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hen we published the first issue of Wander, our contributors
were seeking community and creative outlets, while coping
with the isolating pandemic lockdown.
Even though five years have passed, our evolving global roster
of women and non-binary artists are responding to some of
the same challenges — and many new ones, which we could
not have imagined back then. Somehow, the reality for many
of us has become more complicated and sometimes more
dangerous.
Our artists are each sharing their visual responses to today’s
world, through the lens of their own experience. What
follows is a wide variety of illustrative styles and the emotions
their messages evoke — from quiet and contemplative to loud
and angry.
We invite you to reflect on this work and hope you’ll find
community — and, perhaps, discover kindred spirits — who
resonate with you. Perhaps you’ll even feel compelled to
take action.
Thank you for spending time with our fourth issue.
To view the previous three, please visit us at wandermag.org.
We appreciate your support and encouragement.
Suzette Moyer
Sara Quinn
Kris Viesselman
A TRIBUTE: In the time since our last issue, we have lost one of our
earlier contributors. This magazine is dedicated to Monica Edwards, a
masterful California landscape painter, who lived every day with creative
passion. Her bravery, candor and zeal were an inspiration to many of us.
Cover illustration by Lindsey Cherek Waller.
Isabel Espanol | France
Jennifer Borresen | Florida
Phyllis Dickenson | Washington
Bethany Bickley | Georgia
Akiko Ostlund | Minnesota
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Anna Thurfjell | Denmark
Katty Huertas | Washington, D.C.
Shahvteeaylah Williams | Pennsylvania
I stare at blank screens a lot these
days, speechless and overwhelmed.
How does anyone really deal with these
unsettling times? I do my best and try to live
I stare at blank screens a lot these
in the moment. Sometimes those moments
days, speechless and overwhelmed.
are spent drawing, painting, cutting cloth
How does anyone really deal with these
and stitching. My muse these days is
unsettling times? I do my best and try to live
centered around the heart.
in the moment. Sometimes those moments
— Julie are M. spent Elman drawing, painting, cutting cloth
and stitching. My muse these days is
centered around the heart.
— Julie M. Elman
Julie M. Elman | Ohio
Coralette Damme | Minnesota
Lisabeth Mertins | California
Susan Andre | Minnesota
Ana Jarén | Spain
Maria Loor | California
Lois Peterson | Minnesota
DESPOTS
OLIGARCHS
SYCOPHANTS
THE SLIPPERY
SLOPE:
WHAT WILL REMAIN
AFTER OUR SLIDE INTO
DONNY’S INFERNO?
L U S T
G L U T T O N Y
G R E E D
W R A T H
H E R E S Y
V I O L E N C E
F R A U D
T R E A C H E R Y
Kris Viesselman | Minnesota
Ray Orr | Washington, D.C.
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Tara Jacoby | Pennsylvania
Katarina Skjønsberg | Norway
Deborah Withey | Wales
Sabine Modder | Canada
Lindsey Cherek Waller | North Carolina
Catherine Moore | Georgia
Mai Ly Degnan | Maryland
Amy Ning | California
Gabriela Salem | Argentina
Marina Luger | Minnesota
Awanigiizhik | Turtle Mountain Chippewa Reservation
Sawsan Chalabi | Washington, D.C.
Suzette Moyer | Pennsylvania
”Our democracy depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight
for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.” — BARACK OBAMA, OCTOBER 2025
Christine Tasheff | Kansas
Amy Keane | Texas
Sara Quinn | Wisconsin
Index and bios
Follow these creatives on Instagram.
01
Isabel Espanol | France
Isabel, a Paris-based illustrator,
likes collage and the hazards of
using what she finds. She teaches
at LISAA school of graphic design.
Find her work at isabelespanol.com.
@isabel_espanol
In a fractured world, overwhelmed by
fear and misinformation, staying true to
our inner compass becomes an act of silent
resistance.
Even in the most fragile of vessels—
a simple paper boat that echoes the
journeys of migrants and all those swept
away by the storms of our time–one force
endures: universal love.
