Vaeya Illustrates – Vaeya Nichols is a children's book illustrator, writer, and painter living and working in southwest Missouri.

three mice picking flowers

Flower Harvest

A bird on the forest floor

Nesting

a frog reclining on a lawn chair in the rain

Lovely Afternoon

a bear, bunny, and alligator in a boat beside an otter

The Adventure Begins

watercolor illustration of a treehouse in an autumn forest with two deer, a squirrel, and a stream

Treehouse

a paper sculpture of a pond with a frog and dragonfly

Pond Life

A painting of a caribou, a girl, and a polar bear carrying lanterns and walking on a fallen tree in the woods at night

Winter Journey

a hermit thrush sings in the forest

The Hermit Thrush

an illustration of a boy reading on a bench

Another World

a watercolor comic about a bear and a caterpillar wizard

Half of Myself

a watercolor comic with ducks and a frog

Fancy Words

a comic about a hedgehog and a caterpillar wizard

A Hedgehog's Purpose

an illustration of one penguin telling another to stop eating the blueberries for their pie

Blueberry Pie

a raccoon in the forest

Starry Raccoon

4 illustrated insects with silly hats on

Hats for Fashionable Insects

a 4-panel comic of an old lady meeting a magical plant puppy

It's Spring Again

a drawing of a magical flowering cat

Fleur