Kim Arthurs (Mooners Makes)

Kim is an artist with a focus in Cyanotypes. A cyanotype is a photographic printing process which exposes in sunlight and develops in water. It was discovered by John Herschel, an astronomer, in 1842 and popularized by Anna Atkins, a botanist and first female photographer, in the 19th century. Each cyanotype is printed in sunlight and crafted with botanicals collected from Kim’s garden or foraged from walks in the woods and beach, and re-imagined into dreamscapes and otherworldly lifeforms. The root of Kim’s work stems from a passion for curiosity, aiming to harvest familiarity and transform it into the fantastical and uncanny.

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Publications

Art & Writing

Read Publications Here

Saturn Returns to Find You, As Garden (Artwork)
“Dreaming of Crows on a Super Blue Moon” and “Sleepwalking” first published in Wildscapelit Isssue 1 on Jan 11, 2025
“Garden As Altar” first published by Fruitslice on Dec 21, 2024.
“Planting Blue in the Garden” (artwork & poetry) first published online at moralcrema.com (2024)
“The Bends” and “Unknown Caller” (artwork & poetry) first published in Moral Crema Issue 13: The Academic Journal 2023
“Dreams from the Deep” (artwork & poetry) first published by Mister Zine online at Mr. Web (September 2023).

Featured Artwork

These pieces were featured in exhibitions, publications, or commissions

Custom Label Design for New Harvest Coffee Geisha Coffee November 2025

Custom Label Design for New Harvest Coffee Geisha Coffee

"Reaching through the endless river of time" on view at Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Holiday Member Show Nov-Dec 2025

KUBRICKIAN play poster design. Premiering at Factory Theatre in Chicago, IL Winter 2026 Written by Zack Peercy

The Wormhole / Solstice Mirror on view in the group exhibition "Eternal" at Small Format in Providence, RI Nov - ? 2026

Song Cover Design for @glitter.wav new single: Paralyzed (June 2025)

Motif Magazine May Issue Cover Design (2025)

Motif Magazine Cover Design: Print Issue May 2025

"Saturn Returns to Find You, As Garden" first published in Fruitslice Home Issue 7 (June 2025)

New Harvest Coffee Misty Valley Coffee Label Design (2024)

"Garden as Body" on view for solo show of 70 pieces of artwork: Garden as Body (2025) featured at Pawtucket Arts Collaborative Feb 15-Feb 23, 2025

"First Date on a Full October Moon" Featured at Angels Collective (Providence, RI) On View: Feb 8, 2025

"Dreaming of Crows on a Super Blue Moon" Featured in
Knock on Wood juried exhibit at the Rogers Free Library (Bristol Art Museum) On view: Sep 23 - Nov 1, 2024 (Awarded Honorable Mention) — "Dreaming of Crows on a Super Blue Moon" Featured in Knock on Wood juried exhibit at the Rogers Free Library (Bristol Art Museum) On view: Sep 23 - Nov 1, 2024 (Awarded Honorable Mention)

"Garden as Altar" first published in Fruitslice Issue 5: Rituals (Publication Date: 12/21/24)
and also featured in Roots & Routes Group Exhibition at Venture Cafe / CIC Providence, RI On View: Nov 21, 2024 — "Garden as Altar" first published in Fruitslice Issue 5: Rituals (Publication Date: 12/21/24) and also featured in Roots & Routes Group Exhibition at Venture Cafe / CIC Providence, RI On View: Nov 21, 2024

"Garden as Community" Mixed Media Cyanotype
Featured in Roots & Routes Group Exhibition at Venture Cafe / CIC Providence, RI On View: Nov 21, 2024 and featured in We All Live Here Together exhibition by Creature Conserve at the Providence Public Libr — "Garden as Community" Mixed Media Cyanotype Featured in Roots & Routes Group Exhibition at Venture Cafe / CIC Providence, RI On View: Nov 21, 2024 and featured in We All Live Here Together exhibition by Creature Conserve at the Providence Public Library. On view: Aug 9 - Sep 5, 2024

