Jams Bauguess was born in Northern Virginia in 1978. At an early age, she found she could use art to emotionally distance herself from pain. She was heavily influenced by her childhood specifically cartoons, scenes of Pepe Le Pew floating on a plume of perfume that followed Penelope Pussycat. She was always impressed with the artists’ ability to show Pepe in a dreamlike love-spell. When the imprint of his heart could be seen beating through his chest, the message was clear for all watching. Jams also strives to have emotions spilling out from her own...more