MARY FEYWOOD

After so many years I am so excited to share with you the project that took so much love: The Feywood Oracle! "Ancient oaks, light birches, deep roots, and hidden circles. The Feywood Oracle is an oracle deck created by Mary Feywood with texts by Amanda Beelen. A deck filled with ancient forest magic, wise women, and spirit animals from the forest. Various cards are inspired by old Dutch folktales, both well-known and lesser-known." - 50 sturdy cards with drawings and wisdom - Includes a guide filled with poems, meanings, symbolism, sample spreads, and additional background information - Sturdy box with a beautiful gold print (it will be even prettier with gold oak leaves and acorns!) The available languages for now will be: Dutch & English. As I publish the deck by myself, costs of translations and printing are high so I can't do every language, sadly. But perhaps in the future there will be more languages available! ❤️ Thank you all so much for your trust and support during this incredible journey! Do you have questions or want to know more? I am happy to help! With love from the forest, Mary

Take a walk with me in the Dutch forest 🍂 Some pictures I took of my walk yesterday. I lived my whole life in this forest, and of each path and view I share memories with the trees. Nature is slowing down. I hope you find the rest to do so too 💚

"Fate decides, but never without my hands. The threads of the great web of life play with the loose threads of my wheel of life. Everything is connected, no matter which path you take. Everything is interwoven." One of my newest drawings, based on the old Dutch legend of the woman who lived in a hollow tree and spun fate there. The text above is a snippet of the poem by Amanda, who made the texts for my Oracle Deck. Currently, it is translated into English and I can't wait to share the result with you! ❤️ "When one entered the forest at night, one could see a light burning and hear the maiden spinning in the tree. One also saw a black dog with fiery eyes wandering around the area." (From Folktales from Gelderland (1979), by G.J.H. Krosenbrink) Wishing you a beautiful day from the forest🌿

The last slide is me right now 🌿 Hi loves! Still alive, just lost in time & space for the moment 😂 I am busy making a comeback, so in that case: - Did you sent me a message and I have not yet replied? I am very sorry! Please feel free to send it again and I will answer as soon as possible! And many questions about the oracle deck! I am scared to post a big announcement on my socials the first Dutch edition is sold out... BUT: I added a pre order option for the second print! You will find it in my webshop, or through the link in my bio. I am working very hard on the reprint, and also the English translation! If all goes well, the reprint and English translation will be available before December. Thank you all so much for the support, I did not think it would be sold out so soon! ❤️ If you have any more questions, do let me know, I am happy to help! Wishing you a beautiful day and with love from the forest, Mary The drawing: Sylvana, nature goddess

What I have been up to these weeks 🌿💚🌲 1. Lots and lots of festivals! Last weekend, @castlefest was absolutely amazing. Thank you all for visiting my market stall, and thanks so much to all volunteers, it was positively enchanting! 💚 This month, you can find me at @official_annotopia coming weekend and @middeleeuwswinschoten 2. The Oracle deck! It is here!!! I am so excited, but I need to do some last things before I can put it online. Thank you for your patience, it is coming soon! In autumn, I will make the English translation! 3. A project I love to illustrate: @zeppie_het_straathondje, a book about the life of a stray dog, written by @selma_loves_her_life. The book is ready for pre order! Sales of the book will be donated. Looking for more information or want to help stray dogs by buying the book? More information at the Zeppie account or at www.zeppiehetstraathondje.nl 4. Last but not least, the art exhibition of @boskunst and myself! Hope to see you at the opening of our magical forest the 23th of August! (The petite Galerie, Ugchelen)

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 Kunstexpositie van Dine van @boskunst en @maryfeywood 🌿Wanneer De feestelijke opening is zaterdag 23 augustus 2025 van 14:00 tot 18:00 uur met hapje, drankje en leuke goodiebags! 16.00 uur openingspraatje Daarna is de expositie nog te bewonderen tot en met januari 2026 in het pittoreske Ugchelen🌲 🌿Waar Petite Galerie, Ugchelseweg 38, Ugchelen Dine en Maartje zijn dol op de natuur, en maken creaties waaruit die liefde spreekt. Voel je vrij om de magie van de Veluwe van dichtbij te proeven! Kom je ook? We hebben dan een kleine verrassing voor je. Hopelijk zien we je daar! 🦔

