Jesse White

@jessewhiteillustration.com

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🌙 Illustrator, author, & muralist in Durham, NC 🌿 Brave Like Fireweed (UNSQ) 🐚 Rep’d by Paige Terlip @ Starling Literary bio.site/jessewhiteillustration

A black and white illustration of a young girl in a big chair, reading a book in front of an open window. A logo for Authors Against Book Bans is in the right bottom corner, beside bold text that says “Books open windows.”
An illustration of two profiles - a woman on the left and a man on the right - with a violin and bow in between them. They are looking directly into each other's eyes. Several different objects are arranged around them, including some Monopoly pieces, a satsuma mandarin, and a spilled bottle of vitamins. A border of oak leaves surrounds them. The limited color palette used is dark plum, mint, peach, bright red, bright pink, and a light olive green.
An illustration of a little girl kneeling on a beach, holding a big shell up to her ear. She has blue pajamas on and is wearing a bright red backpack and boots. An excerpt from the School Library Journal review is added to the bottom left of the illustration: "A lyrical exploration of resilience, finding examples, and inspiration in the natural world."
A black and white illustration of a girl reading a book in a big chair. She’s sitting in front of a big window, showing the night sky outside. There’s a moon and lots of stars. A fox is curled on the top of the chair.
An open sketchbook on a wooden table showing a drawing of a girl walking through grass and trees. She is wearing a bright red backpack and looking over her shoulder. A big bird flies across the foreground while smaller bird shapes are visible in the distance.
An illustration of a fluffy cat sitting on a yellow tile floor, looking up at someone’s hand holding a fish. The cat is a little grumpy looking.
A photo of my brown tabby lying on my lap in bed. The photo is focused on one back paw, with pink toe beans visible. Her front paw is curled over her face.
An open sketchbook is on a wooden table, with four wax pastel crayons and a mug of coffee beside it. The sketchbook drawing shows large, bright abstract florals with a red fox underneath. The fox has its nose pointed up to a moon.
An illustration of a young girl reading at night, under a canopy of trees. A brown bunny is sleeping beside her and an owl perches above. Contact information for Jesse White is hand lettered in the margins: Jesse White - Represented by Paige Terlip of Andrea Brown Literary Agency - jessewhiteillustration.com
A photograph of a brown, open butterfly chrysalis attached to a fennel plant
A sketchbook spread of a design featuring large florals and plants, with a little red fox standing underneath them. The fox has its nose pointed at a moon.
An illustration of a little girl standing on a bright green stool, pouring water from a watering can into a huge blue pitcher with cloud patterns on it. The pitcher is full of colorful flowers and reaches high Andover her head. Her small dog looks up in interest!
A sketchbook spread showing a wax pastel drawing of big florals with a small fox standing below them. The fox has its eyes closed and its nose is pointed up toward a round moon shape. Most of the lines are in pink, with some blue, olive green, and bright red texture and patterns filled in. The drawing is half finished. The sketchbook is open flat on a wooden table, with several wax pastels and a coffee mug next to it.
A photo of a bright red leaf with green spots above the asphalt. My watch band and tattoo are visible on my arm. Shadows from a power line are visible at the top of the photo.
A rough sketch of abstracted flower stems, leaves, and blooms in pink wax pastel. An outline of a fox is on the right page, among the florals. The sketchbook is spread out on a wooden table with the pink wax pastel, an X-Acto knife, a little box of pastel shavings, and an almost empty coffee mug.
An illustrated image of a list of sketchbook prompts for July. The hand lettered title says "Along a Path of Layered Leaves", with "Sketchbook Prompts for July" underneath that. The prompts are: BURIED for July 1-5, STEM for July 8-12, FOLLOW for July 15-19, WHOOSH for July 22-26, and SUMMER for July 29-August 2.
A photo of my cat, a brown tabby, laying on her back on a mustard couch. All of her paws are stretched out and her pink tummy is showing!
A black and white illustration of a little girl with long braids pulling a huge, magical beet out of the ground. There are insects and bugs in the soil around the vegetables and the girl has a determined frown on her face.