Heeyoung Kim - Botanical Artist & Instructor
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Botanical artist. Instructor. Designer. Founder of Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Academy. RHS Botanical Art Show Gold Medalist. ASBA New York International Best of Show winner. Native flora & fauna advocate. Chicago Metropolitan Area, USA. www.heeyoungkim.net
Have you seen winter bird yet? They eat seeds from the “dead” native plants. When you deadhead the flowers, you remove critical food sources for the birds. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. I painted American Tree Sparrow with Stiff Goldenrod and Cup Plant. Aren’t they cute? #botanicalart #SciArt #birdsinart #naturalhistory
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Have you seen winter bird yet? They eat seeds from the “dead” native plants. When you deadhead the flowers, you remove critical food sources for the birds. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. I painted American Tree Sparrow with Stiff Goldenrod and Cup Plant. Aren’t they cute? #botanicalart #SciArt #birdsinart #naturalhistory
Peace to you all 🙏🏼.
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on a Cardinal Flower.
Watercolor in progress.
©️Heeyoung Kim 2025.
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on a Cardinal Flower.
Watercolor in progress.
©️Heeyoung Kim 2025.
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Peace to you all 🙏🏼.
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on a Cardinal Flower.
Watercolor in progress.
©️Heeyoung Kim 2025.
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on a Cardinal Flower.
Watercolor in progress.
©️Heeyoung Kim 2025.
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Museum opening hours:
Wed - Fri: 11 am - 4 pm
Sat: 11 am - 3 pm
This exhibit showcases 47 paintings of piping plover, other shorebirds plus plants in the dunes ecosystem.
Artists: Brushwood Botanical Artists and myself.
I can give a guided tour to a group.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #exhibition
Wed - Fri: 11 am - 4 pm
Sat: 11 am - 3 pm
This exhibit showcases 47 paintings of piping plover, other shorebirds plus plants in the dunes ecosystem.
Artists: Brushwood Botanical Artists and myself.
I can give a guided tour to a group.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #exhibition
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Museum opening hours:
Wed - Fri: 11 am - 4 pm
Sat: 11 am - 3 pm
This exhibit showcases 47 paintings of piping plover, other shorebirds plus plants in the dunes ecosystem.
Artists: Brushwood Botanical Artists and myself.
I can give a guided tour to a group.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #exhibition
Wed - Fri: 11 am - 4 pm
Sat: 11 am - 3 pm
This exhibit showcases 47 paintings of piping plover, other shorebirds plus plants in the dunes ecosystem.
Artists: Brushwood Botanical Artists and myself.
I can give a guided tour to a group.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #exhibition
Cedar Waxing loves eating ripe fruits, so much so that they get intoxicated and fall asleep wherever . . . Hope your weekend won’t be like cedar waxing’s. 😆.
Painting it with Pokeweed which is toxic. Wearing a mask while painting its pretty fruits.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #watercolor #SciArt
Painting it with Pokeweed which is toxic. Wearing a mask while painting its pretty fruits.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #watercolor #SciArt
September 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Cedar Waxing loves eating ripe fruits, so much so that they get intoxicated and fall asleep wherever . . . Hope your weekend won’t be like cedar waxing’s. 😆.
Painting it with Pokeweed which is toxic. Wearing a mask while painting its pretty fruits.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #watercolor #SciArt
Painting it with Pokeweed which is toxic. Wearing a mask while painting its pretty fruits.
#botanicalart #birdsinart #watercolor #SciArt
Fall is in the air…. Everyone is busy… I feel like becoming a squirrel gathering bits and pieces of the season for potential paintings even though I don’t have time right now…. Hope this little piece of art helps you find a moment of serenity… 🙏🏼
#botanicalart #ScieArt #watercolor
#botanicalart #ScieArt #watercolor
September 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Fall is in the air…. Everyone is busy… I feel like becoming a squirrel gathering bits and pieces of the season for potential paintings even though I don’t have time right now…. Hope this little piece of art helps you find a moment of serenity… 🙏🏼
#botanicalart #ScieArt #watercolor
#botanicalart #ScieArt #watercolor
Come meet the artists and view the exhibit! I am going to host an Artists Walkthrough with 5 participating artists. It’s always fun to hear from the artists.
Sat, Sept 20, 1-3 pm
At Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie.
Artworks depicting piping plovers, shorebirds …
#botanicalart #SciArt #exhibit
Sat, Sept 20, 1-3 pm
At Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie.
Artworks depicting piping plovers, shorebirds …
#botanicalart #SciArt #exhibit
September 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Come meet the artists and view the exhibit! I am going to host an Artists Walkthrough with 5 participating artists. It’s always fun to hear from the artists.
Sat, Sept 20, 1-3 pm
At Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie.
Artworks depicting piping plovers, shorebirds …
#botanicalart #SciArt #exhibit
Sat, Sept 20, 1-3 pm
At Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie.
