Blog posts

  This month has been a true whirlwind. We moved into our creaky, quirky 120-year-old home in Elkins, West Virginia, I traveled to Allegheny National Forest for a week to...

Well, after a slow winter of hibernation, house-hunting, and working intensely on my book, everything is suddenly springing into action.

Today I want to share about a new practice that I'm bringing into my life. It's called “perpetual nature journaling” and it's a structured way to visually document our discoveries outdoors...

Warm greetings from my little corner of West Virginia! Have you gotten any snow yet? We've had only a few days of snow this winter, but I'm savoring every little...

One of the many wonderful things about watercolor is that you can make beautiful work with inexpensive materials. In fact, I used these basic materials exclusively for the first couple...

As an artist and nature-lover, I am always keeping an eye out for ways to bring nature education into unexpected places. That’s why I’m super excited to announce a new...

THE COLLABORATION To do our part to protect endangered species on Endangered Species Day (which is Friday, May 15th), I’ve teamed up with fellow WV-based nature illustrator Logan Schmitt on...

Hope you’re all doing okay out there! To help you stay creative, here’s a free downloadable coloring sheet of a snail, fern, morel (scientific name: morchella esculenta), and blossoming mayapple...

I just returned from an incredible three weeks living in an off-grid cabin on Hog Island off the coast of Maine with the National Audubon Society, a conservation organization with...