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Lilly Carr Art

🎨artist and illustrator🏳️‍🌈 | 🌷Chicago
🍃painting nature and daydreams🍃

04/01/2026

tonight is april’s full pink moon 🌕🌿🌷🦢🪷✨

the first full moon of spring, the pink moon gets its name from moss phlox, whose small pink flowers are among first wildflowers to bloom in spring in north america. this full moon marks the sure arrival of spring, and the return of life and growth to the earth after a long winter of sleep. the pink moon symbolizes renewal, rebirth, and softly opening up our hearts🌱

i was inspired by last year’s pink moon and the blossoming of spring to create this gouache collage- the dragonflies beginning to wake, the tulips sprouting up from beneath the mud, the swans flying back home 🌦️🌸🌾🪺🪴

i hope you all get to glimpse the full moon and spot a flower in bloom today, wherever you are 💖

03/31/2026

march’s snail mail club print🪻🏔️🪻🏔️

03/24/2026

saw my first daffodil blooms of the season today!!!🌦️🌱🌼

an ode to the daffodil, flower of renewal and rebirth, sure signs of spring’s arrival after the long and winter. daffodil’s sunny blooms have been captivating humans for millennia, and have appeared as symbols in art and mythology since ancient times. persephone was said to be gathering daffodils when snatched away by hades to the underworld. daffodils have been unearthed in frescoes from pompeii and as decorations in ancient egyptian tombs.

1. Narcissus by yours truly, gouache on paper
2. “Daffodil, Scorpion Grasses, and Butterflies.” Maria Sibylla Merian, c. 1657-1659
3. details from unknown book of hours, possibly from Les Grande Heures d’Anne de Bretagne
4. ballet costume design by Wilhelm Pantomime Designs, 1890
5. Daffodils, signed R.S., National Trust for Scotland, Brodie Castle
6. Joris Hoefnagel, Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta, c. 1591-1596
7. Theatre costume, 1960s. V&A Museum Collection.
8. Embroidered silk gown, 1880s, embroidered by Henrietta Leonard
9. Flora’s Feast: A Masque of Flowers, Walter Crane, 1889
10. Daffodil dish, Della Robbia Pottery, c. 1904-1906
11. Dancing Daffodils quilt, Mountain Mist pattern #24, unknown quilt maker, c. 1931
12. Textile panel, c. 1600-1629, V&A Museum
13. Daffodil, wallpaper design by John Henry Dearle for Morris & Co., c. 1955
14. Daffodils, Berthe Morisot, 1885
15. Daffodils, watercolor on paper, Elizabeth Blackadder
16. Daffodils, etching, Isabel Saul, early 1900s
17. Daffodil and Calla Lillies design, unknown artist, French, 19th century
18. Four Natives of Ancient Britain, Alfred Balding, 1913
19. Daffodil lamp, Tiffany Studios, c. 1904-1910
20. Narcissus, from Floral Fantasy by Walter Crane, 1898

12/30/2025

🌸art vs. artist 2025!🌸

looking back on these over the last six years is so fun and so crazy. it’s hard to believe this is my sixth year painting with gouache! i started painting a landscape every day during the summer of 2020 to reflect on my travels and my magical encounters with the natural world. what started as a hobby to fill my time during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 really changed my world. my relationship with painting has brought so much joy and purpose into my life. painting has given me a career and a place in a wonderful community of artists, and it’s literally changed the way i see the world- it’s easy to find a bit of beauty and softness every where you look when you are always thinking about how you would paint what you see🦋🌸🪲🌿🌷❄️🩰🦢🌳

12/29/2025

looking back on my year of art in 2025…and what a year it has been!💖

as my fourth year as a full time artist comes to a close, i’m taking a moment to pause and reflect on what worked well and what didn’t- and to celebrate all of the wins of the year!

thank you all for helping make 2025 my best year of my art business so far! this year was definitely challenging in so many ways- i really struggled with adhd and burnout and the load of running a business on my own this year. i didn’t get to paint as much as i would have liked.

but it was also amazing in so many ways too! over 1000 of you purchased my art this year which makes my little heart so so so happy. my income doubled from 2024 to 2025! i am so grateful for each and every one of you who purchased my art this year, took a painting workshop, or stopped by at a market to say hello. truly one of the best parts of the job is getting to meet all of you and getting to see all of the wonderful and whimsical people my art ends up with 🌸

love you all and here’s to another year filled with art and light and friends!🦢

12/22/2025

thank you all so much for a fantastic final market to close out the year this weekend at 💖 i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again!!!! i am truly deeply so grateful for each and every one of you. i feel so so lucky that i get to make art and share it with all of you for a living- this is really a dream come true for me and sometimes i can’t believe it’s real!!!! love you all!!🌸

12/17/2025

some little snippets from brooklyn last week! brooklyn you were so wonderful and welcoming 💖

this was my first art fair in NY and wow what an amazing adventure! i took the train from chicago to nyc (21 hours!!!) and my mom came from virginia to meet me and spend the week in brooklyn. it was so fun- this was her first time coming to one of my art shows since we live so far away from each other. it felt so special for her to see me in my element vending at my favorite craft fair and to see everything that is involved with running my business on the ground!

trip highlights:
❄️i actually loved the 20+ hour train ride. i settled in and got all cozy with my journal and my book and watched the frozen, snow covered world pass me by (playing river by joni mitchell on repeat & wistfully staring out the window of course)
❄️vending at renegade obviously!! such good energy!!
❄️exploring all the cute shops and restaurants in park slope- especially - an all romance themed bookstore!
❄️the excellent cocktails at
❄️just hanging out with my mom for a week straight and exploring and eating good food!!

catch me this weekend at Renegade Craft Chicago for MY LAST MARKET OF THE YEAR!!!!!💖💖💖

10/31/2025

🌸i started this painting in 2023 and just finished it this week!🌸

i set up this still life one early summer sunday after buying the perfect bouquet of peonies and sweet williams from my local farmers market. i started out painting the peonies and the glass jar from life- and i was so happy with how they turned out. but soon the flowers started wilting and so did my confidence!

i got in my own head and was so afraid that if i added in a background and the table that i would ruin the painting that i liked so much. so i sort of abandoned it to the WIP graveyard.

over the next two years, i would pull it out and work on it for a day maybe once every six months, and then take loooongggg pauses to regroup. but i wanted to finish it so i could exhibit it at this weekend, so i pulled out my brushes earlier this week and went into a state of deadline induced hyperfocus…and I FINISHED IT!!!! and im sooooo happy with how it turned out. and it’s even prettier vs in person! come see yourself at The Other Art Fair Chicago this weekend at booth 77💖 20%off tickets in my bio!

10/28/2025

the other art fair is this weekend and i can’t wait!

i’ll be bringing nearly 30 original gouache paintings, framed and ready to hang! i’ll also have a selection of archival fine art prints. i hope to see you there! 💖🌸

get 20% off your tickets with the link in my bio!

10/27/2025

peaks of otter // blue ridge mountains ⛰️🌿

this piece is inspired by one of my favorite overlooks on the blue ridge parkway in virginia. here is a fun fact: i am terrified of driving (i have never driven a car in chicago and i have no intention of doing so!!!) but the blue ridge parkway is the one place in the world where i actually love to go for a drive. there’s just nothing like rolling the windows down on a warm summer day in appalachia, putting on a sweet mix cd, and just driving with no destination, no goal but to move forwards on the blue ridge parkway and watching as the rolling green mountains and fields and creeks and valleys unfold before your eyes.

gouache on paper, this painting will be available this weekend at the other art fair 🦋

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