The Yule Hare brings tidings from holidays past! Memories of loved ones are brought to the kind hearted, and lessons of holiday cheer to those who need reminding. Forever insightful, the Yule Hare is sure to remind us all the true meaning of holiday cheer!

The Yule Kitsune brings blessings of sweet dreams for the new year! The Yule Kitsune is here to lead you towards your brightest future! Forever inspirational, this kitsune brings hope for the future on even the coldest winter nights. OEs and LEs available

The Yule Unicorn brings blessings of companionship! Should you need a joyful companion or a listening ear, the unicorn is here. Forever loyal, this unicorn will always be ready to celebrate and keep good company with you. LEs and OEs available 🦄

"The Yule Dragon brings blessings of gifts! She bestows coins from her hoard to fill your purse, and fresh food (from a hunt or two) to feast upon together. Forever generous, this dragon never fails to share her bounty with you.” SOLD OUT except open editions which are available for a limited time.

"Whatchya doin Heather?" "Oh nothin, just up at 6am on Thanksgiving day to draw some magical creatures with my "supervisor" 🧡🧡🧡

Them: "How long did it take to make that?" Me: "About 40 years" Them: "Haha wow! I could never do that!" Me: "But you CAN do this! All it takes is painting every day for a few hours for about 40 years & YOU TOO could make alllll this!" Me: "Its that simple! ITS NOT EASY, but its SIMPLE."

Chin beard, or no chin beard... what do you think? An "Orb Hare" is emerging... Hopefully in time for the holiday 🐇

Another great day at Renaissance Faire! Everybody loves dragons! #dragon #dragonart #renaissancefestival #ncrenaissancefestival

Let the music whisk you away... Blue Hair has a song to play! Watercolor and gouache on Arches Hot press. Available 💙🎹💙 #fantasyart #fantasyartist #faun

New businesses cards! Now every visitor to my booth can walk away with a little "Witta the Owl" painting :)

AMAZING Renfaire moment, and personal first for me. A magical young lady adopted ONE OF EVERY STICKER from my booth! What a haul!!! Carolina Renaissance Festival #carolinarenaissancefestival #renaissancefestival #renfaire #Renfaire2025

Happy Halloween!!! The spoopy eyes of the "Charming Cat" wishes you a delightfully spooky evening of treats and good fun! Will you be trick or treating tonight? We've got candy ready and waiting! #Halloween #halloween2025

Happy National Black Cat day! I've almost completed my "Moonbow Bridge" painting featuring "Leila" 💜🐈‍⬛ I miss her every day, but I take comfort in knowing a piece of her is always with me. I'll be keeping this painting for myself for obvious reasons, but prints & limited editions are coming!

Renfaire Moments: Somebody said my fauns remind them of del Toro 🥰

New look, new painting! "The Librarian" 9x12 watercolor, gouache, & colored pencils on hot press, mounted to board. (What a mouthful) Available This painting celebrates my love of reading. Not even the ocean could keep me away from a good book! #mermaidart #fantasyart #fantasyartist #readingart

"How's that painting coming along Pepper?" "Purrrrfect!" "Awesome! Will it be ready for Renfaire this weekend?" "Heck no!" Maybe next weekend then... 😅 #watercolor #strugglebus #painting #cat #catpainting #watercolorcat

A new treat is coming to the realm... "Untold Tales of Terratoff" begins soon... More info to come

Renfaire prep is hard and the fatigue got to me today... even with all of my self care and physical therapy, I was in too much pain to sleep soundly last night. Hopefully tonight I will sleep better and I can get one more painting done in time for opening weekend. Less than 2 weeks to go 🙃

North enjoying some Catnip bubbles! #cat #tuxedocat #catsrule

One year since I said goodbye to Leila 🐈‍⬛🖤 Over the "Moonbow Bridge," a special sanctuary just for black cats awaits. "The Black Cat Garden" is filled with all the best cat amenities. Black cats may get overlooked at shelters, but the moon always remembers 🌜 #blackcat #art #blackcatart

Taking some studio portraits for my new website. Super exhausting, but I did it! Edited and perfected versions to come! #artist #artstudio #watercolorartist #fantasyartist #unicornart

"The merfolk were enchanted by stories of the surface, filled with new creatures, lands, and heroes that they had never heard of. They enjoyed a period of enlightenment and taught themselves all they could." "The Librarian" watercolor & gauche on Arches hot press, mounted to birch board Available

