pair of palm warblers ~ #birds #warblers #watercolor #birdart

Northern parulas are back in Downeast, Maine! Heard at least 3 singing in my yard this morning. Just as I’m finishing up painting a pair. Warbler season is the best. #parula #NOPA #springmigration #birdart #birds #watercolors

White-naped pigeon and Cape fig. A recent commission. ~ #whitenapedpigeon #pigeons #africanbirds #watercolor #birds

Happy Maine Seaweed Week! Design available on tees at Liberty Graphics (naturetshirts.com) @libertygraphics.bsky.social ~ #seaweed #seaweedweek #botanicalillustration #watercolor #natureart

More works in progress. Insects and spring ephemerals. ~ #naturesketch #springephemerals #spiderwasp #insects #illustration

Another future painting…

Sketch that maybe one day I’ll get around to painting. ~ #nature #sketch #forestart #wildlifedrawing #animalsketch

Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) for @audubon.org ~ #umbrellabird #birds #birdart #illustration #cotinga

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) for @audubon.org #harpyeagle #eagles #birds #birdillustration #birdart

Yellow-headed Amazon (Amazona oratrix) Latin American bird number three for this year’s spring issue of Audubon Magazine. #yellowheadedamazon #amazonparrot #parrots #birds #birdillustration

Black-and-chestnut Eagle (Spizaetus isidori) Another Latin American bird for @audubon.org Dream job. #blackandchestnuteagle #eagle #birds #illustration #art #idrawbirds

It’s not often I get a chance to draw some fun tropical birds. Huge thanks to @audubon.org for the excellent assignment. The great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) is the first of 5 birds I illustrated for an article in the latest spring issue. #greatgreenmacaw #parrots #birdillustration #birdart #birds

Had a lot of fun working on this subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) cone sticker design for the Completely Arbortrary Podcast's Cone Club (Sign up and get a new tree cone/flower sticker every month. Each design is created by different actual artist). arbortrarypod.com/coneclub

Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) & Pitcher Plant Moth & Caterpillar (Exyra fax) From my Bog Life poster (jadafitch.etsy.com) #carniverousplants #pitcherplant #botanicalart #watercolor #boglife

New warblers poster in the works… #warblers #parulidae #birdsketch #birdart #birding #birds #sketch

They're baaaack. (Woodcocks in Maine) #woodcock #timberdoodle #bogsucker #mudsnipe #nightpartridge #hookumpoke #Labradortwister

RED SEAWEEDS 1 Irish Moss 2 Laver 3 Caribbean Sea Moss 4 Rainbow Leaf 5 Turkish Washcloth 6 Common Coralline 7 Nori 8 Sea Sacs 9 Dulse For Tasha Greenwood’s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants #seaweed #redalgae #botanicalart #watercolorillustration #oceanplants

Carpenter's Chameleon (Kinyongia carpenteri) Just finished up a third species, native to the high-elevation montane forests on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Would love to see one IRL. #chameleon #africanwildlife #watercolor #painting

Impatiens runssorensis Another recent commission. Runssorensis is a wild impatiens species, endemic to the Rwenzori Mountains on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. #impatiens #watercolor #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #wildflower

Dusky Crimsonwing A recent watercolor commission. It's always fun getting to paint a bird species from afar. This estrildid finch is native to the montane forests of the Albertine Rift in east-central Africa. And I have to admit, red and black is my favorite color combo to rock, too. #birds #art

More art for Tasha Greenwood’s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants, published by Storey Sea otters help protect kelp forests by snacking on sea urchin populations that would otherwise overgraze kelp. #kelpforest #seaotters #illustration #natureart #seaweed

Another illustration for Tasha Greenwood’s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants, published by Storey. Yay! Tidal Zones! ~ #intertidal #bookillustration #scienceillustrator #dunlin

Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants by Tasha Greenwood, with illustrations by me, is out today! Published by Storey Publishing . Look for it at your favorite book retailer. #seaweed #bookart #bookillustration #scientificillustration #natureillustration

DECEMBER! Painting from The Forest Revealed. Posters, postcard sets, and signed copies of the book are available at jadafitch.etsy.com #december #snowyowl #winter #winterwildlife #watercolor #illustration #bookart #wildlifeillustration #maineartist #newenglandartist #birds #nature #art

Happenings on my desk from one year ago. Irish Moss (Chondrus crispus) for “Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants” by Tasha Greenwood. Out January 20th. Original watercolors for the book are available in my Etsy Shop. jadafitch.etsy.com #seaweed #watercolor

More original art just added to my Etsy shop. Birds, bugs, shrubbery, etc. Check it out. jadafitch.etsy.com 🦉🐞🌳 #originalart #etsymaine #watercolors #natureart #birdart #wildlifeillustration #maineartists #shopmainecraft #🎨

The art is piling up around here. It took forever, but I just added over 100 original watercolor paintings from the past couple of years to my Etsy shop (jadafitch.Etsy.com) If you don’t see the thing you think I might have, shoot me a message and I’ll let you know. #originalart #watercolor

Celebrate the biodiversity of Northeastern North America’s bogs, with my new Bog Life of the Northeast poster. Just added to my Etsy shop (jadafitch.etsy.com) as well as all the original watercolor paintings. What’s your favorite bog species? #bog #natureart #watercolor #maineartist #illustration

Huge thanks to Sarah Stenbins and @downeast.com for featuring The Forest Revealed in the upcoming December issue!

