Jesse Joshua Watson

American (born 1972)

Jesse Joshua Watson is an artist and art teacher who lives with his wife and sons in Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula in Northwestern Washington. His art has been featured in many children’s books, as well as on book covers, magazines, concert posters, and album covers. Watson has travelled widely, often getting involved in social justice and crisis response projects in places such as Haiti, Hong Kong, and Russia. He plays soccer and music, and fishes and surfs the PNW waters.