Nature-inspired Art

Connect to the calming power of our Earth with
nature-inspired paintings and stories by
California artist and writer Margaret Sloan

Make your home a refuge amid the chaos of the world by bringing nature in your home decor. Nature inspired paintings and stories by California artist and writer Margaret Sloan create windows in your world to the great outdoors. Landscapes, portraits, animals, and abstracts, all influenced by forest, meadow, mountains and oceans help connect you to nature, other people, and yourself.

New Work

Bring Nature Home

Nature-inspired greeting cards

Available now! Cards printed on high-quality watercolor paper.
Frame them for your home or gift them to a friend.

Sierra Nevada mountain inspired greeting cards
Oracle Greeting Cards. Mandala, sympathy, chasing bluebirds

Stories of Nature, Art, and the World

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Little Blue Lupine Reality
Little Blue Lupine Reality

I’m paying attention to little blue lupine this month. As always, nature stops me in my tracks with wonder.

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Nature’s rest, halfway through winter.
Nature’s rest, halfway through winter.

Imbolc, the Celtic holiday, celebrates February 1 as the halfway point between spring and winter.

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Layered portraits: working with watercolor paper, string and collage
Layered portraits: working with watercolor paper, string and collage

I painted this self portrait of myself layered between two paintings of a Northern California river. I layered them together and then stitched them with kitchen twine.

It’s how I feel when I’m out in nature.

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Day to Day

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I've just restocked my dreamscape Fantasïe card sets. They're available in packs of three cards. ⁠ ⁠ The default order is one of each design per pack. If you'd prefer all three cards to feature the same design, please inform me at the time of yo