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H.M.Craig
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Fine artist and pattern designer living in New England.

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H.M.Craig @hmcraig.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hi #portfolioday

I'm Heather, and I am a traditional fine artist that applies that knowledge to pattern design and 3D.

My favorite things to make look like they belong in a refined witch's cottage: rooted in nature, and exalting wonder. ✨️

#patterndesign #art #oilpainting #3d #interiordesign
This pattern is called 'Wickleigh Bough, Muscovado', and is a large-scale pattern. It has a reddish-brown distressed background, upon which slender white blossoming trees are painted. There are birds in the trees, and butterflies floating between the branches. It is available in wallpaper and fabric in this and other colors at my Spoonflower shop. This is an oil painting of a Blue Morpho butterfly on a plain (but textured) creamy backgorund. The butterfly is quite large, and its iridescence is rendered in a variety of strokes to emphasize the subtle gradients and delicate textures of the wings. A 3D rendering of a matching teacup and saucer against a dark blue background. They both have a blue interwoven floral pattern (which I designed). Instead of tea, the teacup contains wispy clouds and bright long-limbed stars, with a crescent moon near the top of the composition. My intention for this piece was to make something that felt a little like the movie Practical Magic: small but wondrous. An interior shot of a living room or library, the view set just above a tiled fireplace, showing a mantle. There is a large antique framed print of birds, spindly black candlesticks with off-white candles on the mantle. The wallpaper above the fireplace and to the right of it is something I designed and was inspired by the works of William Morris. It is a symmetrical half-drop pattern and features woodland wildlife (leaping young deer with spots, running rabbits, owls, oaks, blackberry vines). The colors are deep mossy greens, cream, and russet. On top of designing the wallpaper pattern, I also designed and rendered the whole interior scene in 3D. The wallpaper is available in my Spoonflower shop.
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Some progress on the current work in progress...

#wip #pattern #green #rose #ArtsAndCrafts #workinprogress #bloomscrolling #patternbank
A detail of a symmetrical pattern, mostly a warm medium green with white roses and orange-yellow rose-hips. The thorny vines are elegantly curved and frame parts of the design. The artist is still trying to figure out the design.
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Current work in progress...

#wip #pattern #green #rose #ArtsAndCrafts #workinprogress #bloomscrolling #patternbank
A detail of a symmetrical pattern, mostly a warm medium green with white roses and orange-yellow rose-hips. The thorny vines are elegantly curved and frame parts of the design. There are some sketch marks, as the artist is trying to figure out where to take the design. The design is heavily influenced by the wood-cuts of the arts and crafts movement.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Il Barbagianni, by Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1863

#owl #art #painting #autumn #onlybeautifulthings #barnowl
A painting in warm tones of a woman's profile. She has red hair that goes to her shoulders, her skin is very pale, and she is wearing large golden earrings and a golden beaded necklace. Her dress is navy, with large sleeves that have a burgundy ribbon around them. She is holding a barn owl that is facing the viewer, her other hand is gently touching the back of its head. The background is a warm dark green, and there is an dark brown stone wall with a leafy fruiting plant behind her.
November 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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That early sunset had me feeling like...

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Scops Owl in Moonlight by Ohara Shōson, early 1920s, LACMA

#timechange #owl #art #woodblock #nightowl
A Japanese woodblock print. It is mostly monochromatic gray and white. An owl with outspread wings is in the middle of the composition, it is perched on a crooked branch. Its eyes are yellow, and there is a little bit of a russet brown on the back of its neck. At the bottom left corner of the composition, there is a near-black splotch with a pale crescent moon.
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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A festive beauty!

From Die Arachniden, 1831-1848; Ernst Mayr library, @harvard.edu

#halloween #spider #illustration #scientificillustration #arachnid #tarantula
A scientific illustration of a Mygale avicularia ( Pink-toe Tarantula), neatly labelled in cursive underneath.
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A fan with flowers and bat, Japan, 1890-1930
from @historicnewengland.bsky.social

#bat #halloween #art #fan #newengland #japan
A detail of a folding fan. The background is a golden brown, and the design is of fluffy white flowers with yellow centers on long reddish brown leafy stalks. There is a black bat shape in the middle right of the flowers.
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Just me, going to work on Halloween. Totally normal-like.

#halloween #witch #art #engraving #demon #goat

'Il Stregozzo' by Agostino Veneziano, 1515, from the Met Collection.

You can see this print and others right now at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts in their 'Bold and Beautiful' exhibition.
A detail of an etching. A naked older witch rides atop a skeletal beast. Under the beast there are winged and horned demon skeletons, as well as a fairly normal looking goat, and a man who has his butt facing us. The print has a lot of visual movement, and its forms look almost abstract.
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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"Don't sing if you want to live long
They have no use for your song
You're dead, you're dead, you're dead
You're dead and out of this world" -Norma Tanega

#nadja #wwdits #vampire #halloween #art

Painting - Salome, Henri Regnault, 1870, oil on canvas, from the Met Museum's collection.
A dark haired woman dressed in flowing golden yellow top and sheer skirt sits on an ornate box. She is looking at the viewer, and has a sense of content accomplishment on her face. There is a large gold bowl and hefty dagger in her lap. What looks like a leopard skin rug is at her feet, and the background is yellow gold fabric.
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The beautiful red maple outside my studio window.

