About the Artist

Hey! I'm Jess. I chose the moniker "rainybearstudio" because I like rain, and I like bears. I'm a simple gal. My MFA thesis is on the topic of believability in narrative art, and I'm an adjunct art instructor at High Point University 

I'm from the American southwest; I was born in Arizona, raised in Las Vegas (and the Philippines, for a little while). I moved to Florida when I started college, and I met my husband my junior year. Now I'm a Southerner by marriage, and at heart! When I'm not drawing, you can find me working on my novel Gray Matter, cosplaying, and playing D&D.