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Meg Jacovino

Meg Jacovino

Saturday, November 30th

I sell original drawings, archival prints, apparel, enamel pins, stationary, stickers and holiday ornaments.

I am an Ocean City, New Jersey based artist and illustrator. I am also a surfer and mom and am incredibly grateful to be raising my strong and spirited little girl so close to the ocean.

As far back as I can remember, I loved to draw, but as I grew into an adult, I became so full of fear and self doubt about myself and my work that I completely stopped creating. It wasn’t until my daughter was born that something inside me shifted. In all the in-between moments of caring for a newborn, I began drawing again as a way to care for myself. I started slowly, creating drawings while she slept, mostly images revolving around surfing and the sea, which I missed so much being out of the water recovering from child birth.

Drawing has become a release, a meditation, and a return to myself. Looking back, I think the thing that shifted was a need to heal and love myself more so that I could be better and do better for my daughter. That need continues to fuel me and my art, and it’s a beautiful, constant work in progress.

I am forever inspired to create art that celebrates femininity and the innate connection we have to the sea and the stars. All of my work is drawn by hand.