Jelene Morris is from Columbia, South Carolina, where she received her BFA in Studio
Art from the University of South Carolina. Majoring in the ceramic arts, but no longer
able to create in clay, she uses canvas and other mediums to made her funky characters.

She considers her work a combination of Pop Art and Cartoons, forming the name "Poptoon".
Her signature character is Tickles Goldfish and he lives in the world Poptoonville with his
friends Baby Dumpling, Pokey the snail, Tommie Tooth and Blue Dog. Her darker style of
work she refers to as the "Nightmare series". She also loves making comic pop art
paintings, based on 50's romance comics and plush dolls based on her characters.

Her work has been sold worldwide since 1998 through her website, was featured in Business
Week Magazine June, 2007, was the 2nd featured artist for "Sweet Riot" candy in 2006, and
was also featured twice on the Home and Family show.