The Elder Keeper Last @loreleifestival, I had a wonderful time painting live and working on the magic of the Elder Keeper. I painted with much love, using oil paints and elderberry sprigs. This wise woman will appear in my oracle deck, and I'll soon have eco-friendly prints of her printed. I wish you an enchanted day! 🌿 Warm wishes, Mary (Wearing @sos_e.official and @de_godin_in_jezelf)

Woodland ...𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶. ~ Prayer by the guardian of the sacred grove 🌿Hi loves! I am still alive! Lately I've been busy making a ton of new drawings, including this portrait of elf and wolf. I've also been busy with a lot of client projects, some are finished now and a lot are still in the making (and it's going to be really cool, but more about that later!) But most importantly: my oracle deck went to the printer today for a test print! 🎉❤️ I can't wait to share it with you. The next few days (weeks) I'll still be missing in action, preparing for all the festivals this summer I'll attend with my art, and busy with the final touches to the oracle deck, but after that I'll be back and I'll post a lot of new drawings. How are you all doing? How's your summer? Tell me your stories! 💚 Lots of love from the forest, Mary

The Wanderer 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 🌿 My newest drawing, inspired by the folklore of the black wolfhounds in the woodlands. The shadow on your path, the companion when you wander. It has been a while since I posted something! Life has been very busy with lots of exciting projects. I will share more with you soon! 💚 I hope you are doing well and wish you all the best. With love from the forest, Mary

Wishing you a blessed Beltane and a beautiful month of May ❤️

🌿 I am so happy that the forest is turning green again. The woodlands are my favorite color palette! Wishing you a lovely and green weekend 🌲

🌿 A combination that always works for me, is earth and water. Rain in the forest, a small woodland lake, a waterfall next to the old spruce and birch. Water wants to flow, and water should flow. Are you holding on to something tensely? Water teach us to live from love instead of fear: whether the river bends to the right or to the left, life wants to live, and it will find a way. So, here she is: my newest landscape drawing, all human made with love. I hope you enjoy it and I hope you will find some peace today 💚 Warm wishes, Mary

🌿 It has been a while! I am very grateful for all the client projects I am busy with, the oracle deck that is progressing every day and the nice weather for forest walks. On the other hand, all the use of AI generated images hangs like a sword of Damocles somewhere above my head. Every now and then there are those doubts. Will I still have work in a year? Do people care if art is made by a person? Do they feel that connection? Do they care? The answer is: YES. I am so grateful for everyone who knows and feels the value of real art. Art that contains love and feeling. Art that is made in hours, days, months. Art with a heart, with a message, an aura. I thank you all for your support. I will continue to create! 💚 I can't wait to show you all my new work. Have a wonderful day and warm greetings from the forest, Mary (Second picture made by the dear @boskunst) 🌲

Wishing you a beautiful Ostara and a beautiful spring 🌿🌼

🌿💚 This by far the BIGGEST project I ever took on, but it is by far the project closest to my heart. I am so excited every day it is getting more finished, and I can't wait to show it to you! It is still a loooot of work, but the magic and energy flows. Wishing you all the best from this Dutch forest 🌲💚

Some forest colors for your feed 🌿

February: month of sun and snow. 🌿Each day, the forest walk is different. I am very happy and thankful of returning life in the woodlands. How is your february? Let's promise to make this year a year of light and hope!

Earth Reconnection Reconnection with yourself. Reconnection with nature. A drawing with so much love and warmth that, no matter how cold it is outside, it gives me warmth, because you have so much light within yourself. Very grateful for the wonderful collaboration with @alruina_nien, who trusted me to bring her art vision to life for her Yoⴖi Steam stools. Do have a look at her page, as there is everything you ever wish to know about yoⴖi steaming and more. I wish you a very beautiful, warm inner time and with much love, Mary ❤️ PS: Looking for such an artwork for your own brand? I am open for commissions, feel free to send me a message!

