Based in New York, Karamallis graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design; her work including both textile and painting – employing tools and techniques that include watercolor gouache and collage making, as well as knitting. “I’m a very whatever I feel inspired to do is what I will do kind of a creative person,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “I love knitting and painting, but I go through phases with both of them.”

Her Iranian heritage also plays a role in her work. “One of the biggest goals in a Persian garden is to create protected relaxation outdoors with the same level of privacy that you would feel in your own home,” she says. “That is something that is really interesting to me.”

Her goal? To create something that is at once thought-provoking and joyful. There’s also an emphasis on color. “I try to come up with a color story that feels cohesive,” says Karamallis. “Oftentimes if I decide on a color that I want to have some kind of movement throughout the piece, I will lay it down in a couple places instead of finishing one area first. I try to look at the whole thing throughout the process. I think that a lot of painters do that to create a larger, cohesive composition.”

Step inside:

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“There is an underlying environmental message to my work,” explained the New Zealand-based illustrator in an interview with AWW Magazine. “I want people to see the beauty of the things we share this planet with – the animals, the plants and insects and through this hopefully care for them more.”

“I’ve always loved animals and have always either had dogs or cats or horses or chickens in my life,” she further relayed. “I try to simplify the shapes and textures of the animal whilst still keeping it recognizable. I also try to show its personality through facial features and gestures.”

With her home studio based in an old railway house in a small town in Coastal Otago, Wilson’s illustrations could be seen as an extension of her environment. Indeed, inspiration comes easy for Wilson and is found in her garden or the surrounding countryside. But even if you live in the city, her illustrated observations are sure to strike a chord.

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“Many of my greeting cards feature punny phrases that I think of myself,” she shared in an interview with Lake. “The name of my company is no different. ‘Art + Soul’ is a play on words of ‘heart and soul’. I put everything into my art and I wanted my company name to reflect that.”

“I think I’m influenced the most when I go on vacation and travel to places of natural beauty,” she observed. “Most recently, one of my best friends and I explored Iceland and all the mountains, waterfalls, and glaciers that the country had to offer. It was all so wildly beautiful, and memorable adventures like those really inspire me to create when I come back home.”

Aside from her commercial work and greeting cards line, Kwok is also passionate about pursuing her own large-scale art pieces and mural projects, all of which she shared on her Instagram page. “It’s definitely been a crazy roundabout journey for me but all my life experiences have been valuable and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” she says.

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Her process includes visiting African conservation organizations, where she sketches on-site. This way, Nicholls also gets to learn about current conservation issues. Her resulting sketches and paintings are then used to raise awareness and funds for the organizations’ fieldwork. According to Nicholls, she donates a portion of her sales to these organizations.

Quite naturally, Nicholls finds the process of painting in an African conservation, an exhilarating one. While her studio paintings consist of multiple layers, her sketches require confidence and speed. “It can be a real challenge to depict complex issues like the human-wildlife conflict in a painting,” Nicholls explains on her website, “but it has given my art layers of meaning, as well as layers of color.”

“I usually work in pencil or pen first, then add watercolor,” she explains her process. “I don’t have an easel or a chair because I usually stand when sketching people, or need to be in a vehicle when sketching wildlife.”

She might just inspire you to get sketching!

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Her work is mainly inspired by nature, and plants, foliage, flowers, and animals are all to be expected. But Jade is also a fashion enthusiast and keeps up to date with current fashion trends. As such, her work is has a stylish edge to it, that isn’t meant for the faint of heart.

Founded in 2015, her brand features luxury design collections available on wallpaper, textiles, upholstery fabrics, furniture, cushions, ceramic tiles, and flooring, with all products printed and made in the UK.

According to Jade, she enjoys the combination of hand drawings with digital design. “My work is quite detailed and I generally use a pencil to create my patterns,” she told Jung Katz, “however, I do enjoy combining pencil and paint, as I feel these two mediums create quite unique pattern designs.”

Take a look at some of her more striking designs.

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But while her creative stimulation can be found in the mundanities of everyday life, her artistic creation is rooted in the natural world in all its richness and transcendence. Born in Rhode Island and based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley, Edlund is very much taken by the natural world and its inhabitants, which she explores on canvas.

