Teeny tiny drawing in progress.

Slowly working on this one.

Underpaintings today. Oil on canvas.

Studio weirdness.

Making new models for paintings. I’m using basic crayola model magic which is puffy, lightweight, and dries overnight.

Framing things last week. Framing is such a time consuming and methodical task, but looks sooo good when finished!

Mostly finished with this painting, just a few little details to add in once the background is finished.

Slow progress today. Oil on oil paper.

I’ve been loving these atmospheric paintings by Ellen Siebers.

Enjoying the spoils of the summer garden on the coldest night of the year last night. Sometimes the simplest things can be so restoring. For those of us who empathy runs deep, we are in for some cold times ahead. Let’s remember to find moments of warmth, connection, and community to get us through.

the world is not as cruel as you believe,
even when the green fades
and shadows stretch too long.

stay.

let the quiet hold you.
let the soil forget your name.

somewhere in the stillness,
where a breath waits to break

something will bloom.

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Putting the finishing touches on the background of this one tonight.

Wrapping up the background on this painting this week. You can see the areas where I e added a second layer (reflective) vs the less reflective areas I’ll be working one more layer over. Oils can be really tricky when working in layers.

I’m taking a break for a few days, but this is the painting I’m working on at the moment. I can’t wait to jump back in.

Planning for next year’s garden, putting leaf mulch over all the beds, and planting garlic this week. This year’s garden treated me well.

Working on this guy in the studio this week. I’m going to try to knock out another layer of the background tonight.