Year of the Wood Dragon

Year of the Wood DragonAlexandria Marie Compo is an interdisciplinary illustrator, designer and author. Her hand painted illustrations reveal a celebration of the natural world, magic, and the seasons of life. All of which are woven together by compelling visual narratives, the use of allegory, and explore both the nature of whimsy, and the whimsy of nature. She works in a variety of traditional and digital media in areas of painting, drawing, and collage mixed media.

"I think people might attracted by the blue first

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From classics like the Brandy Alexander to inventive concoctions like the Black Manhattan and Open & Shut

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"Making tiny work is usually deceptively difficult for me

A little piece of the galaxy has been caught and set in these glistening star shaped diamond studs

The arrow reads "i am" and spins around to different words around the circle: "doing my best

A diverse family joyfully welcomes a new member in this heartwarming picture book celebrating multicultural love

surrounded by ghosts and a deep tradition of women's ceramic art

A baguette diamond paired with a half-moon — two cuts you don’t often see together

urging readers to view oceans as wonders deserving respect and stewardship

"For this series I decided to return to my beginnings as an abstract painter