The Great Digital Indoors

Diana Steinsnyder is a textile designer and creative director based in Southern California. She has designed for a variety of fashion and beauty brands, and you can find her patterns on clothing and home goods from Speedo, RVCA, Roark, and Bonobos.

For her Zócalo Sketchbook, Steinsnyder presents a series of digital paintings of her favorite house plants. “During the early days of the pandemic when I often wasn’t venturing outside, I cultivated a deep connection with my plants,” she explains. “They functioned as an outlet to nature and caring for them became …

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Joyfully Felt Florals

Karla Field is an independent artist based in Pasadena, California. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, she has worked as a toy designer at Mattel, Hasbro, and Applause Gifts. Under …

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Infinitesimal Breakfast

Jane Canning is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer currently based in Eugene, Oregon.

For her Zócalo Sketchbook, Canning serves up six new breakfast plates, continuing her “Breakfast One Inch …

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Bathing in a Psychedelic Sunrise

Jesse Zhang is an illustrator born, raised, and still happily living in Brooklyn, New York. She creates in a tiny studio with her cat, Margot. She works in watercolor, inks, …

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Creatures From Elsewhere

Clare Rosean is a Chicago-based artist whose drawings are inspired by anxiety-inducing dream scenarios. Her work taps into the collective unconscious, illuminating the common but haunting dreamwork shared by people …

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Creatures Great and Small

Jessica Benhar is a New Zealand-born illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Benhar, who has a background in design, rediscovered printmaking a few years ago in an effort to work more …