The time I got to meet that place I had seen in my dreams. The mossy rocks, the tranquility, that soul of old... 🌿 Drawing 'Druids Rest'

Time is different when you step through a fairy portal. You follow the mushroom trail, barefoot on the moss, danced with the fey king and queen under the stars - one night you stayed, but upon return, many, many years have passed, and the world has changed... 🍄🌿 Animation of my drawing 'The Fairy Circle', humanmade with love 💚

"You meet her here: deep in the shadows of the forest, where it smells of moss and earth, and the oak roots reach deep into the ground." A detail of my drawing 'The Forest Shaman', one of my portraits that nudge a bit to the shadows. Don't ignore the signs on your path, she says. Step in the shadows to get to know yourself better. One portrait and message that will be in the oracle deck, as without shadow, no light 🌿 Wishing you a beautiful day! Love, Mary

🌿What a year. A year with many ups and many downs, but above all I am incredibly grateful for your support. Every order, every purchase at a fair, every reaction, every sweet message. Thank you! The drawing is called 'Aurora Ancestors', inspired by all the cultures from all over the world who saw their beloved ancestors in the dancing skies. I am really looking forward to next year. Getting back to work on customer projects, connecting even more with the forest, grounding and slowing down, and hopefully finishing the oracle deck. For now: be kind to yourself. 💚Don't forget to breathe and ground yourself in all the busy momens: it are humans who have made these times so busy while nature slows down. Lots of love, and I wish you a wonderful new year. Until then! ❤

Detail of 'Lesana'. Print on eco friendly paper made from agricultural waste 🌲 Time is very busy and I am sorry if you are waiting for a reply on a message! I will be back to you shortly 💚 Wishing you a beautiful day and warm wishes, Mary

"There used to be ghosts here. Some were called white ladies. In my time, old people believed in it and feared it. A white lady walked every evening here. She always walked ahead of you, but did no harm. Very occasionally she scared people or startled walkers by rising up unexpectedly." ~ Aalt Pijpers, born 1898 A larger picture of my latest 'white lady' (wit wief) painting. One of my favorite folk tales from the Netherlands, the witte wieven were ladies in white, ghosts, burial mound guardians, witches or women of mist. More paintings inspired by the white ladies to follow... Fragment from Folklore from Gooi- en Eemland and from the western Veluwe, collected by E. Heupers, 1979 Wishing you a beautiful weekend 🌿 Het Witte Wief Oil on canvas

The Forest Bear | De Grote Beer "Soft as mother eyes Strong as the embrace of father arms" I can't tell you how incredibly grateful and excited I am to be creating my oracle deck in collaboration with the amazing @amandabeelen. These two lines were from her (don't dare to tell more, it will come!), and wow, I am always blown away by how beautifully her poems and reflections align with my drawings and paintings... and how my drawings align with her texts, but that's another project I'll share more about when the time comes! :) The Forest Bear, the cuddly bear, the embracing bear, the strong bear. Time for hibernation. May the energy of the bear be with you this winter ❤ With lots of love, Mary

A detail of the Bird nest - work in progress It doesn't work to paint or draw something you don't feel. Of course it is possible - but then it becomes an empty vessel. It is autumn, winter almost - it is time to listen to the seasons. To return to peace and slowness, and to update old drawings. 🌿 Photo @boskunst

A rainy walk in a Dutch forest... Far from civilization, experience the magic of the seasons. Embrace the peace and tranquility. Turn inward and let go. Painting the softness. Love you all and wishing you a beautiful day, Mary 🌿

Embracing the coming winter. The rest, the peace, the darkness, circling inside. One of my colder drawings: The Winter Seeress. Wishing you all a beautiful day 💚 With love, Mary

Amanita Muscaria Oil Paint study on canvas Let's continue to celebrate the magic in the world, and let's protect and embrace and love each other, continuing to spread light and harmony as mushrooms in the wild forests. Warm wishes and love, Mary

Earth | Aarde An artwork as an invitation. The invitation not to focus on the visible outside, but to turn inward and nourish yourself in the deeper layers of your being. Wishing you a beautiful day and warm wishes from the Dutch forest, Mary

Het Witte Wief A painting inspired by one of my favorite folk tales from the Netherlands, the white ladies ("witte wieven"). Ladies in white, ghosts, burial mound guardians, witches or women of mist. Unfortunately my health is still a bit poor, but luckily I still manage to paint every now and then. Packing orders is a bit slow and responding to messages takes even longer - sorry if you are waiting for a reply, I hope to be there for you soon! 🌿 Warm wishes, Mary

Daydreaming about one of my favorite, most magical place I have seen. There will definitely be a painting of this, painted with the water drawn from the stream that flows there close by. What stories have been here? Who will be in the painting? Time will tell 🌿

Wolf The animal of fairy tales The animal in the news The animal in the shadows just beyond your memories The animal of warnings Dark and dark and devastating and bloodthirsty Wolf The animal The animal in the pack The animal of togetherness and family The animal of instinct The animal that lives The animal that is Wolf ~ My newest drawing of a wolf, for all wolf childeren and wild spirits. Be untamed. 🌿