"Garden as Community" (Accompanying Poem)
Featured in We All Live Here Together exhibition by Creature Conserve at the Providence Public Library. On view: Aug 9 - Sep 5, 2024 — "Garden as Community" (Accompanying Poem) Featured in We All Live Here Together exhibition by Creature Conserve at the Providence Public Library. On view: Aug 9 - Sep 5, 2024

"Planting Blue in the Garden"
Featured in Submerged group exhibition at Small Format. On view: Aug 22 - Nov 1, 2024

Also published online at Moral Crema (2024) — "Planting Blue in the Garden" Featured in Submerged group exhibition at Small Format. On view: Aug 22 - Nov 1, 2024 Also published online at Moral Crema (2024)

The Bends artwork and accompanying poem published in Moral Crema 2023

Dreams from the Deep artwork and accompanying poem published on Mr. Web (Mister Magazine) 2023

Beyond the Dream featured at Notes Coffee Group Show 2023

Celeste featured in juried exhibition at South County Arts Association

Exhibitions

Eternal group, Small Format Nov 2025 - now 2026
In-Between curated group, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative 7/16- 8/3/25 (article featured in Motif Magazine)
Garden as Body solo, Pawtucket Arts Collaborative 2/15-2/23/25
Angels Gallery: Love group, Angels Collective Feb 2025
Roots to Routes group, CIC Venture Cafe 11/21/24
Knock on Wood juried group, Bristol Art Museum Oct 2024
Submerged group, Small Format Aug 2024
We All Live Here Together group, Creature Conserve / PPL Aug 2024
Notes Group Show group, Notes Coffee July 2023
All Media 1 juried group South County Art Association Jan 2023

Installations

CIC (Providence): 12 pieces from In-Between (on view: Oct -April 2026)
Julian’s (Providence): 20 pieces from various collections (on view: June - Aug 2025)
New Harvest Coffee & Spirits: 11 pieces from Garden as Body (on view March - April 2025)
Blackstone River Glass Center: 4 pieces from various collections (resident artist on view since 2023)
New Harvest Coffee & Spirits: 9 pieces from various collections (on view April 2024)
Jordan’s Jungle Gallery Night: 20 pieces (on view: April 2023, and Aug 4, 2023)
New Harvest Coffee & Spirits: 8 pieces (on view: June 2023)
Shoe Bones Gallery (Salem, MA): 5 pieces (on view: February 2023)
Food Court (Plymouth, MA): 6 pieces (on view: Feb - July 2023)
Flipp Salon: 20 pieces (on view: Sep - Dec 2022)
Askew: 8 pieces (on view: Nov - Feb 2023)
Borealis Coffee Co. (Bristol, RI) 8 pieces (on view: Aug - Sep 2022)
New Harvest Coffee & Spirits: 8 pieces - Cosmic Garden (on view: June - Sep 2022)
Somerville Open Studios at Aeronaut Brewing (Somerville, MA) 8 pieces (on view: Apr-May 2022)
Homegrown (Pawtucket, RI) 10 pieces (on view/consignment: Mar 2022 - present)
Aeronaut Cannery (Everett, MA): 21 pieces - Rooted in the Deep (on view: Feb - May 2022)

2025

Art Portfolio

Explore: Garden as Body Collection Here

Explore: In-Between Collection Here

Liminal Space interactive display for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

In-Between short 30min film projected onto liminal space interactive display for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

Mixed Media Mirror for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

The River of Time: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

The Gingko Balance: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

The only way out is through: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

The Cosmic Symphony: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

Reaching out from somewhere in-between: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

First Touch: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

Time moves faster when you're older: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

Holding onto the landscape of time: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

Promise to show me you are here: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

The Wheel of Fortune: mixed media cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025)

"Carry the blooms, burn the weeds" Mixed media glow-in-the-dark cyanotype for In-Between Exhibition (2025) and Motif Magazine cover design (May 2025)

"Paralyzed" Song Cover by Glitter.wav mixed media glow-in-the-dark cyanotype (2025)

"First Date on a Full October Moon" Mixed Media Cyanotype with glow-in-the-dark thread and glitter