Let us respond to the many calls for disunity
with love, unity and humor, holding on to
what connects us, not what divides us.
02
Jennifer Borresen | Florida
Jennifer is an illustrator and data
visualization editor for USA Today.
She is best served with coffee and
a side of humor. Find her work at
jenniferborresen.com.
@Jennart
03
Phyllis Dickenson | Washington
06
Katty Huertas | Washington, D.C.
Phyllis seeks to show the extraordinary
beauty in the mundane.
She is a therapist by day and a
painter by night.
Katty is a Colombian multidisciplinary
artist whose work spans
mediums and explores identity and
folklore. Find her work at
kattyhuertas.com.
@kattyhuertas
04
Akiko Ostlund | Minnesota
Akiko is an artist, educator,
activist, and immigrant. This piece
is a part of her film Reminder:
vimeo.com/1143293208
@akikoostlund1
07
Shahvteeaylah Williams |
Pennsylvania
Shahv is an illustrator and
muralist creating vibrant work
celebrating Black womanhood,
softness, community and imagination
rooted in lived experience.
@shahv.ill
05
Anna Thurfjell | Denmark
08
Julie M. Elman | Ohio
Anna loves type, news & brand
design & works globally from her
studio in Copenhagen. Her passions
are biking, music & Murakami. Find
her work at annathurfjell.com.
@anathurfjellstudio
Julie is a professor emeritus at Ohio
University, where she’s currently
working as an academic advisor.
She’s the author of “Fear, Illustrated:
Transforming What Scares Us.”
@heartsillustrated
09
Coralette Damme | Minnesota
12
Ana Jarén | Spain
Coralette uses her art to share her
reverence for nature. She likes printmaking
because there is no CTRL+Z.
Find her work at craftyhag.com.
@thecraftyhag
10
Lisabeth Mertins |
California
Lisabeth is a career commercial
illustrator for books, magazines
and newspapers. Recent years find
her loading her kiln or creating a
watercolor. Find her work at
lisamertins.com.
@lisamertinsillos
Ana is a Spanish illustrator who
chases the poetry of everyday life
through dreamy illustrations, filled
with warmth, detail, and emotion.
She has collaborated with brands
and publishers worldwide. Her
work is at anajaren.com.
@anajarenillustration
13
Maria Loor | California
Maria is a multidisciplinary visual
storyteller based in Los Angeles,
where she lives with her wife, one
Aussie and two cats. Find her work
at marialoor.com.
@loveredface
11
Susan Andre | Minnesota
14
Lois Peterson | Minnesota
Susan is a designer and educator
who celebrates the brilliance of
curiosity, wonder, and passion for
asking questions.
@susansansserif
Lois’s connection to her
surroundings–along the Mississippi
River–motivates her to raise
awareness about the ongoing tragic
environmental losses she witnesses.
@loispeterson1188
15
Kris Viesselman | Minnesota
18
Katarina Skjønsberg | Norway
Kris is a creative director, designer,
editor, painter, teacher, silversmith
and rockhound. She is usually in
Minnesota, Montana or Scandinavia,
surrounded by dogs and cats.
@krisv
Her illustration is a nod to a part of
Dante Alighieri’s 14th-century poem,
The Divine Comedy, which details nine
circles of suffering connected to specific
sins—often referred to as Dante’s Inferno.
Katarina uses lens-based media, documenting
over time, to deconstruct and
rearrange. Through various artistic
strategies, she explores the relationship
between representation, sociopolitical
perspectives, and different ways of navigating
existence.
@katarinaflyfly
16
Ray Orr | Washington, D.C.
Ray is a collage artist and facilitator,
designer, and storyteller. Her work
explores transitions and liminal
space through intuitive collage.
You can find her at itsrayorr.com.
@rachelanneorr
Deborah’s thoughts, recorded in the
hospital room, illustrate her experience of
breast cancer surgery over two days and
two procedures. DCIS, ductal carcinoma in
situ responds well to treatment when
caught early.
Early detection saves lives, always keep
your mammograms up to date. Unexpected
second surgery scheduled for 26 and 27 of
January 2025.
