Illustration portfolio

Nature

Ink-and-watercolor illustration sketched on site at The Grotto in Portland, Oregon.

Maidenhair fern botanical illustration
Catmint botanical illustration
Nootka rose botanical illustration
Fall leaves, mushroom and maple spinner watercolor illustration

Northern Flicker feather, watercolor.

Illustrated poem about Blackberries by Margaret Atwood, featuring hand-drawn blackberry plant with flowers and ripe fruit on right side, copyright design by Molly Chidsey.
Watercolor illustration of a small shorebird on a beach with ocean waves in the background, copyright design by Molly Chidsey.

Left: Snowy Plover on the Oregon Coast. Ink and watercolor.

Right: hand-lettered calligraphy and ink-and-watercolor illustration on hot press watercolor paper.

Digital illustration

Illustrations for sustainability ad campaign, organic farm client, 2025. Hand-drawn in Procreate.

Live event art

Colorful ink-and-watercolor sketch featuring a hand-drawn sketch note illustration of a business retreat. Includes film reel, camera, megaphone, fairy, and rainbow background. Copyright Molly Chidsey.
Illustrated watercolor live portrait sketch for corporate Holiday Party titled "Gather & glow" featuring a watercolor drawing of a couple in formal attire; copyright design by Molly Chidsey.

Architectural & home portraits

Ink-and-watercolor home portrait of a century-old craftsman style home in Portland, Oregon.

The historic Hotel Tabard Inn, Dupont Circle, Washington DC.

Ink-and-watercolor Portland home illustration
Ink-and-watercolor Portland home illustration
Ink-and-watercolor Cleveland home illustration
Ink-and-watercolor Portland home illustration

Greeting cards

Wholesale available on Faire.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

This card design is available wholesale.

Calligraphy & hand lettering

The Dual Attunement Frame (Copyright Brainspotting); client project.

The Dual Attunement Frame (Copyright Brainspotting); client project.

Limbic Countertransference Principle (Copyright Brainspotting). Client project.

Limbic Countertransference Principle (Copyright Brainspotting). Client project.

The Uncertainty Principle (Copyright Brainspotting). Client project.

The Uncertainty Principle (Copyright Brainspotting). Client project.

Murals

Calligraphy lettering design and painting by Molly Chidsey; mural design and painting by Sabrina Gogol and ReClaim It! volunteers, 2024.

Large floor-to-ceiling mural pink and roses with hand-painted linework, interior office scene, original painted mural art by Molly Chidsey.
Pink rose floral mural indoors in an office by Molly Chidsey.

Original mural design and painting by Molly Chidsey, New Directions Community Church, NE Portland, Oregon 2025.

Abstract watercolor backgrounds

Closeup of Neurotransmitter Constellation illustration series, oxytocin.

Abstract watercolor backgrounds. Liquid watercolor, salt, halloween webbing.

Illustrated travel journals

just for fun!

Oahu, Hawaii

Oahu, Hawaii

Illustrated travel journal of a trip to Palm Springs, California.

Illustrated travel journal of a trip to Palm Springs, California.

U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC

U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, DC

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Missoula, Montana

Missoula, Montana

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Ise Shima, Japan

Ise Shima, Japan

Mie peninsula, Japan

Mie peninsula, Japan

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Green decorative swirl doodle on white background; copyright design by Molly Chidsey.