Rachel Armington

"This Book Belongs to" bookplate showing a fairy child on oak branch above a black tuxedo cat surrounded by daisies. Artwork by Rachel Armington for her Marina and the Fairies series.

This is the bookplate for the first book in my series Marina and the Fairies. I hope to finish illustration what I've written so far by 2030. Wish me luck and fortitude! #fantasy #fairy #kidlitart #chapterbook #marinaandthefairies #fairytale #NESCBWI #blackcat

Pretty cat sitting with one of a kind ornamental gourd handpainted with his portrait. The cat Gomez has a banjo toy so his person asked the artist to show him playing one.

Gomez's person sent me a photo of him with the gourd I painted for him. She specified what shape of gourd she wanted for the portrait and luckily I happened to still have one. Gomez's favorite toy is a stuffed banjo so she wanted that included. #gourdart #cats #calicocat #catart #leominsterma

We're in Leominster, northern central Massachusetts and felt it. Two years ago we had to get the back side of our house redone because it was in danger of collapsing. So my first thought was...

Welcome to Bluesky, SCBWI peeps! #NESCBWI #SCBWI #Kidlit #fairy #cornflowers #illustration #digitalillustration

Love the fairies! Especially the book-loving fairies!

Watercolor painting of a black cat in profile by Rachel Armington. The cat in the painting is named "Tickles."

I deactivated my Twitter account, so it will be erased in 30 days. It was disheartening to wipe out years of sharing paintings and illustrations (and cat photos). But onward! Here's my favorite watercolor of Tickles, who was my painting companion. #blackcat #watercolor #DanielSmith #catpaintings

Bright pastel painting of Rachel Armington's hen Vlad which will be in the annual Small Works Art Show at the Lunenburg Public Library, Lunenburg, Massachusetts.

I'm taking three of my 5" x 7" paintings to Lunenburg Public Library's annual Small Works Art Show today. This is a closeup of my favorite of them, a pastel painting of my hen Vlad.