Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios
@swordfernstudios.bsky.social
Artist | Portland. Painter, forager, photo industry freelancer, & creative.
Obsessed with fungi, & noticing the little things that make life wonderful. Texture & details make me happy!
🛒🛍️ https://swordfernstudios.company.site
Obsessed with fungi, & noticing the little things that make life wonderful. Texture & details make me happy!
🛒🛍️ https://swordfernstudios.company.site
Feeling the flow today. I live for days like this.
Or maybe I saw an opportunity flying by and latched on to it for dear life!
Or maybe I saw an opportunity flying by and latched on to it for dear life!
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Feeling the flow today. I live for days like this.
Or maybe I saw an opportunity flying by and latched on to it for dear life!
Or maybe I saw an opportunity flying by and latched on to it for dear life!
My favorite painting from last year is now available in sticker form.
Cute frogs, Pacific Northwest wildflowers, carnivorous plants, and pollinators galore!
Perfect for your water bottle or nature journal 😉
Cute frogs, Pacific Northwest wildflowers, carnivorous plants, and pollinators galore!
Perfect for your water bottle or nature journal 😉
January 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
My favorite painting from last year is now available in sticker form.
Cute frogs, Pacific Northwest wildflowers, carnivorous plants, and pollinators galore!
Perfect for your water bottle or nature journal 😉
Cute frogs, Pacific Northwest wildflowers, carnivorous plants, and pollinators galore!
Perfect for your water bottle or nature journal 😉
AHHHHHHHH! 😱
Anywho, small win; I added some new stickers of my paintings on Etsy!
Sometimes thats all ya got, and it’s gotta be enough. 🤷🏼♀️
Anywho, small win; I added some new stickers of my paintings on Etsy!
Sometimes thats all ya got, and it’s gotta be enough. 🤷🏼♀️
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
AHHHHHHHH! 😱
Anywho, small win; I added some new stickers of my paintings on Etsy!
Sometimes thats all ya got, and it’s gotta be enough. 🤷🏼♀️
Anywho, small win; I added some new stickers of my paintings on Etsy!
Sometimes thats all ya got, and it’s gotta be enough. 🤷🏼♀️
@brendanlh.bsky.social and I visited elk rock island the other day. So many cool plants!
I was surprised by how much wooly sunflower and stonecrop there were. I also realized how badly I had needed some outside time. 😊
Whew!
I was surprised by how much wooly sunflower and stonecrop there were. I also realized how badly I had needed some outside time. 😊
Whew!
January 13, 2026 at 6:17 PM
@brendanlh.bsky.social and I visited elk rock island the other day. So many cool plants!
I was surprised by how much wooly sunflower and stonecrop there were. I also realized how badly I had needed some outside time. 😊
Whew!
I was surprised by how much wooly sunflower and stonecrop there were. I also realized how badly I had needed some outside time. 😊
Whew!
Art can buffer you from despair & inspire a glimpse into the future you want. The creative thinkers certainly have a role here.
Please continue to support creatives, if you can. Sorry I haven’t posted much, juggling life.
Here are some paintings of flora & fauna species I care about 🥹
Please continue to support creatives, if you can. Sorry I haven’t posted much, juggling life.
Here are some paintings of flora & fauna species I care about 🥹
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Art can buffer you from despair & inspire a glimpse into the future you want. The creative thinkers certainly have a role here.
Please continue to support creatives, if you can. Sorry I haven’t posted much, juggling life.
Here are some paintings of flora & fauna species I care about 🥹
Please continue to support creatives, if you can. Sorry I haven’t posted much, juggling life.
Here are some paintings of flora & fauna species I care about 🥹
Small Camas Flower painting.
We could all use something beautiful right now.
Something to look forward to.
Spring WILL come again.
Sow those seeds.
We could all use something beautiful right now.
Something to look forward to.
Spring WILL come again.
Sow those seeds.
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Small Camas Flower painting.
We could all use something beautiful right now.
Something to look forward to.
Spring WILL come again.
Sow those seeds.
We could all use something beautiful right now.
Something to look forward to.
Spring WILL come again.
Sow those seeds.
*feeling endless rage*
Anyway, I picked up some paints & blocked in a fritillary this afternoon. Blocking in flowers & details tomorrow.
Trying to channel intense energy so I don’t go off the rocker, or say too many things about choppy. Remember to find bits of joy between this f#cking insanity.
Anyway, I picked up some paints & blocked in a fritillary this afternoon. Blocking in flowers & details tomorrow.
Trying to channel intense energy so I don’t go off the rocker, or say too many things about choppy. Remember to find bits of joy between this f#cking insanity.
January 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
*feeling endless rage*
Anyway, I picked up some paints & blocked in a fritillary this afternoon. Blocking in flowers & details tomorrow.
Trying to channel intense energy so I don’t go off the rocker, or say too many things about choppy. Remember to find bits of joy between this f#cking insanity.
Anyway, I picked up some paints & blocked in a fritillary this afternoon. Blocking in flowers & details tomorrow.
Trying to channel intense energy so I don’t go off the rocker, or say too many things about choppy. Remember to find bits of joy between this f#cking insanity.
