Hi Reader, I can finally tell you a secret that I've been keeping!!! Are you ready...?

My bestie Briana and I are heading back to....

...wait First the backstory:

As you know, we're currently painting 400 two-inch canvases in 2 months, and in 6ish weeks we'll be meeting up to piece all of the mini paintings together for the collection we’ve been working on. Right now I have 200 of them, and Bri has 200 of them and we're honestly just hoping and praying that they're going to match up together the way we think they will.

Some of you have been sending us messages and dropping comments on our posts with your guesses of what the collection is inspired by and where you think we will be meeting up.

Well… some of you have guessed correctly. ;)

I'm so excited to finally tell you!!

My bestie Briana and I are heading back to.... HAWAII

We first met up and traveled together to Kaui in 2025, and after that first trip to the beautiful islands, we were filled with so much inspiration that we wanted to create a whole collection inspired by the beauty of Hawai’i and go back there someday to piece the whole collection together.

So yes, we started brainstorming this project over a year ago, and now we are finally doing it!

Okay… now it’s time to give you an update on all the minis that Bri and I have painted so far for this EPIC collection.

If you are new here or if you happened to miss my last newsletter, here is something exclusive we are offering our email subscribers (aka all of you!)

We are going to allow you to have first dibs on any of the mini paintings that catch your eyes and you can order them before the full collection releases publicly to our 155,000+ followers on socials in November.

There will only be 400 mini original paintings available for this collection release!

So if you already know you want to claim one or some of the minis shown in this newsletter before anyone else does, then directly reply to this email and tell me which one(s) you want and I’ll send you a custom order link.

We are excited to show you what we’ve completed so far:

The Volcanoes:

The fishies and ocean:

The rays and jellies:

The seals and whales:

The sharks

These are things you may find on the beach 🦀 🐚

The food collection:

The dolphins:

and a few more sea creatures:

And last but not least some other things we’ve painted 🌺 🦎 ✨

Here’s some important info.

#1 The minis you order will not be shipped until after the collection releases in November because Bri and I need them all until then so we can piece them together for the bigger painting they will all create unitedly.

#2 Here is the pricing for the minis:

1 mini = $75 USD

2-3 minis = $70 each

4-9 minis = $65 each

10+ minis = $65 each with a free 8” x 8” print of the whole collection pieced together.

#3 All orders of original paintings will ship free in the USA 🇺🇸

#4 For International orders, we recommend budgeting approx. around $25-$35 USD for shipping costs.

#5 It's first come, first serve. Once you let us know which painting you want, we'll send you a custom listing. You'll have a grace period of 3 days after we send the listing to pay, but after that those paintings are back up for grabs to our email subscribers.

Thank you all very much for the excitement you’ve been expressing for Briana's and my collaboration 🥰🥰 We are so grateful for you all 🫂 🫂

Some of y’all have already been jumping in on this opportunity to claim your favs 😍 THANK YOU SO MUCH

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A couple more updates from my studio:

I just donated $847 to pygmy hippo conservation! Thank you so much to everyone who collected one of my hippos this past month! It means the world to me that you support my art, and help me give back to wildlife through it. Collect your hippo here.

I was a sea turtle this week. If you want to laugh at my really cringy sea turtle dance moves, watch this.​

Follow along: ​​​​

Much love, -Katie

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