19
Deborah Withey | Wales
Deborah is an artist who believes in
people and treasures and tells stories
made of paper, pixels, paint, and
natural finds. Find her work at
cheeseandpickles.carbonmade.com.
@deborahwithey
17
Tara Jacoby | Pennsylvania
20
Sabine Modder | Canada
Tara is an illustrator and muralist
from Philadelphia. She loves dogs,
horror movies, and trying to
comprehend theoretical physics.
She’s at tarajacoby.com.
@tarajacoby
Sabine is a painter and mixed
media artist with a passion for
colourful canvases, works on paper,
watercolour collages, and too many
visual journals. Find her (older)
work at sabinemodder.com.
@sabinemodder
21
Lindsey Cherek Waller |
North Carolina
Lindsey envisions a future beyond
binaries—encouraging us to take up
space, embrace play and imagine the
possibilities to construct a better
world. She sells original paintings
and prints through her website,
Lindseycherek.com. You can see
her work in person at the Delaware
Contemporary Art Museum in
Spring 2026.
@lindseycherekwaller
24
Amy Ning | California
Amy is a Long Beach-based artist,
born in Tokyo. She immigrated to
Los Angeles in 1972. Find her work
at amyning.com.
@amyningvisuals
22
Catherine Moore | Georgia
25
Gabriela Salem | Argentina
Catherine is an illustrator based
out of Atlanta who specializes in
portraiture and botanical
illustration. Her website is
catherineamoore.com.
@catamooreart
Gabriela is an award-winning
illustrator, designer, and university
professor from Buenos Aires.
She loves working with watercolor
and creating poetic images for
books, magazines, and children’s
publications. Find her work at
gabisalem.com.ar.
@gabitasalem
23
Mai Ly Degnan | Baltimore
26
Marina Luger | Minnesota
Mai Ly is an illustrator and
professor. Her work consists
of slices of life illustrations that
celebrate everyday people in
their day to day. Her work is at
mailydegnan.com.
@mailydegnan
Marina is a collage artist and
mental health therapist in Minneapolis
whose medium mirrors her varied
past, creating beautiful environments
to inhabit, whether in spaces or on
paper. Her work is a maximalist
celebration of color, florals, and
sensuality, where every composition
holds a secret or two.
27
Awanigiizhik |
Turtle Mountain
Chippewa Reservation
Awanigiizhik Bruce (Mikinaako-
Wajiwininiw, Nehiyaw, Michif)
is a Two-Spirit diverse-media artist,
community organizer, language/culture
teacher and independent researcher.
@awanigiizhik.art
28
Sawsan Chalabi |
Washington, D.C.
Sawsan is a Lebanese-American
illustrator. Music and musings in
nature are her #1 go-to source for
inspiration. Find her work at
schalabi.com.
30
Christine Tasheff | Kansas
Christine finds enameling is as
challenging as it is rewarding, with
limitless possibilities. And the fact
that it doesn’t attract dog hair is an
added bonus.
@christine_tasheff
31
Amy Keane | Texas
Amy is a retired bilingual teacher
who paints and protests in Austin
and beyond.
@amy.keane.art
@schalabi.illustration
29
Suzette Moyer |
Pennsylvania
Suzette is the creative director
at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
She previously worked at
The Washington Post and had
stints in Florida, Connecticut and
Washington state. She loves
flowers, books and kind people.
@dream.in.cymk
32
Sara Quinn | Wisconsin
Sara is an educator, illustrator and
designer who takes the state of the
world seriously—sometimes very
seriously. Fortunately, she’s just as
likely to get worked up by a great
color palette, a clever joke, a dog, or
something unexpectedly beautiful.
@saradq
Credits
Founding editors
Kris Viesselman
Sara Quinn
Suzette Moyer
Creators
Thanks to all of the participants for
donating their time and their beautiful
work to this project.
Type
We used these typefaces, designed by
women: Abril Fatface, Signika and
Lusitana
Future projects
We are considering more issues of
Wander. If you have an interest in
participating in the future, please let us
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Note: The creators maintain the rights to
their own artwork outside of this context.
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