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

painting of a lion laying in a field full of fireflies at night

Nightlights

painting of a sleeping fawn beneath the moon and trees

Forest Dreaming

a frog reclining on a lawn chair in the rain

Lovely Afternoon

black and white illustrations of a proud girl with a pet anteater, a scared boy with a pet dog, and a surprised girl holding a pet cat

My Pet Anteater

Drawing of a girl playing dress-up with her pet anteater

Playing Dress-Up

painting of two penguins sharing a quilt with a colorful border

Winter Warmth

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

The Adventure Begins

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 bird on the forest floor

Nesting

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

Illustration of a black cat playing the guitar above the name Sloane Galindo

Benito

an illustration of a boy reading on a bench

Another World

a hermit thrush sings in the forest

The Hermit Thrush

three mice picking flowers

Flower Harvest

watercolor painting of a frog

Frog

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