South Carolina becomes the nation’s top book banner.

The point of #indiebookstoreday is to give extra support to your local indies that provide events, education, + safe places for communities all year round. 📚 If you're complaining today that you didn't get free swag /books, or the sales / party weren’t big enough, then you're the problem.

Spring is here! 🌷🐇🐝🦢🦋 A huge thank you to everyone who came out and supported our show! My friends surprised me, my dad brought me flowers, and I sold two original pieces! 🥹 If you didn't get a chance to visit the reception, Flora & Fauna is on view at 701 Whaley until May 12th! #artshow

The final animal in my SC sticker series is the Piping Plover. These cuties are usually around 7 in. and weigh less than 2 oz. This migratory bird spends its winters with us. We must protect their nesting habitats from disturbance. 🏝️ #wildlifeart #endangeredspecies #birding

Bewick’s Wren highly resembles our state bird, the Carolina Wren, but is extremely rare. Listed as State Endangered, they are mostly found in brushy thickets, and open farmlands. I love how round they can be and how they perch their tail so high. #southcarolina #wildlifeart #digitalart

Today I’m highlighting not one, but 2 South Carolina amphibians: the Pine Barrens Tree Frog (Threatened) & the Carolina Gopher Frog (Endangered). Both are found in SC’s Sandhills region. #endangeredspecies #southcarolina

Today’s state endangered animal is the Coal Skink, a small lizard found at Sassafras Mountain, South Carolina’s highest peak. I chose to draw a juvenile coal skink, because their tails are this gorgeous blue that turns to brown in adulthood. #endangeredspecies #wildlifeart #stickersheet

Today’s state threatened animal is the Carolina Pygmy Sunfish! This tiny freshwater fish is only found in the states of SC + NC. To protect this species, we must protect our streams and fresh water from pollution and habitat fragmentation. #endangeredspecies #wildlifeart #stickersheet

My heart has been with my beautiful (and frustrating) state, and I’m doing what I can to raise awareness for our local South Carolina environment and threatened species. Today, I’m focusing on the red-cockaded woodpecker, listed as state endangered by the SC DNR. #endangeredspecies #wildlifeart

I am so proud of this show and how it all came together! Meredith, Tennyson, and I share a love of bold colors, patterns, and animals that gives our work a cohesive and complementary feel. On view now at 701 Whaley until May 12th! #artshow #folkart #artglery

"St. Patrick's Green", my piece inspired by stained glass and featuring 7 species of birds found in Ireland, is finished! I haven't felt this proud of a painting in a long time and it feels so good. #stainedglass #medievalart #endangeredspecies

🍂 SHOP UPDATE Tomorrow (2nd of March), I will have a bunch of new things available in my shop! Keep an eye out for new key chains, stickers and the newest Mossy Mail bundles! ✨ bymossypine.com #ArtShop #CuteArt

Here’s some sneak peeks of my 16x20” work in progress! Inspired by stained glass and featuring Irish birds, this is the largest piece I’ve worked on in some time! I’ve been enjoying it immensely. #stainedglass #medievalart #watercolor

Closeup time for our hook-billed kite friend! ☀️ “Fly by Thy Wisdom”, Acryla gouache, colored pencil & ink on archival paper, 8” x 12”, 2025. #endangeredspecies #medievalart #illustrator

A closer look at my scarab beetle piece, “The Morning Sun” that will be on display at the upcoming Flora and Fauna show! Backgrounds are pictures I took in the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the MET. Watercolor on archival paper, 6” x 6”, 2025. #ancientegypt #watercolorillustration

No but I NEED that peacock dress in my wardrobe STAT 🦚

starting something new! #workinprogress

It’s been a while since I did an Acryla gouache x colored pencil piece. I always forget how much I enjoy the textures! This piece is called “Fly by Thy Wisdom” and features a Hook-Billed Kite.