Druids Rest | Druïdenrust Intuively, this place came to me as a safe place. A place where you can be alone, but not lonely; there will be guides all along the path to help you, and your ancestors are watching you - quite literally, this time. Have you found the Crone stone mother yet? 🌿 Wishing you a wonderful day, wherever you are in the world, from a Dutch forest 💚

The Morrígan is a figure from Irish mythology, associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death, or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow. A drawing with reference for womenhood, folklore and nature. 🌿

Dark forests appreciation post 🌲🖤

Sisterhood in the forest The value of being together with someone who knows what you are talking about when it comes to lingonberry or sap green paint. Creating together and marveling together in the beauty that the woodlands have to offer 🌿🌲 Together with @boskunst Felted collars @citysheepnature

'Oh now is the time of the Harvest, As we draw near to the years end Now is the time of Mabon Autumn is the time to descend Old Woman waits patiently for us At the threshold of the labyrinth within She offers her hand that we may understand The treasures that await at journey's end O Great Mother has given of Her body, We give thanks for Her fruit and Her grain We then clear the fields so that next harvest's yields Will be full and abundant again.' Beautiful words of the song 'Mabon' by Lisa Thiel, capturing the meaning of Autumn perfect ❤️🍂 On the picture: my drawing of autumn, Mabon Wind. I wish you all a most enchanting autumn!

Saddle your souls and let it ride With blind eyes, you will surely find the way Draw your breath in - let your thoughts fly Let it out slowly - on winds you will bide A new portrait I have made, for once of a male. For all men who dare to look inward, who are strong in softness. 🌿 The Green Man - music and text by Wardruna

I hope you all had a beautiful Lughnasadh! 🌿 My newest Lammas drawing for the Celtic series, more to come soon!

My art over the years with crows and ravens, to get into the energy of coming @castlefest where the #wicker this year is the Corvus. As they describe this beautiful bird: "Dancing on the currents of the air, the bird of the gods brings messages from the Otherworld and from your subconscious. Some recognize the Corvus as the announcement of death. But death also brings change. Death brings rebirth. It is precisely from the darkest moments that light is born, just as light is also born in the mother energy. From nothing something arises. From death life arises. From darkness light arises. When life seems dark, the Corvus gives you sight and wisdom. He invites you to dance with him on the air. With his playful resilience, the Corvus shows you life upside down. With new perspectives he teaches you to look again, to experience again and to live again. His third eye feeds your intuition and gives you insight. Go back to the core, to the black and look into the world again with the Corvus, so you rediscover yourself. The Corvus guides you in this transformation, the power of the individual, your own power. He lets you sing and when your song comes together with that of the swarm, his wisdom is collectively passed on. By being reborn as an individual, you find your place in the whole. Dance along on the air with the #Corvus, shake off your old feathers and look at the world with new eyes." I hope to see you at #Castlefest! 🐦‍⬛

🌿 Eyes closed in the forest Deep breath Touch the earth and come home Some drawings about finding peace in the woodlands and in yourself 💚 Wishing you a beautiful, peaceful day!

🌿🙋 Who else is in the I-continue-painting-when-the-vibe-is-right club? In this edition: my traditional paintings. I won't even talk about the digital ones I have left waiting... But: all good to those are wait. Recently I finished one of my big forest paintings after some years, and now it is a favorite. (The portrait of the young woman is a mixed media! :)) Digital with oil.) Which painting would you like to see finished?

One of my first drawings I made in this forest women style - a drawing about having reverence for all life. Plants, humans, animals. 💚🌿 Five years later, still one of my favorite pieces. Wishing you a beautiful day 🌲

🌿 Shop break this Tuesday! As these weeks are very busy with festivals, I will take a rest to take a breather and to create new things. My shop will close till approximately mid August, till after Castlefest. Looking for that special little piece of artwork? Don't hesitate as it might be gone when I reopen my shop! Wishing you a beautiful time and perhaps we will see each other at Castlefest 💚🌿

