There are only a few people who have made a major difference in my life & career and Suzette Moyer, an art director at the Washington Post is one of those people for me. We first met when Suzette hired me and 9 other women artists to illustrate how we felt about the second women’s march. My Voting is My Super Power art I created for her ran in the WaPo & caught the eye of the CEO of @vitalvoices and she contacted me and we’ve been working together ever since. One of the projects with VV is the biggest, most rewarding of my career (so far!) Painting 100 women who are changing the world. Suzette and I met in March of 2020 to walk through the exhibition of the 100 portraits at the Kennedy Center. ( It closed due to Covid a few days later- & the opening was canceled 😩
That night I took her to dinner to thank her for the beautiful spread on VV and the exhibition. Since I’m vegan I chose a place that had good vegan food. She asked me lots of questions about why I’m vegan - we had a wonderful dinner and a few days later she texted me that she was going vegan! I became a bit of a cheerleader - with recipes and support. It’s thrilling to directly turn someone on to becoming vegan! A few months into the pandemic I texted her late one night with an idea for an illustrated column about staying healthy in quarantine. I thought it’d be about eating and exercising etc. She liked my idea and set up a meeting with an editor, who saw my illustrated story about how keeping a sketchbook saved me from going crazy during my husband's surgery and recovery and she said THIS is what we should do. They committed to 8 columns called Sketching My Way Through Crisis. ( link in my bio) I felt like I was in a master class for one! I’d never done anything like this before. It was really hard and incredibly gratifying and inspiring. I LOVE WORKING WITH SUZETTE!!
I was so happy when @lizziehrt asked me to paint her portrait for this mock cover as her co-workers celebrate her - as she departs to a new job!
I celebrate you too Suzette and feel such gratitude to work with you and for your friendship! ❤️