About

Hello there! My name is Carolyn and I am an illustrator, henna artist, textile artist, muralist, photographer, and circle leader.

My art work is a practice in gratitude and healing and celebrates color, connection, nature, and joy. The inspiration to create comes from my love for the human experience and the amazing planet Earth we live on. I love the idea of the outer journey as well as the inner journey we, as humans, travel through this lifetime. In my 20’s, I lived to travel, and enjoyed drawing as a pastime along the way. You can sometimes see bits of favorite places I have been in my drawings: The vivid colors of the tropics, the mountains of Nepal, the stupas of Southeast Asia, red rocks of the Southwest, the gumdrop mountains and turquoise waters of the Virgin Islands. I spent my 30’s on the little island of Saint John, where I feel like the island taught me that I was an artist at my core, and to peel back the layers and follow that journey. In this environment of jaw dropping beauty and not much to do, I found that creativity poured out of me effortlessly. I worked as a henna artist, which helped me to let it flow and not to overthink, and to let go of what I create, and also ran a textile studio, where I did batik and also brought me back to my first crafty love of sewing. After having children, I focused mainly on doing henna, and also fell in love with photography.

After Hurricane Irma hit the island in 2017, my family and I moved north to Massachusetts, where I was born and raised, and currently live in Leverett, in western Mass.

I grew up making all of my own cards, and continued into adulthood, until I started printed the cards and sharing with others. I love to send cards and spread JOY, to uplift others, to send some empowerment, or love, or empathy. I love helping others to share heartfelt messaged with their loved ones as well. I hope you get some joy out of my art work or from sending some of it to someone you think would love it too. I feel like art is about sharing, so thank you for sharing in this journey with me!

She is happy to be partnered up with https://onetreeplanted.org and plants a tree for every order.