Encounter wild and novel places through the pages…

Hey everyone, I’m Heather Dickinson, and I am an artist, educator, and amateur explorer. I started this site in February 2024 without much of a plan beyond sharing my love for our natural world through artistic study in situ, but like most things I get myself into, it has ballooned into it’s own unique expression — an online zibaldone or commonplace book full of sketches both realist and fantastical, poetry, fiction, and diaristic rambles.

The Somewhat Feral Artist, in her natural habitats...

How you can support more art and expeditions:

Most of what I post will be free. Like, 70 to 80%.

That remaining 20-30% of new content will be behind a nominal paywall because this Rather Feral Artist likes cookies and tea and new drawing sticks now and again.

If you love what you see here, please consider signing up for a $6/month subscription plan. It’s like buying me a fancy coffee and berry-flavored scone once a month to let me know you enjoy the content. Only, you’ll also get access to video drawing lessons, meditative/ASMR-style drawing videos, content from my future book, everything in the archives, and so much more. It’s a win-win.

Supporting this site with a subscription helps me keep making art, keep exploring the wilderness areas, and keep pursuing my goals as a professional artist and art educator.

If a monthly subscription or patronage is not your style, you may still leave me a tip.

A Small Portfolio of Works

(L to R) 1. Mullein, 2024. 2. Sword of Truth, 2024. 3. Russian Olive Study, 2023. 4. Joyful Carp, 2021. 5. Reopen the Old Wells, 2024. 6. Guarded, 2024. 7. Pisum Sativum study, 2024. 8. There is Beauty Among the Bones, 2024. 9. Untitled, 2025.

Commissions are: OPEN. Please send inquiries via DM.

You may purchase merchandise and prints via Fine Art America.

As always,

If you are a Christian inclined toward the arts, check out Matt Tommey Mentoring
Matt's work was quite influential to my own journey.

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Somewhat Feral, Catholic convert, teacher of art and literature (M.Ed.), part time Hobbit. I draw, a lot.