Sigh. That is such a bummer. It seems like everything has to be so simple these days. There are some cute Squishmallows and all, but they are more like little pillows. Stormy is a full blown "stuffed animal" that I am damned sure comes to life and plays and has adventures when no one is looking! 💚

Stormy is adorable! They did such a good job! 💙💚❤️

FYI Typo in link: ashevans.com

Putting this on my list to call about, too! 😭 I just want to be an artist! 😭😭😭😭

As I said goodbye, a grabby vine punctured my hand, and three drops of blood welled up. It was the blood price paid for us to safely leave the woods. As part of the bargain, my soul returns to wander the woods at night like a restless phantom. I got my wish to spend more time there. Eternally. 🫶

On a tiny nine-acre plot of land is a bit of ancient forest magic. I have been sworn not to utter its name. It provided inspiration for some of the work in the book "Faeries" by Allen Lee & Brian Froud. The mossy green face of my spirit tree welcomed me to the pixie-haunted woods of Dartmoor.

Moss & Magic✨

😍 We need more of these in the world! 🐷🐷🐷

🎨This piece is painted in acrylic on a 12”x16” canvas. The original is sold, but prints are available! Please comment below or DM if you just need some good ol' kitchen art! 😍

"The Lost Boys" garlic scene: they try to out the head vampire by tricking him into putting garlic on his spaghetti. As the suspected head vampire splutters after taking a bite:

Sam: "I bet you hate garlic, don't ya?"
Head Vampire: "No, I like garlic. It's just a little much. It's raw garlic." 😂

Welcome to Bluesky!! I can't wait! 😍

🎨“Ten of Potions” from the Morbidly Adorable Tarot is a 16”x20” acrylic painting in a custom pastel, glitter frame. The original painting and prints are available. Leave a comment or DM me for more information.

If you don’t have that, I will be your family. Take a breath. Find something beautiful. Do something meaningful. Move forward when you are ready. Together, we'll make this next version even more spectacular.

What are you leaving behind in a non-material way? What will you do with your time here?✨

We are in that rough part of the painting where we just realized we will have to paint over something that isn’t working. There is no easy way forward, but not all is lost.

We still have our families. For some of us, the families into which we are born, for others, the families that we choose.

I know that there are much higher stakes in life than in painting, but painting reminds me that I have hope that things will get better.

If I didn’t have hope, I wouldn’t bother creating these sometimes sad, but always beautiful, things.

I have a hard time believing it will turn into the finished piece. I keep telling myself that something beautiful will come of this.

Life is like painting. If it takes thousands of tiny brushstrokes for me to finish a painting, I expect the totality of my life will be thousands of tiny actions.

I needed them to know that someone is listening. My presence said, ‘Please don’t give up. You are the ones moving the needle. I am so grateful for you.’ I know that it will never be enough, but I keep showing up.

In the middle of a painting, there is a point where it is very rough.

Like many of us, I spent time going to protests, vigils, & writing some government official last year. I asked myself, ‘When will it ever be enough? Did I make a difference?’ Often, I knew that my showing up was not going to tip the scale, but I went to support the people who tirelessly fight.

Not trying to hijack your timeline, but I had the same thoughts today! 😂