NOVEMBER Page from The Forest Revealed *Posters and signed copies of the book are available in my Etsy shop now. jadafitch.etsy.com #november #watercolor #forestlove #grayfox #natureart #animalillustration #newenglandwildlife #birds #maineartist

CHOOSE REAL MAINE PRODUCTS t-shirt. This was a fun one to design. Commissioned and printed by Liberty Graphics for Real Maine. Available at naturetshirts.com

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! 🎃 #halloween2025 #spookyseason #illustration #trickortreat #halloweenart

THE FOREST REVEALED POSTCARDS 2 sets of all 12 paintings, each on a 5 x 7 inch postcard. A credit card–size pocket magnifier is included so you can enjoy even the finest details of these intricate scenes, as well as explore the tiny wonders in your own back yard. JADAFITCH.ETSY.COM #postcards #art

American white waterlily (Nymphaea odorata), one of my favorite flowers. 🪷 #waterlily #waterlilies #nymphaea #botanical #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #watercolorpainting #wildflowers #🪷

You can now grab a signed copy of The Forest Revealed in my Etsy shop. Each book comes with an 11x15” coloring sheet. jadafitch.etsy.com #forestrevealed #naturebooks #bookillustrator #books #kidsbooks #maineartist #watercolorillustration

Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) ~ #bladderwrack #rockweed #wrack #fucus #seaweed #phycology #botanical #watercolor #watercolorillustration #painting #illustratorsofbluesky

Dulse (Palmaria palmata) ~ #dulse #seaweed #palmaria #phycology #botanicalart #ecoart #watercolor #illustration #watercolorcommunity #illustratorsofbluesky #artistsofbluesky

Rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum) ~ #rockweed #knottedwrack #wrack #seaweed #ascophyllumnodosum #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #watercolor #natureillustration #maineartist

OCTOBER Page from The Forest Revealed *Posters and signed copies of the book are available in my Etsy shop now. jadafitch.etsy.com #october #watercolor #fallvibes #natureart #animalillustration #newenglandwildlife #birds

Kombu (Saccharina japonica) #kombu #kelp #seaweed #laminariaceae #marinebotany #botanicalart #natureart #watercolor #watercolorillustration #illustratorsofbluesky

Irish moss (Chondrus crispus) #watercolor #botanical #seaweed #irishmoss #illustration #maine

Winged kelp, one of many dozen seaweed illustrations I painted last winter for Tasha Greenwood’s Edible & Medicinal Seaweeds: A Guide to Healing & Nutritive Ocean Plants, published by @storeypub Out January 20th and available to preorder now: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/tasha... #seaweed #kelp

THE FOREST REVEALED POSTERS! now available in my Etsy shop jadafitch.Etsy.com sold individually, or as a set of all 12 illustrations. 18 X 24” #forestrevealed #natureart #watercolor #wildlifeillustration #forest #phenology

I’ve redrawn the September page from my new book as a coloring sheet! Here's a to the hi-resolution download. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jada-... Happy coloring! #forestrevealed #coloring #colouring #adultcoloring #coloringtherapy #communitycoloring #coloringbook #coloringpage

Today is the day! The Forest Revealed is now released into the wild. Huge huge thank you to Kateri Kosek and Storey Publishing. I’m excited to see how it does out on its own. 🌲🌲🌲 Get your copy at your local bookstore or online. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jada-... #illustration #books

SEPTEMBER This painting is part of my book, The Forest Revealed, which comes out on the 9th of this month—so soon! Here’s a link to get your copy: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jada-... #september #forestrevealed #bookillustration #phenology #nature #naturebook #wildnewengland #watercolor #birds

Avian August is complete! Big thanks to @cookiedoves.bsky.social for the Birds of Hawaii prompt. Prints of each bird and all the bird together are available in my print on demand shop www.redbubble.com/people/JadaF... #avianaugust #avianaugust2025 #birdsofhawaii #hawaii #birds #birdart

Day 30 of #AvianAugust2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves.bsky.social : Kākāwahie or Molokaʻi creeper (Paroreomyza flammea) #AvianAugust #hawaiianbirds #birdsofhawaii #hawaii #birds #birdart #illustration #kakawahie #molokaicreeper #littleballofflame #hawaiianhoneycreeper #extinctbirds

Day 29 of #AvianAugust2025, Birds of Hawaii, hosted by @cookiedoves.bsky.social: Palila (Loxioides bailleui) #AvianAugust #hawaiianbirds #birdsofhawaii #hawaii #birds #birdart #illustration #palila #mamane #hawaiianhoneycreeper #endangeredbirds