rattan hanging chair and basket in front of wall with cream woodwork below cream wallpaper with pattern of green foliage clusters

Warm, organic, nature based patterns and illustrations

for sewists, interior designers and home goods manufacturers

Looking to license a pattern or illustration? Or need a custom design for your project? Let’s have a chat.

watercolour painting of echinacea flower in purple and orange with ink linework

Hi, I’m Dale.

I’m an Ontario, Canada based artist and designer. I create illustrations and surface design patterns inspired by the beauty of nature.

My work starts with hand drawn illustrations and watercolour paintings, followed by digital refinement to build patterns that are textured and full of delicate details.

I partner with product-based businesses looking for artwork and pattern designs that feel warm, and organic. If you don’t see something that suits your project, I also create custom designs.

black and white image of woman, Dale Bialis at her desk, drawing and looking at camera
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white archway in front of tableau of neutral table, with natural accessories, vase with branches, in front of wallpaper background
watercolour painting of a fern frond with two green foliage stems sitting on it

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Licensing is purchasing the use of artwork for a set period of time and set amount of usage. Examples would be a single pattern used on baby blankets for up to 1000 items.

  • When you license an artwork, your receive copies of the files that can be used only in the manner set out in your contract. So a specific artwork or collection of artwork that can be used for a set period of time, and for a set number of uses.

    Once that time period/number of uses is complete, you can either extend the license or must stop using the artwork.

  • Depending on the license you purchase, you may have exclusive use of the artwork in a specific category, such as wallpaper, while it’s still free to be used by someone else making clothing for instance.

    You can also choose a non exclusive license, or purchase complete exclusivity for a time, or even purchase the artwork for your use only, in which case all rights to use it on products are transferred to you, which is called a buyout.

  • Please reach out to me via my contact form and we can discuss your needs. Once we determine the requirements for the artwork and intended use, I draw up a contract specifying that. You are then invoiced for the artwork, per the licensing terms. Artwork is then send to you in the specific format you need.

  • Yes, I’m happy to collaborate and create custom artwork for you. Whether it’s a single illustration or an entire collection of patterns, I can create designs that fit your brand and that your customers will love.

  • Absolutely! If you see a pattern that you like but the colour doesn’t match your needs, I can easily change the colours to suit.

  • Yes, I can resize most patterns to fit your intended usage. Keep in mind that some might not be suited in certain sizes, such as shrinking it small enough that details are lost.

    Most patterns will be suitable to use at a large size for wallpaper, or at a much smaller scale for children’s clothing for instance. As they are done on a set repeat, I might not be able to match motif size exactly to fit, so there may need to be some adjustments.