"Beltane Blessings" Mixed media glow-in-the-dark cyanotype

"Garden As Body" Mixed Media Cyanotype with glow-in-the-dark thread and glitter, paper flowers, creative writing

2024

Art Portfolio

Custom Label designed for New Harvest Coffee Roaster's single origin Misty Valley

Dreaming of Crows on a Super Blue Moon
10" Diameter
Mixed Media Cyanotype — Dreaming of Crows on a Super Blue Moon 10" Diameter Mixed Media Cyanotype

Garden as Altar 9"x12" Mixed Media Cyanotype

Garden as Community 12"x18" Mixed Media Cyanotype

Companion Plants
Set of 3 5"x7" Mixed Media Cyanotype — Companion Plants Set of 3 5"x7" Mixed Media Cyanotype

Thank you, Magic Sage
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Thank you, Magic Sage 5"x7" Cyanotype

I like how we met in this timeline
11”x15” — I like how we met in this timeline 11”x15”

Remember to Remember
11”x15” — Remember to Remember 11”x15”

Collecting moons with you
9”x12” — Collecting moons with you 9”x12”

Umbraphile
9”x12”
A solar-eclipse aficionado; a person who will do almost anything, and travel almost anywhere, to see totality. Another term for an umbraphile is "eclipse chaser.” — Umbraphile 9”x12” A solar-eclipse aficionado; a person who will do almost anything, and travel almost anywhere, to see totality. Another term for an umbraphile is "eclipse chaser.”

Total Eclipse
9”x12” — Total Eclipse 9”x12”

Misty Valley
9”x12” — Misty Valley 9”x12”

Walking with Leo Season
8"x10"
Cyanotype — Walking with Leo Season 8"x10" Cyanotype

Garden Harvests
8"x10"
Cyanotype — Garden Harvests 8"x10" Cyanotype

I Thought About It
8"x10"
Cyanotype — I Thought About It 8"x10" Cyanotype

Dazed
4"x6"
Cyanotype — Dazed 4"x6" Cyanotype

Big Feelings in Cancer Season
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Big Feelings in Cancer Season 5"x7" Cyanotype

Flowing Through Cancer Season
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Flowing Through Cancer Season 5"x7" Cyanotype

Leo Season Fern
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Leo Season Fern 5"x7" Cyanotype

Hanging with Friends in Gemini Season
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Hanging with Friends in Gemini Season 5"x7" Cyanotype

Leo Season Collections
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Leo Season Collections 5"x7" Cyanotype

Bug Bite Constellations
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Bug Bite Constellations 5"x7" Cyanotype

Forever Fields
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Forever Fields 5"x7" Cyanotype

Magic Fern
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Magic Fern 5"x7" Cyanotype

Let it Out
5"x7"
Cyanotype — Let it Out 5"x7" Cyanotype

2023 Portfolio

Featuring artwork from Dreams From the Deep, and stand alone pieces.

Life on Europa
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper created with sea salt, herbs, spices, collections from the woods, crafted during the witching hours
SOLD

Count Your Fingers
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper created with sea salt, herbs, spices, collections from the woods, crafted during the witching hours
$400 (framed)

Sleepwalking
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper created with sea salt, herbs, spices, collections from the woods, crafted during the witching hours
SOLD

Acanthaster: The Dream Voyeur
(Dreams from the Deep: 2023)
11”x15”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper, created with foraged botanicals and plant roots from the garden and woods, sea salt, vinegar
$350 (framed)

Nightmare Jellyfish
(Dreams from the Deep: 2023)
9”x12”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper, created with foraged botanicals and plant roots from the garden and woods, sea salt, vinegar, acrylic paint
$165 (framed)

Nematocyst
(Dreams from the Deep: 2023)
9”x12”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper, created with foraged botanicals and plant roots from the garden and woods, sea salt, vinegar
$125 (unframed)

Unknown Caller
(Dreams from the Deep: 2023)
9”x12”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper, created with foraged botanicals and plant roots from the garden and woods, sea salt, vinegar
$165 (framed)

Wish Monolith
(Dreams from the Deep: 2023)
9”x12”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper, created with foraged botanicals and plant roots from the garden and woods, sea salt, vinegar, acrylic paint $165 (framed)

The Bends
(Dreams from the Deep: 2023)
9”x12”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper, created with foraged botanicals and plant roots from the garden and woods, sea salt, vinegar
$125 (unframed)

2022 Portfolio

Featuring artwork from Cosmic Garden, Spring Returns with a Whisper (The Pisces Season Collection), and stand alone pieces.

