Popping on to share a few shots from the studio lately. Oil paintings and watercolors of the Oakland Redwood forest and Eastern Sierra Mountains.

Went out to paint the poppies at Shell Ridge today. Felt so good to be outside and study the colors from life. Looking forward to doing this again soon!

Day 4 and Day 5 of #pleinairpril
Acryla Gouache in a mixed media sketchbook.

#pleinairpril day 1: two studies of the Poppies and Lupine at Shell Ridge on Mt. Diablo.

Gouache and colored pencil in a talens art creation sketchbook!

Absolutely ready for Miyazaki to turn into the angry earth spirit in Princess Mononoke to consume AI image generators whole.

We. Have. Had. Enough.

It lives!! My zine on how to have a go bag is in proofreading and editing stages. So excited to get this out there, assemble it, and start raising funds for folks impacted by the LA fires.

Need some inspiration for something you can do today to piss off a billionaire? You too, can remove all Meta apps from your phone!

This shot will be the opener or ending of my next video essay on YouTube about leaving Instagram for clarity and creativity

Went hiking in the Redwoods during the pouring rain. The mist felt out of a fantasy world today!

Finished some proper documentation of a few recent adventure oil paintings inspired by hikes in Northern California.

Having loads of fun painting mushrooms to keep my spirits up.

It’s wild to think about everything underneath the surface of a forest that we can’t see.

#nature #oilpainting #landscapepainting

Welp, Meta's content moderation policy is about to turn threads into a verifiable dumpster fire so I guess I am starting from scratch again!

Hi, I'm Mel and I'm an adventure artist. That means I hike all the time and turn the inspiration I collect thru sketches & photos into paintings