Share | Our mission is to share the stories and characters we develop and meet through artistic play, during exploration and research, and through the process of making.
For the kid in all of us.
For the creator in all of us.
For the student in all of us.
Play
Here is where we'll share our artistic play--you know, doodling. It's a little like visual journaling. Humphrey Horse and his farm friends are featured here. Shana has been doodling them for more than a decade.
Coming in May, 2025 | Humphrey and the Hitchhiker: A Graphic Novel for Kids.
Meet Humphrey's Farm Friends
Use this space to introduce yourself and share your professional history.
Make
This is the place for sharing experiments in drawing, fiber arts, graphics and mixed-media.
Hover over an image to learn more. We're playing with ideas for posters, art to wear t-shirts, and journals. Images with a red border are available for purchase. Just click on the image.
Explore
Learning more about our world is important to us. The Resource Curse, is our on-going documentary work that explores the impact of resource extraction on people and the planet.
Land Acknowledgement
Spotted Horse Studios LLC members live, work, create on and occupy the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek – Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bode'wadmi (Potawatomi). Spotted Horse Studios LLC recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.
The Resource Curse | Africa
Africa is rich in natural resources. Resource extraction began in the 19th century and continues today. In addition to environmental degradation and deforestation the people of Africa face human rights abuses, and extreme poverty that results in high rates of child labor.