Princess Tomato-artist Teri Skrdla

Princesstomato is a fun name given to artist Teri Skrdla. It is easier to say and much easier to remember.

When Teri was a little girl, her grandpa loved to grow and eat tomatoes. He also called Teri "Miss America." Since Miss-America-Tomato didn't sound right, they settled on Princesstomato.

Teri graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. She has been a full-time freelance artist ever since. After several years of painting large canvases and printmaking, Princesstomato has spent the last few years creating original works of whimsical art on clothing for children.

She is currently pursuing her true passion of illustrating children's books. Her love for reading books started when she was four years old. At age five, she read Karl's Wooden Horse to her own kindergarten class. At age seven, she wrote several stories. One of them was called The Spaghetti that Didn't Want to Be Eight, and was 27 Big Chief pages long. (She still cracks herself up with puns, so consider yourself warned)!

Princesstomato currently lives in a big brick house that use to be a school. Her art supplies are now kept in what used to be a school library! She has three children, one dog, one cat and one goldfish. Life is good.

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