Creative Arts | Sheree Lincoln
Liveaboard sailor • artist • web designer • paddleboard instructor • creative guide
Sheree Lincoln is a lifelong creative whose work is shaped by curiosity, movement, and an intuitive understanding of how things connect. Her art, like her life, lives at the intersection of water, systems, story, and place.
A liveaboard sailor based in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Sheree creates from her floating home base—or from her traveling tiny house when she’s on land. Her work includes fluid acrylic painting, watercolor, and digital art, all informed by a life spent navigating both natural and human-made systems. You’ll find a selection of her work in the gallery below.
Sheree grew up sailing the Great Lakes and Long Island Sound, with roots in Michigan, New York, and Connecticut. She graduated from high school in Greenwich, Connecticut, and went on to study at the New York School of Interior Design and SUNY, focusing on business and creative writing—early foundations for a mind that balances structure and imagination.
Before SailAway Designs, Sheree built a traditional “big girl” career, including working in business on Wall Street and several years as an interior designer. Those experiences grounded her in systems, strategy, visual balance, accountability, and high-pressure decision-making—skills that continue to shape how she creates and works today.
After returning to Michigan to raise her children, Sheree followed a path that blended creativity with practicality. She built businesses, opened art galleries and gift shops, and launched water-based ventures where painting, paddling, design, and teaching naturally merged. In 2003, she fulfilled a lifelong dream by becoming a firefighter, proudly serving with White Cloud Area Fire Rescue until an injury led to early retirement.
That turning point opened the door to a new chapter. In 2018, Sheree left Michigan and set course for Fort Myers Beach, choosing a full-time life aboard a sailboat—one shaped by freedom, movement, and creativity over convention.
Through a series of quiet synchronicities, she met James “Ḵínsá win” Reed in Fort Myers Beach at her favorite gathering place for sailors, the former Bonita Bill’s (now Bonita Fish Company). What began as shared conversations and time on the water grew into a life rooted in collaboration, creativity, and exploration.
Today, Sheree continues her work and adventures with her husband, fellow creator, and partner in sailing, love, and life, James “Ḵínsá win” Reed. Together, they share their journey at Sailing SpiritHawk Into the Emerald Blue and collaborate on coastal-inspired art and apparel through Kingsawin Designs.
After returning to Michigan in 1985 to raise her two children, Sheree wore many hats — interior designer, insurance and real estate agent, exotic animal ranch manager, and professional driver — always driven by a mix of practicality and creativity. In 2003, she achieved a lifelong dream by becoming a firefighter and proudly served with White Cloud Area Fire Rescue until an injury led to early retirement.
That shift sparked a new chapter. Sheree opened art galleries and gift shops in Fremont and Indian River, Michigan, where she also launched a paddle boarding and kayaking business. Her love of water, nature, and design converged — and eventually led her to a full-time life on a sailboat in 2018, giving her more freedom to create, explore, and support others on their own journeys.
Today, Sheree continues her adventures with her husband, James “Kingsawin” Reed, an Alaska Native artist and master shipwright. Together they share their journeys on Instagram, when they are traveling, @intotheemeraldblue and create pacific northwest coastal-inspired clothing and art through their Kingsawin Designs brand.
🌊 Learn more about her paddle boarding adventures at: www.SeaDogEcoTours.com
🛍️ Explore their clothing line on Esty and more links here: Page of Links Tree - Click here.
