“It is not that the girl is unfit for everything. It is that she is not of this world.” ― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez 🎨: “Heron’s Vow”, Oil on Wood, 2026 www.instagram.com/refuz_paint ••• #elizahleighartwriter #camilodelgado #alternativeart #art #artist #artwork #bird #birdpainting

Dungeon meshi fan art of the feathered chimera Falin Touden, created a few years ago by Lyon, France-based illustrator Rozenn Grosjean who renders her works of art w/watercolors & inks✨ rozenn-illustration.jimdofree.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #rozenngrosjean #art #artwork #alternativeart

"We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay." ~ Lynda Barry Robert Deutsch's colossally exuberant "Forbidden Fruits" (2018) certainly qualifies, don't you think? Prints --> robertdeutsch.bigcartel.com/product/forb... ••• #elizahleighartwriter #painting

🐈‍⬛🔥🪵🌙🐾Darken your dreary abode with a super affordable print of "Cat's Sabbath", Catherine Gogerty's celebratory ode to the expansive joy of feline magick that unfolds in the witching hour⋆༺𓆩🪄𓆪༻⋆ catherinegogerty.bigcartel.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #cats #catart #darkart #funart #witchcraft

Strung out like a cascade of iridescent tears ˙◠˙, hopes, memories, and prayer voyage upwards into crystalizing evanescence𓈒𓏸.°†•𓍼ོ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆⚚⠀⠀⠀ Scenes of pearlescent-kissed rapture by Joyce Lee 𓍯𓂃𓏧♡ www.joyceartworks.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #joycelee

“We can’t escape pain but we can decide what story it tells.”~Antonieta Contreras 🎨: "Beyond The Meteor Shower" (digital illustration, 2025) by Cryborg x.com/IamCryB0rg www.instagram.com/cryb0_rg ••• #elizahleighartwriter #cryborg #art #artwork #alternativeart #celestial #digitalart #illustration

Caturdays are made for charmingly inquisitive kitty-dragon nose boops. 🍄🐉❤️🐈‍⬛🌳 Find really affordable prints of "Boop" & "Boop II" here👇👇👇👇 www.etsy.com/listing/1866... www.etsy.com/listing/4298... ••• #elizahleighartwriter #art #fantasyart #cats #caturday #dragons #painting #funart #whimsicalart

"Swirling Considerations of Little Red Riding Hood" by Sharada Tolton pulls the classic European fairy tale *back to its sinister roots*, as originally intended by Charles Perrault in his "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" (from 1697) ✩🦊₊˚.⋆🍂☾𓃦☽🏚️⋆⁺🧺₊✧ www.instagram.com/sirenshores ••• #elizahleighartwriter

“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”― Leigh Bardugo 🎨ARTWORK DETAILS🎨 Title: "The Snake, No.11" (Mythic Love) Artist: Theodora Allen Medium: Oil on linen Date: 2023 www.instagram.com/theodora_allen ••• #elizahleighartwriter #theodoraallen #painting #popsurrealism #snakepainting

"The Lost" (2025) is featured on the cover of Monstermonger's zine offering insight into the backstory of a determined, impressively resilient character offering no apologies for doubling down on their voice of existence. x.com/monstermonger ••• #elizahleighartwriter #monstermonger #dragon

Our inner emotional complexities are laid bare in Andrzej Kulig's melancholic, indigo kissed portraiture, which - in some cases - reminds those of us who suffer from chronic malaise what it's like when the true blues inoculate our soul. www.instagram.com/andrzej_alex... ••• #elizahleighartwriter

Digital portrait of vocalist Seulgi (from South Korean girl group Red Velvet) created by 영큐 @Zero_Q_0q back in 2022. x.com/Zero_Q_0q www.artstation.com/zeroq www.instagram.com/zeroq_0q ••• #elizahleighartwriter #digitalart #digitalillustration #draw #drawing #illustration

Mood-boosting Seussian whimsy from Casey Jex Smith, who is also the dedicated curator of The Drawing Stall on IG, which showcases the creative output of artists working with pen, graphite, colored pencil and charcoal. www.instagram.com/caseyjexsmith ••• #elizahleighartwriter #caseyjexsmith

“The most treasured possession of an evolved human is a quiet mind.”― Anamikos 🎨: "Strange Victory", 2025, by Kevin Foote www.kevinfoote.org ••• #elizahleighartwriter #kevinfoote #art #artist #artwork #bird #birds #birdpainting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #figurativeart

“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” ― Charles Dickens Happy Caturday from Andrew Smith aka crankpusher, who created this nifty little playing card-style illustration - entitled "Getting Played" - earlier this year🐱🚲❤️ www.instagram.com/crankpusher ••• #elizahleighartwriter #illustration

