Elisabeth Alba's artwork and maps can be seen in books, magazines, games, and divination decks. After growing up in Pennsylvania and Florida and living in New York City, where she earned a master's degree at the School of Visual Arts, Elisabeth settled in Western Massachusetts. From charming animal portraits to mystical enchanted imagery, Elisabeth strives to spark joy and wonder in those who view her work. She usually works traditionally and her go-to mediums are ink, watercolor, gouache, and pencil.
Paul Bond’s magic realism oil paintings live in the spaces between dreaming and reality. Mixing equal parts whimsy, wonder and mysticism, his allegorical works illuminate a world where everything is possible. His art is in many corporate and private collections in the U.S., Asia, Europe, Australia and the Middle East. Born in Mexico, Paul now lives in Southern California with his wife, Donna, and their cat, Scarlett Johansson.
Lucy Campbell is perennially fascinated with the mythology of a world where humans and animals commune, a spirit place populated with noble, totemic beings where we make peace with and are protected by our wild self and where we get healed and find our power. The simultaneously brave and vulnerable child is carried by their wild creature through the forest of the subconscious - a place of shadows and luminosity, dreaming and awakening.
Amanda Clark lives in the small village of Shalford, England. Coming from an arty and creative family, she grew up with the abundance of wonder-filled color, pattern, music and musings. She has been a professional artist and illustrator for over 15 years and loves every moment of an artist’s life.
Karen Davis is inspired by nature, folklore, and our connection to the Earth. Her paintings reflect a sense of magic, spirit and shared tales, from the stories in her mind.
Cynthia Decker’s work is inspired by everyday life lessons, small moments, and big ideas. She takes these inspirations and presents them to the viewer the way she sees them in her head—as objects for you to discover, and places you could walk into and explore. “My images are how I see feelings and experiences, and I hope you’ll discover how they fit within your own story as well.”
Lisa is a Berlin-based illustrator and visual story teller. Herover-arching themes are friendship, bravery, inner-strength andthe juxtaposition of the fantastical within poignant every daythoughts. A self-taught artist, Lisa combines digital technologywith a painterly illustration style, giving her work a quasi-real,dream-like quality.
Kim Ferreira was raised in a log cabin in the woods and now lives in Portsmouth, NH, a lovely little city by the sea. Her work is inspired by simple pleasures and the exuberant enjoyment of life, what the French refer to as “joie de vivre”. These small-scale oil paintings feature an array of anthropomorphic woodland animals against a backdrop nodding to French rococo landscapes and celebrate the little things that bring her joy.
Paula Belle Flores is a self-taught artist who found her way later in life after years of searching. After practicing law for several years, she abandoned that path, realizing it wasn’t her calling. In her early 30’s, she started taking photos but soon discovered that she couldn’t express herself fully through photography, as it felt too limited and anchored in reality. Therefore, she started to play with photoshop collages and digital painting where she found fertile ground for expressing herself, building the world of her dreams where people lived hand in hand with nature and the entire universe.
Valerie Greeley is an English illustrator and textile designer whose intricate and very detailed style of illustration has become a defining feature. Her artwork has been featured on many products, including ceramics, printed textiles, stationery and children’s books. Her inspiration comes from nature and in particular the flora and fauna found in the hedgerows and woodlands that surround her home. Valerie is married with two sons and two grandchildren.
Lucia Hefferrnan is a graphic designer by trade and an oil painter by design, who is continually experimenting with different styles of contemporary realism that balance her artistic sensibilities, technique, and unique sense of humor. Her body of work is an expression and exploration of a lifelong fascination with animals. Through her paintings, she seeks to give animals a voice and a personality, while making light of our uniquely human existence.
Jemima Jameson’s Shropshire home on the Welsh border provides a constant source of inspiration for her painting - the surrounding hills and the local wildlife providing endless subject matter. She works in acrylics on gesso panels and her detailed, illustrative style reflects her influence from the “Art & Craft Movement” and her love of Mediaeval illuminated manuscripts.
