Oge Mora
Many of Oge Mora’s works are created from her memories and experiences. I have created lessons about using one’s memory with Kindergarten students and I think Oge Mora’s work is an excellent example of art created from personal memories.
“Mora’s illustrations are done in a mélange of cut paper, paint, and china markers. The palette is vibrant, influenced by her Nigerian heritage and her upbringing in a historically African-American community, where early on she studied the works of Jacob Lawrence and Aminah Robinson, who grew up in the same place. “I really love that I could combine Nigerian and American traditions and create a book that exists in a third space like I myself do,” Mora says. More information on Oge Mora, here. Also, she has illustrated several great books, look them up in the library, list here.