In her formative years, Fuco Ueda often looked after the feral cats that typically meandered around her childhood home. 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛ 🐈🐈‍⬛ 🐈🐈‍⬛ 🐈🐈‍⬛ 🐈🐈‍⬛ 🎨: “Tawamure”, Acrylic on paper, 2025 fucoueda.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #fucoueda #art #artwork #blackcat #cat #cats #caturday #painting #popsurrealism

“There are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin. When we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set/rise in it & we might take the blue of midday+the black of midnight, escaping from the here & now.” ― Virginia Woolf 🎨: "Bird Flu" by www.robotpencil.net ••• #elizahleighartwriter

"Ghosts are real, this much I know."~ Edith Cushing This hauntingly lovely digital illustration of Guillermo del Toro's key protagonist from his 2015 gothic romance, Crimson Peak, was created several years ago by peegpin. www.instagram.com/peegpin ••• #elizahleighartwriter #illustration #gothic

“Knitting keeps me from stabbing people.” ― Jennie Breeden 🎨ARTWORK DETAILS🎨 Title: "Knitting Circle" Artist: Chris Dunn Medium: Watercolour & Gouache Dimensions: 24 cm x 31 cm Date: 2014 www.chris-dunn.co.uk ••• #elizahleighartwriter #chrisdunn #animalpainting #art #artwork #bookillustration

Stirring reminders from ungfio that squeezing the marrow out of this thing called life also involves embracing simple yet still soul-enriching pleasures ❀𖤣♡𖥧𖡼♡⊱✿⊰♡𖡼𖥧♡𖤣❀ www.instagram.com/ungfio www.inprnt.com/gallery/ungfi0 ••• #elizahleighartwriter #ungfio #illustration #skeletonart #surrealart

“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”― J.R.R. Tolkien 🎨ARTWORK DETAILS🎨 Title: "Theatrics" Artist: Martine Johanna Medium: Acrylic on panel Dimensions: 17 x 13 x 2 inches Date: 2024 martinejohanna.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #martinejohanna #acrylic #acrylicpainting

From Paweł Ponichtera's research into southwestern Poland's circa 17th-century folkloric roots 🎨ARTWORK DETAILS🎨 Title: "Ointment of Nocturnal Flights" Artist: Paweł Ponichtera Medium: Ink on paper/digital Date: 2025 www.instagram.com/ponichtera.p... ••• #elizahleighartwriter #illustration #art

The artist behind this gorgeous little gay Paris kitty-and-me vignette pays homage to the female figure in a consistently glorious manner (I don't think it would be unreasonable to say that worships the feminine form?)✨ www.instagram.com/YannickCorboz ••• #elizahleighartwriter #yannickcorboz

Untitled acrylic painting from Wrocław, Poland-based tattoo artist Zuza Galu, whose creative inspirations include medieval art, biological prints & Albrecht Dürer's engravings✨ www.instagram.com/zuza_galu ••• #elizahleighartwriter #zuzagalu #acrylic #acrylicpainting #art #artwork #starpainting

The lake was silent. Finally it said: 'I weep for Narcissus but never noticed he was beautiful. I weep because - each time he knelt beside my banks - I could see, in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected.' ~Paulo Coelho 🎨https://www.instagram.com/ryan__driscoll ••• #elizahleighartwriter

Channeling the ornamentation/stiffer physical stance of figurative characters seen in Egyptian/medieval religious art, Caroline Gibaut's colorfully uplifting digital illustrations also offer the occasional cheeky hat tip to pop culture ✌︎㋡ petrouchkaka.bigcartel.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #art

Aspects of both Slavic & Japanese culture can be seen in these illustrations by Aleksandra Łysiak, which pay homage to Hayao Miyazaki's animations while incorporating Polish aesthetics (...she created a whole 'Folk Ghibli' series a few years ago). www.jeleniara.com/sklep ••• #elizahleighartwriter

“I looked out over the beautiful expanse bathed in soft yellow moonlight till it was almost as light as day. In the soft light the distant hills melted & the shadows in the valleys & gorges of velvety blackness.”― Bram Stoker 🎨 by nathanieljmoody.com ••• #elizahleighartwriter #nathanieljmoody #art

⭐🌙Forest Guardian, Portal Keeper (2023) by Brooklyn, NY-based illustrator and tattoo artist Gaby Verdooren. /)/) ( ᴗ͈ ᴗ͈) c( づ★‧₊˚⋆ www.instagram.com/b.ruja hestattoo.com/book-gaby ••• #elizahleighartwriter #gabyverdooren #art #artwork #alternativeart #characterdesign

“Before the blue of night meets the pink of sunrise, there is a transition of lavender. It's a gradient of color that stretches its fade through time and that gives each moment a unique and exquisite existence.”― Jarod Kintz 🎨by kimsalt.com •• #elizahleighartwriter #kimsalt #illustration #painting