Persephone Sage
Watercolor and ink
Stories you can bring home. Watercolor and ink inspired by wandering, collected pottery, bonsai, and the wild places that stay with us.
TTB-0038 · Salt Creek, WashingtonTrees in collected cups, imagined miniature worlds, and places worth wandering.
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Trees and collected cups. Small reminders of places along the way.
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Tombow Ink Pen & Water
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Villages among branches, miniature landscapes, and imagined places.
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink · Provisional study
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Grand Teton buffalo studies, landscapes, and encounters with the natural world.
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
Watercolor and ink
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I grew up in Sonoma County, California, exploring tidepools at Bodega Bay, naturalist camps, and the coast at Point Reyes. Early lessons in looking closely at the natural world have stayed with me.
I studied political science at UC Santa Barbara, but never stopped wandering, making things, and gathering small reminders of places I loved. Over the years, I collected handmade espresso cups and pottery while traveling, and studied and created bonsai.
Now those threads come together in watercolor and ink. Bonsai grow from cups found along the way. Wild landscapes become tiny worlds. Real places wander into imagined ones. There aren’t many rules.
Follow the journey
A folding palette, a little water, and a place to sit. Sometimes that is all you need.

Looking for the lines, textures, and shapes that make a tree its own.

Good company, an open sketchbook, and a day spent making things.
“The only real constraint is the size of the adventure.”

Watercolor and ink originals become archival prints and illustrated stickers, small, story-filled things made to be kept or passed along.
The collection is growing. For now, orders are placed securely through our Etsy shop.
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