Sisterhood and connection at @loreleifestival 🌿 Meet some of the other vendors who conquer this rainy weather: @zachte_kracht_atelier Eefje makes beautiful artwork with paint and felt @de_godin_in_jezelf For handmade and unique goddess clothes @heksig.nl handmade jewelry and witchy products @sos_e.official Beautiful handmade bras (I bought the one with the moons) @spiritsandbeings_by_m_lemmens My dear fairy art sister creates magic with paint and pencil, do check out her account! @zuivergeluk.nl singing bowls and more @helende.henna beautiful intuitive henna art And Instagram free Roozijn, spiritual atelier 💚

A year ago I married my best friend. The one with whom I can walk for hours through the woods, who supports my art dream, with whom I can laugh and cry, and above all, the one who loved the crazy idea of ​​a fantasy-forest-pagan-handfast wedding as much as I did. A wonderful day with barefoot dancing to Celtic music, the sweetest dressed up guests, the tastiest vegan food and the forest in the background. On to next year and many many many more <3 The beautiful pictures are taken by @madame_poppy_ (the first one the edit is by me so it would fit into my feed, the rest is hers. Thank you thank you thank you again!)

Part 2 for the totem animals; the Fox. For all the curious, the off-the-beaten-path ones, the shapeshifters and the lovers, the misfits and the go-getters. ❤️🦊 On the picture you see a postcard print of the fox drawing (of course on eco friendly paper!) Wishing you a beautiful day my foxes ❤️

🌿 Everything looks better with ferns! I had a lot of fun making a frame more foresty to see how some of my posters look framed. What is your favorite? 🌲 (Psst... bonus points to you if you can guess my favorite color 😂)

The Crow-raven I remember reading a Lenape story as a small girl, about the crow being one of the most colourful and beautiful feathered bird with the voice of an angel. After a long period of cold weather, the animals became worried and decided to send a messenger to the Great Sky Spirit to ask for relief. The crow makes the journey to the Spirit and carries back a gift of fire. He returns, but the fire has scorched his beautiful plumage black, and his voice has been made rough and hoarse by the smoke. I always loved the story, remembering that someone as a crow, often being negatively symbolized as death and bad luck, can have a beautiful other story 🖤 The crow-raven, the first in line of the totem animals. More to come soon! Wishing you a beautiful day 🥰

When I am in nature, I can breathe and I feel connected, with myself and with all life. A reminder that it is okay to take a rest, that it is okay that some days, all you can do is breathe. Breathe, breathe with the forest. 💚 Had a delighted day witching with the dear @boskunst in the Dutch forests. Thank you dear Dine for all the pictures and clips!

🌿 Do you have any book recommendations? There is nothing nicer than reading on a warm day in a summer garden!

About this Saturday at @hxtival 💚🌲❤️ Had an absolutely delighted day. Always fun to transform your market stall into a magic forest! Thank you all for supporting my art and coming to say hi. See you soon at @fableandfantasy! 💚

🌿 My work is a symbiosis with the forest, and I also wanted to make frames that matched that vision. What do you think? Would you also like to see them in my shop, or would you like to have one custom made to your wishes? For now they will be available on markets, this one you will find at @hxtival 💚

My big source of inspiration; the woodlands, together with folklore and other tales (bonus points if it are forest folk tales 💚🌿) Where do you find inspiration?

When I started one year ago with attending markets and festivals with my art, I did not know it would be so much fun! I absolutely love decorating my market stall into a witchy forest. Curious to see how my booth will look like in another year! Every event, I learn new things and make new upgrades 💚🌿 Do you attend many witchy or fantasy events?

“When I am surrounded by the shadows, Come to me and remind me of this night’s lesson I pray to you, who wear the silver crescent, Not to let me forget.” ~ Prayer for the moon, Ceisiwr Serith of A book of Pagan prayer Mene, Moon Goddess A drawing for light and darkness, for old and new. The first one is a bit greener to fit into my feed – the other ones are the true colors. Might the night be blessed and will you find your inner light 🌙

Yes, she is in! 💚Add forest magic to your home with the Forest Witches Calendar. 12 of my drawings for each month with reference for womenhood, folklore and nature. Including full moon month names, and printed on 100% recycled paper. What is your favorite month? 🌿 Mine is May!

