Kim Heise Art
@kimheiseart.bsky.social
Watercolors of Florida native plants and animals
South Florida
Website: KimHeise.com
South Florida
Website: KimHeise.com
A line in SB 180 is being used by developers to try to bully county commissions in Florida to attempt to weaken environmental protections, rural boundaries, and the right to home rule. Orange County could set a precedent with their vote:
Email the commissioners TODAY (becaus the vote is tomorrow)👇
Email the commissioners TODAY (becaus the vote is tomorrow)👇
July 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A line in SB 180 is being used by developers to try to bully county commissions in Florida to attempt to weaken environmental protections, rural boundaries, and the right to home rule. Orange County could set a precedent with their vote:
Email the commissioners TODAY (becaus the vote is tomorrow)👇
Email the commissioners TODAY (becaus the vote is tomorrow)👇
Pics from the last demonstration against the detention center in the Everglades! Here are two petitions to sign to oppose it:
support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/shut_down_...
www.everglades.org/no-alligator...
#alligatoralcatraz #florida #protest
support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/shut_down_...
www.everglades.org/no-alligator...
#alligatoralcatraz #florida #protest
July 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Pics from the last demonstration against the detention center in the Everglades! Here are two petitions to sign to oppose it:
support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/shut_down_...
www.everglades.org/no-alligator...
#alligatoralcatraz #florida #protest
support.tropicalaudubon.org/a/shut_down_...
www.everglades.org/no-alligator...
#alligatoralcatraz #florida #protest
Amazing turnout for the Don’t Destroy Th Everglades: Stop “Alligator Alcatraz” demonstration today! Led by Betty Osceola
June 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Amazing turnout for the Don’t Destroy Th Everglades: Stop “Alligator Alcatraz” demonstration today! Led by Betty Osceola
I volunteered at Leadership Blue (FL Democrat convention) in Ft.Lauderdale yesterday and got to hear part of the talk and eat a hamburger! ^-^ I had fun signing people in.
June 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I volunteered at Leadership Blue (FL Democrat convention) in Ft.Lauderdale yesterday and got to hear part of the talk and eat a hamburger! ^-^ I had fun signing people in.
No Kings protest in Coral Springs!
June 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
No Kings protest in Coral Springs!
Hi friends, there’s a proposal to rescind the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act, to make destroying habitat not count as harm. Animals can’t survive without habitat! Submit a public comment before the 19th. You can copy and paste the letter: www.kimheise.com/links
May 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hi friends, there’s a proposal to rescind the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act, to make destroying habitat not count as harm. Animals can’t survive without habitat! Submit a public comment before the 19th. You can copy and paste the letter: www.kimheise.com/links
I paint watercolors of Florida native plants and animals :3
May 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I paint watercolors of Florida native plants and animals :3
Prescribed burns! Amazingly, 70% of conservation lands in Florida rely on regular fire! Some plants don’t even bloom without a fire. Many people don’t know about it, so I made this illustrated zine in 2018 to share some info and I’ve updated it over the years. It’s such a fascinating thing.
May 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Prescribed burns! Amazingly, 70% of conservation lands in Florida rely on regular fire! Some plants don’t even bloom without a fire. Many people don’t know about it, so I made this illustrated zine in 2018 to share some info and I’ve updated it over the years. It’s such a fascinating thing.
April 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Scrub Jay with Sand Oak, watercolor, 12x17”
Inspired by Jonathan Dickinson State Park, and other at-risk scrub habitats. Florida Scrub Jays are only found in Florida! I’m told they eat the acorns from the sand oak trees!
#scrubjay #floridanativeplants #artforparks #botanicalillustration #birds
Inspired by Jonathan Dickinson State Park, and other at-risk scrub habitats. Florida Scrub Jays are only found in Florida! I’m told they eat the acorns from the sand oak trees!
#scrubjay #floridanativeplants #artforparks #botanicalillustration #birds
April 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scrub Jay with Sand Oak, watercolor, 12x17”
Inspired by Jonathan Dickinson State Park, and other at-risk scrub habitats. Florida Scrub Jays are only found in Florida! I’m told they eat the acorns from the sand oak trees!
#scrubjay #floridanativeplants #artforparks #botanicalillustration #birds
Inspired by Jonathan Dickinson State Park, and other at-risk scrub habitats. Florida Scrub Jays are only found in Florida! I’m told they eat the acorns from the sand oak trees!
#scrubjay #floridanativeplants #artforparks #botanicalillustration #birds
Detail from Yuma The Florida Panther! Watercolor 36x42” Gopher tortoises are a keystone species in Florida. They dig burrows that many other species live in, including the burrowing owl (which doesn’t burrow its own holes and is completely dependent on tortoises) #gophertortoiseday
April 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Detail from Yuma The Florida Panther! Watercolor 36x42” Gopher tortoises are a keystone species in Florida. They dig burrows that many other species live in, including the burrowing owl (which doesn’t burrow its own holes and is completely dependent on tortoises) #gophertortoiseday
For “Draw a bird” day, may I offer you this whistling duck (watercolor, 16x16”) from my series Birds At Play, which were used to create a mural in the Mandel Library in West Palm Beach (info about the series and mural are on my blog!)
One of the common bird species we have in South Florida!
