AliRae Aguirre

ABOUT

I've always admired illustration. I devoured children's books, picking and choosing by the covers. I loved the stories, but I absolutely adored the pictures. As an artist, my love of children's illustration comes through in my work. I like defining lines, blocking colors, and telling a story--even if it's only a snapshot. 

I love everything secret, weird, delightful, and fanciful. Animals, plants, and objects dance through my head--tendrils of ivy, bunches of flowers, a lone bear, a rose fairy, a sarcastic fox--they all have something to say to me. My joy is in helping them say it.

I graduated in 2012 from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts with a bachelor's degree in Art, focusing in Drawing and Painting. Besides various personal commissions, I showed and sold my art as a member of the Red Raven Gallery in Salem, OR in 2013. I currently live in Portland, OR.

Visit me at my tumblr: http://aliraeaguirre.tumblr.com/

Hi! My name is AliRae Aguirre. I’m an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer inspired by vintage patterns, folk crafts, and old-fashioned hand lettering. I love everything secret, flowery, and fanciful! I attended the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and I currently live and work in Portland, Oregon.

Clients include: St. Martin’s Press, Neon Squid Books, mindbodygreen, Givingli, Portland Trail Blazers, The Happy Planner, and more.

Open for full time and part time positions, contract work, commissions, and art licensing.

Contact me at: aliraeaguirre@gmail.com

Check out my Spoonflower shop for patterned fabric, wallpaper, and other home goods featuring my designs (link at the top).

See what’s new on my Instagram page: @aliraeaguirre