A woman sitting at a small table in a stone-walled cafe, smiling and waving while holding a white mug with a red pig logo. There are some items on the table, including a glass jar, a cup, and a checkered cloth. The window frame and interior lighting give the scene a cozy atmosphere.

Allison Kopicki is an artist and writer, working mostly in gouache, pencil, and ink. She likes to paint and sketch animals and food and people and places and tell their stories.

When she is not painting foxes planning a heist or dogs having pool parties, she likes to read British mysteries, foster baby goats, go night swimming (she is a mermaid at heart), make sheet pan recipes, drink ice cold martinis, take long hikes in the woods, bird with her husband, and watch her dog Casco wag his tail in his sleep.