One of the common bird species we have in South Florida!
April 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For “Draw a bird” day, may I offer you this whistling duck (watercolor, 16x16”) from my series Birds At Play, which were used to create a mural in the Mandel Library in West Palm Beach (info about the series and mural are on my blog!)
One of the common bird species we have in South Florida!
One of the common bird species we have in South Florida!
#portfolioday I do watercolors of Florida native plants and animals! Here’s a few I haven’t posted yet.
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#portfolioday I do watercolors of Florida native plants and animals! Here’s a few I haven’t posted yet.
Today my friends and I visited Wakodahatchee wetlands (Delray Beach) to watch the baby birds 🥹 this place is incredible
April 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Today my friends and I visited Wakodahatchee wetlands (Delray Beach) to watch the baby birds 🥹 this place is incredible
Awesome event at Dr. Von D Mizell-Eula Johnson state park! I didn’t know this park existed in Ft.Lauderdale until “parksgate”. It’s been great to get to know it.
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Awesome event at Dr. Von D Mizell-Eula Johnson state park! I didn’t know this park existed in Ft.Lauderdale until “parksgate”. It’s been great to get to know it.
Today I’m working on this Scrub Jay on Sand Oak painting. Refs for the bird is from Holly Youngblood Cannon. The plant refs I took at Jonathan Dickson State Park in an effort to familiarize myself with the habitat and with one of the parks that was recently at-risk for development #saveourparks
April 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Today I’m working on this Scrub Jay on Sand Oak painting. Refs for the bird is from Holly Youngblood Cannon. The plant refs I took at Jonathan Dickson State Park in an effort to familiarize myself with the habitat and with one of the parks that was recently at-risk for development #saveourparks
Bidens alba pattern! This is my first attempt at making a pattern and I have a few tweaks to make but I honestly love it. I’m gona paint all the elements then put it back together next.
I’m told that Bidens alba is one of the most important pollinator plants in Florida. Attracts 80ish bees right?
I’m told that Bidens alba is one of the most important pollinator plants in Florida. Attracts 80ish bees right?
April 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bidens alba pattern! This is my first attempt at making a pattern and I have a few tweaks to make but I honestly love it. I’m gona paint all the elements then put it back together next.
I’m told that Bidens alba is one of the most important pollinator plants in Florida. Attracts 80ish bees right?
I’m told that Bidens alba is one of the most important pollinator plants in Florida. Attracts 80ish bees right?
Went to Green Cay today ^—^ saw my first common yellowthroat! This red wing blackbird pic is also great. I saw a blue heron EATING A SNAKE and these poofy gallinule chicks!!!
March 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Went to Green Cay today ^—^ saw my first common yellowthroat! This red wing blackbird pic is also great. I saw a blue heron EATING A SNAKE and these poofy gallinule chicks!!!
Today’s art! Split Oak forest is conservation land in Orange County Florida currently under threat of development. They’ve been fighting a toll road for almost a decade! I’m really proud of all the work they’ve done and are still doing ❤️ watercolor (with scrub jay and gopher tortoise)
March 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Today’s art! Split Oak forest is conservation land in Orange County Florida currently under threat of development. They’ve been fighting a toll road for almost a decade! I’m really proud of all the work they’ve done and are still doing ❤️ watercolor (with scrub jay and gopher tortoise)
Today I got a start sketching this Florida scrub jay on sand oak
(reference from Holly Youngblood Cannon - references for the sand oak I took at Jonathan Dickinson!)
(reference from Holly Youngblood Cannon - references for the sand oak I took at Jonathan Dickinson!)
March 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Today I got a start sketching this Florida scrub jay on sand oak
(reference from Holly Youngblood Cannon - references for the sand oak I took at Jonathan Dickinson!)
(reference from Holly Youngblood Cannon - references for the sand oak I took at Jonathan Dickinson!)
Here they are side by side if it’s easier to compare that way ^-^
March 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Here they are side by side if it’s easier to compare that way ^-^
I’m working on a sketch of a Florida scrub jay on sand oak. (reference for the scrub jay is from Holly Youngblood Cannon) which version do you prefer?
March 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’m working on a sketch of a Florida scrub jay on sand oak. (reference for the scrub jay is from Holly Youngblood Cannon) which version do you prefer?
Working on this sketch of cedar waxwings in a strangler fig tree! (Ficus aurea) I’m pretty sure my fig tree reference is the right species, but I’m not familiar with other types of fig trees in the area so I could be wrong 🤔 (this is in Broward county, Florida)
February 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Working on this sketch of cedar waxwings in a strangler fig tree! (Ficus aurea) I’m pretty sure my fig tree reference is the right species, but I’m not familiar with other types of fig trees in the area so I could be wrong 🤔 (this is in Broward county, Florida)
Tillandsia With Miami Native Plants, watercolor 15x15”. This painting is for the Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plants Society and will be available on a shirt this spring! It features their plant mascot and logo image, Tillandsia fasculata, surrounded by plants and animals native to Miami.
February 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tillandsia With Miami Native Plants, watercolor 15x15”. This painting is for the Dade Chapter of the Florida Native Plants Society and will be available on a shirt this spring! It features their plant mascot and logo image, Tillandsia fasculata, surrounded by plants and animals native to Miami.