Be Well — Meghan Aileen

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Creative Director. Photographer. Artist. Chicken Wrangler.

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Learning to heal with art and nature. The fine art of herbalism and art as therapy.

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This was a total coincidence that this song was playing when I was drawing St John’s Wort flowers! (Swipe to see video)
The sunshine of the plant world there is strong evidence of it helping with depression. It’s also amazing for nerve damage and restoration (I prefer the homeopathic version vs tincture for that) and wound healer/antiseptic even after surgery. It can effect some pharmaceuticals mostly by changing the rate they are broken down by the liver so check with your doc if you are taking anything else. Such an awesome plant. Trying to decide if I’ll paint it!! @campmakewell

The Pickin’ America collection of @mikewolfeamericanpicker for @antiquearchaeology
Usually I’m a nut about consistency and shoot the calendar all in one location....and I was a little nervous because I shot this in various locations in 2 different states, daytime, nighttime, indoor, outdoor etc. But it ended up being one of my favorite ones!!! I kept consistency with lighting and color instead of setting.

Isn’t it weird to see 2020 written out!? Go grab one of these!

Super hot and sticky but always rewarding day setting up my @antiquearchaeology stage in the @amtriangle tent for the @pilgrimagefestival this weekend! Are you coming?? Thanks for your help @4thebirds sorry for leaving you hanging in that pic because I’m looking for a bird? Hahaha 😆🤷‍♀️👊🏻

Happy September! I love the ease of watercolor and that I can leave it set up, start and stop it whenever easily. This is useful for busy people like myself. But I have been having a hard time figuring out what kind of subject matter I want to paint in watercolor. Oils I never seem to have a problem coming up with what to paint.
I came across some skulls and was reminded of how the Buddhist monks keep skulls around as a reminder of their mortality. I am always talking about how us, the animals and plants are all part of the same ecosystem even though at times we humans act like we are above it somehow.
The contrast here represents life and death and this ecosystem we live in and need to survive. We are not invincible and need to live accordingly making good choices. We all struggle with self destructive behavior at times. But i do believe for every ailment there is something in nature to cure it or more accurately...balance it. You just have to know where to look. ✌️❤️🌱🎨@campmakewell

Everyone loves sunsets. They are always beautiful and there is an endless combination of colors and cloud shapes to paint. They mean the end of a day, time to rest. Some of us have trouble resting, we run through the day in our heads over and over, beat ourselves up with guilt for things we didn’t accomplish, or regret for what we wish we could have done differently.
I’m actively trying to just soak up the warmth and peace that comes with the end of a day. There’s comfort in knowing you made it through and tomorrow is a new day. You get to start over learning from today’s mistakes, each time the chance to do better.
The herbs here are skullcap and milky oats. Skullcap for helping a racing mind relax, and milky oats for restoring a burnt out nervous system from daily life in this crazy ass world.
Hope you all rest well tonight. ✌️❤️🌱🎨 { 5x7 oil on canvas } follow my @campmakewell page