum Giftshop in Monroeville, Alabama ... the hometown of Harper Lee!
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All items are made in a smoke-free, pet-free environment.
