About the Artist

A woman holding a colorful painting of two children riding a dog through a lush forest path.

Some kids watched cartoons. I watched Bob Ross.

My mom would turn him on and I would sit through the entire episode without fussing, completely still, completely captivated. That was probably the first sign. Give me a crayon, a pencil, a coloring book, and I was gone. Art class was my favorite from the moment I walked into one. I was the kid who always excelled, always pushed further, always drew when I should have been doing something else.

What really shaped the way I draw now was Sailor Moon. Anime opened up a whole world of anatomy, movement, and expression that I could not stop studying. By middle school I was deep in the art program, learning color theory and painting, absorbing everything. I was one of the only students in my grade to receive a summer scholarship to Ringling College of Art and Design. My teachers were convinced anime was a dead end. That scholarship said otherwise.

Then we moved from Florida to Colorado. No familiar art programs, no close friends, just mountains and sketchbooks. Art was the thing that kept me going when everything else felt far away. I filled every sketchbook I could get my hands on. It was not a hobby at that point. It was how I survived being a teenager in the middle of nowhere.

Things got better eventually. More art friends, more inspiration, more growth. But life has a way of testing you, and I spent years in a relationship that chipped away at the person I was building. My art suffered for it. I nearly lost it entirely.

The voice that said my art was trash stayed. Even surrounded by other artists while I got back on my feet, I struggled to create. The thing that had always saved me felt just out of reach.

And then I met Steven.

He understood what I had been through without me having to explain all of it. He was endlessly patient and endlessly excited about whatever I made next. He is still one of my biggest supporters and a huge part of why I healed. Why I found my way back.

Once I did, I wanted to challenge myself. To try something I had never done before. I designed the first She Carries the Universe Within with no fancy brushes, no shortcuts, just reference images and the tools I had. I hunted down space photography. Looked for images of the cosmos that you do not normally see. And I fell completely in love. It tied into something I had been collecting my whole life without realizing it, moons, stars, suns, the feeling that the universe is bigger and more magical than the world tries to convince you it is.

I was addicted. I leaned into it fully. Space, stars, celestial themes woven into everything that made sense. I joined artist communities, collaborated with creators around the world, kept pushing my work further.

Life hit hard again. Grief has a way of doing that. I lost my two cats. Then in 2021 I lost my youngest niece. When you lose someone you love, especially when you feel like you do not have the right to grieve them, it takes something from you. Getting back to my art after that was a fight. A real one.

But I fought for it. Because I knew what it had always been for me. The thing that kept me company in the Colorado mountains. The thing that survived an abusive relationship. The thing that comes back no matter how many times life tries to take it.

I am back. More than back.

I am Casey, an illustrator now based in Haarlem, Netherlands, where I moved with my husband on a DAFT visa and built Starlight Falls Studios into something real. My work pulls from the cosmos and from the life I am living right here on the ground. Every piece is hand-illustrated on my digital tablet, bringing that celestial, whimsical magic into the everyday objects that fill your space.

I once watched a video where a man on a stage told a young artist to share her work, because there are people out there who want it without knowing it yet. You never know what your art does for someone.

That stuck with me. So I share it.

And now you are here.

About Starlight Falls Studios

A work desk with two monitors, one displaying a contact us screen with stars and clouds, and the other showing a digital painting of a sky with clouds and shooting stars. The desk has a keyboard, mouse, notepad, cup with pens, and decorative items including a small windmill and a mirror. A modern ring light and a small table with stacked books and decorative windmill figurines are also visible.

Starlight Falls Studios is a hand-illustrated art brand based in Haarlem, Netherlands. I create original celestial and whimsical pieces for people who want their everyday space to feel like a refuge from the world outside. The kind of space where the things you reach for every day, your mug in the morning, the blanket on your couch, the print on your wall, remind you that magic still exists and the world outside does not get to take that from you.

Custom portraits, caricatures, and illustrations are also available for people who want to bring that magic into something more personal. Whether it is a piece for your own space, a gift for someone you love, or something that captures a memory you never want to lose, that is what custom work is for.

Every piece is hand-illustrated on my digital tablet. For lettering, decorative framing, and finishing accents I sometimes use Canva to bring those elements together, but the heart of every piece is drawn by hand. We do not use AI to generate artwork here. AI loses the personal touch that makes a piece feel alive. The human element in hand-drawn work is exactly what breathes life into something and makes it feel like it was made for you, because it was.

No presets. No shortcuts. Just art made with intention.

The universe does not make mistakes. And it is not an accident that you ended up here.