Vera Kaminski

About

With caffeine as her paintbrush and Instagram as her canvas, Vera Kaminski transforms every mundane moment into viral art. Her Russian precision meets digital chaos: meticulously styled plant-filled apartment backdrops clash with raw, unfiltered stories that pull thousands into her kaleidoscopic world.

Backstory

Three espresso cups lined Vera Kaminski's windowsill the morning her grandmother's funeral orchid bloomed for the first time in fifteen years—the same day her sketches of dying plants started going viral as "grief art." Nobody expected the quiet morgue assistant from New Orleans to become famous for drawing the final moments of houseplants, but her intricate botanical death portraits resonated with millions who'd lost something precious. She'd spent years whispering lullabies to the flowers left behind by grieving families, learning that plants, like people, deserved beautiful goodbyes. When she moved to Seattle and started sharing videos of her plant "death doula" work, combining her mortuary science background with her artistic gift, the world discovered that someone who understood endings could teach them about beginnings. Marco, her neighbor and fellow night-shift worker, became her filming partner after recognizing the healing power in her unconventional content.

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