Wild Horse Heart Studio

Visual storytelling for books, brands and personal projects.

Illustration, symbolism, and creative direction designed to give meaningful work a visual identity people can feel.

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Watercolor horse artwork by Wild Horse Heart Studio
“I knew what I wanted The Guts of Fermentation to feel like, but I needed someone who could bring that vision to life visually. Kelly did exactly that and moved the project forward incredibly fast.” Michelle Heberling
“Kelly has an unusual ability to take scattered ideas, emotion and visual references and shape them into something cohesive, elevated and deeply personal.” Creative Consulting Client
“The final artwork felt thoughtful, textured and completely aligned with the heart of the project. Nothing about the process felt generic.” Branding & Illustration Client
“I knew what I wanted The Guts of Fermentation to feel like, but I needed someone who could bring that vision to life visually. Kelly did exactly that and moved the project forward incredibly fast.” Michelle Heberling
“Kelly has an unusual ability to take scattered ideas, emotion and visual references and shape them into something cohesive, elevated and deeply personal.” Creative Consulting Client
“The final artwork felt thoughtful, textured and completely aligned with the heart of the project. Nothing about the process felt generic.” Branding & Illustration Client
The Studio

FOR WORK THAT NEEDS
TO FEEL HUMAN

Kelly creates artwork for people building something with meaning: a book, a brand, a keepsake, a launch, a gathering or a story that needs a visual world around it. Her work brings together illustration, texture, symbolism, color and emotional direction so the final piece feels personal, polished and alive.

Why Commission Her

Because the Right Image Changes the Whole Project

The right illustration can shape the entire emotional tone of a project.

Kelly’s work is especially suited for projects that need warmth, depth, softness, humor, nature, symbolism or a handcrafted visual language.

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Creative Services

Ways to Work Together

Commissioned Artwork

Original artwork for meaningful gifts, homes, keepsakes, events and personal projects.

Book & Publishing Art

Cover art, illustration systems, visual assets and creative support for books and authors.

Creative Consulting

Visual direction, project organization, meeting facilitation and creative project support.

Selected Work

Visual Worlds, Not Just Pretty Pictures

The portfolio shows how artwork can become a full visual language across books, brands, products, gifts and experiences.

The Guts of Fermentation book cover

The Guts of Fermentation

Book cover illustration, publishing visuals, creative direction and brand storytelling for a modern fermentation book rooted in texture, warmth and sensory design.

Commissions

Personal artwork, symbolic illustration and custom commissioned pieces.

Pony Express

Mail club artwork, tactile storytelling and connection through the post.
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Process

From First Spark to Finished World

The work often begins with feeling, story and loose visual direction, then becomes sketches, color studies, symbols, layouts and final artwork.

Sketch process Artwork detail Color and texture Finished artwork detail

Have a Project That Needs a Visual Soul?

Start with the idea, the feeling, the story or the mess. Kelly can help shape it into artwork people remember.

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