#newengland #red #maple #october #massachusetts
An overcast day with a somewhat slender black-trunked maple in the left foreground its red leaves taking up much of the composition. Bits of the background are seen, with a line of pale gold in the middle, and dull gray greens at the bottom.
October 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Three women and three wolves, watercolor and colored pencil on paper, by Eugène Grasset, 1892, France

#halloween #illustration #wolf #loups #witch #color
This is an illustration in watercolor and colored pencil of three women who are painted watery green, one with flowing waves of black hair, floating amidst red trees. The women look alarmed. The trees have simple decorative designs on them. On the ground, there are three black wolves with bright white eyeshine all facing the viewer. They have open mouths.
October 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Silk panel, possibly from France, 1700-1725, from the collection of the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

#halloween #pattern #eye #textile #weird
alternating sprigs of plants with what look like eyes growing from them. the background is a teal gray, the leaves are a darker gray-green, and each sprig has three stalks from them each bearing what looks like an eyeball. The eyeballs themselves have black pupils, yellow-rimmed green irises, whites, and pink or red surroundings.
October 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A fragment of the 'Devils Paper' (1820-1840) influenced by French printmaker Jacques Callot from the @historicnewengland.bsky.social wallpaper collection.

#halloween #devil #pattern #silhouette #grotesque
A yellowed, torn, and creased piece of wallpaper. The design is in black silhouettes, with various bits of violence happening. For some odd reason, there is also a peacock. the label below the design reads " Wall Paper from Governor Gore House, Waltham, Massachusetts."
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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A secret door.

Who lives here?

What's on the other side?

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My design - Inglehedge Garden Tapestry in Midnight - available now in wallpaper and fabric at Spoonflower ( 20340161 )

#secretdoor #magic #interiordesign #spoonflower #3D #decor #art #pattern #witch #darkacademia #library #fairy
A scene of an interior, with a partly opened secret door. Mist and golden stars are spilling out of the dark space behind the door. The wall is paneled halfway up the wall in a light beige, with the top half being in a dark vined wallpaper in shades of blue-gray. There are light colored moths on the leaves. The wood plank floor is dark. There are two sconces (with mirrors and lit candles) on either side of the secret door.
October 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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This idyllic pattern is based off of 18th century landscape paintings, toile de jouy, and verdure tapestry.

#deer #art #spoonflower #pattern #toiledejouy #verdure

Available now in fabric and wallpaper at Spoonflower.
A detail of a pattern. The subject is a deer in a forested scene, with a cream background, sage green foliage, and tan deer. There are birds and a rabbit in the background.
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Left (Midnight) or right (Verdure)?

I based this new wallpaper pattern off of antique tapestries and secret gardens.

#pattern #spoonflower #wallpaper #art
A winding pattern of leafy vines set against a dark background. The general color is a blue gray. There are small white moths fluttering around the leaves. A winding pattern of leafy vines set against a dark background. The general color is a warm green. There are small white moths fluttering around the leaves.
September 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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An Eye That Looks, miniature, French, from the Louvre

#art #painting #louvre
A small rectangular painting of someone's eye looking back at the viewer. The eye is surrounded by forget-me-not in warm earthy colors. It is framed in what looks like brass and mounted on what looks like a nubbled dark brown leather.
September 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A quick and cute little doodle pattern. Repeat is on the right, if you want it.

#pattern #squirrel #fall #cute #cottagecore #surfacepatterndesign
a repeating pattern that is also symmetrical. The pattern is of two white squirrels facing each other, each blushing and holding an acorn, and below them there is a large sage green oak leaf. The background is a pale beige. It is done in a cute cartoony style. The pattern repeat itself. the only thing different about this and the last picture is that it's a smaller segment that when tiled will repeat. This one also has the little white squirrels, each with their own acorn, sitting above a large sage green oak leaf.
September 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Look at these spooky beauties!!!
September 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A goldenrod daydream here in New England.

#bloomscrolling #nativeplants #yellow #goldenrod #newengland
A close-up of the top of the goldenrod plant, showing its sprays of tiny yellow flowers. It reminds me of a firework. The background is filled with other goldenrods, they're out of focus.
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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I did this one at Navarro Beach during a recent painting retreat. I just now added a slight gradation to the house that made it sit better in the painting. Amazing to me how one tiny change can make such a difference sometimes
#pleinair #watercolor #californiabeaches
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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This lace lady is Gloria ✨
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#lace #moth #butterfly #fiberart #softsculpture
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Look at this little buddy I had the pleasure of meeting!

#snail #shell #newengland
A close-up picture of a snail on asphalt. The snail takes up the top half of the frame, and is going from left to right. This individual happens to be a warm but pale yellow, and their shell has a thin burnt umber line on the outside. Both the snail and its shell looks like they're made out of glass, very delicate.
September 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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the abstract nature disaster portrait · flower power classic mix confusion

#markokoeppe #art #kunst #digitalart #digital #collage #pattern #abstract #outsiderart #collageart #contemporary #flower #mixedmedia #minimal #popart #home #plants #still-life #blueskycollage #cutandpaste #the_truth_is_dead
September 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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If you're in the Boston/New England area, I highly recommend the Rachel Ruysch exhibition going on at the Museum of Fine Arts.

It feels like magic, and also has specimens from @harvard alongside her work.

#Stunday #RachelRuysch #Boston #art #lizard #peach #butterfly #painting #fineart #sciart
A detail of a painting by Rachel Ruysch, a 17th century dutch painter who intensely studied the natural world. This detail shows a butterfly (black wings with bands of orange and white spots) and a small bluish lizard in the foreground, with a stack of peaches, a chestnut, grapes, a pear and leaves in the background. The lizard looks either playful or alarmed at the butterfly, but I don't know much about lizards, so maybe she's just hungry.
September 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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This little vignette with a framed fox and bee are on my Nonpareil Berkshires wallpaper available now at Spoonflower.

#pattern #marbling #autumn #spoonflower #interiordesign #fox #witch
A little vignette of two framed metal pieces on green marbled paper background. The upper gold frame is oval on its side, the background is a rusty orange, and it has an engraved brass fox face set within it. The bottom gold frame is hexagonal with a deep green background and an engraved brass bee in it.
September 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM