Deanna Jacome is a mixed media painter investigating the embodiment of interconnectedness rooted in gratitude to place out her self-made tiny house in the woods of Freeport, ME. She works with sustainably sourced materials that are found, gifted, or foraged within her environment, making oil paints, inks, and dyes from quarry stones, freshly picked wildflowers, and kitchen remnants. The shapes of color in her paintings express the warmth, intimacy, groundedness, and transformation which occurs from everyday sensation when in direct relationship to her environment living with chronic pain and illness. Her life as an artist and arts educator fuels her passion of activating the innate creativity within others and love of the process of making. She has been teaching children and adults across artistic disciplines these past ten years in workshops, in-depth courses, and through accessible online resources in particular for artists with special needs. Deanna received her BFA from Montserrat College of Art in Book Arts and Art Education in 2015 and her MFA in Studio Fine Arts from Maine College of Art & Design in 2023. Alongside her arts practice Deanna is an avid indoor rock climber, reader, video and board gamer, tea drinker, and she married her best friend in 2024.