“The natural world compels me to explore it, delve deeper into it, and use the tools at my disposal to paint some frisson of my visceral connection to it,” she writes. She treats her art as a sort of metaphorical bride that communicates her ideas to others. “All of my work is a communication between me and you, inviting you to create your own narrative within the context of the art and to experience the art in a positive and satisfying way,” she writes, inviting us viewers further inside her realistic landscapes.

Her landscapes, painted in vivid colors and striking detail, might be mistaken at first for photographs. It’s only upon further inspection that her brushstrokes can be discerned. Take a careful look.

The post Explore Carolyn Hutchings Edlund’s Landscape Paintings appeared first on TettyBetty.

“Some of the best gardens I’ve ever seen are in Capitol Hill,” she relayed in an interview with Ballpitmag. “I also have easy access to the National Botanic Garden, the Arboretum and I have family in Pennsylvania where I can go to Longwood Gardens a few times a year. Seeing a flower in real life is what triggers my creativity and desire to recreate it in paper.”

It’s this desire which first sparked her interest in paper art. A self-taught artist through and through, it was mere chance that introduced her to her craft. “I had seen paper flowers sporadically online and thought it might be a fun thing to try,” explained Paluska on her website. “I had no idea what I was doing but I sat on the floor of my bedroom watching videos and looking at pictures of plants, learning as I went.”

“After being a lifetime appreciator of the arts, I never considered myself an artist,” she admitted. “I used to think an artist was only someone that could paint or draw. I know now that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The creative world is vast and there is room for everyone.”

Scrolling through her paper gardens might just inspire you to grab a pair of scissors and get to work!

The post Emily Paluska’s Handcrafted Paper Bouquets are Something Else appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I hope my drawings can facilitate a deeper understanding of the climate crisis, helping us find meaning and optimism in shifting landscapes,” Forman shared with ArtStar. “I hope they can serve as records of landscapes in flux, documenting the transition, and inspiring our global community to take action for the future.”

Her paintings, made using pastel colors almost exclusively, very much rely on her observations. Traveling to remote regions of the world, Forman collects images and inspiration which she then takes back to Brooklyn.

Her project took her around the globe, and she has even flown with NASA on several Operation IceBridge missions over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada. “In all my travels I have never experienced a landscape as epic and pristine as Antarctica,” she says. “I still haven’t found the words to properly convey the majesty and ethereal wonder of that icy continent!”

Exhibited worldwide, her work is also featured in publications like The New York Times, National Geographic, and The Wall Street Journal. Scroll down to see some of her paintings.

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Based in Utrecht, the Nederlanders, ten Donkelaar collects her material from a variety of sources: the flowers she grows in her garden, second-hand picture books, and butterflies from the botanical garden in Utrecht. The materials themselves inform her final art piece. By protecting these pieces under glass, she gives them a second life, hoping to inspire people to make up their own stories about them.

“A damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, some strangely grown weeds: I find all these unique discoveries in my path and then take them home to my studio,” she writes on her website. “Here, I take my time to explore the objects and try to work out how I can show each one to its best advantage.”

“I hope it gives joy and that it inspires,” she added in an interview with Create Magazine. A worthy cause, if any.

The post Anne ten Donkelaar’s Collages are a Thing of Beauty appeared first on TettyBetty.

Her inspiration might come from the flow of water, the shape of beehives, or the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, and seaweed. “I love watching the water, the rocks, and the light,” she says. “Our beach has rocks with these really neat barnacles and seaweed. Their colors are always changing. Sometimes there’s a lot of it, and sometimes just a little. It’s neat to watch the progression. One day when the seaweed was purple, brown, yellow and green, my husband made the awesome observation that nature never clashes. I love that.”

Much like her careful observation of nature, her take on paper art is original in and of itself. Treating paper as a pigment, Genser constructs her pieces by layering, cutting, rolling, and combining paper. The result is striking pieces that explore the ways in which texture, pattern, and color communicate with each other.

Enjoy some of her paper art in the gallery below.

The post An Observation of Nature: Amy Genser’s Paper Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

Based in New York, Karamallis graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design; her work including both textile and painting – employing tools and techniques that include watercolor gouache and collage making, as well as knitting. “I’m a very whatever I feel inspired to do is what I will do kind of a creative person,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “I love knitting and painting, but I go through phases with both of them.”

