‘Invasive #24’ from a series of ink on paper drawings inspired by local invasive plants. Climate change encourages their spread. I see resilience in their displaced beauty.

Sending love and appreciation to @joyannreid.bsky.social 💙you are a beacon of truth, an inspiration. Bad decision to end this wonderful show MSNBC. Joy💙I can’t wait to see what you do next🙏🥰💙

Anne Truitt’s Daybook is a reminder that an artist’s studio practice matters in dark times.

This scribe’s early morning ink drawing inspired by the Voynich Manuscript (15th c.) I see these mysterious botanicals in context of our climate emergency. We are faced with a natural world imperiled by politics and greed.🌿🥀🌱🌺🌳

Dark times have brought me back to copying the Voynich Manuscript botanicals.🌱My therapeutic, early morning ritual. I’d love to see what you do to get started. Do you have a gesture, an element, a process that gets you back into the studio? Please share, I’d love to see.

Part 2 of Hilary Spurling’s biography of Henri Matisse. Escaping into early modernism. Fueling my painting studio practice.

“But the facts do not lie. And we know that our emperors are naked.”
-Greta Thunberg
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Here’s a new painting, “Generator” acrylic and oil on canvas, 57 x 52 in. An oversized plant form, roots intact, hovers in a warming atmosphere.Two cross sections standby.Climate dystopia on my mind.🌿🥀

So here now. “The Nighthawk Doesn’t Nest Here” oil on canvas, 48x48 in. 2024