Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios

Thank you! ☺️

Same! I definitely have those on my lists. Glad to see it’s lining up with others suggestions. 🦢

Love all of those little pretties. 🥰Thanks!

Oooh, I had to look up pickerelweed. Very pretty, thanks!

Quick question!

When you think of a wetland habitat, what animals and plants come to mind first?

I’m planning my next piece and have ideas, but i’m curious what other folks think lives in a wetland. Here’s some of my wetland-ish art! 😊

#wildlifeart #conservation #conservationart #animalart

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Hi! Here’s my painting of an alpine meadow titled “Symbiosis”

Crafted after observing a favorite meadow in the MHNF in OR. for a couple of seasons.

Most of my pieces are a well researched labor of love. Because of AuDHD, I have to be REALLY compelled to follow through!

#artsky #animalart #frogart

Thank you! This was a fun one.

I haven’t used them much before, but it was really fun! I’ll def be revisiting.

Here 4 the MOSS 🌱🌱🌱

+ lichens, mushrooms, and long toed salamanders 🍀🦎🍄‍🟫🌱

Sweet hexagon piece from a group show in December. 🖤

#animalart #painting #natureart #artsky #wildlifeart

This is awesome! 🤩

Thank you! Definitely getting better, hoping to be kicking ass and taking names again very soon. 😜

When in doubt, fruit study.

Unearthed some ooold (older than me) oil pastels.

Trying to not lose my mind while stuck at home. Plus, practicing low stakes creativity is something I’ve been lacking. The constraints of not being able to focus on details is good in this case. 😄👍

#art #artpractice

Couple more pictures for some dopamine. :)

I can’t WAIT to get outside again. Gonna go check on my winter sown seeds and garden beds later. This is the first day I don’t have constant snot so I’m taking it slow. 😂😅

Grass widow watercolor painting.

I’ve been too sick to go see them. I bet they’re getting going out there though!

The last pic is the print in a vintage hand carved frame my mom found at an estate sale out in the country. Isn’t it beautiful?!

#watercolor #art #floralart #botanicalart

I’m now offering free shipping on all US orders over $35 on my Etsy!

Hoping to drum up some sales, it’s been extra slow! Hopefully I can get some eyes on my shop. I would be so grateful if you’d check it out & maybe favorite some items to help me get seen by new folks!

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That makes sense. “Selling” is the hardest part for a lot of us.

Overhead photo looking down on a wood table with a greeting card. I was able to get some fresh cards printed out! Photoshop didn't crash, printer didn't smear the ink, the proofing went well first try. Sounds simple, right? Especially if you've done a task a thousand times before. I swear, if a printer or cricut machine is involved in your process you know what I'm talking about. Epson updates its software every other day. Now I feel like I can design some new cards. If you have any prints you'd like as a card, Imk!

The stars aligned and I was able to print out some fresh greeting cards! I’ve been running low on this one.

Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to not feel like I’m in a depressed burnout state nearly single day. I would make all the art that’s stuck in my head!

I need to go on a hike. 😅🥲

Oh, I bet folks will like that!

Although I’m really bad at Etsy, so who knows. 😅

this is why the whole “oh, suffering creates great art” thing is bullshit

you know what’s conducive to art? a roof over your head and food on the table

you know what isn’t? stressing out over where the fuck the rent money is going to come from

Thank you!! I really love the corvid family so it was fun to practice painting one in acrylic.

Some moody shots of The Crow and the Pitcher (plus mushrooms!) My take on one of Aesop's Fables.

Created for the Fables Of Time with Poetic Tiger Gallery last November. It still needs to be adopted!

The Crow and the Pitcher
9 × 12 inches
Acrylic on birch

#contemporaryart #crowart #symbolicart

Sent an original off to its new home & got another order out today. Fingers crossed we get a wee bit of snow in the next day or two!

Sent an original off to its new home & got a small order out today.

Fingers crossed we get a wee bit of snow in the next day or two!

It’s been so freakishly warm this winter, hoping we can get rid of all the billionaires & turn this good green earth around soon! Anyway, that’s all for now. 😇☺️🤷🏼‍♀️

Thank you! It just sold in my friends auction for her dogs leg surgery ☺️

The Winter Chanterelle

Acrylic painting of a cute lil yellowfoot mushroom in a bed of moss, with a moody forest background. I wanna live in this magical forest scene. 🍄‍🟫🥰

#foresttherapy #mushroomart #fungi

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Olive the corgi is four years young, & has a lot of zoomies left in her, let’s help her get the surgery she needs!

Link to IG auction: www.instagram.com/oreandstonec...

You can also donate directly to her gofundme: gofund.me/7abf50a28

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Hey pals, my friend is running an Instagram auction to raise money for her dogs surgery. The auction starts today & includes beautiful handmade goods like jewelry, art, ceramics, yarns, & more!

Go to @oreandstonecrearions on IG to bid.

I donated a framed original mushroom painting! ⬇️

They also work to restore a parcel of adjoining Johnson creek watershed, regularly tending to the land and hosting volunteer work days. We can’t afford to lose them. 😢

If you’ve been to Leach Botanical Garden you’re aware of what a special place it is.

I went in January, it was beautiful and peaceful to have that escape, to meander the tranquil grounds right in SE PDX.

Please support them! I’m thinking of auctioning off original art to make a nice donation 🖤

Grey cat sitting right on top of my charcoal drawing in progress. Lookin back at me as he enjoys the sun. Caption: Studio Assistant 1. "Helping" me "cure" my quick sketch. See what happens when I walk away?! I was going to add a fern frond and share it to main. Hopefully he didn't cure it too much. 🥴 #art #artist #sketch #charcoalart #wip #cats #catsofbluesky

Studio Assistant 1.
"Helping" me "cure" my quick sketch. See what happens when I walk away?! I was going to add a fern frond and share it to main. Hopefully he didn't cure it too much. 🥴

#art #artist #sketch #charcoalart #wip #cats #catsofbluesky