Who is not-so-hidden behind the curtain here at Mentoleum?
It is me:
Jaana
iloivar
I am a human, raised in rural Appalachia, USA, homeschooled for most of elementary school, excited about too many different kinds of things, delighted by many simple pleasures, in love with my dogs, attached to my collection of novels and other books, and most fulfilled while wrapped up in an artistic project.
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I have used a handful of names over the years. If you explore the site you may find artwork signed as:
- J.Hitzig
- J.E. Hitzig
- iloivar
- Jaana
- Jaana Mentoleum
- Zoia J. Hitzig
- i.J.Z. Hitzig
- iloivar Mentoleum
Those are all me. Since childhood I have explored various facets of my personality and tried on different names as part of the process. Sometimes one or another feels more like me. One of those was an intentional choice to take on a pen name, which I later backed out of, but that name is on a lot of art I made during that period.
I love to work on my art projects, read fiction, watch videos, eat dinner with my family, and walk around with my doggies. Meanwhile, I work fulltime at a regular sort of job that isn’t my art projects and takes a lot of my time, energy, and brain-vigor, so I do not currently have any spare for commissions or anysuch.
if you want to.
for some reason.