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a fanciful hand-painted world

celebrating the magic and stories of nature

 

philosophy

Beauty, imagination and a connection to the natural world

fed by following curiosities and

the weaving of nature into everyday.

always hand-painted

 
 
 

a garden sketchbook

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View fullsize At Christmas time, citrus blossoms and clove-studded pomanders give off a most heavenly scent in The Enchanted Orangery.
View fullsize This Christmas, The Enchanted Orangery is blessed with two turtle doves. They have made themselves right at home amongst the decorative pine boughs and silk bows.
View fullsize A Partridge in a Pear Tree: Potted pear trees inhabit The Enchanted Orangery at this time of year. And of course the resident partridge finds peace and joy while nestling amongst their branches.
View fullsize A corner of my studio: I’ve been in my new studio for a little over a year, and I feel as though I’m just settling in. I was missing the life and energy that the bouquets of Dahlias brought this summer, so I adopted a ficus tree to bring
View fullsize Stories always and compulsively underlie my work. My Christmas collection this year is centered around an obsession with greenhouses. The “story” is about an enchanted orangery. I started with this book cover design to set the visual pace
View fullsize In response to today’s Twelve Days of Christmas prompt brought to us by the lovely @jehane_ltd - A CHRISTMAS FLOWER can certainly be found in The Enchanted Orangery at holiday time. Festive pots of poinsettia scattered about this light-filled s
View fullsize One of my gardening dreams is to someday have a greenhouse so that I can enjoy flowers sooner in the shorter Maine growing season. This sketch is from my summer garden journal and is the inspiration behind a new greenhouse-themed world that I’m
View fullsize Made some more journals with my flower patch pattern to keep my stash full. Three active journals is just perfect: one for a daily to-do list, one for “grand” ideas, and one for quick sketches. I have many more themed journals but this is