My name is Angela Marise Johnson and I’m an illustrator and writer from Los Angeles, currently living on the Big Island of Hawai’i. My work explores themes of creativity, magical realism, and the connection between art and nature.

As a child, I was always drawing, which led me to art school, where I studied photography, painting, sculpture, and performance art.

These days, my inspiration comes from land art, observing the plants in my garden, listening to music, and from things my daughter said when she was little, such as, “Let’s be flowers!”

BFA, Otis College of Art and Design