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Aster is the best dang thing right now. One in my front yard is around 7ft tall and COVERED in butterflies and bees. 🌱

Butterfly, maybe painted lady, feeding from a white aster flower.

Many thanks to the little baby opossums earlier in the year for being best buds. I've got a local Halloween show on Saturday and I'm trying to finish up a couple more paintings :) This is one of the handful of Witch Familiars I've made so far.

small watercolor painting in a fancy frame on a shelf. There is a two headed baby Opossum inside. Orange striped background, greenish gray fur.

two little opossums sitting next to each other, a night time photo taken by a nature cam. They are close enough it looks like they're two headed.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 29/09/2026

This month's coloring page is up :) www.patreon.com/collection/8...

Image of a deer line art with ethereal floating lines rising from it.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 29/09/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula This one's my husband's librarian vampire. Don't mess with his books.

Abstract energetic painting in watercolor of a figure in pink, black and gold. It looks like he's casting a spell. Butterflies are everywhere, escaping the light in his hands.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 29/09/2026

One of the deer for September! Might paint a bigger one, maybe. It's one of the closest attempts at deer + tree that I've gotten. patreon.com/fallenlights

Pink and olive green deer shaped like a tree branch. It looks like it's still growing.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 28/09/2026

Start of the school year means my kid's Girlscout troop starts their fundraisers! They've got a trip to Chicago to save up for (To sleep at the field museum!). *this isn't cookies, that is January* tinyurl.com/5de62ba6

Girl scout banner for daughter's fundraiser. Green banner, kid in a hoodie grinning next to the words Visit my site to help me reach my goal. Link is in the post. Magazines, chocolates, and other things.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 22/09/2026

yeah! But look how itty bitty it was!

baby raccoon in a towel sleeping in a shoebox.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 22/09/2026

Hurrumphfry and Rainbow Brite for scale. Got a Halloween show in October and finishing up a few witch familiars.

A grumpy looking toad in a frame. He is olive green in front of a red polkadot background like a mushroom. Funko pop of rainbow Brite next to him.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 22/09/2026

Rabbit Had the Strangest Dream Rabbit had the dream again. He was king, the world burned. It did not concern him. --- Will be available on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social this Thursday!

A pale rabbit with a zoned out expression. Behind him looks like roots in red and yellow, almost like they're a strange fire. Framed painting is on marigold plants.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 21/09/2026

Some of the little halloween witch familiars i painted for a town show!

watercolor paintings of a rabbit with pink spiral coming out of him. the other is a little owl with books.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 21/09/2026

Monarch was in the backyard last week :) They come through the area in the spring on their road north, then back again August through October. #Invertebrates 🌱🦋

large orange monarch butterfly with wings spread wide, feeding from a purple blazing star flower.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 17/09/2026

A spooky little deer for town's Halloween night :)

photo of a headless deer on a shelf, framed in brown. It's all pencil with little gold eyes. The head is smoke. Feet are kind of vanishing into the background.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 17/09/2026

I have stuff like this? Maybe not exactly water but flowy like water? Also not mermaids (There might be more, this was just what popped up in my head asap) Watercolor

woman in gray, blue and brown holding up a crescent moon.

gray woman with a sword in her hands, long flowing hair.

woman with long hair and flowing ribbon like shapes in blue silver and black.

woman in pale dress, very tall, with dark blue background. a star hangs from her fingertip.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 17/09/2026

I used to use Arches watercolor paper (this was the last bit of some I had). See the circled part? That's at least 10 layers of blue. But Laura, there's white? Yes. That's why I stopped using something I did from 1998-2020. In 2021 they changed the sizing and the paper became expensive trash.

Blue watercolor painting where some area looks washed away and circled in red.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 16/09/2026

He's not done yet, but will require a name. I'm leaning towards Hurrumphfry.

Watercolor painting of a toad in earthy green. Looks grumpy.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 15/09/2026

Went and fixed the problem of not getting the work over the weekend. Now the cursed guy is with out books until I can find a cool shelf.

