Poppy Palin was a qualified and experienced artist and teacher who used her trained illustrative skills to enhance her own work and that of others. She wrote and illustrated four non-fiction books on her life as a natural psychic, all of which were published by Capall Bann. She combined magical fiction and enchanting artwork in the Wild Spirit Tarot (Llewellyn 2002) and in her "Wild Spirit Trilogy" of novels which begins with The Greening. She is the author of The Craft of the Wild Witch (2004).

She illustrated The Hedge Witch's Way, written by English author Rae Beth. Poppy's artwork regularly appeared in magazines in the 'mind, body and spirit' category.

Poppy was also an experienced tattoo artist who specialized in one-off pieces to commemorate rites of passage.