Golden-crowned Kinglet and Birch

Golden-crowned Kinglet and BirchAlex Warnick is a natural history artist based in southern Indiana. With a life long passion for birds she partners with scientific institutions to highlight the world's bird life. Her work has been featured by the National Audubon society, the American Birding Association, and Birdwatchers Digest. She's a recipient of the Donald and Virginia Eckelberry Endowment from the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and her work has been featured in

and dispelling common misconceptions about mental health

A career as a graphic designer followed—first as a book designer and evolving into roles as art director and designer of branded collateral for diverse clients

Established in 1914

and book covers

Reduce stress and anxiety

through paying deep attention

collecting observations of natural subjects over time

and most days I walk alone in my neighborhood or in local parks

Perhaps they might learn a thing or two from Picopaco afterall

there's joy to be had in the ravenous hunger

intricate paintings of dreamlike landscapes from her imagination

not much informed by the painting that came before or after it