Tessa Blackham — Picture Book Author and Illustrator

Illustration of a blue whale rolling along on little red wagon wheels, led by a small girl Pencil and watercolor illustration of a family parading through a leafy garden with birds overhead Holiday card illustration of a child in a red hat meeting a white fox in the snow Charcoal illustration of a snowy forest cabin with a small figure walking through the snow Illustration from The Ribbon: a bearded man and a flowing red ribbon Illustration from The Ribbon: a ballerina leaping in the spotlight surrounded by dancers Illustration from The Ribbon: ballerinas getting ready at a backstage dressing-room mirror Illustration of a young ballerina in a white tutu dancing on pointe Illustration of children and a dog racing down a hallway lined with framed pictures Illustration of a boy in bed under a ceiling of glow-in-the-dark stars Illustration of two people walking down a dark forest path at night with flashlights Illustration of a rowboat gliding through glowing bioluminescent water at night Illustration from From a Small Seed: young Eliza Hamilton running through a flowering garden toward a red brick mansion Cut-paper illustration of two polar bears beneath swirling northern lights Cut-paper collage illustration of the Duke Ellington Orchestra performing on stage Cut-paper collage illustration of Duke Ellington at an open window with bluebirds Mixed-media collage of a woman knitting on a green sofa beneath a wall of gold frames Pencil drawing of worshipers gathered around the manger in a nativity scene Christmas card illustration of children making snow angels in a snowy field Illustration of a fox sending glowing lights up into a starry night sky