Happy Winter Solstice! Welcome back longer days of sunlight! Taken while walking our dog Junco near our home today. 🌞

It’s finally finished and here! So excited to share my latest illustrations for another picture book by @maria_gianferrari_author and published by #beachlanebooks/ @simonandschuster: JUST ONE OAK! Available for preorder now, release date: 4/6/26!

Recently completed commissioned painting. Thanks to everyone near and far that supported my work this year, making it possible to do what I do. #illustration #gouachepainting #illustrator

Happy Winter's Eve from JUST ONE OAK!! Gorgeous art by @tinyaviary.bsky.social Coming 4/7 from @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #edusky #TLchat #skybrarisn #forestschools bookshop.org/p/books/just...

A peek at interior illustration for an upcoming 2027 book that I can’t wait to share! #illustration #illustrator #picturebook

Thank you Dr. Goodall. RIP.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Kirk's murder is being weaponized to corral us into a smaller and smaller arena of speech, and it is our job to refuse to be confined, to keep speaking out, to keep making irreverent jokes, supporting progressive voices, chastising the high-profile cowards, and talking among ourselves.

We all deserve to have a happy and safe home where we are loved and respected by family and friends. So many today lack this, or it is being wrenched from them. My heart and thoughts today while working on this sketch for an upcoming book.

Proof of a new book on the horizon. A little scene from Just One Oak by @maria_gianferrari_author illustrations by me 👋 #justoneoak #beachlanebooks #simonandschuster

Cover reveal for JUST ONE OAK! Stunning art by @tinyaviary.bsky.social Coming February 2026 from @simonkids.bsky.social #oaktrees Pre-order at S&S above or Bookshop bookshop.org/p/books/just...

Independent Bookstore Day is tomorrow and there’s so much going on! Beloved local indie store @bookedevanston has a FULL day of activities! I will be doing a drawing demo from 9:30-11:30am, and they will have a ton of new merch with designs I created! Stop by! Let’s goooooooo!

Finally finished my @kirikipress embroidery kit last night. 🐺

Saturday morning stick bug. #illustration #illustrator #childrenspicturebooks📚 #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #gouache #watercolourpainting #watercolor #rolypoly #stickbug #biodiversity

Good news for fellow authors disheartened by your books being illegally used to train AI; "If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..." And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.

Recent commission, gouache watercolor on paper. #illustration #illustrator #painting #gouache #gouacheillustration #watercolor #watercolorpainting

Christopher Weyant @christopherweyant1.bsky.social

Before/after digital work on the original gouache painting of acorn woodpeckers for an upcoming book. #illustration #illustrator #picturebook #childrensbookillustration #gouache #gouachepainting #procreateart #ipaddrawing

A cartoon by Elisabeth McNair. #NewYorkerCartoons

Another fun illustration I created for beloved local, indie bookstore @bookedevanston ✨#illustration #illustrator #procreateart #digitalart

I had a lot of fun painting this recent picture book spread of acorn woodpeckers. Such a cool species!

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE. (President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)

Black-throated Blue Warbler on antique envelope. New painting in my shop.

We need our old growth forests more than ever.

Adding my name to this letter.

Another recent commissioned painting on antique envelope: barn swallow. #illustration #illustrator #waterc#watercolorpainting #goldleaf #goldleafing #ephemera #vintageephemera #collage #collageart #barnswallow #biodiversity

A recent commissioned work: watercolor painting with gold leaf on an antique envelope.

It’s important for folks in their 40s/50s/60s to realize that some of us should get a measles booster. I did a few years ago

A reminder for these times.

This is excellent.

#caturday palette cleanser with Toshiro.

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years. Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

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Trump is expected to declare English the nation's official language. America is an Italian word. California, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, and Florida are Spanish, and a bunch of other states have Indigenous names.

Measles outbreaks are preventable. Do not normalize measles outbreaks! Measles outbreaks are preventable. Do not normalize measles outbreaks! Measles outbreaks are preventable. Do not normalize measles outbreaks!

Thanks to the @hornbook.bsky.social for honoring Fungi Grow!

We're in a coup, which means we're in a nightmare, which means we're all ramped up, so let me offer you some deep time, perseverance, and beauty, before you and I go back to the work.

Pumpkin is here to break up your feed.

Visited this150+ yr old bur oak yesterday. Trying to document what remains of the oldest oaks in my area.

National Day of Action to support federal workers and federal services. The union guy who shared this with me said he expected a lot of federal employees to show up at the San Francisco version (more below), which is at 999 Van Ness/ the Tesla dealership here. actionnetwork.org/forms/federa...

This is the essay that I most needed to read today. Thank you @orionmagazine.bsky.social for publishing this beautiful article by Barry Lopez. #nature #lovenature #home orionmagazine.org/article/love...

Worth listening to this interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social ... Kara really has the smartest and what seems to me to be the most accurate take on Elon Musk that there is, because she has covered these tech bros for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXL...

No.1 reason for cat hairs in my paintings.

Lots of leaves, lots of trees getting painted. Painting a tree a day keeps the existential dread away? Not really, but it helps. Gouache watercolor for an upcoming book. #illustration #illustrator #illustrationartists #childrenspicturebook #childrensbookillustration

good morning from Toshiro.

Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in U.S. and Canada www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/t...

SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

"It’s been 15 months since I last stepped into a classroom. Because here in Gaza, the concept of a "regular school year" has been stolen from us." In this op-ed, a 19-year-old former college student in Gaza shares her experience. ⤵️

Losing NOAA would be devastating. Project 2025 authors want to get rid of it because it monitors climate change, and privatize the information it currently provides for free, so you'll have to buy information about the weather and the winds (imperative for mariners).