Carolyn Jakielski Design And Illustration

02/18/2026

Forever in the clouds ☁️ This recent painting, ‘Drift Away’ 20”x8” is available through our gallery at , stop by to check it out!

12/29/2025

This year’s Christmas card - featuring Panettone! I’ve had a vision of creating Panettone themed Christmas cards for a while, and this year was the year that I finally did it ✨✨

Eating Panettone during the holiday season has always been a family tradition and one of my favorite Christmas treats 🎄 Wishing you and your family a fun and festive holiday season!

12/10/2025

I recently created this new series of greeting cards: The Lei Collection 🌸 The original art is hand painted with a variety of colors and styles to choose from ~ which one is your favorite?

These cards are available at or if something caught your eye, send me a message here ✨

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12/09/2025

A sneak peek of the art I recently created for a special project 🌸 Happy Tuesday!

11/19/2025

I recently finished this website I designed and created for the Hawaii Writers Guild.

When the Hawaii Writers Guild first reached out to me, they were very much in need of a new website. Their old website was outdated, hard to navigate, unorganized, had a lot of compounded information and wasn’t user friendly. Their mission as a group was strong but their website was lacking and it wasn’t representing them well.

I took on this project to create a new website that both inspires and empowers the HWG members when using it, while also educating the public on the organization. Acting as a resource for members, while remaining educational to the public.

Their old site had about 200 pages that I had to consolidate, organize, create new and redesign. All of this I did by scratch for the creation of their new site. Some of the features on their new site include: new member information and form applications for both regular and student memberships, a directory of the current members and individual author pages for each member including photos, a bio and published books or works they want to showcase, as well as a directory of writing genres and locations linking to each member. Their new site also includes resources for members, ways to get involved, a board of directors page, legal resources pertaining to the HWG, writing resources for members, writing support groups for members, recreation of past member newsletters, a donation page and so much more!

This was a pretty big project to take on but it has been an honor and a joy to work with the Hawaii Writers Guild for the creation of their new website. They are an inspiring group of writers and I’m honored to have created a new website that works for them and represents them well. This is just a snippet of the new website, stay tuned for part two where I will show some before and after photos!

10/28/2025

This series of paintings I recently completed invites you to take a moment to pause and observe the surroundings around you. The way the morning breeze feels against your skin when the sun is just starting to rise. The enormity and resilience of a tree when we stand below it looking up to see the light dancing between the leaves. The sense of gratitude and excitement we feel when cutting down a freshly ripened bunch of bananas, or when we receive them as a gift from our neighbor. This series encourages you to take a moment to pause amongst your daily life and find appreciation and inspiration in the little moments that might often get overlooked. Gazing out into the distance, the way the light catches your eye, the smell of the morning dew, the first taste of the freshly harvested fruits or vegetables that you grew in your garden. Exploring the senses through nature, and those in between spaces that nature provides.

Each of these paintings are 24x30 inches and are featured in our show at the Kohala Artist Coop this month. If you are on Big Island, stop in to check them out!

07/01/2025

I recently finished this painting and am excited to have it hanging up in our gallery over at . Inspired by the winter season here in Hawaii when the whales migrate from the cooler Alaskan waters to the warmer waters of Hawaii, I have been painting this piece in my mind for a while and it was truly a joy to bring it to life. For myself, there is something so grounding and inspiring about the essence of the whales and this piece invites that same energy into any season, at any point of the year.

With the whale swimming up from the depths of the ocean and Maui peeking out from behind the clouds, I hope you too feel the essence and find your own connection through the daydream of this painting.

Standing tall at 40”x30”, you can find this painting hanging up at 🐳

03/21/2025

Happy spring 🌸

09/10/2024

Summer nights 🌸