Artworks depicting piping plovers, shorebirds …
#botanicalart #SciArt #exhibit
Art exhibit opening. Public Reception, Friday, Sept 12, 2-4 pm, at Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie.
15 artists of Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Acedemy present 47 paintings of flora and fauna featuring Piping Plover and shorebirds. Collaborators and more in the comment.
#botanicalart #SciArt #art
15 artists of Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Acedemy present 47 paintings of flora and fauna featuring Piping Plover and shorebirds. Collaborators and more in the comment.
#botanicalart #SciArt #art
September 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Art exhibit opening. Public Reception, Friday, Sept 12, 2-4 pm, at Waukegan History Museum at Carnegie.
15 artists of Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Acedemy present 47 paintings of flora and fauna featuring Piping Plover and shorebirds. Collaborators and more in the comment.
#botanicalart #SciArt #art
15 artists of Heeyoung Kim Botanical Art Acedemy present 47 paintings of flora and fauna featuring Piping Plover and shorebirds. Collaborators and more in the comment.
#botanicalart #SciArt #art
Tiny things . . .
Painting tiny bees in their original scale requires precision, yet minimal descriptions to achieve just enough impression of the reality.
Often it’s all about where to put one dot.
#natureart #botanicalartist #SciArt
Painting tiny bees in their original scale requires precision, yet minimal descriptions to achieve just enough impression of the reality.
Often it’s all about where to put one dot.
#natureart #botanicalartist #SciArt
August 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Tiny things . . .
Painting tiny bees in their original scale requires precision, yet minimal descriptions to achieve just enough impression of the reality.
Often it’s all about where to put one dot.
#natureart #botanicalartist #SciArt
Painting tiny bees in their original scale requires precision, yet minimal descriptions to achieve just enough impression of the reality.
Often it’s all about where to put one dot.
#natureart #botanicalartist #SciArt
What's your favorite summer native flower? Among many strong contenders, red and blue lobelia are my favorites, yet two silenes, royal catchfly and fire pink, change my opinion whenever I see them. I can't wait to get back to this painting...
Info: my next Zoom class … in the comment
#botanicalart
Info: my next Zoom class … in the comment
#botanicalart
August 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What's your favorite summer native flower? Among many strong contenders, red and blue lobelia are my favorites, yet two silenes, royal catchfly and fire pink, change my opinion whenever I see them. I can't wait to get back to this painting...
Info: my next Zoom class … in the comment
#botanicalart
Info: my next Zoom class … in the comment
#botanicalart
Pollinators and native plants thrive together in a healthy ecosystem. Small thing we can do is just nurturing some native plants. When you don’t have a space to plant them, like and share native plant advocating posts 😉 instead of nonnative ornamental plants.
#botanicalart #SciArt #environment
#botanicalart #SciArt #environment
August 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pollinators and native plants thrive together in a healthy ecosystem. Small thing we can do is just nurturing some native plants. When you don’t have a space to plant them, like and share native plant advocating posts 😉 instead of nonnative ornamental plants.
#botanicalart #SciArt #environment
#botanicalart #SciArt #environment
Peace to your weekend 🙏🏼
Native Irish, Blue Flag, Iris virginica shrevei. I found rather purplish version and painted it, while it often is more bluish. It’s a beautiful native iris, but Siberian Iris is wildly popular in garden landscaping, to my sadness.
#botanicalart #environmentalism #SciArt
Native Irish, Blue Flag, Iris virginica shrevei. I found rather purplish version and painted it, while it often is more bluish. It’s a beautiful native iris, but Siberian Iris is wildly popular in garden landscaping, to my sadness.
#botanicalart #environmentalism #SciArt
July 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Peace to your weekend 🙏🏼
Native Irish, Blue Flag, Iris virginica shrevei. I found rather purplish version and painted it, while it often is more bluish. It’s a beautiful native iris, but Siberian Iris is wildly popular in garden landscaping, to my sadness.
#botanicalart #environmentalism #SciArt
Native Irish, Blue Flag, Iris virginica shrevei. I found rather purplish version and painted it, while it often is more bluish. It’s a beautiful native iris, but Siberian Iris is wildly popular in garden landscaping, to my sadness.
#botanicalart #environmentalism #SciArt
I will just keep trying to give a moment of brightness to you all with our precious native plant.
Michigan Lily. One of a few native lilies in the region. I wish more people cherish this native lily more than invasive orange ditch lily and non native tiger lilies.
#botanicalart #art #SciArt
Michigan Lily. One of a few native lilies in the region. I wish more people cherish this native lily more than invasive orange ditch lily and non native tiger lilies.
#botanicalart #art #SciArt
July 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I will just keep trying to give a moment of brightness to you all with our precious native plant.
Michigan Lily. One of a few native lilies in the region. I wish more people cherish this native lily more than invasive orange ditch lily and non native tiger lilies.
#botanicalart #art #SciArt
Michigan Lily. One of a few native lilies in the region. I wish more people cherish this native lily more than invasive orange ditch lily and non native tiger lilies.
