Samantha Mash

@samanthamash

freelance illustrator and educator making art✎ oregon/california samanthamashillustration@gmail.com www.samanthamash.com

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Samantha Mash@samanthamash· 23d

Roommate kitten update: he is still small Find more of him at www.instagram.com/orangecatale...

Small orange and white kitten sitting on a windowsill next to a cat tree

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· 26d

I don’t drink, but I couldn’t pass up getting this fish shaped bottle from Trader Joe’s I am sure I can pass the wine onto someone else so it doesn’t go to waste!

Pale hand holding up a fish shaped wine bottle. Behind it is an orange donut lamp and dried leaves. In the corner is a tomato print

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· 28d

Taurus, don’t let your adamant nature put you in harm’s way🐂

Illustration of horned bull trotting forward. Its tail is wrapping around its body. Around it is the Taurus constellation that is made of orange and pale yellow stars. The background is a pale peach, the bull is made up of oranges and reds

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jul 11

Come by and see me at the Mississippi Street Fair today from 10AM-8PM Lots of great vendors everywhere!

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jul 7

Working on something for the Tauruses out there

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jul 4

Last post of this guy for a while, but my roommate made a Insta for him so if you want to just get that sweet kitten content from his owner you should follow them there www.instagram.com/orangecatale...

Photo of a orange and white kitten laying on a windowsill, I think his lip is stuck on his tiny teeth

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jul 3

He may not be my cat, but how am I supposed to get anything done? He is so cute! Tiny boy hasn’t even had a moment of adjusting, he just showed up and felt at home. He is doing great! Very confident, very gentle, very chatty

Photo of a small white and orange kitten laying on a big cream colored blanket

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 28

Thank you to @emilylorange.bsky.social for reminding me I can set limits to interactions when it comes to posting. For all those great folks out there that follow you are free to comment on the tiny boy, everyone else isn’t from here on out Please congratulate Ona if you follow her on Insta🧡

Photo of a sleeping orange and white kitten laying on a cream blanket on a person’s lap. He is asleep on his back, his stomach is shaved as he was fixed recently and I think they tattoo that line on his tummy to indicate that

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 28

New baby! After two years without a cat of her own, my roommate has adopted a little guy. He is outgoing, playful, and very brave. It will be nice to have a tiny creature around the apartment again🧡

Photo of a small orange and white kitten being held by me in a car above a gray cloth cat carrier in the sun

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 26

It involves a lot of moving visuals that are best seen in the actual article, but here are two favorites in the set

Illustration of the silhouette of a woman with her gastro system visible. A wave is wrapping around her

Illustration of the silhouette of a woman with her cardio system visible, sweat droplets are on her body. Heatwave lines wrap around her and sliver of a moon sits to her right

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 26

Just did some work for Grist on climate change and the impacts it has on the body. My wonderful director on this was Amelia Bates (who I thank over and over for all her help since I was navigating a hard time while working on this one). Check it out here grist.org/article/how-...

Illustration of a woman who is partly transparent walking forward. You can see a faded outline of her nervous system. There is smoke and fire behind her. The background is a pale yellow

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 22

Anyway, if you want to support my art the old fashion way since I continue be someone who only makes money from my art and art world info...I do sell my work in two spaces! Inprnt is having a sale too and ships worldwide! Etsy: samanthamash.etsy.com Inprnt: www.inprnt.com/gallery/sama...

Sticker of an illustration of tomatoes sitting on top of real tomatoes

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 15

Swans are now available to the public at my shop as stickers and mini prints for the first time🦢 samanthamash.etsy.com

Sticker of a pale swan with a pink background

Sticker of a red swan with a yellow background

Sticker of a pink swan with a red background

Sticker of a dark swan with a pink background

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 15

Getting testy in the replies to influencer type outreach lately (this was to rep pet products) If I had money from each other these I have to respond to I’d have at least enough to fuel my weekly coffee habit

Response from Samantha to an influencer outreach email that says “I’m not an influencer, my cat died a month ago. Please do not email me again.”

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 12

Pictures do not do this justice, please know this is nothing like what I ordered haha I truly can only compare the way it feels to like a microfiber towel or bathmat?

