More work, a few dabbles, & 
unsolicited commentary.

The final piece of the Minneapolis puzzle—our beautiful skyline. This one was intimidating to complete and I found myself creating filler buildings and leaning into color and shading over specific details, but I still love the way this has turned out.

Way to Grow, an early childhood education nonprofit in Minneapolis, turns 30 this year. We’re getting ready to move into a fancy new office to accommodate our expanding staff and needs, but decades ago, Way to Grow started inside this little yellow house on Oliver Ave. in North Minneapolis.

Riverside Plaza has always been one of my favorite building complexes in the city. A Ralph Rapson design, it’s an iconic design that now reminds me of our amazing Somali community in Minneapolis.

I still haven’t finished the work project that has me illustrating these, and to be honest I’m not sure I will at this point—it’s not exactly a organizational priority.

I feel like every single elementary school in the city looks like this. Mine definitely did.

Another day, another little Minneapolis house. This one is somewhere up on the Northside in the Harrison neighborhood near my office. I made her a pretty purple because the world needs more purple houses.

Inspired by the apartment buildings in my own neighborhood, I made sure to put some air conditioners in the windows, lots of plants, and of course a cat. (Whittier is nothing if not consistent in our window trimmings.)