Alma Elaine Shoaf is a painter, illustrator, arts educator, and book artist based in Gainesville, Florida.

She graduated from The Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in illustration, and has created illustrations for Radix Media, the Florida Trail Association, Hachette Books, Keepers of the Springs, Swamp Witch Pedals, Zest eDiscovery, the Tampa Bay Brewing Company, and UF Performing Arts. Her second solo show, Ghost Lines, premiered at 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, FL in 2017, and her drawings and paintings have been exhibited across the country.In addition to painting and bookbinding, Elaine is the elementary art teacher at Brentwood School, as well as a props designer at the Hippodrome State Theater.

Alma Elaine is also one of our core Drawsha Figure Drawing facilitators!