"Ms Meekins' Future Band" is the name of a new art quilt I created for the official poster of the 33rd 2nd Street Festival in Richmond,...

It began as an idea to continue making wearable art and bringing smiles to people's faces. So I posted this on Facebook to see who would...

Last month, fellow artist Jowarnise and I had the opportunity to co-lead a workshop during Girls For A Change Camp Diva Leadership...

My Lady Daffodil was truly a labor of love. I made 45 teeny, tiny daffodils for this one. The inspiration is obvious. The original...

Back in May, I decided to become a bouquet of flowers for Mother's Day. This lady is based on that inspiration. Her "vase" is full of...

At one point the garden was filled with so many irises, I couldn't walk 2 feet without seeing one. Iris versicolor or Northern Blue Flag...

This beautiful lady gets her namesake from the giant silk moth Hyalaphora cecropia, the largest moth in North America. I've been falling...

Odd name for a lady, right? Well she's named after the genus of flowering plants called Ctenanthe. They are evergreen perennials native...

What an awesome and fulfilling day. It was the culmination of my artist-in-residence at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. Three months worth...

June 13, 2021 Introducing the Iris and Malachite Band! Just kidding. Lewis Ginter has been so full of purple to white irises the past few...

More good news URBettes! It's been so busy lately, I've hardly had time to breathe. But I am loving it because it's mostly art related....

My love of moths continues as I channeled the spirit of the Hyalophora cecropia Linnaeus or Cecropia moth, the largest native North...

Just in time for Mother's Day, I decided to create myself as a vase of flowers. Some of the flowers that were just coming in to bloom in...

Continuing with my artist residency at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, I came across a few tropical plants with exquisite leaves in the...

I have been selected to be an artist-in-residence at one of my favorite places in Richmond, Virginia. Located on Lakeside Avenue, Lewis...

“Fragility” By Unicia R. Buster Acrylic painting on stretched canvas; March 2021 36”w x 36”h My son and I found a lime green flying...

"Floating" By Unicia R. Buster Acrylic painting on stretched canvas 36"w x 36"h This painting is inspired by a poem I wrote in May of...

With the holidays comes my most popular item - Coloring Curls Girls! So far I've made and sold 11 dolls with 2 more orders in process....

This one is more embarrassing for me than #6. A dear friend asked me to commemorate her double mastectomy by making a cast of her breasts...

Last week (Oct. 19-22, 2020), I had the amazing opportunity to work on a smaller version of the Mending Walls RVA project. What is...