The moonrise the other night was insaaaane. Hope y’all caught it too. Can’t remember if it was full this night or the night before. It certainly LOOKED full.
Side note: I’m super lost in time and this may have been two days ago or a week ago. 🤷🏼♀️
Side note: I’m super lost in time and this may have been two days ago or a week ago. 🤷🏼♀️
January 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The moonrise the other night was insaaaane. Hope y’all caught it too. Can’t remember if it was full this night or the night before. It certainly LOOKED full.
Side note: I’m super lost in time and this may have been two days ago or a week ago. 🤷🏼♀️
Side note: I’m super lost in time and this may have been two days ago or a week ago. 🤷🏼♀️
It’s National Bird Day! What bird first sparked your curiosity? Do you have a favorite?
I enjoy raptors & corvid!
As a child I’d watch the red tailed hawk & bald eagle hunt from the edges of rugged basalt cliff in the gorge.
Here’s my American Goshawk study
#birds #birdlovers #birdwatching
I enjoy raptors & corvid!
As a child I’d watch the red tailed hawk & bald eagle hunt from the edges of rugged basalt cliff in the gorge.
Here’s my American Goshawk study
#birds #birdlovers #birdwatching
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
It’s National Bird Day! What bird first sparked your curiosity? Do you have a favorite?
I enjoy raptors & corvid!
As a child I’d watch the red tailed hawk & bald eagle hunt from the edges of rugged basalt cliff in the gorge.
Here’s my American Goshawk study
#birds #birdlovers #birdwatching
I enjoy raptors & corvid!
As a child I’d watch the red tailed hawk & bald eagle hunt from the edges of rugged basalt cliff in the gorge.
Here’s my American Goshawk study
#birds #birdlovers #birdwatching
Reposted by Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios
In case you need some green.
January 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM
In case you need some green.
The holidaze continues.
December 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The holidaze continues.
For today’s #ArtAdventCalendar I’d like to share a mini painting inspired by the Columbia River Gorge.
‘Camassia Quamash’
A perennial herb, native to western N. America in large areas of southern Canada & the northwestern United States. A staple food to First Nations people, & pollinators love it!
‘Camassia Quamash’
A perennial herb, native to western N. America in large areas of southern Canada & the northwestern United States. A staple food to First Nations people, & pollinators love it!
December 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
For today’s #ArtAdventCalendar I’d like to share a mini painting inspired by the Columbia River Gorge.
‘Camassia Quamash’
A perennial herb, native to western N. America in large areas of southern Canada & the northwestern United States. A staple food to First Nations people, & pollinators love it!
‘Camassia Quamash’
A perennial herb, native to western N. America in large areas of southern Canada & the northwestern United States. A staple food to First Nations people, & pollinators love it!
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My porcini & ferns painting for both #artadventcalendar & #forestfriday
One of my favs! This piece got me my first gallery invite! The gallery owner was out walking his dog & saw my work in a coffee shop.
My porcini & ferns painting for both #artadventcalendar & #forestfriday
One of my favs! This piece got me my first gallery invite! The gallery owner was out walking his dog & saw my work in a coffee shop.
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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My porcini & ferns painting for both #artadventcalendar & #forestfriday
One of my favs! This piece got me my first gallery invite! The gallery owner was out walking his dog & saw my work in a coffee shop.
My porcini & ferns painting for both #artadventcalendar & #forestfriday
One of my favs! This piece got me my first gallery invite! The gallery owner was out walking his dog & saw my work in a coffee shop.
Reposted by Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios
With Christmas around the corner, it feels right to share a few more Amanita muscaria photos 🍄
📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 320
Stack of 77 images
10/23/21
Northern Oregon Coast
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 320
Stack of 77 images
10/23/21
Northern Oregon Coast
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
December 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
With Christmas around the corner, it feels right to share a few more Amanita muscaria photos 🍄
📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 320
Stack of 77 images
10/23/21
Northern Oregon Coast
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
📷 Canon 5D Mk III
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/2.8, 1/80, ISO 320
Stack of 77 images
10/23/21
Northern Oregon Coast
#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms
🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄🟫
Reposted by Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios
solidarity with trans people and death to fascism
December 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
solidarity with trans people and death to fascism
Reposted by Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios
Native Plants for Pollinators: West of the Cascades. Infographic courtesy of Oregon State University
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#nativeplants #conservation #habitatrestoration #backyardhabitat #guerillagardening #urbanwildlife #rewilding #pacificnorthwest #washington #oregon #california #britishcolumbia
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#nativeplants #conservation #habitatrestoration #backyardhabitat #guerillagardening #urbanwildlife #rewilding #pacificnorthwest #washington #oregon #california #britishcolumbia
April 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Native Plants for Pollinators: West of the Cascades. Infographic courtesy of Oregon State University
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#nativeplants #conservation #habitatrestoration #backyardhabitat #guerillagardening #urbanwildlife #rewilding #pacificnorthwest #washington #oregon #california #britishcolumbia
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#nativeplants #conservation #habitatrestoration #backyardhabitat #guerillagardening #urbanwildlife #rewilding #pacificnorthwest #washington #oregon #california #britishcolumbia
My painting ‘Courtship’ for Just Like Honey, opening this Friday. If you're in PDX please come to the opening, it’ll be a party! Details in alt text
Antler & Talon Galleries
12/19, 5-8 pm. Two new exhibitions, DJ, drinks, & tattoos
Pls share!
