An illustration of purple flowers with the text : belladonna

A wall of text about the history of belladonna flowers.

An illustration of purple flowers surrounded by phases of the moon.

Next in my Language of Flowers series: Belladonna. ☠️ There are quite a few flowers that are both beautiful and toxic, but one of the most infamous (esp in pop culture) is Belladonna, aka Deadly Nightshade. Victorians added it to bouquets to symbolize silence. Perhaps as a threat or omen?

An illustration of pink and cream dogwood flowers on a branch under the title "Dogwood".

Fun facts about Dogwood listed on a purple background.

A flower vase full of pink, cream, and purple blooms and green leaves. On the white vase is an illustration of a sword piercing a crescent moon.

I'm going to start sharing more about the meanings behind the flowers I use in my work through a new little Language of Flowers series. To start: Dogwood! The Victorians used them in bouquets to represent Duration and Durability, most likely because they're hearty and have been around a long time.

A hand with the middle and pointer fingers crossed, surrounded by pink and yellow flowers, green leaves, and red ladybugs, on a dark purple background.

A purple background that says For Luck at the top. There are 4 illustrations: a yellow flower that says "Lesser Celandine: Joys to come." A green 4 leaf clover that says "clover: good luck." A pink flower that says: "Dame's Violet: Watchfulness." And a flying ladybug that says "Ladybug: Good luck and new beginnings."

I 💜 symbolism and use a lot of it in my work. Its not always apparent, so I'm going to start sharing more about it. To kick things off, here's "For Luck" and a breakdown of the icons I've included. By putting these together, this illustration is a wish or manifestation of luck.🍀

I'm tired. There's so much happening in every aspect of everyone's lives rn that its simply exhausting. I'm still pushing through, chugging along, but I feel like these daisies: wilted and missing a few petals. Lil prints coming soon if you're tired af too. 💜

A white woman with brown hair looking away from the camera, wearing a blue T-shirt with a drawing of flowers and a moon on it.

A white woman with brown hair looking at the camera and wearing a blue T-shirt with a drawing of flowers and a moon on it.

New product drop coming later this month! Look out for prints, stickers, laptop sleeves, and shirts (including this one). ✨

Happy May and Mental Health Awareness month! My journey with depression and anxiety started 20+ years ago and I still go through periods where I'm on top of self-care, and periods where I'm not...usually when I'm super stressed and need it the most. 😬 How do you practice (& remember) self-care?

You can help stop racism. Here's how. ✊ Too many Americans think they can't—or won't—do anything about racism. Melanie Hood-Wilson is building communities to help reach them.

I’d like to introduce you to @melaniehood-wilson.bsky.social. She consults on programs and projects around the country that relate to teaching, learning, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

My full conversation with Melanie is available in my monthly newsletter and podcast, The Plural of You.

A repeating pattern with trailing flowers and leaves on a dark teal background.

Drawing a lot of flowers lately. Trying to create something pretty amid such societal turmoil feels both trivial and important.

#repeatingpattern

An illustration of a cute tabby kitten playing with a ball of yard that looks like the Earth. Above there is text that says: "Climate Change is Here."

Climate change is here. If only it was this cute. ☠️

#illustration #climatechange #kittenlove

Call your reps today. Here in Alabama, my congressman doesn't listen to his constituents. But I'm calling anyway. My family, along with 72 million others depends on Medicare for lifesaving coverage.

A cute gray kitten with a studded collar, and a cute but mad brown puppy in a denim vest covered in patches, looking at the viewer with the phrase "Protect Trans Kids" above and below. The background is shades of cool purple.

This.

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

Love this!

Thank you! 💜

An illustrated repeating pattern with purple and blue flowers and spider webs, on a dark navy background with my brand logo.

A recent pattern with flowers and webs. Pretty with a touch of spooky is my fav. 🕸️

#patterndesign #repeatingpattern #surfacedesign #spookyflowers #flowerwitch

Sara's Shop Expansion I’m planning a shop expansion to my website that will include my illustrations on various products, and I could use your help! Please consider answering the questions below so I can get a better idea ...

Thank you!! I appreciate the support! In case you or anyone else are interested, here's a link to that survey: forms.gle/VTK9fpfThFTz... ☺️

A cute cartoon donkey decorated with red and white flowers with green leaves below the text "Abolish ICE" "They're asses."

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Did you know I have an infrequent email blast? 📨 Every few months I send an email with updates about my art and what I've been up too, exhibitions, shop stuff, and sometimes a peek at my process. My next one goes out this Tues and if you're interested, you can sign-up via my website or send me a dm.

Thank you! ☺️💜

Thank you for sharing. 💕

Very true! 💖🙌🏻

Thank you, friend! 💜

Thank you! 💕

A cute, smiling, white cat with green eyes and a red bow, holding a big pink heart with the text "Privatized Healthcare Kills."

A factual, objective statement. But palatable. 💔 It's been a long time since I've made work that's blunt, has text, or is specifically politically inspired... I'm not sure why. It's time to embrace it again.

#illustration

Ooh, thanks for putting this together! Would love to be included. ☺️

A tattooed porcelain hand holding a red heart with a hissing snake wrapped around it.

A tattooed porcelain hand holding a pink teacup, surrounded by violet flowers.

A tattooed porcelain hand holding a lit match surrounded by yellow flowers.

A porcelain hand holding a pair of pink scissors and the end of a braid, surrounded by daisies.

Thanks for all the new follows! 💖 Here are a few of the bigger wall-hanging porcelain hands I've made.

A few wall-hanging porcelain flower vases from the last few years.

@caroleepp.bsky.social Thanks for sharing! 💕

Thank youuuu 💖💕💗💜✨