Where the Tide Grows Wild - Spring Collection 2026
Where the Tide Grows Wild
The morning started with no plans and somehow ended with a promise.
I went down to the water just to clear my head and came back with sand in my pockets and a grin I couldn’t explain. The tide was higher than yesterday. The sky felt wider. Along the path back, wildflowers had started showing up like they knew something I didn’t.
That’s how spring always does it.
It doesn’t knock.
It just moves in and rearranges everything.
Birds cut across the sky like they were late for something important. Grass leaned toward the water like it had a secret. Even the air felt charged, like the day was waiting for someone to do something bold with it.
So I left the door open...
For the moments that don’t ask permission.
For the ideas that show up muddy and bright and impossible to ignore.
For the places where the tide climbs higher than it did before and the world feels like it’s daring you to follow.
If this season were a book, this would be the page where the main character steps off the path.
And whatever comes next doesn’t belong to one voice.
It belongs to the ones who bring the wild with them.
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About the Collection
Where the Tide Grows Wild is a spring collection about change, return, and the thrill of something new beginning. It centers on the moment when the air feels different and nature starts to wake up. Wildflowers begin appearing along dunes and fields, coastal foliage stretching back toward the light, and wildlife reemerging along the shore. This collection draws inspiration from the natural world at the edge of land and sea: native blooms, palms and grasses, seabirds, horses, marine life, and the living details that mark the season’s shift. Artists are invited to interpret this story in their own way, bringing spring to life through work that feels expressive, energized, and full of momentum.
Call for Artists
Submissions are now open for our Spring Collection.
This season is an invitation to follow curiosity, to notice what’s returning, and to create from that place of possibility. Selected artists will help bring this story to life through their work, becoming part of a collection shaped by movement, nature, and forward motion.
Submission details:
• Submissions close: February 28
• Selected artists notified: early March
• Final artwork due: March 8
• Spring Collection launch: March 20
• VIP early access: March 19
If this story feels like one you’d like to illustrate, we’d love to see what you’re creating.