We Come in Peace
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
12"x18"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper crafted with collections from the garden, sea salt, turmeric
SOLD

The Mystery of Melancholia
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
12”x18”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, collections from the garden
SOLD

Eclipse
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, collections from the garden
SOLD

Divine Intervention
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, collections from the garden
SOLD

Cosmic Intelligence
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
$200 (framed)

Quantum Entanglement
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
SOLD

Green Planet
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
SOLD

Black Holes May Indeed Have Hair
(Cosmic Garden 2022)
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
$115 (framed)

Dream Portal
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, and collections from the garden
$350 (framed)

Lucid Longing
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
$350 (framed)

Once in a Lifetime
12”x18”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
$400 (framed)

Celeste
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
$350 (framed)
On View/For Sale at Blackstone River Glass Center

Rainfall
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
$300 (framed) On View/For Sale at Blackstone River Glass Center

Moon Melody
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
SOLD

Fluid
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
$125 (framed)

Warmer Wonder
(Spring Returns with a Whisper: Pisces Season Collection)
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden and sea
$250 (framed)

Low Tide
(Spring Returns with a Whisper: Pisces Season Collection)
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden and sea
$250 (framed)

High Tide
(Spring Returns with a Whisper: Pisces Season Collection)
11”x15”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden and sea
$150 (unframed)

Cicada Calls
(Spring Returns with a Whisper: Pisces Season Collection 2022)
5"x7"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden and sea
SOLD

Whale Song
(Spring Returns with a Whisper: Pisces Season Collection 2022)
6"x9"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden and sea
$25 (unframed)

Last Night
(Spring Returns with a Whisper: Pisces Season Collection 2022)
6"x9"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden and sea
$25 (unframed)

Luna Awakens
9"x12"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
SOLD

Outer Limits
9"x12"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
Available at Homegrown in PVD, RI

Beyond
12"x18"
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper created with sea salt, collections from the garden
SOLD

She’s Closer Now
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
Donated to The Torchbearer Raffle

Celestial Harvest
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
$115 (framed)

Event Horizon
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
SOLD

Wild Cosmos
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, and collections from the garden
SOLD

Voyager Golden Records
9”x12”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, and collections from the garden
SOLD

Man in the Sky
Cosmic Garden 2022
5”x7”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
SOLD

Woman in the Sky
Cosmic Garden 2022
5”x7”
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, collections from the garden
SOLD

Space Ferns
5”x5”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper,
created with collections from the garden
SOLD

Alien Moon: Charlotte
5”x5”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper,
created with collections from the garden
SOLD

Alien Moon: Galactica
5”x5”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper,
created with collections from the garden
$40 (framed)

Alien Moon: Miranda
5”x5”
Cyanotype on watercolor paper,
created with collections from the garden
$40 (framed)

Beyond the Dream
12”x18” matted, black frame
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt, turmeric, and collections from the garden
SOLD

Syzygy
9”x12” in thick black frame
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
SOLD

A Closer Look
9”x12” in floating frame
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
$250 (framed)

Summers End
9”x12” in floating frame
Botanical Cyanotype on watercolor paper
created with sea salt and collections from the garden
$250 (framed)

Rooted in the Deep (2022)

Installed at Aeronaut Cannery in Everett, MA February-May 2022

Learn More: Rooted in the Deep

Ukraine Donation

Cyanotypes created in honor of Ukraine’s resistance, and a celebration of the brave Ukrainian woman who confronted Russian soldiers with nothing but a bag of sunflower seeds, told them to put the seeds in their pockets, so that the sunflower would grow when their bodies fell from battle. All proceeds go directly to Razom for Ukraine to provide military relief and first aid supplies to Ukraine.