My name is Lettie Jane Rennekamp. I live in Portland, OR.
I teach art to teenagers and adults and love encouraging folks to find their expression and confidence. You can find me teaching at Pacific Crest Community School and Ulna Art Studio.
My work often centers on the body and what it means to inhabit a body in this world. I use illustrations depicting people, plants and pattern to try to capture more abstract ideas like moving through grief or self acceptance. I am always trying to reflect on my connection to the world around me and drawing helps me manage. I use a variety of materials in my work. I usually work analog with pens, colored pencils or watercolor and scan drawings to bring them to life digitally.
I’ve struggled my whole life with whether or not I’m an artist, despite earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2005 from The San Francisco Art Institute. I attended Rhode Island School of Design 2000-2001 and have continued my art education at PNCA and Portland Community College taking illustration and ceramics courses. I think I’ve finally accepted that if I spend a huge chunk of my life dedicated to art, it means I’m an artist.
I use she/her or they/them pronouns, I identify as cis-female, but love a wider spectrum of pronoun usage. I am a white and come from a middle class background. I identify as queer and bisexual inside a myriad of heteronormative relationships.
Coffee is my favorite beverage, I grew up on a horse farm and I love the ocean. I’m a mom and my son, Nicky was born in 2014. I’m an Aquarius, a weirdo, a horse-girl. I’m anxious and dyslexic. I’m a witch and I’ve spent more than a decade in therapy. I love nature and friendship and joy.
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