Raebird Creations

Raebird Creations LLC is the art-based business of Saraiya Kanning. As a silk painter, creative writer, and flutist, Saraiya finds the creative process integral to everyday life. Creative activity helps the mind focus, open up, relax, and make exciting discoveries. Far more than makers of objects pleasing to the eye, artists are adventurous, curious, and inquisitive. Artists are storytellers, songsters, painters, gardeners, sculptors, and more. They imbue their communities with vibrant energy.

Saraiya received her BA in Creative Writing from Colorado College and her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. She has practiced the visual arts, including charcoal, graphite, watercolor, and acrylic, for over 25 years. She specializes in the silk painting of scarves and hangable pieces.

Saraiya's current projects include playful and vibrant depictions of animals (especially birds) and plants using silk painting or watercolor.