Author Archives: Katherine Montalto

2024 04 Sketchbook

marker on paper

2024 04 Haiku

dusk
pink ribbons of light
streamers dance across the sky
tangled in the trees

March
longer days in spring
little flowers in the grass
first pollinators

decay
breakdown of tissue
things not working as they should
flesh growing older

fever
teeth chattering cold
layer of sweat over skin
head on fire

forgotten
hidden memory
left locked deep inside my brain
best not remembered

cosmic debris
a ring of of garbage
orbiting around the earth
cluttering the sky

2024 03 Newsletter

Some Highlights from March 2024.


I will be making a zine of fruit art each month this year. Here is the fruit artwork for March and the fruit art zine for March.

I made sketchbook art this month with WELLOKB Alcohol Markers on paper. Print out a free zine of the art here.

I’ve been writing poetry based on a mastodon  community of writers who share haiku prompts everyday. Read the haiku here. Print out a zine of the poems here.

Zine libraries are welcome to print out my zines and put them in their collections. Please contact me to let me know.


It’s winter here in the northern hemisphere. Get my art on sweatshirts and hoodies in my redbubble store.

Here are my newest Redbubble  designs:

2024 03 sketchbook 06
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158929710

2024 03 sketchbook 04
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158929458

2024 03 sketchbook 03
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158927365

2024 03 sketchbook 02
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/158927054

You can also find my art on stuff in my TeePublic and Society6 stores.


Subscription Package

Here is the subscription box for March 2024.

If you’d like to support me on a continuous regular basis you can set up a monthly donation to my art supply fund. There are levels of regular donation you can contribute, everything over a dollar comes with rewards. If you’d like to make a one-time contribution go here.


All of my original artwork, writing, and music are available for purchase and for licensing. I am available for other creative services as well. See them here. If interested please contact me here.

2024 02 Newsletter

Some Highlights from February 2024.


I will be making a zine of fruit art each month this year. Here is the fruit artwork for February and the fruit art zine for February .

I made sketchbook art this month with an xp pen and krita water color brushes . Print out a free zine of the art here.

I’ve been writing poetry based on a mastodon  community of writers who share haiku prompts everyday. Read the haiku here. Print out a zine of the poems here.

Zine libraries are welcome to print out my zines and put them in their collections. Please contact me to let me know.


It’s winter here in the northern hemisphere. Get my art on sweatshirts and hoodies in my redbubble store.

Here are my newest Redbubble  designs:

2024 02 sketchbook 04
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/157925744

2024 02 sketchbook 05
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/157925450

2024 02 sketchbook 03
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/157925107

2024 02 sketchbook 02
https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/157924808

You can also find my art on stuff in my TeePublic and Society6 stores.


Subscription Package

Here is the subscription box for February 2024.

If you’d like to support me on a continuous regular basis you can set up a monthly donation to my art supply fund. There are levels of regular donation you can contribute, everything over a dollar comes with rewards. If you’d like to make a one-time contribution go here.


All of my original artwork, writing, and music are available for purchase and for licensing. I am available for other creative services as well. See them here. If interested please contact me here.

2024 03 Haiku

restless
pacing back and forth
trapped inside this very small space
a caged animal

perfume
overwhelming scent
makes me nauseous and dizzy
it crushes my brain

français
a new language learned
each new word fighting for space
inside my full mind

script
practice in my head
all the words I want to say
find the right order

carrot
growing underground
green leaves reaching for the sun
crispy orange flesh

wind
the tall uncut grass
urban prairie of neglect
billows on the breeze