"Forests will always hold your secrets, for that's what forests are for. To seperate and hide things. To protect, to comfort, to hold, to envelop, to demonstrate, to slow down, to hold to teach Go to the trees to explore your questions and dreams. Go to the trees to desire and seek. The world will listen as you walk, watch, soften, and breathe." Words by Victoria Erickson by my newest painting, The Spirit of the Forest 🌿 Oil on Canvas

Memories | Leave the past behind A drawing for longing and leaving, of the love for old castle ruins and lost memories

"I walk with Earth under my feet I walk with visions in my eyes I walk with fire inside me I walk with Spirits as my guides When I feel like I can't breathe I take a walk and I am healed I'm walking back to the center I'm walking through the sacred field I'm walking deeper and deeper Learning the secrets to the night I'm looking into the fire I'm looking past the light When I feel like I can't breathe I take a walk and I am healed I'm walking back to the center I'm running through the sacred field I hear them calling my name" ~ Jim Beer Photo with the help of @boskunst

New! 💚 Bring the magic of mother earth and the forest into your home with these cotton pillow covers. Beautiful for on the couch or bed or for your meditation moment. All with handmade drawings with reference for womenhood, folklore and nature. The pillows are made with 100% cotton. It has been made with Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) requirements. This is a partnership between development organizations, environmental organizations and the business community and focuses on making cotton cultivation more sustainable. Which is your favorite? 🥰🌿

Details... the Spirit of the Forest... A sneak peek of what is to come soon 🌿🌲 Oil on Canvas Wishing you a beautiful day!

The sound of rain and thunder... 🌿💚 Can't wait for those days where the forest is green and the air smells of petrichor. In the meantime one of my drawings, the Owl Crone to symbolize those feelings 🌲 Do you love those forest summer storms too?

The sound of the drum resonates with your heart. I play several instruments, and my newest addition is the shaman drum. How wonderful it is to play the drum, at home or in the forest, to sing, to chant, to feel, to really be in the moment. A drawing for that feeling and for that moment. 💚

'You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don't have a life. You are life.'🌿 — Eckhart Tolle Just your humble artist vegetating on the soft moss. Wishing you a lovely day! Photo: @boskunst Dress: @eye_of_awareness

Do you also have pets that wants to be involved in everything? Always fun to photograph prints with curious pets 🌲

The Fairy Circle | De heksenkring What does this painting tell you for story? Folktales that tell about portals to another worlds fascinate me. A portal in the shape of a door, a shadow, a pool, a circle of mushrooms. A portal where time stops or continues in the real world, and the traveler no longer recognizes anything that was once familiar after returning. A new drawing inspired by these stories. ❤️🍄🌿 Eco friendly art prints available. Wishing you a beautiful day!

🌲 Forest Inspiration part 2 The forest is art. Every branch and root is a brushstroke, leaves and moss notes of color. The joy of walking in the forest is more than a journey; it's a return to the roots of inspiration, the place where my art starts. Some woodland inspiration for you too on this day. Enjoy! 💚🌲

Fox Fairy | Vossenelf A new painting, created upon an old one, about elves and fairies, about the deep parts of the forest foxes dwell. About shapeshifters and awareness for vitiligo, about old and new tales. Wishing you a beautiful day 💚

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Living my drawings 💚🌿 Just your local forest witch dancing on soft moss looking for a fairy portal (did not find one, yet) 🌲🤭 If I stop posting one day, I was swallowed into the fairy world to paint the fey king and queen On the cover: wood circle design by @wicca.wood With the video help of @boskunst Dress @eye_of_awareness

Fairy Circle Dance Mushroom circles in the forest are always a lovely surprise to find. Those fairy circles play a huge role in old beliefs and folklore, such as portals or places where elves and witches meet. In Dutch, my mother language, fairy circles translate to 'witches circle'. A big inspiration resulting in this newest drawing. 🌿 Prints available on eco friendly paper. 🙋 Hands up if you too want to dance on a warm midsummer night in a witches circle until the portal to the fairy world opens to take you there

Today here in the Netherlands is a beautiful sunny day. The forest is waking up, and so is my garden. Inspiration flows ✨ Some of my art work prints to give you the spring feel. Of course all printed on eco friendly paper 💚

"There used to be ghosts here. Some were called white ladies. In my time, old people believed in it and feared it. A white lady walked every evening on the Haarmesteeg here in Nijkerk. She always walked ahead of you, but did no harm. Very occasionally she scared people or startled walkers by rising up unexpectedly." ~ Aalt Pijpers, born 1898 One of my favorite folk tales from the Netherlands, the white ladies ("witte wieven"). Ladies in white, ghosts, burial mound guardians, witches or women of mist. More paintings inspired by the white ladies to follow... Fragment from Folklore from Gooi- en Eemland and from the western Veluwe, collected by E. Heupers, 1979 Photography by @boskunst Dress @celticwebmerchantbv

