By Sarai

09/01/2026

Steph Vi is the most amazing person for this activity. I had a blast!

08/30/2026

Hey, guess what this painting is about?

Men ruining little girls’ hopes and dreams! How lovely. 🥰

I started working on this one again after a particularly delightful interaction 😒

Thankfully, that little opening act did not set the tone for my vacation, because I went on to have probably one of the best trips I’ve ever had and fell in love with the Black Hills approximately twenty million times.

And when I got home, I found myself wanting to work on this piece again.

Apparently nothing revives an unfinished painting quite like beautiful scenery, a pocket full of rocks, and being aggressively reminded why you started it in the first place. 😂

08/29/2026

Oof. You know what? This year has really not been my favorite. 😂 It’s been too busy, too stressful, and has contained entirely too much tragedy for one calendar year.

I hadn’t posted or painted since May until just the other day. Partly because I’ve been insanely busy, but also because I realized something:

I kind of hate the whole social media/“build your brand” thing.

Trying to make art while also thinking about algorithms, consistency, content pillars, engagement, posting schedules, and whatever other ritual sacrifices Instagram currently demands is a fantastic way to make painting feel like homework.

So I’m done with that.

From now on, this page is about my art AND whatever else I feel like putting here. No formula. No niche. No content strategy. Just vibes and whatever currently has my brain in a chokehold.

If that means I never become wildly successful on Instagram? Oh well. At least I won’t accidentally turn the thing I love into another chore.

Which brings me to something else I LOVE:

ROCKS.

I friggin love rocks. 🪨

I’ve loved them since I was a kid, and over the last couple years I’ve gotten way more into rockhounding and have now reached the perfectly reasonable stage of stopping every ten feet because “WAIT LOOK AT THIS ONE.”

So here are some gorgeous friggin rocks I found in South Dakota, which may have also become my favorite place because apparently all I need to be happy is dramatic scenery and permission to stare at the ground for several hours.

And I wanna go back sooooo baddddd.

05/26/2026

I’m terribly sorry for my lack of activity this year. Life has been a blender full of bills, schedules, appointments, emails, and other deeply uncinematic adult tasks. 🍄

I have still been painting though. Honestly, if I wasn’t, I’d probably have dissolved into a damp little patch of forest moss by now. Posting just got sacrificed to the great executive functioning beast for a while.

Anyway, this is Mycelium Mood. She appeared somewhere between burnout and bioluminescence to remind me that sometimes surviving is the art. ✨ Soon she will be available in my shop 🍄 portraits

05/18/2026

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/enjoying-the-arts-has-same-effect-on-ageing-as-a-weekly-workout-h2psl0ww8

A weekly dose of culture is linked to ageing 4 per cent slower, a study has found — diverse interests may be especially beneficial

04/01/2026

This is Pierrette. Digital illustration.

A pale figure in the hush between expression and silence. This one is about restraint, the performance beneath the stillness, the emotions that sit just under the surface. She doesn’t need a spotlight—just a pause long enough to be seen.

03/26/2026

I’ve been working on something! 💃

I am officially selling through my own website now ✨

This means free shipping to the US, UK, and Canada
(and possibly more—DM me and I will check 👀)

There is also a 10% off link if you sign up for my newsletter.

I promise I will not spam you…
realistically, you might get a monthly email if I have my life together 😅

03/25/2026

This is Peace Out of Shadows. Watercolor on paper.

She holds the quiet strength that rises after walking through darkness. It’s about the kind of peace that doesn’t arrive loudly, it grows from what we survive, one slow breath at a time.