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the art studio for whimsical illustrations that find a home in surface pattern design, wall art, & publications.

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Meet Thérèse

Thérèse is a painter and illustrator based in Long Sault, Ontario. After finishing her art degree in drawing and painting, she began her watercolour journey in children’s illustration—building a portfolio and eventually illustrating three children’s books. A life-long obsession with the intricacies found in the natural world led her to her current work of detailed paintings and pattern design inspired by vintage botanical and scientific prints.

🪻🌱Just a pretty card. . . . . the strawberrysnail.com shop is soooooo close to opening. I’m doing this thing where if you subscribe to my newsletter, you get a test run of the shop before it opens and if you share your shopping experience wi
I’m so excited to be using ink and pen again. I usually only use it for doing children’s illustration but I felt a pull to use it for this idea in my sketchbook and I went with it. Using a pen has always allowed me to free myself up using
Check your inbox newsletter subscribers! Some wisdom words from my 43 year old self plus a little V-day gift. . I finally got around to photographing these cards with the new packaging. I’m hoping to launch the new website shop at the end of M
🐇🌱Litter Gardener” in the shop now 🌱🐇 The snow is pretty but are we ready for Spring? Link to shop in profile 🐰 . . . . . #artprints #waitingforspring #gardener #childrensillustration #botanicalprints #whimsicalillustration #canadianmade
PRE-ORDER ONLY Swipe to see all three in my on-going Backyard series🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 I wanted something new for my shop launch and I know y’all have been wanting these so here we go. Pre order is not **officially** open yet (I will list the
Insider’s scoop: I’m still in my pjamas and have been reading all morning. It’s a PA day and J is sick and sleeping and the other J has been watching tv all morning. I could actually be working but I’m not. The last year I fee
New year, new packaging ✨✨✨ . #backyardbird notecards—tap to get one for you and your bird-loving bestie 💫 . . . . . #birdlovers #birdwatchers #cutestationery #illustratingnature
1st pattern of 2025 G.N.O.M.E Collection going strong still ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ . Is it Christmas, is it Fall? I don’t know! But I like it! . #surfacepatterndesign #gnomesweetgnome #patterndesign
Oh heeeeeeey! Giving you the heads up Strawberry Snajl will be having a website shop launch sale soooooooon! 🤩💯🥳 . . #artprints #gicleeprint #sale #vintageinspired #botanicalillustration #birdsforlife
Oooh just got this in the mail! Looking forward to it @schoolformodernmakers ! Took the course last spring and loved it so much I got the planner this year. Follow @schoolformodernmakers for more info 💯

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