Cierra Van NessRecently married to the love of my life, I am a full time nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I have a passion for all things art and creativity and have been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember. At the beginning of the pandemic I started to sell my artwork and handmade greeting cards to raise money for my nursing school tuition. It is through this venture that I connected with the author Christine, and fell in love with Teddy's story. Each of these pages are painted by hand using acrylic paint, something not often done in book illustrations anymore, which echoes the uniqueness of Teddy. Read More Read Less