“And what I ask Of you, beloved, Far away Is to think at times… Of the strand of Howth Where a wave breaks“ -Pádraig Pearse 🇮🇪 #howthireland #howthcliffwalk #howthcastle

Kilkenny Castle was a dream! When can i move in? #kilkennycastle

Sharing some stills + closeups of this piece I’m calling “I Disregard Your Earthly Treasures” I’ve been keeping an eye out for these beauties while in Ireland, but I think it’s still too cold + early for them to be about. (Still crossing my fingers though🤞) #medievalmanuscript #gouachepainting

Oh, Ireland. I fear I may never leave you. 🇮🇪 #BlarneyCastle

“Four Years Left”. Watercolor, gouache & India ink on recycled cotton rag paper, 8.5” x 8.5”, 2025. Here’s a look at my finished honeybee piece for an upcoming show! 🍯 #medievalart #honeybees #endangeredspecies #wildlifeartist

January felt simultaneously like the longest and shortest month in history. 🫠 I’m finding comfort in my animal companions and tender middle-grade books. I think We Could Be Rats takes the lead as my favorite! What was the best book you read in January? #januarywrapup #monthlyreads

Oh to be a little ghost painting outside at dusk ☁️🎨

treebeard and the hobbits #thelordoftherings

I ❤️ to read high fantasy, sci-fi, generational epics, + middle grade fiction. You can usually find me painting, cuddling my cat, watching Ghibli movies + Dropout, + playing DnD! My favorite games are ACNH, Stardew Valley, + BotW. I’m a Virgo INFJ 4w3. Do we have any in common? #BookSky #VibeCheck

Book recs to check out today!!! #booksky

Hi #booksky! A lot of you might not know that when I’m not painting, I’m the Creative Director and a bookseller for a local indie bookstore! I have a reads account where I post my reads, recs, and ARC reviews. Going to try and be better about bringing those here, too. 📚 Instagram @ juliek.reads

Introducing my Egyptian Scarab Beetle painting! 🪲 I love these little guys. Ever since I saw the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the MET Museum, I haven’t been able to get these patterns and colors out of my head! #artistsonthreads #watercolorart #illustration

2024 was tough and I’ve been disappointed with how little art I made. But here’s hoping 2025 will be full of colors and patterns! Starting off the year strong with this elephant hawk-moth piece. 🦋 #watercolor #illustration

27th December is the feast of St John the Apostle and Evangelist who is depicted here with his symbol. BL Egerton 608; the Four Gospels; 11th century; Echternach; f.133v

Some smoky colours for the depths of winter, including the very seasonal “pickling cabbage” (second image, bottom right). From Colour: Charted and Catalogued, A Key Reference for Pigmental Colours, by E. Fellowes (1922). Seen at the RCA’s Colour Library

Got to go inside the new, restored Notre Dame today. Incredible light. It all looks brand new somehow. Astonishing to think how they rebuilt this roof. Even crazier to think they were able to build this to begin with centuries ago.

A portrait of a bunny named Cilantro from a few years ago, and a jackalope from my painting inspired by North American folk quilts! If you see this, post a bunny! 🐇 #illustration #petportrait

Waiting by the window

It's finally getting cold, and the birds are becoming r o u n d

One of my favorite pieces from 2022! I challenged myself to make an artwork using a primary color palette. The original is still available in my sh🌻p! “Chiru & Pheasant”, Gouache and Colored Pencil, 9” x 12”, 2022. juliekart.etsy.com/listing/1312...

tangential to my research on OT reception/representation in medieval #Armenia but too astounding to ignore, this depiction of the Tree of Jesse from 14th c Vayots Dzor Matenadaran 206, fol. 258v

100 new friends on this 🦋 app - wow, thank you! Here’s some butterfly art over the years to celebrate!

hi hello! i make art!

Still not feeling great, looking through the illustration work of Natalia Trepenok (b. 1953) to cheer myself up so I'm sharing some with you too! Some of the best animals in the business IMO. #FromTheInspirationFolder #illustration #NataliaTrepenok

If you see this, post your bird art 🕊️

I’m the dungeon master of a DnD game set in the ASOIAF universe, taking place about fifty years after the events of Game of Thrones! I made my adventuring party these little mood boards for fun! #gameofthrones #dnd #asoiaf

The lord of The rings - Eowyn

Coming soon ✨️🩷 11.22.24

If you see this, post something green 🌿 A Ghibli study from years ago while testing new gouache paints!

Hi there! My name is Julie and I’m an artist & illustrator. I paint endangered species with a medieval twist. 🎨✨ I love my two cats, art history, working at a local bookshop, illuminated manuscripts, and cozy video games. Welcome! ✤ Shop: Etsy.com/shop/juliekart ✤ Gallery: JulieKArt.com/gallery