Pepper and North say "hello!" 🧡💚 How cute that she waved her paw at just the right moment?? #cats #cat #tortie #toriecat #tuxedo #tuxedocat

The Librarian "Sailors and pirates alike wisely feared the wrath of the #mermaid should they wander into her territory. Battles raged on for between man and #merfolk, sinking ships and taking lives. Many routes were impossible to pass through for untold years...." Available <3 #mermaidart

When I'm feeling a flare it is so hard to draw. It's a strange sensation... art is what I crave to make but also the last thing I want to do... can anyone relate? Lately, I've just been forcing myself through it. Seeing my precious Leila again helps 💜🐈‍⬛

My first new drawing is about a year is complete. She's brought a book and lives in the sea! You can meet "The Librarian" soon in the realm of Terratoff! Graphite on Moleskine #Mermaid #mermaidart #fantasyart #fantasyartist #pencildrawing

Happy #Pride #Pridemonth everybody!!

Some photos taken by others! @heatherhitchman.bsky.social stopped by to support @melissagayyy.bsky.social and I. It was so wonderful seeing you! And Book Santa, Dino Hicks, took a photo of me with the shirt I designed for the convention! ✨

Guess what???? After many requests, a "Filigree Stag" bookmark is on the way! This design needed a TON of editing to fit in the dimensions, but I think the magic worked! These will first be available at Heroes Con in June, and possibly briefly online afterwards. #Stag #deer #deerart #animalart

Do you ever work on a piece for so long that you feel like your eyes are gonna bleed out of your freakin head??? 😅😅😅 I've been noodling at this one for over a year... sometimes a masterpiece takes time to marinate... (Just a sneak peek of corner for now) #drawing #mermaid #graphite #art #artist

After many... MANY requests I am working on a Dragon Lantern Bookmark! This requires lots of masking, cutting, pasting, and other photoshop sorcery so I hope you're all excited!! Should have these ready to debut at Heroes Con! #dragon #dragonart #dragonartist #fantasyart #heroescon #bookmark

The phrase "human artists" is cringe because there's no other kind, ya sillies

Sometimes I just can’t resist doing an ink drawing before working on a full oil painting. It’s a fun way to get the ideas flowing. Plus, black and white ink art has always had a special place in my heart! ♥

Their first photo 🩵💚🧡 taken right after we had wrangled up the litter and found mama. Even though my iron deficiency and fatigue was at its worst then, checked on them every day. Now 3 if them are ours and happy house cats 2 years later! Love you Pepper, North & South! Happy "foundya" month. #cat

Flare up today, so here's Northy eating his favorite snack 💚💚💚

Happy #NationalUnicornDay They don't call me the unicorn lady for nothing! Adopt a unicorn today! This one is "The Star" watercolor on Arches hot press mounted to board www.etsy.com/shop/Heather... #unicorn #unicornart #unicornartist #unicornpainting ##watercolor #watercolorartist

Happy #caturday 🖤

Mr bubbles! Oil on 5x7 canvas

Over 900 followers?! Woo-hoo! Thanks for the love everyone! Here is a #sketch of a goat, working on something fun I can share more of soon! #artist #pencildrawing #goat #goatart #animalartist

Painting, trim, and new toilet done! Now comes decorating and cleanup. We've managed to clean up the old tiles to keep those for now. Nice trim really makes such a huge difference, worth every penny.

Did somebody order cool sage green?

"LET THERE BE PRIMER!"

House work continues, this time w/ guest bathroom. The wallpaper is ORIGINAL TO THE HOUSE as you can see bare drywall remains behind it. You can behold the years of staining where we removed wall fixtures. Wallpaper is all down and this weekend is painting and replacing yee olde toilet!

I will be releasing six tiny dragons on the 1st of April, here's another one of them. If you want to get the first notification then you'll need to get on my newsletter artbyemilyhare.myflodesk.com/haremail

Me and Pepper are back to working on the Terratoff Alphabet project! #artist #cat #tortie #tortiecat #fantasyartist

Seeing a new PT and feeling hopeful for the next phase of managing chronic pain. The exercises are painful, but hope with time I'll get stronger. Finished another commission, "The Year of Catching Up" Continues! Watercolor, Gouache, & Colored pencils on Arches hot press #cat #catart #catpainting

"Year of Catching Up" progress. Working on commissions and getting to peak "ugly phase" with this cat! Don't worry, soon rendering will happen and all this mess will make sense. #trusttheprocess Watercolor on hot press arches #Watercolor #watercolorartist #cat #catart

A Green Witch for March

Listen to the bunny!