@heidilewis
Author and vintage ephemera/mixed media collage artist. Ask me about the lost art of letter writing. My picture book, LOUIE MATTAR’S FABULOUS CAR, illustrated by the amazing Jordi Vila Delclòs comes out in August (Creative Editions). heidilewis.info
I wanted to do a comic on women’s health for international women’s day and needed a reference photo so I searched “woman on a soapbox.” Most of the images were of men on a soapbox! We need to change this. Here’s my contribution.
#womanonasoapbox
#internationalwomansday
A paper illustration of a kid leaping for joy and tossing books in the air.
A hand cut, hand painted vintage paper collage for #KidLitArtPostcard day!
#kidlit
#collageart
#childrensbookillustration
Can’t wait to see this!
Multimedia collage of a young boy in front of a lake and pine trees.
A collage from a current WIP, a bio of naturalist writer Sigurd Olson.
#handmadeart
#collage
#collageart
#multimedia
#handpaintedpaper
#kidlit
#kidlitillustration
#nature
#sigurdolson
#thesingingwilderness
#natureart
My daughter made this adorable birthday pin!
A handmade collage of two children beneath the red rock in Arches National Monument.
Red Rocks collage (second in the series) for Kid Lit Art Postcard Day. I gelli printed vintage maps and papers.
#kidlitartpostcard
#childrensbookart
#childrensbookillustration
#handmadeart
#handmadecollage
#gelliprinting
#archesnationalpark
#redrocks
#utahart
What a light!
#catherineohara
#ripcatherineohara
Detail of my Red Rocks collage. I gelli printed old books and maps, including an old Disneyland Paris map.
#handmadeart
#collageart
#collage
#southernutah
A vintage paper collage of the red rocks in southern Utah.
I’m doing a deep dive into light and shadow.
#handmadeart
#collageart
#collage
#southernutah
I went to the amazing Jaws exhibit at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. What does it say about me that this was my favorite piece?
#jawsmovie
#muppets
#academymuseumofmotionpictures
Elizabeth and Jane Bennet collage from vintage books and hand painted paper.
#handmadeart
#collageart
#prideandprejudice
#janeausten
More from “Yeva, the fashionable cat” series for my sister.
#hairlesscat
#gelliprint
#gelliplate
#handmadeillustration
#weddingcat
#catbride
#kidlitillustration
More from “Yeva, the fashionable cat” series for my sister.
#hairlesscat
#gelliprint
#gelliplate
#handmadeillustration
#handmadeart
#kidlitillustration
More from “Yeva, the fashionable cat” series for my sister.
#hairlesscat
#gelliprint
#gelliplate
#handmadeillustration
#handmadeart
#kidlitillustration
Gel print of a hairless cat wearing a 1950s outfit.
More from “Yeva, the fashionable cat” series for my sister.
#hairlesscat
#gelliprint
#gelliplate
#handmadeillustration
#handmadeart
#kidlitillustration
More from “Yeva, the fashionable cat” series for my sister.
#hairlesscat
#gelliprint
#gelliplate
#handmadeillustration
#handmadeart
#kidlitillustration
Gelli plate print of a hairless cat in a fashionable 1950s dress and hat.
Part of my “Yeva, the fashionable cat” series for my sister.
#hairlesscat
#gelliprint
#gelliplate
#handmadeillustration
#handmadeart
#kidlitillustration
A rainbow coming out of a green head that has a brain made from different types of painted, dry pasta.
A new year full of pastabilities!
#mixedmedia
#handmadeart
#pastaart
#kidlit
#illustration
#KidLitArtPostcard
A mixed media image of the front fascade of a quaint pastry shop with cakes and other treats seen through the windows. A shop worker served a child a cupcake.
Petit patisserie made from pasta and vintage ephemera.
#mixedmedia
#collage
#handmadeart
#pastaart
#patisseriepainting
The gift I gave my husband is an entire year absent of rants. A true sacrifice.
My daughter’s homemade ornament exchange offering is this delightful drag queen cherub. I’m calling her “Sleigh Belle”
#handmadeornament
#dragqueen
#christmasornament
#angelornament
A painting of an anthropomorphic cat from the waist up with a 1950s style hairdo and wearing a stylish dress.
My sister’s Christmas gift: a gelli print of her extremely stylish cat.
#gelliplate
#kidlitart
#illustration
#hairlesscat
A mixed-media painting using pasta and cardboard of a vintage turquoise-colored smith corona typewriter
A pasta typewriter for my pasta letters.
#artoftheday
#illustration
#pastaart
#kidlitart
#mixedmedia
My husband’s handmade ornament is homage to my sister’s dog. It’s all about the steal!!
#ornamentexchange
#handmadeornament
#woolfeltedanimal
#bostonterrier
My offering for this year’s family homemade ornament exchange is the horrifying Strewwelpeter of our childhood. It’s all about the steal!
#ornamentexchange
#handmadeornament
#strewwelpeter
I made a couple of salt dough friends from one of my new favorite books.
#kidlitart #donttrustfish #neilsharpson @dansantat.bsky.social
The Haunted Mansion out of mixed media and pastina.
#mixedmedia, #halloweenart, #hauntedmansion,
#disneylandart