#botanicalart #art #SciArt
Summer. Native plants. Butterflies I love. Birds I adore. And myself and the puppy. Just …. because ….. I don’t know what to say in this world nowadays. . .
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Summer. Native plants. Butterflies I love. Birds I adore. And myself and the puppy. Just …. because ….. I don’t know what to say in this world nowadays. . .
Hello to folks in Chicagoland! If you are interested in learning something botanical, like drawing plants and pollinators or a little painting, I have workshops coming up at Driehaus Museum, July 25-27. Check out on my website in bio. Beginners and hobbyists are welcome!
#botanicalart #artclass
#botanicalart #artclass
July 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hello to folks in Chicagoland! If you are interested in learning something botanical, like drawing plants and pollinators or a little painting, I have workshops coming up at Driehaus Museum, July 25-27. Check out on my website in bio. Beginners and hobbyists are welcome!
#botanicalart #artclass
#botanicalart #artclass
Reposted by Heeyoung Kim - Botanical Artist & Instructor
A bald eagle I painted recently….
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A bald eagle I painted recently….
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
A bald eagle I painted recently….
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A bald eagle I painted recently….
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
Watercolor
I wish you a meaningful day.
#naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
Need to brighten up your day? A red Chocolate Cosmos I painted long ago. A plant native to Mexico that was “mistakenly” reported as being extinct, yet still hanging in sporting its glory. To me, it symbolizes resilience.
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Need to brighten up your day? A red Chocolate Cosmos I painted long ago. A plant native to Mexico that was “mistakenly” reported as being extinct, yet still hanging in sporting its glory. To me, it symbolizes resilience.
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
#botanicalart #SciArt #naturalhistoryart
Do you like to try out botanical art? I am going to have a series of 3 workshops at Driehaus Museum, Chicago, July 25-27.
🐢 This series will guide anyone to start a botanical journal, sketching their backyard/patio/house plants … a little color, and butterfly🤗
#botanicalart #drawing #SciArt
🐢 This series will guide anyone to start a botanical journal, sketching their backyard/patio/house plants … a little color, and butterfly🤗
#botanicalart #drawing #SciArt
June 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Do you like to try out botanical art? I am going to have a series of 3 workshops at Driehaus Museum, Chicago, July 25-27.
🐢 This series will guide anyone to start a botanical journal, sketching their backyard/patio/house plants … a little color, and butterfly🤗
#botanicalart #drawing #SciArt
🐢 This series will guide anyone to start a botanical journal, sketching their backyard/patio/house plants … a little color, and butterfly🤗
#botanicalart #drawing #SciArt
Been a while. Hope everyone is doing ok. Busy planning an exhibit and painting to meet a deadline. And when the world affairs stress me out, I draw complicated things that help keep my sanity.
Artemisia species and a Snapping Turtle.
#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #environment
Artemisia species and a Snapping Turtle.
#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #environment
June 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Been a while. Hope everyone is doing ok. Busy planning an exhibit and painting to meet a deadline. And when the world affairs stress me out, I draw complicated things that help keep my sanity.
Artemisia species and a Snapping Turtle.
#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #environment
Artemisia species and a Snapping Turtle.
#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #SciArt #environment
Reposted by Heeyoung Kim - Botanical Artist & Instructor
Here's a baby otter to start your week.
June 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Here's a baby otter to start your week.
Chicago land folks, if you like botanical art, or just love quality artwork, check out this exhibition! A breathtaking array of a talented artist, Rory McEwen and others. Currently at Driehaus Museum.
Peace to you all in this weekend 🙏🏼
#botanicalart #artexhibition #art #chicago
Peace to you all in this weekend 🙏🏼
#botanicalart #artexhibition #art #chicago
May 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Chicago land folks, if you like botanical art, or just love quality artwork, check out this exhibition! A breathtaking array of a talented artist, Rory McEwen and others. Currently at Driehaus Museum.
Peace to you all in this weekend 🙏🏼
#botanicalart #artexhibition #art #chicago
Peace to you all in this weekend 🙏🏼
#botanicalart #artexhibition #art #chicago
I was sort of afraid of vultures in the past, but not any more. When you learn about certain things more, you start to see their beauty, virtue and all the positives that you didn’t notice. A piece of vulture lesson 🤗. Keep up with your positive energy!
#birdsinart #bird #SciArt #naturalhistortyart
#birdsinart #bird #SciArt #naturalhistortyart
May 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I was sort of afraid of vultures in the past, but not any more. When you learn about certain things more, you start to see their beauty, virtue and all the positives that you didn’t notice. A piece of vulture lesson 🤗. Keep up with your positive energy!
#birdsinart #bird #SciArt #naturalhistortyart
#birdsinart #bird #SciArt #naturalhistortyart
My wise owl hawk (Northern Harrier) mom will look out for you all . . .
#natureart #naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
#natureart #naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
May 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My wise owl hawk (Northern Harrier) mom will look out for you all . . .
#natureart #naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt
#natureart #naturalhistoryart #birdsinart #SciArt