What’s on my desk this past week; cups, vases, flower watercolors…

🌼🎨🖊️ Here’s what I’m painting this week: Inspiration from my recent travels…abundant flowers and beautiful bugs. I was delighted by this amazing luna moth who made a surprise appearance the day we left, it was a magical end to a magical vacation ✨🌕🦋 #newart #watercolor #summervacation

I’m excited to announce I’m now represented by Jewel Branding! 🎉 If you’re at Licensing Expo this week- stop by and check out my work- booth #D124

I’m still patiently waiting emergence of flowers here in Michigan. Here’s a couple of springy things I’ve been drawing while I wait for some live subjects! ☀️ #bluebird #repeatpattern #spring #newart

Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to love.

I just finished up this soap packaging idea for @makeartthatsells.bsky.social lettering class. TBO I was avoiding cursive for a many years because I know gen Z’s never learned it, and it’s hard for them to read. What do you think, foes it have a future? #lettering #cursive #calligraphy #art

Great Blue Heron — they tend to keep to the shallows, but our stretch of the river runs deeper, so spotting one feels rare. They’re a a quiet reminder that stillness can be its own kind of power. 🌿🪶🌊 #GreatBlueHeron #BirdIllustration #NatureInspiredArt #FolkMeadow #MichiganArtist #WatercolorArt

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Working on some Michigan cards, stickers, and postcards, breaking out the watercolor paints, and enjoying the process! #newart #michigan #michiganartist #watercolor

🪻Spiderwort 🪻 There’s something unruly and beautiful about spiderwort. These brilliant purple blooms with only three petals, open in the morning and close by afternoon. This one was growing wild in my sister’s garden. . . . #Spiderwort #Wildflowers #MichiganWildflowers #FolkMeadow #MichiganArtist

🌸 Wild Geranium 🌸 Wild geraniums are everywhere in spring if you know where to look—tucked in shady woods, with their soft pink petals glowing in the understory. Here’s my version! . . . #WildGeranium #MichiganWildflowers #BotanicalArt #FolkMeadow #Michiganartist #Wildflowers

🌸 Purple Coneflower 🌸 Showy and colorful, the purple coneflower always feels like a steady presence in the wildflower mix. I’m trying to get these classics established in our meadow the last couple of seasons! . . . #PurpleConeflower #FolkMeadow #MichiganArtist #MichiganWildflowers #Wildflowers

🌸 Smooth Blue Aster 🌿 Prolific perennial prairie wildflower, smooth blue asters bloom late in the season across the US and Canada, and attracts an abundance of bees, butterflies and other pollinators. . . . #SmoothBlueAster #AutumnBlooms #MichiganWildflowers #FolkMeadowStudio

🌿Trillium🌿 A woodland classic that always feels like a small treasure to find. Many varieties are threatened and illegal to pick. Like all wildflowers, they should stay right were you find them (snap a photo instead)! #Trillium #SpringWildflowers #MichiganNature #newart #MichiganArtist

🌼 Silverweed 🌼 Here’s my illustration of this widespread wildflower (found on Northern Michigan’s rocky shoreline), that hosts a wide range of pollinators like bumblebees, moths, butterflies, and beetles. #Wildflowers #Silverweed #NatureIllustration #FolkMeadow #Michiganartist #newart

Some fresh prints just landed in the shop! Say hello to: 🕊️ Peace Egrets 🦋 Red Admiral Butterfly 🌞 Shine On Beetles 🦋 Painted Lady Butterfly Shop Faire : folkmeadow.faire.com . #FolkMeadow #MichiganArtist #Prints #WallArt #IndiePaperGoods

I’m working on a lemon collection but I can’t decide on digital or watercolor! This is what I’ve got: 🖊️ digital illustration, 🎨 watercolor illustration 🍋 repeat pattern Which version is your favorite so far? Let me know ⬇️ #newart #watercolorillustration #digitalart

No Kings 🚫 👑 🤡 March in Lansing, Michigan 🎉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🎉 🏳️‍🌈 🎉

It’s a mood lately… Watercolor and gouache lettering finished up in Procreate. @makeartthatsells.bsky.social #somedaysareblue #watercolor #handlettering #violets #procreate #illustration

I took a walk through the yard, woods, and meadow just before sunset. It was peaceful. It was quiet. It was just what I needed…Happy Earth Day 🌎 🌱 ✌️

Cuddles abound. I’m just so thankful she likes to rest on my left arm, and I can get some good work done today! #newart #art #digitalart #studiocat

Keep your hands off my Peace! A turbulent political climate can lead to emotional and mental exhaustion, making it more difficult to maintain a calm mind, and to find the clarity needed to make wise decisions. It’s important to know, and practice what helps bring yourself back into balance.

