New episode! This one's very personal and important to us: We share stories from our bear hunts that were shaped by different challenges, a hypothetical sasquatch encounter, and interview WNC district biologist Justin McVey about this historic new hunting opportunity in the North Carolina mountains

I'm filling whole sketchbooks and using up all my special ballpoint pens while I create illustrations for this project that Matt Stansberry is writing throughout 2026, and I'm very proud of it. Check out The Hungry Forest Breviary on our Patreon (link in my bio and below)

Oil on 6x6" canvas. This little one is a hypersigil, the physical canvas and stretcher imbued with intentions, and she's going on tour to charge up before she goes home to my sister 🦌🌳🌲 If you like my work and want support what I do, check out my patreon project: patreon.com/TheHungryForest

Muscadine wine, deer meatloaf, and a toast to all the ghosts

I'm behind! Two new episodes of The Campfire's Edge are up! In S.2, ep. 9, Matt and I talk to environmental historian, Peggy Smith, about what if Saints could serve as holy game wardens? Then in ep.10, a bowhunter friend tells his story of a bigfoot encounter in Tar Hollow, Ohio:

big brown bat big brown bat big brown bat big brown bat big brown bat big brown bat

Ah, yes, of course... Right before my once-in-a-lifetime, 3-day Appalacian blackbear hunt is the -perfect- time for my period to start 😮‍💨

Observation: Muscadine grapes are extremely boring to draw.

TFW your art's up at a rad venue

He doesnt know it, but @mattstansberry.bsky.social is the sexiest cryptid in the woods.

Had an amazing time at the 10th annual Death Faire, Pittsboro NC 💀🌹

At the artist reception for Death Faire at the Plant w/ @dangerwood.bsky.social and other artists selected for the exhibition. Fun event and great art on display. Current favorite (other than Sarah’s) is Millicent Gomez’s magical broom piece Threshold of the Ancestors www.theplantnc.com/deathfaire

Part almanac, part devotional manual, part field guide, The Hungry Forest 2026 Breviary bridges Catholic ritual, folk magic, and ecological fieldwork. Our 1st installment is now on Patreon for subscribers, and a physical compendium will be published quarterly through next year:

Part almanac, part devotional manual, part field guide, The Hungry Forest 2026 Breviary bridges Catholic ritual, folk magic, and ecological fieldwork. Our 1st installment is now on Patreon for subscribers, and a physical compendium will be published quarterly through next year:

SO EXCITED to share our latest episode of our podcast interview with Dan Flores, award-winning author of Coyote America and Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America! Episode below: Art is my ballpoint sketch of an endangered red wolf living at the Museum of Life & Science, NC

Opossums are pretty much my favorite part about living in North Carolina so far

NGL, re-engaging with social media platforms has felt like trying to squeeze into clothes you love but grew out of three years ago. But I've missed y'all's voices adding dimension to my worldview, and I have new things I wanna share with you!

Hey, friends and fam, I'm doing a Big Thing! The Hungry Forest Gallery & Press, LLC is officially launched. This is how Matt Stansberry and I are gonna produce our artwork and writing lasting physical form: Prints, books, and other handmade pieces that carry our wild stories --

Without downloading anything new - Where are you today?

These pics were all next to each other in my camera roll

She chooses to sit upon my goddesses, and nothing will move her.

I'm hanging my artwork in the gallery today. I'm so excited to be part of this! 💀🌹 www.instagram.com/reel/DQKUJ69...

Opossums are pretty much my favorite part about living in North Carolina so far

This is one of my all-time favorite podcasts to listen to. Just fascinating and insightful and I'd encourage y'all to listen.

Hey, friends and fam, I'm doing a Big Thing! The Hungry Forest Gallery & Press, LLC is officially launched. This is how Matt Stansberry and I are gonna produce our artwork and writing lasting physical form: Prints, books, and other handmade pieces that carry our wild stories --

SO EXCITED to share our latest episode of our podcast interview with Dan Flores, award-winning author of Coyote America and Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America! Episode below: Art is my ballpoint sketch of an endangered red wolf living at the Museum of Life & Science, NC

Excited to share The Hungry Forest Gallery & Press, an independent art and publishing project rooted in the Haw River watershed. If you’ve enjoyed the work we make, you can support us by joining us on Patreon. www.patreon.com/TheHungryFor...

