These Painted Sun-Soaked Scenes Will Make You Want to Pack a Bag (Like, Right Now)

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Hel­lo. It’s been a while! I’ve been so spo­radic in writ­ing, most­ly because my Embroi­dered Col­lars have kept me super busy—I am stitch­ing a lot and am booked with col­lars through ear­ly Novem­ber (but still have cus­tom com­mis­sions avail­able for the hol­i­days). But I miss shar­ing artists, illus­tra­tors, embroi­der­ers, and oth­er mak­ers here, so I am going to try and write a cou­ple of times a week.

Joanne Ho, aka Helo Birdie, cre­ates trav­el paint­ings of places that are sure to give you wan­der­lust. Her gouache art­works fea­ture peo­ple from a bird’s eye view as they enjoy some fun in the sun in locales like San­tori­ni. The sun-soaked vaca­tion­ers lounge in pools against the back­drop of the ocean and mod­ern hous­es. With each paint­ing, you’ll think, “I want to go there!”

Joanne sells orig­i­nals of her work on Etsy and prints on Society6. Be sure to fol­low her on Insta­gram to see what she’s cre­at­ing next.