A dark photo of a weird worm jar. It looks haunted

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 15/09/2026

New post up with a short video of this little painting getting made! www.patreon.com/fallenlights...

Tiny moth painting in a gold frame with cherubs. Odd combo, but whatever. The moth has a large eye between its feet and eyes on its wings. It is gold and brown.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 14/09/2026

Two witch familiars done! The owl's name is Bruno, an eastern screech owl from World Bird Sanctuary just outside of St. Louis :) The rabbit is practicing telekinesis and is attempting to lift up the alien finger puppet. These are going with me to District Frights in O'Fallon IL on Oct 3rd!

A white rabbit in a fancy frame. He has a pink spiral coming from his head. The other painting is a small brown owl with books.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 11/09/2026

Newest painting is almost done, save for a few tiny details! This is part of my growing collection of abstracted surreal landscapes -> www.patreon.com/collection/1...

close up shot of a lot of wet blue watercolor paint on paper.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 07/09/2026

Aster should be blooming in another two weeks or so and then I'll really get all the butterflies in the yard.🌱 #invertebrate

Monarch and bee on a sunflower with blue sky behind.

Monarch with leaves around it feeding from a blazing star

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 03/09/2026

We've got an 80% black cat :) she was found around the corner from our house with her sister (gray and white) (also cats go well with wings or extra eyes too)

black and white cat sitting on top of a bin, supervising. coffee cup is under her.

two goofy cats on a brown chair, they are play fighting.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 03/09/2026

if you had a witch's familiar, what animal would you want? I've got 6-7 mini frames and a halloween event in october (brain is pffft right now) These were two I painted last year :)

two images of halloween animals. one is a hot pink raccoon with bat wings. the other is a portrait of a rabbit with many eyes.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 03/09/2026

Deer to draw, dragons to draw, witch familiars to paint... Busy busy sketch month. I think I have two sketch spots left too -> patreon.com/fallenlights (the branches) #bsnm

Sketchbook sketch of a deer with many branch like antlers on their head.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 01/09/2026

Did you know this used to be a line of trees? A spot in the woods by my house, from the studio window. Patrons get to see where my ideas come from, and I've got the new work set up in a "tower tree" collection www.patreon.com/collection/1... Come hang out for a bit and check out behind the scenes!

watercolor painting of an abstract tree looming over a great white expanse of sky.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 27/08/2026

Artist Pro Tip, vendor edition: DO NOT be a miserable fuck if you're not selling and the artists around you are. You are radiating that misery, making your situation even worse, plus the the other artists start to actively try to NOT talk to you any time there's a lull. Swallow the annoyance.

landscape watercolor painting that is kind of an abstract surreal dream place. Roots and columns make up trees.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 27/08/2026

i had a bunch of thumbs for this one, with or without the bird, but these had been the final two before I decided to get my watercolors out. The sketches are maybe 2x3inches. Final is 8x10

two sketches of a crow with a feather in his beak, standing over a pond with vines everywhere. pencil

watercolor painting of a crow with a feather in his beak standing over a pond with vines and branches growing everywhere. it is green and blue.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 26/08/2026

New post is up with tiny things to color! www.patreon.com/fallenlights...

image of four rabbits that are drawn. two are running, two are sitting up. all of them are in pencil.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 24/08/2026

New post is up with my latest painting! It's a bigger version of one I painted back in June, called The Cathedral. There's a line of trees that kind of make a doorway in the winter, so they've been showing up a lot more in my work. patreon.com/fallenlights

Cropped section of a painting. Orange and pink archways that look organic. with a pale yellow light inside.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 18/08/2026

YO. I know some of you follow cause I post references from time to time. Go > patreon.com/fallenlights and click "follow" there, the refs get posted publicly and you'll be emailed when it posts! Going through my cicada photos to weed out the not super blurry ones to post up later. #invertebrate