Her Iranian heritage also plays a role in her work. “One of the biggest goals in a Persian garden is to create protected relaxation outdoors with the same level of privacy that you would feel in your own home,” she says. “That is something that is really interesting to me.”

Her goal? To create something that is at once thought-provoking and joyful. There’s also an emphasis on color. “I try to come up with a color story that feels cohesive,” says Karamallis. “Oftentimes if I decide on a color that I want to have some kind of movement throughout the piece, I will lay it down in a couple places instead of finishing one area first. I try to look at the whole thing throughout the process. I think that a lot of painters do that to create a larger, cohesive composition.”

Step inside:

The post You Are Welcome to Step Inside Alexandra Karamallis’ Paintings appeared first on TettyBetty.

“There is an underlying environmental message to my work,” explained the New Zealand-based illustrator in an interview with AWW Magazine. “I want people to see the beauty of the things we share this planet with – the animals, the plants and insects and through this hopefully care for them more.”

“I’ve always loved animals and have always either had dogs or cats or horses or chickens in my life,” she further relayed. “I try to simplify the shapes and textures of the animal whilst still keeping it recognizable. I also try to show its personality through facial features and gestures.”

With her home studio based in an old railway house in a small town in Coastal Otago, Wilson’s illustrations could be seen as an extension of her environment. Indeed, inspiration comes easy for Wilson and is found in her garden or the surrounding countryside. But even if you live in the city, her illustrated observations are sure to strike a chord.

The post Katie Wilson’s Illustrations Strike a Chord appeared first on TettyBetty.

“Many of my greeting cards feature punny phrases that I think of myself,” she shared in an interview with Lake. “The name of my company is no different. ‘Art + Soul’ is a play on words of ‘heart and soul’. I put everything into my art and I wanted my company name to reflect that.”

“I think I’m influenced the most when I go on vacation and travel to places of natural beauty,” she observed. “Most recently, one of my best friends and I explored Iceland and all the mountains, waterfalls, and glaciers that the country had to offer. It was all so wildly beautiful, and memorable adventures like those really inspire me to create when I come back home.”

Aside from her commercial work and greeting cards line, Kwok is also passionate about pursuing her own large-scale art pieces and mural projects, all of which she shared on her Instagram page. “It’s definitely been a crazy roundabout journey for me but all my life experiences have been valuable and I wouldn’t have it any other way,” she says.

The post Add Some Quirkiness to Your Life with These Greeting Cards appeared first on TettyBetty.

Her process includes visiting African conservation organizations, where she sketches on-site. This way, Nicholls also gets to learn about current conservation issues. Her resulting sketches and paintings are then used to raise awareness and funds for the organizations’ fieldwork. According to Nicholls, she donates a portion of her sales to these organizations.

Quite naturally, Nicholls finds the process of painting in an African conservation, an exhilarating one. While her studio paintings consist of multiple layers, her sketches require confidence and speed. “It can be a real challenge to depict complex issues like the human-wildlife conflict in a painting,” Nicholls explains on her website, “but it has given my art layers of meaning, as well as layers of color.”

“I usually work in pencil or pen first, then add watercolor,” she explains her process. “I don’t have an easel or a chair because I usually stand when sketching people, or need to be in a vehicle when sketching wildlife.”

She might just inspire you to get sketching!

The post This Painter Studies the African Landscape appeared first on TettyBetty.

Her work is mainly inspired by nature, and plants, foliage, flowers, and animals are all to be expected. But Jade is also a fashion enthusiast and keeps up to date with current fashion trends. As such, her work is has a stylish edge to it, that isn’t meant for the faint of heart.

Founded in 2015, her brand features luxury design collections available on wallpaper, textiles, upholstery fabrics, furniture, cushions, ceramic tiles, and flooring, with all products printed and made in the UK.

According to Jade, she enjoys the combination of hand drawings with digital design. “My work is quite detailed and I generally use a pencil to create my patterns,” she told Jung Katz, “however, I do enjoy combining pencil and paint, as I feel these two mediums create quite unique pattern designs.”

Take a look at some of her more striking designs.

The post Invite Nature Inside With These Pattern Designs appeared first on TettyBetty.

But while her creative stimulation can be found in the mundanities of everyday life, her artistic creation is rooted in the natural world in all its richness and transcendence. Born in Rhode Island and based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley, Edlund is very much taken by the natural world and its inhabitants, which she explores on canvas.

