Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly and Turtlehead

Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly and TurtleheadVasilisa Romanenko is a Connecticut based illustrator, designer, and fine artist. She creates paintings and drawings inspired by botany, natural history, and textile design. Her artwork depicts the mystery, beauty, and fragility of nature through the use of botanical elements, intricate patterns, and vivid colors. Vasilisa sees her paintings as windows into a magical world, much like the one she enjoyed getting lost in as a child while reading fairy

food-grade materials and eco-friendly practices

these pieces take ideas that I had been exploring in the backgrounds of my work and makes them in to the focus

Build a fire in the snow​

she can be found chasing after her son

fruit and shells

evenings and weekends with the desire to make beautiful useful things

let me treat you to something wonderfully nourishing

Both artists took an experimental approach to this collection of work - whether it be exploring new materials

Craig Damrauer makes things and writes about things

This princess cut citrine is uniquely set for the gal who goes for the unexpected

This piece is part of Katy's Enormous Tiny Art Show #31 collection

In the few seconds between looking from the landscape to the canvas