Do you love old school hip hop? The head bobbin', bass-thumpin' beats, and the angle-r of the lyrics. One fish, two fish, pink fish, blue fish! Snoop Doggy Dogg, Biggie Smalls, Dr. Dre, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah — who was your favorite? Sometimes it's just fun to reminisce. Get Deanna's Blu-Tang Clan Hardcover Journal and create a new playlist — or write down every lyric you still somehow remember.
Deanna Schweitzer is a self-taught visual artist whose eye for systems, placement, and pattern has shaped a creative practice rooted in deep observation of the world around her. Born into a military family, Deanna spent her childhood as a third-culture kid — moving across the country, carrying her pencil and sketchbook like a first language wherever she went. Art classes in high school and college became spaces to explore and expand; the real education happened in the quiet hours of looking, noticing, and translating what she saw into line and form.
Deanna's work spans an extraordinary range — from large-scale environmental murals and public art installations to pencil portraits, intuitive abstract pieces, and intricate decorative arts. Her designs have graced elementary school hallways and community spaces. She has drawn sharpie tattoos for fundraisers and created paintings that found their way to the Iowa State Fair. Whatever the medium, her recognition of pattern and her instinct for where things belong give her work a visual intelligence that is entirely her own.
Perhaps the most remarkable thread in Deanna's story is the one woven by the universe itself. A childhood friend of Kate Shu since kindergarten, the two lost touch for decades — until Deanna and her husband bought a home in Iowa City and discovered, quite by accident, that their next-door neighbor was Kate's grandmother, Alda. For years, Deanna was Alda's neighbor, her watchful presence, and one of the trusted eyes that kept the Hightshoe family connected to the woman they loved. Some friendships are planted young and bloom exactly when they're needed most.
"Beautiful art is the most sincere form of abundance." — Deanna Schweitzer
Each Deanna Schweitzer journal is a 5.5" x 8.5" hardcover journal featuring 80 lined pages, a ribbon page marker, and an expandable inner pocket — crafted for those who believe the best stories deserve to be written down. Printed with museum-quality detail that honors every nuance of Deanna's original artwork. A Kate Shu Collective exclusive, available only at the Monarch Shoppe.
Do you love old school hip hop? The head bobbin', bass-thumpin' beats, and the angle-r of the lyrics. One fish, two fish, pink fish, blue fish! Snoop Doggy Dogg, Biggie Smalls, Dr. Dre, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah — who was your favorite? Sometimes it's just fun to reminisce. Get Deanna's Blu-Tang Clan Hardcover Journal and create a new playlist — or write down every lyric you still somehow remember.
Deanna Schweitzer is a self-taught visual artist whose eye for systems, placement, and pattern has shaped a creative practice rooted in deep observation of the world around her. Born into a military family, Deanna spent her childhood as a third-culture kid — moving across the country, carrying her pencil and sketchbook like a first language wherever she went. Art classes in high school and college became spaces to explore and expand; the real education happened in the quiet hours of looking, noticing, and translating what she saw into line and form.
Deanna's work spans an extraordinary range — from large-scale environmental murals and public art installations to pencil portraits, intuitive abstract pieces, and intricate decorative arts. Her designs have graced elementary school hallways and community spaces. She has drawn sharpie tattoos for fundraisers and created paintings that found their way to the Iowa State Fair. Whatever the medium, her recognition of pattern and her instinct for where things belong give her work a visual intelligence that is entirely her own.
Perhaps the most remarkable thread in Deanna's story is the one woven by the universe itself. A childhood friend of Kate Shu since kindergarten, the two lost touch for decades — until Deanna and her husband bought a home in Iowa City and discovered, quite by accident, that their next-door neighbor was Kate's grandmother, Alda. For years, Deanna was Alda's neighbor, her watchful presence, and one of the trusted eyes that kept the Hightshoe family connected to the woman they loved. Some friendships are planted young and bloom exactly when they're needed most.
"Beautiful art is the most sincere form of abundance." — Deanna Schweitzer
Each Deanna Schweitzer journal is a 5.5" x 8.5" hardcover journal featuring 80 lined pages, a ribbon page marker, and an expandable inner pocket — crafted for those who believe the best stories deserve to be written down. Printed with museum-quality detail that honors every nuance of Deanna's original artwork. A Kate Shu Collective exclusive, available only at the Monarch Shoppe.
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