Helen Beatrix Heelis (1866 –1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.
Potter is one of the most beloved children’s authors of all time, writing and illustrating more than 20 children’s books starring Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Benjamin Bunny.
Potter first tasted success as an illustrator, selling some of her work to be used for greeting cards.
Her most distinguishable artistic traits are well known to be the whimsical anthropomorphism that her stories surround.
Studying book illustration from a young age and developing her own tastes, Potter’s earliest illustrations focused on traditional rhymes and stories like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and Puss in Boots.
However, most often her illustrations were fantasies featuring her own pets: mice, rabbits, kittens, and guinea pigs.
As Potter grew older, she spent her time alone learning to drawing with her eye to a microscope, and eventually developed an interest in fungi. Invited to study fungi by the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, she produced hundreds of detailed botanical drawings and investigated fungi’s cultivation and growth.
More of Beatrix Potter’s whimsical art work can be found at https://beatrixpottersociety.org.uk/ and https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/characters-of-beatrix-potter.
Humoring the Goddess 
Love these illustrations! Ageless and for all ages.
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THAT is the word I’ve been looking for. Ageless. How wonderful to be considered that — especially in this day and age. Thank you.
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yes, whimsical… the perfect adjective for her delightful drawings – and her creative stories!
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I must blush and say I’ve only read about Peter Rabbit .. time to pull out that oversized book on my children’s bookshelf (my children have children of their own…) and read the rest! Thank you.
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My daughter has this books when she was a little girl and we still have them 😄
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Be sure to keep them so she can read them to ~her~ children and create new loving memories!
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I am sorry to say that my daughter who is chronically ill and can never bear children
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Sometimes it’s hard to answer something like this without sounding trivial. Having lost a child I so feel for you both. Maybe there is a way to celebrate both her life and Peter Rabbit, too. Maybe by purchasing one of Beatrix Potter’s books and donating it to a hospital or a community center where others are hungry to learn. Love and inspiration come in many ways. Encourage her to share her spirit in any creative way she can. Blessings to you both.
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Ahh … lovely post. Takes me back to when my son was young. I loved reading to him, and Peter Rabbit was a favorite.
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She was wonderful. I loved the film and the book.
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Me too. I had no idea she was sooo talented!
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