The forest is awakening... To celebrate the fact that I had 30k followers on Instagram (now even 31k, I love you all!), I promised to organize a sale and here it is! There is a sale in my Etsy shop throughout the month of March. There will be additional discounts and new products throughout the month. 🌲 I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all your support in my art dream! Let's celebrate the beginning of spring together! 💚🌿

Blossom | Bloesem A painting about softness and openness, about new life and new opportunities in a new year. Wishing you all a beautiful blossom time ❤️ Limited edition prints available in my shøp, printed on eco friendly paper🌲

The Forest Queen | De boskoningin One of my earlier drawings, the Crone queen of the forests. She is not crowned with gold or diamonds, but with oak and flowers, with clay and mud and turkeytail mushroom. She is made from what she is connected to. Wishing you a beautiful day from the woodlands 💚🌲

I believe that everything has a soul - people, animals, trees. What would the soul of this oak have seen in its long, long life? Don't forget to pause every now and then to hug a tree. 🌲🌿

The artist vs the art 💚 Forest witch not only in my art, but also in my heart and soul. Listening to the trees and the wisdom of the earth, capturing that into paint and pencil...

For everybody who needs a bit of wild boar energy in their lives 🖤🌿

Collaboration | Previously, if I really wanted to photograph my art indoors, I would drag furniture aside, set up light screens and work with tape and prayers. Fortunately, that is now a thing of the past. A collaboration with the app that I now really like to use for art mock-ups, @frameit_app. I hope this app can help you too in your art projects!

The Morrígan The Morrígan is a figure from Irish mythology, associated with war and fate, death or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow. Sometimes I am not happy with older drawings, so when the time is right, I add new layers, resulting in this dark, strong woman. 🤍 Eco friendly art prints available in my shop. Wishing you a blessed day!

Imbolc is near 💚 Here in the Netherlands the sun occasionally shines through the gray skies again. I used to live less with the seasons, but now that I live in an old and very cold house near the forest, you feel completely revived when spring is in the air (no more four sweaters and two scarves!). Wishing you a beautiful start of the spring!

Sometimes you have to step into your own paintings to be the witch haunting the forest, scaring normal people who walk their dog 🌿 ... Video by @boskunst Dress @eye_of_awareness Necklace @atelier_wolfstone

Longing for green days 🌿

Just an ivy appreciation post 🌿 Wishing you a beautiful day!

Inner Growth | May peace be with you 💚✨🌿

Just a little house in the absolute middle of nothing in the Norse wilderness where I would love to live and paint and watch moose appreciation post 🌲 #norway

Lesana | Forest Eyes Sometimes I make drawings that are not yet 'finished'. Like with a portrait from 2020 (the last slide). There was still some inspiration missing, the drawing waits until the right moment comes... and that is now, 2024. Mixed with extra forest witch vibes, the energy of the cat and some venom, voilà, there she is! But then the second hard part - naming your work. Thank you so much for all your lovely title suggestions! It gave me so much inspiration for future works ❤️❤️ Special thanks to @strakapouda for Lesana (I love it!) and thank you so much @i_dream_in_flowers and @red.squirrel4310 for "Forest Eyes" - loved it both so much, the combined title of 'Lesana - Forest Eyes' 🌿 Wishing you a beautiful, nature filled, feral, moss-touching day 💚 Eco friendly prints available in my Etsy shop 💚

🌲Forest vibes! I now have several hard drives full of photos - and the vast majority? Moss, trees, mushrooms, deer tracks, my art prints hidden among the pine branches, more mushrooms and did I already mention lots of moss? Because I regularly use these photos for inspiration, here are also images for your inspiration. 🌿 Cherish your magic, dear forest witches! 💚

Starting the new year with a drawing I made a few years earlier, about longing and dreams; the Standing Stones, inspired by the Craigh na Dun stone circle by #Outlander. Wishing you a beautiful year, full of fulfilled dreams and full of new ones ❤️

Wishing you a blessed Yule 🤍

Dreaming of definitely one of my favorite places ever. I'm curious what it looks like in the snow... One day, I will paint it! 💚🌿 Dress: @celticwebmerchantbv

How nice would it be to hibernate. To be able to take it easy, to be able to live with the seasons instead of carrying on as if it were as light and warm as summer... A detail of my drawing 'The Elf and the Hedgehog' 🌿