Close up photo of a piece of cicada. it is green because it just came out of the shell.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 15/08/2026

Finally decided on August's print! I made a small blue owl last month :) It's a 3x5in on 4x6in print. These go out on The Earth (or higher) tiers on my patreon! Come hang out for the month, or on month 3 you get a print and a opossum sticker. Raccoon and batbunny after 3+ patreon.com/fallenlights

Bright bright bright blue owl painting that makes the bird look like it is made of glass. Stars and a moon adorn it.

three stickers in artist's hand. one blue bat bunny, a hot pink and green raccoon, and a cute opossum holding its tail.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 15/08/2026

New post is available for patrons! www.patreon.com/collection/1... I'm back on my nonsense with landscapes, breaking up trees into cathedrals and towers :) Got two big WIPs on the table right now and I posted an update on both!

section of a sketch of an abstracted doorway that looks like it's a growing tree.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 13/08/2026

Working on dragon sketches today. This one's mixed with bee balm petal shapes.

Dragon drawing on brown toned paper. Swishy, kind of organic shapes. Resting on white sketchbook with another doodle if same dragon on it.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 11/08/2026

While waiting on my kid's Book It pizza at Pizza hut, a guy said "cool hair!" And commented how he had the same haircut back in the 90s and I went "Yeah... And now they're playing Pearl Jam in the grocery store" Both of us got that withering into a husk look on our face.

Personal pan pizza with pepperoni on it in a cardboard box

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 11/08/2026

One of my dragons from a few years back. Going to be drawing and painting bug/flower dragons this year. patreon.com/fallenlights

hot pink and bright purple watercolor of a dragon that looks like it might be a bird as well.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 07/08/2026

Posted a bunch of small new art on fallenlights - they've all gotta go with me on Saturday for Vine Street Market. Lots of pinks and greens. patreon.com/fallenlights

bright moth with wiggly lines for wings, like plant leaves. It's hot pink background and bright greens for the wings and body.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 06/08/2026

I've got farmer's market this weekend in Downtown O'Fallon IL (Vine Street Market). This week is Watermelon Fest! This is one of the newer babies that visit our backyard. ofallonparksandrec.com/vine-street-... #STL

Framed watermelon opossum. He is tiny and pink. Green and yellow striped background. He's got watermelon curly vines in his fur and yellow flowers. Framed in a white floral frame.

Scan of the same painting. Bright pink, greens, and yellows.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 04/08/2026

I've got farmer's market this weekend and it's Watermelon Fest. One of the possums will be a little watermelon dude. Vine Street Market in O'Fallon IL if you're in the area.

Two sketches of animals. One is a quirky raccoon looking curious, the other is a baby possum with watermelon leaves.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 03/08/2026

Did you know I have two spots at the moment for art in the mail? This month's theme is DRAGONS. Not sure about September yet. October is Halloween. I've got a bunch of different tiers. I'm thinking wiggly noodle dragons like below. Other tiers too, Branches just has a cap :) patreon.com/fallenlights

ad for patreon. tier called The Branches for twenty dollars a sketch gets mailed once a month, plus other little things like small prints or stickers.

The sketches on either side are of long wiggly dragons with flowy fines. They have pointy noses.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 31/07/2026

Gen Con day two! See you at booth 1356 :) I've got my art and my husband's books. #GenCon

Booth set up at Gen Con with books and art on display.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 26/07/2026

Hey #STL Outside sucks right?? I'm at GeekCraft Expo today at Webster University Grant Gym and it's INSIDE! 10-4pm Tickets on like are two bucks - GeekCraftexpo.com

Watercolor painting of raccoons and opossums on green branches and a blue sky with stars

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 26/07/2026

Rose Mallow bloomed! Grew these guys from seeds I started in 2024, they survived the tornado in 2025 in their milk jug, and I got flowers this year! #BloomScroll 🌱 I posted some larger photos here: www.patreon.com/fallenlights...

Large white hibiscus flower native to the midwest called Rose Mallow. Has a bright blood red center and creamy white, giant petals. Nice big leaves too.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 25/07/2026

GeekCraft Expo is today in St. Louis! 10-5pm Tomorrow is 10-4pm It's inside with A/C:) Webster University, Grant Gym.

The whole hall with different crafters and artists and authors

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 25/07/2026

GeekCraft Expo is tomorrow! It's in St. Louis, Webster University, Grant Gym Sat: 10-5pm Sun: 10-4pm This is INSIDE, so come hang out in the A/C and check out a whole bunch of nerdy kind of crafts. #STL

ad for geekcraft. one side is a sun woman with flaming orange hair. the other is the table map. i am at d zero one

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 24/07/2026

I've been a smidge too busy to pretend I know how to take NICE photos, but yesterday I framed a whole stack of new stuff for GeekCraft Expo (July 25th-26th Webster Uni, Grant gym St. Louis) and #GenCon (booth 1356! Come say hi!) One day I'll prep better, maybe. Probably not.

a stack of different art that's framed, leaning on a white wall. A purple and pink raven flying, a green and gray dismal landscape, a possum. Behind it is other art.

The art that was behind the other frames, leaning on a white wall. A green deer in a pink landscape, a quiet owl lady in yellow and green, and a cute raccoon standing up.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 20/07/2026

I didn't exist for a while because I was in the middle of absolutely no where.

Photo of the edge of the woods. A red sun hangs in the sky.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 20/07/2026

Hi St. Louis! I'll be at GeekCraft Expo this weekend, July 25th & 26th. It'll be at Webster University inside Grant Gym:) geekcraftexpo.com for more info! #stl #stlouis

Watercolor painting of a Halloween deer. It stares at the viewer. There are drawings of eyes floating between the antlers. Blue purple background

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 14/07/2026

Good morning #portfolioday! I'm Laura, a fantasy fine artist who works in mostly watercolors. Currently I've been working on abstracting my landscapes into something a little more surreal. website: fallenlights.net email: laura@fallenlights.net patreon: patreon.com/fallenlights

watercolor painting of a green forest deer standing in the woods. There is a flowing cloth like water under his feet. The landscape is pink and orange and broken down into shapes.

Two forests meet with a river flowing between them. If you look fast, it might be a large tree with a doorway. The painting is dark blue and gray, with a pale greenish yellow pathway.

Painting of a pink crow flying through what seems to be a storm. Has a pink ribbon in his beak and it flows out behind him in curvy lines. The landscape might be roots and branches of a forest falling apart or strange clouds in a windy storm.

Various landscapes in greens, grays, and pinks. They are both forests and towers. They seem old and forgotten.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 10/07/2026

Last two. Mix of coneflowers, shasta daisies, and black eyed susans.

pink cone flower reaching towards the sky. shorter flowers under it, which are white shasta daisies and yellow black eyed susans.

a bunch of black eyed susans that seem happy in the bright sunshine.

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 10/07/2026

Coneflowers with different stages of yellow aster disease. First is no petals, only flower growing out of flower growing out of flower. Other is the disease hits after the flowers start growing so you get green and pink petals, sometimes stunted.

Watercolor painting of strange coneflower with extra bits growing out of it.

greenish pink coneflower in watercolor, bright blue sky.

photo of alien looking coneflower with yellow aster disease

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Laura Siadak @fallenlights.net · 10/07/2026

Alright! Outside flowers, painted while sitting outside in the grass. All of these are in various gardens around my house that I've been working on for 15 years. I'm at the point where I have a sacrificial section to bribe the deer to stay away from the rest. Black-eyed susans & Texas Green Eyes. 🌱

Black eyed susans. Blue sky, bright yellow flowers with brown centers, with olive green leaves. Drawn in pen, painted in watercolor.

bright yellow flowers with green centers, seven petals per flower. Bright blue sky in the background and green vines and leaves.

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