“The natural world compels me to explore it, delve deeper into it, and use the tools at my disposal to paint some frisson of my visceral connection to it,” she writes. She treats her art as a sort of metaphorical bride that communicates her ideas to others. “All of my work is a communication between me and you, inviting you to create your own narrative within the context of the art and to experience the art in a positive and satisfying way,” she writes, inviting us viewers further inside her realistic landscapes.

Her landscapes, painted in vivid colors and striking detail, might be mistaken at first for photographs. It’s only upon further inspection that her brushstrokes can be discerned. Take a careful look.

The post Explore Carolyn Hutchings Edlund’s Landscape Paintings appeared first on TettyBetty.

“Some of the best gardens I’ve ever seen are in Capitol Hill,” she relayed in an interview with Ballpitmag. “I also have easy access to the National Botanic Garden, the Arboretum and I have family in Pennsylvania where I can go to Longwood Gardens a few times a year. Seeing a flower in real life is what triggers my creativity and desire to recreate it in paper.”

It’s this desire which first sparked her interest in paper art. A self-taught artist through and through, it was mere chance that introduced her to her craft. “I had seen paper flowers sporadically online and thought it might be a fun thing to try,” explained Paluska on her website. “I had no idea what I was doing but I sat on the floor of my bedroom watching videos and looking at pictures of plants, learning as I went.”

“After being a lifetime appreciator of the arts, I never considered myself an artist,” she admitted. “I used to think an artist was only someone that could paint or draw. I know now that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The creative world is vast and there is room for everyone.”

Scrolling through her paper gardens might just inspire you to grab a pair of scissors and get to work!

The post Emily Paluska’s Handcrafted Paper Bouquets are Something Else appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I hope my drawings can facilitate a deeper understanding of the climate crisis, helping us find meaning and optimism in shifting landscapes,” Forman shared with ArtStar. “I hope they can serve as records of landscapes in flux, documenting the transition, and inspiring our global community to take action for the future.”

Her paintings, made using pastel colors almost exclusively, very much rely on her observations. Traveling to remote regions of the world, Forman collects images and inspiration which she then takes back to Brooklyn.

Her project took her around the globe, and she has even flown with NASA on several Operation IceBridge missions over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada. “In all my travels I have never experienced a landscape as epic and pristine as Antarctica,” she says. “I still haven’t found the words to properly convey the majesty and ethereal wonder of that icy continent!”

Exhibited worldwide, her work is also featured in publications like The New York Times, National Geographic, and The Wall Street Journal. Scroll down to see some of her paintings.

The post Zaria Forman’s Hyperrealistic Icy Landscapes appeared first on TettyBetty.

Based in Utrecht, the Nederlanders, ten Donkelaar collects her material from a variety of sources: the flowers she grows in her garden, second-hand picture books, and butterflies from the botanical garden in Utrecht. The materials themselves inform her final art piece. By protecting these pieces under glass, she gives them a second life, hoping to inspire people to make up their own stories about them.

“A damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, some strangely grown weeds: I find all these unique discoveries in my path and then take them home to my studio,” she writes on her website. “Here, I take my time to explore the objects and try to work out how I can show each one to its best advantage.”

“I hope it gives joy and that it inspires,” she added in an interview with Create Magazine. A worthy cause, if any.

The post Anne ten Donkelaar’s Collages are a Thing of Beauty appeared first on TettyBetty.

Her inspiration might come from the flow of water, the shape of beehives, or the organic irregularity of plants, flowers, rock formations, barnacles, moss, and seaweed. “I love watching the water, the rocks, and the light,” she says. “Our beach has rocks with these really neat barnacles and seaweed. Their colors are always changing. Sometimes there’s a lot of it, and sometimes just a little. It’s neat to watch the progression. One day when the seaweed was purple, brown, yellow and green, my husband made the awesome observation that nature never clashes. I love that.”

Much like her careful observation of nature, her take on paper art is original in and of itself. Treating paper as a pigment, Genser constructs her pieces by layering, cutting, rolling, and combining paper. The result is striking pieces that explore the ways in which texture, pattern, and color communicate with each other.

Enjoy some of her paper art in the gallery below.

The post An Observation of Nature: Amy Genser’s Paper Art appeared first on TettyBetty.