My name is Tessa Koller and I am an artist and author from St. Charles, Illinois, a city west of Chicago. The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design brought me to college in Milwaukee in 2008 where I earned my B.F.A., majored in drawing and painting, and minored in Creative Writing. Since college, I have been writing for multiple national and international magazines and journals including Wellbeing Magazine, Arianna Huffington’s, Thrive Global, and The Mighty.

In 2019, I relocated back to St. Charles and continued pursuing my creative passions here. I specialize in acrylic painting, pastel colored pencils, Caran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils, pastels, graphite, and charcoal. For more information on commissions, head to my contact page and reach out with any questions you may have about my work and prices. Almost always, I have deals and special offers available for pet and wildlife portraits and prints of my original paintings.

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