Jax Chow

Jax Chow is inspired by her experiences in different corners of the country. In Jacksonville, Florida, she grew up surrounded by an amazing extended family of cousins and friends. Next she fell in love with the beautiful landscape of New England where she received a BA in Fine Arts at Amherst College. She earned a Master’s degree in Chinese Art History at the University of Washington, built a career as a fashion designer in New York City and has now found her forever home and vocation in Portland, Oregon, as a children’s book illustrator.

When not painting and drawing with gouache, watercolor, crayons and pencils, her favorite place to be is in a big forest with her little family.