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Veronica Guzzardi

Once or twice a month, a digest of my latest art and comics. Expect creatures of all sizes and relationships to reality. Occasional shop drops and subscriber exclusives.

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The 2025 Superb Owl painting — a Northern Saw Whet Owl, peeking in diagonnaly from the right, on a red-orange background
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[Art Inside] Superb Owl Prints, Drawing Unicorns in Times of Trouble, and some Inside Baseball

Short Month, short letter! Hi Reader, Did you guys see the Superb Owl for this year? I'm actually really proud of this one. It's so much looser than I usually let myself be with an acrylic painting, like I'm finally letting myself have a little fun instead of having to prove I know how to render a subject. The original is on its way to its forever home, but prints are available and through the end of March, they'll all contribute to the Superb Owl donation, which thanks to the Philadelphia...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Janu-what now? Hi Reader, Soooo... 2025 is off to a start already, isn't it? I know a lot of you are, like me, in Southern California, and if you're affected by the fires (and it has affected all of us, to varying degrees), my heart is with you. We're safe where we are on the floor of the Valley, but friends in every direction had to evacuate, and some lost their homes. So now we've got to work together to do the rebuilding. I'm not the most cash-flush person in the world, but I want to help,...

3 months ago • 2 min read
A thumbnail of the Coloring Collection cover, a line drawing of a snail.

Reader, it's COLD Outside! I know, nobody wants to hear the Californian complain about the cold, when she means like, 50 degrees, but it's all relative! Fortunately, my ancient Cintiq is toasty warm when I'm drawing on it, so that can only be a good thing for the art offerings this winter. The Long-Awaited Coloring Collection Is Here! The week between Christmas and New Years has a reputation for being a time without time... what day is it? Who knows! Do you have plans? Probably not. It's a...

4 months ago • 1 min read

Hey there, Reader I’m doing a ton of traveling right now, but I wanted to say hello and introduce the new format for the Infrequently Updated Newsletter, which I’ve finally decided to name [Art Inside] after the note I write on the envelopes when I ship my prints (“Do Not Bend— Art Inside”). Do you have anything you’re interested in seeing or hearing about? Let me know! Just reply to this email; it’ll land right in my inbox. This was started over the Pacific and finished over the Gulf of...

5 months ago • 1 min read