#portlandart #pdxart #pdxgallery #artforsale #painting
Antler & Talon Galleries
12/19, 5-8 pm. Two new exhibitions, DJ, drinks, & tattoos
Pls share!
#portlandart #pdxart #pdxgallery #artforsale #painting
December 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My painting ‘Courtship’ for Just Like Honey, opening this Friday. If you're in PDX please come to the opening, it’ll be a party! Details in alt text
Antler & Talon Galleries
12/19, 5-8 pm. Two new exhibitions, DJ, drinks, & tattoos
Pls share!
#portlandart #pdxart #pdxgallery #artforsale #painting
Antler & Talon Galleries
12/19, 5-8 pm. Two new exhibitions, DJ, drinks, & tattoos
Pls share!
#portlandart #pdxart #pdxgallery #artforsale #painting
Hey Oregonians & fellow Portlanders! Donate to @barkformthood.bsky.social via Give!Guide. Every $10 donation earns you a 10% discount at SymbiOp, plus a chance to win today's Big Groceries Day package - New Seasons gift cards from $100-$500! Learn more 👇
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December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hey Oregonians & fellow Portlanders! Donate to @barkformthood.bsky.social via Give!Guide. Every $10 donation earns you a 10% discount at SymbiOp, plus a chance to win today's Big Groceries Day package - New Seasons gift cards from $100-$500! Learn more 👇
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Another little friend, the Western toad for #ArtAdventCalendar
I’d like to explore more watercolor in 2026.
#frogs #frogart #wildlifeart #animalart
I’d like to explore more watercolor in 2026.
#frogs #frogart #wildlifeart #animalart
December 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Another little friend, the Western toad for #ArtAdventCalendar
I’d like to explore more watercolor in 2026.
#frogs #frogart #wildlifeart #animalart
I’d like to explore more watercolor in 2026.
#frogs #frogart #wildlifeart #animalart
Reposted by Michelle F Mitchell | Sword Fern Studios
Good news for the Northern Hemisphere!
Next week the days start getting longer
December 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Good news for the Northern Hemisphere!
We met an owl while walking our dog at dusk this evening. It was hunting squirrels in the big Douglas firs & happened to be going low right as we walked up. It was really cool to watch. At one point I just decided to lie down to keep watching because it was hurting my neck so bad. 🤣 10/10 very cool.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We met an owl while walking our dog at dusk this evening. It was hunting squirrels in the big Douglas firs & happened to be going low right as we walked up. It was really cool to watch. At one point I just decided to lie down to keep watching because it was hurting my neck so bad. 🤣 10/10 very cool.
I’m excited to share my newest painting ‘Courtship’ with you!
I shared WIP shots a while back, here’s the finished piece for a gallery show. Just Like Honey 2 opens at Antler & Talon Galleries in PDX 12/19
I dig these hexagon panels.
#ArtAdventCalendar #natureart #salamanders #mushrooms #lichen
I shared WIP shots a while back, here’s the finished piece for a gallery show. Just Like Honey 2 opens at Antler & Talon Galleries in PDX 12/19
I dig these hexagon panels.
#ArtAdventCalendar #natureart #salamanders #mushrooms #lichen
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m excited to share my newest painting ‘Courtship’ with you!
I shared WIP shots a while back, here’s the finished piece for a gallery show. Just Like Honey 2 opens at Antler & Talon Galleries in PDX 12/19
I dig these hexagon panels.
#ArtAdventCalendar #natureart #salamanders #mushrooms #lichen
I shared WIP shots a while back, here’s the finished piece for a gallery show. Just Like Honey 2 opens at Antler & Talon Galleries in PDX 12/19
I dig these hexagon panels.
#ArtAdventCalendar #natureart #salamanders #mushrooms #lichen
Hey Portland Oregon folks! I’m at a holiday market in SE this evening.
Support art by real living artists! I make nature inspired art. If that’s not your thing there is also a variety of jewelry, plants, decor, vintage, baked goods, & other goodies!
Here til 10pm. Come through!
📍5939 SE 82nd ave
Support art by real living artists! I make nature inspired art. If that’s not your thing there is also a variety of jewelry, plants, decor, vintage, baked goods, & other goodies!
Here til 10pm. Come through!
📍5939 SE 82nd ave
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Hey Portland Oregon folks! I’m at a holiday market in SE this evening.
Support art by real living artists! I make nature inspired art. If that’s not your thing there is also a variety of jewelry, plants, decor, vintage, baked goods, & other goodies!
Here til 10pm. Come through!
📍5939 SE 82nd ave
Support art by real living artists! I make nature inspired art. If that’s not your thing there is also a variety of jewelry, plants, decor, vintage, baked goods, & other goodies!
Here til 10pm. Come through!
📍5939 SE 82nd ave