Oh my gosh look who paraded in front of my camera last night! 😍

Feeling grateful for the landscape. @dangerwood.bsky.social got our first deer of the year and we’re trying to be more deliberate about connecting to the forest through our stomachs. Deer bone broth. Hickory nuts for banana bread. Muscadine grapes. Chicken of the woods. Beech nuts. Goldenrod tea.

Deer season's started, and so have some new art projects. I can't wait to show you!

"Caterpillar" the rescue turtle. Ink, ballpoint, paint markers.

Death portrait of a bluebird. Ink, ballpoint and pastel. I'm not sure about this one, so I'm uploading it to look at it in a different way

Wow, y'all. We just interviewed Dan Flores for The Campfire's Edge!! You are going to LOVE the coyote story he told us 🐺🥰

Me and @dangerwood.bsky.social are scouting for remote public land in the Appalachian Mountains to hunt black bear. We’re experimenting with paddleboards for access and packing out. Hunting WNC without dogs is difficult post-Helene climate disaster, but it seems very rewarding.

Trail Camera Strategies for Daimonic Encounters: Wildlife artist Sarah Rose and I discuss how trail cameras play a role in her art. She offers insight for folks who would like to use them to have relationships with their more-than-human neighbors. thecampfiresedge.com/2025/06/01/s...

My partner @dangerwood.bsky.social is speaking and has art on exhibit next weekend at a symposium celebrating naturalist William Bartram’s trek across the Southeast. This is in the exhibit, Contact 2, colored pencil and ink on paper. Check out Bartram and the event blueridgebartram.org/bartram250/

New writing about Eastern Phoebes, directed-biodiversity, fatherhood and landscape spirits. Art by @dangerwood.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theriant...

Dr. Robert Michael Pyle is a naturalist, lepidopterist, prolific author & poet. In our latest episode, we cover a range of topics together: The Dark Divide movie, Dr. Pyle's first actual bigfoot sighting, and what it’s like to play in a band with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic! ⛓️👇

The Campfire's Edge Podcast received an absolute glut of knowledge & stories from Dr. Robert Michael Pyle. He is a naturalist, lepidopterist, author & famous bigfoot-ponderer. We talked about the nature of Sasquach, the BF hunter archetype, and about film based on his book. New episode coming soon!

Matt and I take a huge risk and speak openly about The Fae with a friend and fellow experiencer, barghest23.bsky.social Hopefully, we didn't draw too much unwanted attention from those watchers in the woods 👁 Check out our latest episode at TheCampfiresEdge.com or your fav podcast streaming service.

Matt and I take a huge risk and speak openly about The Fae with a friend and fellow experiencer, barghest23.bsky.social Hopefully, we didn't draw too much unwanted attention from those watchers in the woods 👁 Check out our latest episode at TheCampfiresEdge.com or your fav podcast streaming service.

New episode: Fairies, land spirits. Co-creation and relationship. Episode art by @dangerwood.bsky.social thecampfiresedge.com/2025/03/25/s...

It's Pumby time

The Campfire's Edge Podcast received an absolute glut of knowledge & stories from Dr. Robert Michael Pyle. He is a naturalist, lepidopterist, author & famous bigfoot-ponderer. We talked about the nature of Sasquach, the BF hunter archetype, and about film based on his book. New episode coming soon!

Happy Equinox! Today we "rescued" heirloom bulb flowers from an abandoned 1930's golfcourse that's slated for development, and transplanted them into our garden. It would be cool if our property could be kinda like an ark 🌻

Painting the faces I see in the woods using mushroom latex, botanical inks, and this really weird black stuff I found seeping out of a tree root the other day

ICE is not accounting for the whereabouts of dozens of detainees from New Mexico

I enchanted a trail camera and it worked.

King of the Creek Ink and mixed-media on gray paper