ABOUT

Rosalie's mission is to notice and creatively celebrate the hidden wonders of the natural world.

Rosalie Haizlett is an illustrator and author whose work celebrates the hidden wonders of the natural world. Haizlett has been an artist-in-residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with the National Audubon Society, and at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. In 2022, she was awarded the Eckelberry Fellowship for distinguished wildlife illustrators. Her clients include Smithsonian, Patagonia, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and USA Today. Rosalie also teaches workshops in person and online, and so far she has taught more than 60,000 students how to paint the natural world as a Top Teacher on Skillshare. The author and illustrator of Watercolor in Nature (Page Street Publishing, 2021) and the newly published book, Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains (Mountaineers Books, 2024), she lives on the edge of Monongahela National Forest in Elkins, West Virginia. 

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IN A NUTSHELL

Rosalie Haizlett Illustration

Rosalie's work is based in the wild and wonderful mountains of West Virginia. Through her art, she shares her appreciation for the natural world by creating vibrant watercolor art prints, illustrated nature books and online classes to help others connect to their own surroundings using their creativity.

Artist residencies & awards

2024 Solo Exhibition — Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences

2024 Solo Exhibition — Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

2023 Artist-in-Residence — Wildacres Environmental Artist & Writer Residency

2023 Artist-in-Residence — Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

2022 Eckelberry Fellow — Drexel Academy of Natural Sciences

2021 Artist-in-Residence — Desert National Wildlife Refuge

2019 Artist-in-Residence — National Audubon Society at Hog Island, ME

2019 Artist-in-Residence — New River Gorge Creative Residency

2018 Artist-in-Residence — Great Smoky Mountains National Park

2017 Emerging Artist Fellow — Tamarack Foundation for the Arts

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