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 8

Thanks everyone, my set of coasters sold at the Salut! 11 show! Always so grateful for getting to be a part of this exhibition

A set of Samantha Mash coaster illustrations up at the Salut! 11 show at Nucleus Portland

Photo of the front of the Nucleus Portland door

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 7

In any case enjoy the nice little free pastry I got🧡

Photo of a small pastry in a box on a bench with the person who took the photo’s legs in the picture

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 5

Guess who found baby ducks at the park with their very proud mother

Photo of a female mallard duck with over a dozen babies both around her an off screen on a grassy space next to a small park pond

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· Jun 3

Slowly getting back into a space to work on my own personal practice again, but until then I'm still very happy with this set of faces and hope to draw people again soon

Closeup of a woman pouring water from a broken basin. She has her eyes closed and light orange hair that is woven in a long bubble ponytail. She is surrounded by stars

Closeup of a woman pulling the string of a bow. She has her eyes open and darker orange hair cut in a bob. She is surrounded by stars

Closeup of a woman with her arm outstretched. She has her eyes closed and dark orange hair that is styled into microlocs. She is surrounded by stars

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 30

Almost summer🍃

Abandoned field on the outskirts of Portland metro near the industrial area

Open door at the NW Marine Art Works open studio event

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 27

Thanks for the love on this set! I don't get to work traditionally a lot, so when I do I always try to draw my favorite thing: animals (and sometimes extinct ones like these)

Close up of a illustration done in gouache and poscas of a orange, yellow, pink, and red Smilodon crouching and growling. It is surrounded by pink stars on a dark red background

Close up of an illustration done in gouache and poscas of a orange, yellow, pink, and red Woolly Mammoth. It is surrounded by dark green stars on a pale pink canvas

Close up of an illustration done in gouache and poscas of a orange, yellow, pink, red and green Terror Bird. It is surrounded by yellow stars on a light peach canvas

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 25

My last of this set is a Smilodon or Saber-toothed Cat for the Nucleus Portland Salut! 11 coaster show This was probably the most fun out of the set to draw, I always enjoy getting to traditionally paint creatures with patterned coats and feathers so this was no different

Illustration done in gouache and poscas of a orange, yellow, pink, and red Smilodon crouching and growling. It is surrounded by pink stars on a dark red background

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 23

Next up is a Woolly Mammoth for the Nucleus Portland Salut! 11 coaster show Whenever people ask what time you’d want to go to in the past I have long wished to be able to see a true Woolly Mammoth traveling through the North American plains. Imagine that sight

Illustration done in gouache and poscas of a orange, yellow, pink, and red Woolly Mammoth walking by. It is surrounded by dark green stars on a pale pink canvas

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 21

In lighter news, here is my first real art of this year! It is nice in a way to have had the distraction of illustration lately. Focusing on large extinct animals for the Nucleus Portland Salut! 11 coaster show Here we have my take on a Phorusrhacid or, a Terror Bird

Illustration done in gouache and poscas of a orange, yellow, pink, red and green Terror Bird laying on a clutch of eggs. It is surrounded by yellow stars on a light peach canvas

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 18

I had to let go of Seti last week. He was surrounded by love and care until his final breath He was born in spring, and he returned to it. I picked a sunny day because I thought that he would like that best. His favorite thing in the world besides food and attention was to lay in the sun

A younger version of Seti, maybe around 5 or 6. A portrait of a black cat sitting in the sun

A older version of Seti at 15 years old. A portrait of a black cat laying on a checkered blanket

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 12

Final update for now: he’s home, he is weirdly happy. They said it could pass on its own, it may have already been when we went in. Wish his medical dramas were a little less dramatic The torture really came from seeing an exceptionally happy cat in so much pain, so if he feels good then I’m good

Black cat laying on a gray blanket in the sun. His eyes are closed and a leg is hanging out of the pile of the blanket

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 11

And we’re back! The reality is he is 16 and has been medically fragile for a while. Everything I made tabling this weekend is going into just trying to figure out what’s going on and trying to make the right choices for him If you’re feeling generous I do have a sale at samanthamash.etsy.com

Black cat in a carrier on a metal table in a vet’s office

Black cat walking around a vet’s office on cement floor

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 9

Okay I made it after a horrible morning and wildly expensive Lyft! Staring down the barrel of some expensive times at the vet to come so feel free to drop by and say hi (to me or Ona) cause I (and she) need the pep in my life

Photo of the Samantha Mash Illustration booth from the side

Photo of the Samantha Mash Illustration booth from the front

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 9

It is funny when they use his full government name

Photo of a cat carrier with a sticker on it that says “Seti Mash”

Samantha Mash@samanthamash· May 9

So! I’m supposed to be tabling at the St Johns Bizarre today, but my very senior cat is having very weird issues and I called it to go in and get him seen at the emergency vet My friend and yours Ona will be tabling for me today so please go visit her! I will need to make back however much I spend