The Divine Feline
Wherever the leopard is known, it has moved the hearts and spirits of those who’ve seen it. With its grace and power, its ability to adapt to every element, this gorgeous beast has developed...
Featured Artist Kelly Louise Judd—Swan Bones
Kelly Louise Judd, a.k.a. Swan Bones, is a flora-, fauna-, and folklore-inspired artist who lives in the Midwestern United States with her flock of chickens, clowder of cats, and two very smart dogs. When...
Butterfly Creatures
When fabric and multimedia artist Svetlana Matveeva was a young child of four growing up in Russia, she and a friend agreed to “go visit a fairy tale.” They convinced themselves that if they...
From Cloisters to Cat Covens: The Medieval-Inspired Art of Kjersti Faret
We’ve long been fans of Cat Coven, the online shop of Brooklyn artist Kjersti Faret that features her art hand-printed on clothing, accessories, and all manner of home décor. Her signature and logo of...
Kimera Wachna—Gracemere Woods
Artist Kimera Wachna started working under the name Gracemere Woods as an homage to her childhood in New York, where she was raised near a forest “full of dark magical nooks, streams of sparkling...
The Magical Stag Portraits of Max Ellis
Photographer Max Ellis may live in London, but he keeps one foot firmly in the Otherworld through his surreal and majestic photographs of stags, rutting and standing in the misty countryside, the glowing dawn...
Soulful Beasties
At first glance, Sophie Gamand’s photographs of pit bulls, that most maligned and feared breed of canines, are simply lovely. Each artfully depicts a pooch, bedecked endearingly with a crown of flowers, in a...
Featured Artist: Lily Jones of Rivulet Paper
Lily Jones, a.k.a. Rivulet Paper, was raised in a household of artmaking, reading, and crafting. She grew up admiring the illustrators of the Golden Age, as well as more contemporary fantasy illustrators like Alan...
Rebellion, Nature, and, Above All, Beauty
Feature Image:
Beauty and the Beast, by John Dickson Batten © Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
With a passion for nature and real rather than idealized notions of beauty, Britain’s Pre-Raphaelites were the rebels of the...
Casting Garden Spells
Photography by Tea & Morphine
"My mom sent this,” my friend Jessica says, eyes gleaming. “I think I kept it alive.” In her hands is a garden pot with a fledgling rose bush, red tinging...