Animalia
Margaret’s paintings of animals are based in her deep love and study of nature. From kittens to coyotes, whales and ladybugs, she creates portraits of pets and wild animals that capture their personalities and spirit.
Which creature resonates with you? A painting of your heart animal can bring nature’s strength to your home and into your life.
Spring is such a short season in the California Sierra Nevada. Between the gray whisper of winter and the hot scream of summer, in spring the brilliant land is as tender as a sigh.
This painting is a love letter to spring, an appreciation of the watery living breath of the earth as she celebrates the turn of the season. It’s a short season, but you can keep spring in your home all year with this watercolor.
This small painting is 8” x 10”, just big enough to freshen that dark corner of your home.
This Stellar Jay nest comes with a poem. It speaks to our innate longing for home, love, and comfort.
Amidst the woods where shadows play,
Birds build nests in nature's way.
Instinctively weave grass and twine,
Leaf, wool, sticks and vine.
We cherish nests with hearts aligned.
In them, we see our homes defined.
To shape a shelter, round and warm
And shield us from the outside storm.
This 8” x 10” print is on premium watercolor paper, printed with archival inks.
Shipped with NO frame or matting.
Shipping included.
Cyberspace is tricksy. Colors may not represent true colors of artwork.
If you are unhappy with your print, or it’s damaged in shipping, please let me know within 48 hours of receiving it via email: info@margaretsloan.com
Under the blue sky of spring, the little bird nest in this painting sits ready for family, love, heart, and dreams.
Whether you’re starting a family, raising a family, or simply nesting in your own home, bringing a touch of the forest to your decor with nature-inspired art can make home feel more like home.
This painting is watercolor on paper. It’s 4.25” x 5.5”. Shipping included.
Does not ship with mat or frame.
Warm tones glow like the heart of your home in this painting of a bird nest. Perfect for your nursery, your bedroom, or a nature-inspired corner of your home, this little work of art will bring the jewel of peace and the healing power of nature to your space.
This painting is watercolor on paper. It’s 4.25” x 5.5”. Shipping included.
Does not ship with mat or frame.
Warm tones of watercolor against monochromatic values give this painting of a bird nest a peaceful feeling of coming home. The circling pine needles and branches encase a promise where life and love begins.
Nature-inspired art brings a touch of biophilia—an innate desire to connect with nature—to your home. Forest decor brings the healing power of nature into any room.
This painting is watercolor on paper. It’s 4.25” x 5.5”. Shipping included.
Does not ship with mat or frame.
This small value study of a Stellar’s Jay bird nest is a simple meditation on the roundness and promise of nests. The monochromatic sepia tones are calming in any decor, and add a touch of nature’s peace.
Whether you’re starting a family, raising a family, or simply nesting in your own home, bringing a touch of the forest to your decor with nature-inspired art can make home feel more like home.
This painting is watercolor on paper. It’s 4.25” x 5.5”. Shipping included.
Does not ship with mat or frame.
This orange painting ties together deep warmth and the rhythms of the ocean on the shore. A meditation on the tempos felt in nature, this painting was created with healing in mind.
Part of a series of work painted in gouache and watercolor on vintage printing paper that is nearly 100 years old. These paintings are very delicate, as you might expect on such elderly paper, and should be framed under glass and protected from moisture and sunlight. Painting will fit a 5” x 7” mat. Each full page varies slightly in size, but are roughly 6” x 8.5” if you prefer to use a custom mat to display whole page.
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Whales dance on the rooftops in a night time cityscape. They’re great at keeping night terrors away and lifting your spirit when you can’t sleep.
Part of a series of work painted in gouache and watercolor on vintage printing paper that is nearly 100 years old. These paintings are very delicate, as you might expect on such elderly paper, and should be framed under glass and protected from moisture and sunlight. Painting will fit a 5” x 7” mat. Each full page varies slightly in size, but are roughly 6” x 8.5” if you prefer to use a custom mat to display whole page.
Mats not included.
Shipping included.
This small kitten has big ears, al the better to hear the can opener. This watercolor is waiting anxiously for its forever home.
What’s your favorite thing about kittens? This small watercolor painting always makes me think of the chirrups cats greet you with when you walk into the room. A tabby kitten on a soft pink blanket is the best way to start the day.
Siamese cats are special pets. Smart, funny, with personalities all their own. This watercolor of a white Siamese mix with blue eyes will remind you everyday that cats own you.
This painting of whales is from a half-remembered scene in Moby Dick when the whalers look down into the water and see a spiral of whales revolving ever deeper in the sea. That moment is so mystical.
When deer run across a meadow, they make a syncopated drumbeat on the skin of the earth. You can have that dreamy deer music in your home so you can hear it always with this painting.
A single deer antler, dropped in the snow, signifies the end of the breeding season in mid-winter. The stag has done his duty (I’m sure it was pleasurable!) and helped create new life that now waits for the rebirth of spring.
When you need a bit of lightness in your life, reflecting on ladybugs can open a bit of round, bright space. Celebrate Bealtaine and the Celtic spring with this painting on your altar.
In this painting, a ladybug is at the center of this wheel of life, surrounded by the garden flowers she'll protect. The crescent moon swells beneath her, symbolizing the growth of the season. Ladybugs symbolize positivity and happiness. They're also a powerful beneficial insect in our gardens, and so they are beloved by many on multiple levels.
Ladybugs symbolize positivity, happiness, love, and metamorphosis. This small painting is a perfect size for a spring altar or display.
Deer represent calm and peacefulness, especially on quiet winter mornings in fresh, unmarked snow.
Bear Valley Nighthawks
By Margaret Sloan
8” x 10” Giclée print from original watercolor
One evening at the Bear Valley Music Festival, I was surprised to see nighthawks boomerang through the sky. I hadn’t realized they lived in the Northern Sierra! But I called the local birding society and they confirmed what I’d seen.
Nighhawks fly at dawn and dusk, eating mosquitos and other flying insects. Because they nest on the ground, they are endangered, and their numbers are decreasing rapidly.
Count yourself blessed if you see them while camping. It’s one of the joys of nature to watch them whipping and flipping in the sky, and if you listen carefully, you might hear the booming sound they make as the wind rushes through their feathers.
This 8” x 10” print is on premium watercolor paper, printed with archival inks.
Shipped with NO frame or matting.
Shipping included.
Cyberspace is tricksy. Colors may not represent true colors of artwork.
If you are unhappy with your print, or it’s damaged in shipping, please let me know within 48 hours of receiving it via email: info@margaretsloan.com