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Creatured Canvas
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Hello, my name is Nickala Squire. I paint creatures! My primary medium is acrylic, on varying canvases including real, preserved leaves.

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Juvenile Tricolored Heron

Painted on a preserved Bur Oak leaf, ~9.5 inches. Thank you to Matt Felperin for the reference photo.

My current favorite heron. Native to the warm coasts and wetland areas of North America, Central America and South America.

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A painted bur oak leaf, depicting a portrait of a reddish brown heron with a white neck, chest and wing splotches, with a yellow and gray beak and yellow eye. The heron is against a green background. The same painted leaf, held in hand to convey size.
December 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Rory

Painted with acrylics, on a 5x7 watercolor canvas panel.

Rory is a happy little American Hairless Terrier to Rat Terrier outcross, who loves cheese and rewards based training with @trainandsimpledogs on Instagram. When deciding on a reference photo, I knew I had to paint her signature teefs!
A portrait painting of a young black and white dog with perked ears, a wrinkled forehead and half a lip up exposing a few lower incisors. The background is solid magenta. The black and white puppy Rory laying on a cushion, just behind the painting of her. The little black and white puppy from the painting, laying on a cushion, with a wrinkled head and one lip exposing her incisors as in the painting.
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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European Tree Frog (hyla arborea)

An acrylic painting on a preserved leaf from a Western Snowberry shrub (symphoricarpos occidentalis). Like the shrubs themselves, these leaves are hardy compared to most, satisfying to preserve and paint. I also love their gently curved shapes.
A painted leaf on a white canvas background. The painting is a side view portrait of a european tree frog. The frog is green with a brown stripe starting at the nose, it has creamy tan lips and throat with a gold-ish eye, on a dark navy background. The same painted leaf, held in the palm of my hand for scale.
December 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Tallulah

Painted with acrylics, on a 5x7 watercolor canvas panel.

Tallulah is a small and adorable xoloitzcuintli mix. It was a fun challenge to portray her nekkid shoulders and belly vs her furry face and tail!

Pet portrait commissions are open!
A portrait painting of a small dog with a splotchy hairless body, furred head, tail and paw, on a dark red background. One of her ears is up, the other is floppy.
December 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Emerald Tree Monitor, or Green Tree Monitor

Painted in 2023 with acrylics on a preserved cottonwood leaf. My angel of a dog who never chews up anything of mine, chewed the first version of this. My bad for using a canvas that smells like the leaf litter she plays in outside. 😅

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A painted leaf, depicting a green lizard with a long curled tail sitting on a branch. The background is a blue-gray abstract background with fireflies. Overlayed on the previous picture is the text: What is an Emerald Tree Monitor? Monitor lizards are best known for their intelligence, speed and powerful jaws. Komodo Dragons are likely the best known monitor species. Green tree monitors are native to tropical rainforests in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and some surrounding islands. Since they live and hunt in trees, they’ve evolved to have long prehensile tails, curved claws and larger scales on the bottom of their feet to improve traction.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Blue Jay, 2023

Painted with acrylics on a real, preserved choke cherry tree leaf. One of my favorite leaves to paint on because of their rounded shape and relative durability.

Bonus fun fact, I played audio of blue jay calls while editing this, which elicited much head tilting from my dog.

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A painted leaf, depicting the bird's back with head turned to the left. The bird is perched on a thin branch and the background is a green-teal with abstract translucent snowflakes of various sizes. Overlayed on the previous picture is the text: Like fellow corvids such as crows and magpie, blue jays are highly intelligent. They are great imitators! Widely known for mimicking hawk calls to warn other birds or to scare other birds away from resources. Blue Jays love oak acorns and primarily eat plant based food, but they will snack on small animals and even other birds! These birds are very social, not only with their mates but larger groups that may work cooperatively in winter. Food offerings solidify bonds. In the bottom right corner is a silly cartoon line drawing of a bright blue bird in a reddish brown trench coat and hat, saying "IM A HAWK"
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Southern Cassowary

Painted in 2023 with acrylics on a real, preserved cottonwood tree leaf.
A painted leaf depicting a blue cassowary with a beige-brown crest, brown eye and black beak on a green background. Overlayed on the previous picture is the text: Reasons to [not love] [not fear] Respect Cassowaries Cassowaries are large flightless birds native to rainforests. Their ancestors likely lived alongside dinosaurs. Males are the sole caregivers for young. Raising them can take a year. These birds disperse seeds from the fruit they eat. Many plants and trees can’t germinate without them! Cassowaries aren’t afraid to defend themselves with powerful jump kicks using their sharp inner toe. At the bottom right there is a silly simple sketch of a cassowary holding a knife saying "fight me!"
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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This originally started as a no-pressure experimental piece that I didn't want to allow my perfectionism to take too seriously. But then I began adding the coyote's fur texture and had to be deliberate because I love fur texture and I love coyotes.

Acrylic on a 5 x 5 Fredrix Canvas Board
A translucent silvery-white coyote jumps in the air, surrounded by little glowy orbs, on a semi abstract forest background of desaturated maroon-purple and navy blue sky. Reasons to love coyotes - Coyotes are a “keystone species.” - They’re vital to the health of entire ecosystems thanks to keeping rodent populations under control. This means fewer pests (like ticks!) and thriving vegetation. - Despite persecution, coyotes are incredibly resilient and adaptable as a species. - Watching coyotes socialize is like watching a dramatic Shakespearean play!
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM