All orders are shipped twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays) from Nashville, Tennessee via the United States Postal Service, First Class Shipping. All packages over 15 oz. are shipped via USPS Priority Shipping or UPS, whichever is more economical.
If you'd like a package expedited for any reason, please let us know prior to ordering so we can accommodate you.
All customers will receive an order confirmation e-mail when an order is placed, and a shipping confirmation e-mail (which includes tracking numbers for your packages) upon shipment.
Please contact us for any questions regarding the status of your order if you have any other questions or concerns.
We are required to collect sales tax on all orders placed within Tennessee.
Yes! We happily ship all over the world. Please note that international customers are responsible for all any custom/additional fees and taxes. Please ensure you are familiar with your country's postal fees prior to placing an order.
We do not accept returns or exchanges unless an item arrives damaged.
All prints and original works of art are shipped in protective sleeves and packaging to prevent damage prior to shipment.
In the event your order arrives damaged, please let us know within 5 days to receive a replacement. Please include a photo in your e-mail. If an order is marked as delivered according to your tracking number, we are unable to replace it.
As an independent artist who supports my family with my work, I strive to support small businesses in my city by working with local manufacturers when possible.
I try my best to create meaningful work that helps others find beauty and joy in this world. I realize that any commercial product creates waste, and I do my best to minimize my effects on the Earth wherever I can.
Any quotes I paint are for my books or because they have affected me in some way. I receive many requests for custom quote paintings, but unfortunately, I am not able to take these on.
Unfortunately, no. All of my work is created intentionally, with purpose, and is only available for sale as is.
Yes! I am proud to have my work in many independent and national retailers. To find my work in a store near you, please visit the Stockist page.
More details on becoming a stockist are available on our wholesale page.
I've written and published 3 books with TarcherPerigee (Penguin Random House): Start Where You Are (over half a million copies sold!), My Friend Fear, and Made Out of Stars.
Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration is an interactive journal designed to help readers navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life with one simple reminder: that every answer we're looking for is already inside us.
My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown is a meditation on fear and how it can help us discover who we really are. It asserts that having big fear is a chance to make big change--and the very best time to discover the unexpected magic hidden within us.
Made Out of Stars: A Journal for Self-Realization celebrates the invisible bonds we share with each other, the world we live in, and with the truest, most honest version of ourselves. Filled with richly insightful prompts, vibrant watercolor paintings, and plenty of room to write, it’s a space to reflect on what makes us incredibly beautiful individuals—and yet, an integral part of a beautifully complete whole.
Support your favorite local bookshop! I always encourage readers to purchase my books at their indie bookstore. If your bookstore doesn't carry the title you're looking for, you can always ask them to order it and they'd be happy to--this also enables the books to become available to a wider range of readers.
My books are also carried by all major online retailers, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Hudson Bookstores, and Target. For a full list of retailers for each book, please see below:
Start Where You Are: A Journal for Self-Exploration
My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown
Made Out of Stars: A Journal for Self-RealizationYes! Signed copies of all books are available in my shop.
I receive many requests for donations, and donate annually to organizations and charities that are close to my heart. I am especially interested in supporting organizations caring for women, children, minorities, artists, and our planet.
I am flattered that you would consider working with me, but unfortunately, I am unable to accept book collaboration requests at this time.
Sometimes! You can view original paintings that are available for sale here.
Yes, I welcome new projects from clients and publishers. Please contact me here or e-mail meera@meeralee.com with details about your project.
Past clients include Chronicle Books, DoubleDay Books, Food52, Penguin Random House, and Vogue India.
I enjoy creating bespoke wedding invitations very much, however, I'm not able to accommodate all requests because of my current schedule. Please contact me for rates & availability.
I also offer a collection invitations that are ready to be customized and mailed. They are available on the wedding page.
Yes! Please visit my licensing page for more details or to obtain a licensing catalog.
I didn't! I am a self-taught artist and writer.
I attended school at Temple University in Philadelphia and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey for degrees in English and Journalism & Media Studies.
I always knew I was an artist, but it didn't make the most practical career path.
The fear of being unable to support myself eventually led me to trade in my colored pencils for degrees in English and Journalism. After graduation, I immediately secured a job with a publishing company, where I edited papers and put my knowledge of the Oxford Style Manual to good use.
It was only a few months before I knew I'd slowly go insane if I didn't make a drastic change. With a slew of pent-up creative energy and strong desire for self-sustenance, I opened up my Etsy shop and began, once again, to let my imagination guide me.
Managing a full-time job and my freelance illustration career has been a difficult but invigorating journey. I've finally discovered a sense of community, purpose, and creative fulfillment. I've learned to embrace hard work, new challenges, and managed to tackle a lot of small (and large!) fears. Best of all, I've learned a lesson that it takes many people years to learn: that anything is possible, and that there is magic everywhere.
After six years, I finally quit my day job in February 2017. I packed up all of my things, sublet my apartment in Brooklyn, and hit the road, traveling alone for the next 8 months. It was during this time that I wrote My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown. With only my backpack and an open heart, I explored the unknown. I felt really scared and anxious about making this leap, but I did it anyway, and since then--I haven't looked back once.
It's almost 3 years later, and I am still a full-time artist and writer, now living in Nashville, Tennessee. I'm so grateful to do what I love for a living, and I hope to always make work that inspires others to become who they really are.
Be diligent, tenacious, and prolific. Make a lot of work and share it with the world. Move through your periods of disappointment and discouragement with the knowledge that nothing ever stays the same, and that low periods are only temporary.
I've shared a lot of advice on creating a freelance career in interviews with Don't Keep Your Day Job, Freelance Wisdom, We Grow Media, and Women, Work, and Worth.
I share vulnerably on living with fear and moving past the internal obstacles that keep us from pursuing our dreams in my book, My Friend Fear: Finding Magic in the Unknown. Two additional tools for creating change in your own life are my journals, Start Where You Are and Made Out of Stars.
Yes! I have an online class available through Skillshare. You can sign up for it here or learn more on my classes page.
I share about upcoming in-person workshops and events in my newsletter. You can sign up here or by scrolling to the bottom of this page.
I use a variety of watercolors and gouache, including colors by Schminke, Case for Making, Camel, Holbein Acryla, and Winsor & Newton. I will sometimes use colored pencils by Faber-Castell. I usually paint on Strathmore or Arches paper.
I am not always able to accommodate interview requests due to my schedule (I already spend way too much time on e-mail!) but I always try my best to. You are welcome to contact me here.
I'm a self-taught writer and artist who believes that anything is possible. Everything I create is based on this simple principle. I am interested in exploring the intricacies of human connection, and I use my work to unearth the small yet vibrant stories found in everyday life. Like you, I have many worlds inside of me. I am sensitive but tough. I am pragmatic but free. I am a dreamer. I hope my work will always serve as a simple reminder: you are not alone.
You can read more about me and my work here.
I was born and raised on the New Jersey shore and lived in Brooklyn, New York after graduating college. I recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee and now live on a farm in the woods with my family.