Elisabeth Ladwig is an award-winning photographic artist based in the New Jersey Highlands, where protected natural landscapes inspire her work. She explores modern surrealism through a blend of photography, graphic design, and collage. Inspired by an early fascination with the connection between science, nature, and magic, Elisabeth creates visual metaphors that reflect the wonder of the natural world.
Alida Martinez was born in Augusta, Maine and has always appreciated art, nature and fairytales. She now lives in New Mexico with her husband and children and is learning to express herself with gouache, ink and pastels. With her start, Alida seeks to remind people of the whimsy and wonder of childhood.
Gina Matarazzo is a designer of books and paintings who enjoys creating art that celebrates the things that are often overlooked and taken for granted. She loves details and secrets and stories and everything about the creative process. Believing everyone needs to slow down and pay more attention to what’s going on around them, she aims to show you a magical way of looking at ordinary things. Gina lives with her illustrator husband and cats Gwendolyn, Cecily and Georgie in southern New Jersey where at certain spot between trees, you can catch a glimpse of the beautiful Philadelphia skyline in the distance.
Patricia Pushaw was born in the wilderness of East Africa and raised in Ireland. Inspired by her father's love of the outdoors and her mother's artistic renderings of nature, Patricia chose watercolor as her favorite medium. She divides her time between Southern California and the Rocky Mountain west.
Terry Runyan is a visual artist and creativity encourager living in a suburb of Kansas City. After a long career as an in-house illustrator for Hallmark, Terry now runs her own business creating art and videos to help others explore their creativity. Terry works in a variety of media, from digital to painting, collaging and drawing. She teaches classes on Skillshare and also has a YouTube channel where she shares about the creative process and through speaking and demonstrating her approach. Terry sees art as a way of connecting and communicating with others. She encourages people’s creativity by sharing her own journey and the wonderful insights that are available to all of us.
Carolyn was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved with herfamily to the mountains outside of Prescott, Arizona in 1952.After receiving a BFA in graphic design at Arizona State University,Carolyn for nearly thirty years in the raw dessert near Phoenix,freelancing as an illustrator and muralist before returning to herforest home. Carolyn’s small, whimsical portraits of the wildlife ofthe American West focus on intricate botanical detail, bringing thesubtle beauties of this arid land to people around the world.
Stewart has an MFA from Pratt Institute, is a graphic designer, fine art photographer and illustrator. Stewart has won numerous national awards for his design work and photography and has exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide. He lives in Asheville, NC.
Maggie Vandewalle was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. After receiving a BFA in printmaking from the University of Iowa, she gravitated to watercolor, a medium she still uses today. While her subject matter may vary, the intent of her work remains the same; to elicit a smile or evoke a story.
Cathy Walters is an artist and illustrator who grew up in Northern California and studied art at San Jose State and UCLA. Much of her work focuses on her love and empathy for animals and longs to give meaning to their lives while also bringing beauty and happiness to people’s homes. When Cathy isn’t making art, you can find her gardening, kayaking, drinking coffee, or doing yoga…hardly ever at the same time. She and her husband live by the sea in New England with their little rescue dog, Pancake.
Is a contemporary German artist creating surreal, dreamlike images. Her work blends vintage illustrations and found imagery with digital techniques to form poetic, nostalgic worlds where reality and imagination overlap. Recurring themes in her visuals include feminine figures, animals, and symbolic or fairytale-inspired elements. Catrin studied graphic design in Darmstadt and worked for agencies in Germany, the U.S., and Switzerland before shifting her focus entirely to art.In addition to digital work, Catrin has recently returned to painting—exploring color, texture, and atmosphere through traditional materials, which adds another dimension to her creative practice. Her work is collected internationally and appears in books, prints, posters, and various art products, and also participates in gallery and museum exhibitions worldwide.
Deidre Wicks is inspired by her love of animals, fashion, costume, old photographs and tea. Her water colours have been exhibited in Canada and the United States and have appeared in magazines, blogs, calendars and children’s books. She works out of her tiny studio in Toronto.