I finished this illustration on a day I just needed to chill out, and relax. In the US, we put so much importance on productivity. If our self worth and identity is tied to what we produce, as we get older and loose our physical agility, what will be left? #selflove #compassion #relax #art #newart

Effortlessly as the rainbow iridescence shimmers on a beetle, just by being, we shine on, and light the way for each other. It’s a crazy world out there, friends, but we’ll figure this sh*t out together ❤️ ✨ 🌈 🪲 #newart #art #resist #love

My kitty approves! Lighthouse puzzles featured my Cozy Kitty artwork on their latest wooden puzzle. 😻 yay!!! 😻 lighthousepuzzles.com/products/coz...

I am SO excited to share with all of you that my collaboration with Lighthouse Puzzles is now live! My sweet Cozy Kitty artwork was chosen by Lighthouse Puzzles to create their latest wooden puzzle featuring cat-shaped pieces that fit into a second puzzle! lighthousepuzzles.com/products/coz...

Here’s a watercolor and a repeat pattern made from it, as part of my #100dayproject. Day #3 #newart #watercolorpainting #watercolor

Here’s a moth #art throwback piece for #februarty #turquoise. Feeling the painful metamorphosis that we all seem to be going through right now globally, so she seems timely…

I’ve been spilling over antique books, and loving the way they’re decorated with scrolls, banners, and floral accents. Many of my favorites include butterflies and songbirds. Here’s my interpretation! #art #greetingcards #michiganartist #newart #illustration #bookcover

Anyone else need a break? I’m emotionally exhausted by this crazy world 😩 I find every few hours I ask myself ‘is it tea time yet’? Here’s a teapot I painted this weekend for #mats #colorquest2025 A #tealatte with honey is my daily #sweet treat for #sensoryart #art #watercolor #arttherapy

New button just dropped.

I had a lot of fun with this illustration with its fuzzy texture, and surface pattern kitties, made into a card and sticker. 💙

I added some hand-lettering to this little cup illustration for some extra hand lettering practice. Sometimes you can revisit older pieces, and tweak them to fit in present work. I was happy to add this one into my portfolio this year 🥰

Psa: You don’t have to have anything earth shattering to share in a card. Just a simple hello is enough to make someone’s day! #friendship #slowmail #greetingcards #folkmeadow #michiganartist #illustration

Luna moths symbolize transformation and hope. They’re the moonlight in the darkness, the inner guide. They’re a reminder of the good that’s yet to come. I can only hope that the darkness serves to spur us into action: being more vocal, more insistent of the truths we know so deeply inside our hearts

In these difficult, dark days our family, friends, and allies are facing, please enjoy a little color and joy from me 💕 🥹 It’s what I can find that I can do right now… #folkmeadow #art #gardenillustration #folkpainting #bird #butterfly #illustration #michiganartist #resistance #resist #lovewins #🏳️‍⚧️

Hello Friends! Here’s a cute lil kitty for you all today. I hope that where you’re at, the sun is shining and you find a little happiness today! ☀️ 🌈 🐈 #folkmeadow #stationery #greetingcards #cat #hello #card #greetings #fairewholesale

happily ever after...I made this one for the days when you want to bury your head in the sand (or in a book) and you need to believe in fairytales and happily ever afters. Just a little retreat from reality can help recharge the batteries. It's also a great wedding card. 😂 #art #artbuisness

It’s the last few hours of our Faire Winter Market sale, and then we’ll be wrapping it up! Here’s my blue and white Porcelain Cats greeting card from our newly released Spring designs.

Hello Blue Sky! I’m sick of propping up Meta, so I’m here now. I just make art, and product…it’s quiet, it’s inclusive, it’s pretty. My resistance is love and beauty, I believe in ✨ magic, and that we all have the ability to change the world one interaction at a time.