Tess Follensbee has been creating art ever since she was five years old. Over time, her passion for art making only grew, and she began selling her work at various craft shows alongside her grandparents. Through primarily acrylic paint and mixed media, she explores subjects from portraiture and figures to silly animals. In the fall of 2024, she will be starting her first year of college at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts.