Come Explore Nature With Me
Come with me on a journey discovering the creatures, plants, and landscapes in my native Great Lakes ecosystem. From the smallest butterflies to fast moving salmon, I’m constantly exploring nature. I am a natural science illustration artist and Wisconsin Master Naturalist devoting my life to conservation, education, and citizen science. Inspired by my Dutch horticulture heritage and historic natural science art, I combine my love of field sketching and fiber arts to create quilted art and teach nature journaling.
Researching the plant, animal, and insect is key to capturing the exact representation. From my field darwings and paintings, I create my fiber work in fabric, embroidery, and quilting techniques giving the pieces more depth and texture.
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design Natural Science Illustration Program, I also teach nature journaling and art workshops. I will complete my Wild Wonders Foundation Nature Journaling Community Educators program in 2025.
I work alongside her husband Richard Hawkins, a former ceramic artist, and our cat Maxie, in our Milwaukee, Wisconsin studio. My son Jason DeVries and son-in-law Jonas Nahm live in San Francisco, California.
Kathy DeVries,
Artist and Wisconsin Master Naturalist
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Natural science illustration fiber artist
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Teaching nature journaling and art workshops
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35 years marketing and communications executive
Selected Exhibits, Shows and Bibliography
GNSI Annual Juried Visual SciComm Conference Exhibit, 2025, Bridgewater, MA , Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Wisconsin Craft Member Biennial Exhibition, 2025, Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, WI, Wisconsin Craft
Wausau Festival of the Arts, 2024, Honorable Mention Fine Artist, Wausau Festival of the Arts, Wausau, WI
Great Wisconsin Quilt Juried Show, 2024, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI
Go Figure! Juried Show, 2024, Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, WI Wisconsin Visual Artists Southeast Chapter
GNSI Annual Juried Members’ Exhibit, 2023, International Virtual, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators
Great Wisconsin Quilt Juried Show, 2023, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI
Member Biennial Exhibition, 2023, Center for the Visual Arts, Wauwau, WI, Wisconsin Craft
Fine Art of Fiber Exhibition, 2022, Chicago Botanical Gardens, Highland Park, IL, Northshore Needle Arts Guild
QuiltCon Community Quilt, 2022, Annual Exhibition, Phoenix, AZ, Modern Quilt Guild
Quarantine Quilt Exhibition, 2021, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg WI
The Quarantine Quilt, “Bird Watching” feature, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts
Member Quarantine Show, 2021, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI Wisconsin Craft
Member Biennial Exhibition, 2020, Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, WI, Wisconsin Craft
Modern Quilts in the Second City: Ten Years of the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild, 2019
Organizations
2025 Certifications in Process: Wild Wonders Foundation Nature Journaling Educators and Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program
Memberships: Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, 2025 Annual Conference Program Planning Committee Lead, Member
Wisconsin Craft, Wisconsin Visual Artists, Studio Art Quilters Association, Northshore Needleworks Guild
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