Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me Thinking of Alex Pretti and those he loved and loved him.

Bug Spray Art by me 9in x 12in acrylic on paper

Friskies Art by me Acrylic on wood 5 x 7 inches Available for purchase at the Sacred Winter Pop Up this weekend! Sacred Space Holistic Center 12/6/25 9am - 4:44pm 339 I Street Modesto, CA

A fun little pet portrait. 💗 9 x 12 inches acrylic on paper

“Marked safe from a Ralph Lauren Xmas.” Art by me 9 x 12 in Acrylic on paper To each her own, but I’m forever on the side of tacky Christmas decor.

Happy Thanksgiving! Art by me 5 in x 5 in Acrylic on paper

"I don't lose my temper often. But if I do, I can do it real good." - Dolly Parton Art by me 9" x 12" acrylic on paper

Next week I get to facilitate some trauma-informed artmaking for a group of folks experiencing incarceration at San Quentin. They guys will be invited to create an artwork inspired by a sacred geometry shape called the, "seed of life." Here's my example. I'm really excited to see what they create.

I would eat his heart in the marketplace - Shakespeare Art by me 9x12 inches acrylic on paper

I know. I'm a lot. That's. The. Point. Art by me. 9x12 inches acrylic on paper

If only it was this easy. ;) Art by me 9x12 inches acrylic on paper #funnyart #feminineenergy #selfcare

"You can't be a witch w/o k*****g a few men." Art by me 9x12 inches, acrylic on paper See (and buy!) the uncensored version at the Modesto Artist's Movement Movie Night (screening The Craft) tonight at the Queen Bean Coffee House. 10/10/25 @ 7:00 PM $10 online - $15 at door bit.ly/46NbaAL

Join me tomorrow night (10/10/25) at Queen Bean Coffee House in Modesto, CA. There will be an outdoor screening of The Craft (1996), & fun trivia. I'll be vending original art & prints. Including this fun piece featuring a quote from the movie! Tickets $10 online - $15 at door Link: bit.ly/46NbaAL

Godzilla would never shrink to make men comfortable. Art by me. 9 x 12 inches, acrylic on cardboard

I saw Goody Proctor taking Tylenol in the woods with the Devil. Art by me. 9" x 12" acrylic on cardboard

Happy October 1st! One of my favorite movie lines; it's from The Craft (1996). I wear a ring that says "weirdo," in honor of how this line always makes me feel (seen). We are the weirdos, mister. Art by me 9" x 12" acrylic on cardboard

Clifford's💩would destroy his community. Art by me. 9" x 12" acrylic on chipboard.

The sweeties at juvenile hall asked for a sunset project. Inspired by #BingWright, they learned about blending gradients and analogoous colors. First time with oil sticks too. Their joy at creating “real” sunsets was everything. Works shared with permission.

Are you pooping? (gross) Art by me. 12" x 12" acrylic on chipboard

I took two Tylenol PM and woke up on the spectrum. Art by me. Acrylic on foam core. 2025.

Starting Friday at juvenile hall with trauma-informed artmaking is THE BEST. Students learned about Yaritji Young, then drew lines for chaos and shapes for safety. 12x18 white paper, mixed media oil sticks. Done in 60 minutes. Works shared w/permission from artists.

One of my 8th grade art campers created this fantastic gouache painting. They found a gorgeous still life by Beverly Shipko and copied it. There is a lot of debate about art education and copying. BUT copying (with attribution and ethical usage) a painter’s work is a fantastic way to learn.

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

We had the BEST week at Spark Art Camp. These are some of the most creative, curious, kind, and hilarious kids I’ve ever met. And don’t worry about my friend in the black hoodie. They were having fun, too. It’s just how some of us art kids be. 💗🎨🤓

Cops at my campus make $120K+ a year. More money in busting heads than teaching them.

One of the art campers has been working on this adorable gnome home all week. The camper is just 12 and I’m so impressed with not just their art, but also their creativity and grit. Lots of new techniques, skills, and problem-solving skills had to be learned to create this fantastic little piece.

13 year old camper. First attempt at realism. First time using / making egg tempera…And she creates this mini little beauty.

Super brilliant artist created this piece of poetry/collage at art camp today. It reads: “each day create another art work. imagine art was your family.”

This camper out here sharing all the dirty laundry: "The only art we even had last year was this teacher who came to our classroom on a cart. She'd just put on "Art Hub for Kids" and act like that was good enough. But, I mean, that's not actually us learning art."

The easiest way to calm down a group of precocious kids? Collage. These camp kids are zenned out and happily collaging their little hearts out. 💗

Day one of Art Camp. I tossed the kids right into the deep end with these skeletons. As you can see, they rose to the occasion. All made by rising 7th and 8th grade students. I usually write my own lessons, but this one, “Neon Skeletons” by The Cozy Art Teacher via TPT is absolutely stellar.

This store owner is playing 4D chess. A smoke shop across the street from the train tracks selling Poscas, Krinks, and other high-end graffiti materials. I had to check it out and, like, half the store is head shop and the other half is premium art supplies. Also 10/10 customer service.

Name badges for next week's art camp. MAKE ART make mistakes * make messes * make space * make time * make together * make friends * make more * make moves * make waves * make proud * make meaning * make change * make peace

Exactly 20 years ago I worked as an art director for a sleep away art camp. I had so much fun teaching campers in the “art barn” that I changed my career plans from art historian to art educator. Next week, I’m running my own grant-funded art camp. It’s a very full circle moment. 🎨🤓💗

Feeling like a champion because I just cut a 28 page grant application narrative down to the required 15 pages. Anyone else have a process like that? Write all the things. Delete nearly half of them later.

If I could teach you one thing about teaching art, it’s the power of saying yes. Student-driven work always beats the “perfect” art I try to steer. Today was full of YES. Hard for me, but the kids created these hilarious and amazing Chris Uphues inspired food face charms. Ages 9-12; summer camp.

I need Nathan Lane and somebody even gayer than Nathan Lane to stage an adaptation of this on broadway pls

Listen. If I wasn’t intended to order too much Indian food every time I get it, it wouldn’t all taste so good

Who got Swarovski minion figurine money?

This crown was in the dress-up bin in the classroom I was in today. When I tell you I have eleventy-five-hundred selfies of me in this thing on my phone. Each one cheesier than the last.

I LOVE when adults get so into the art education PD that their humor comes across. This tragic pizza had the whole workshop laughing.

At PD today, I invited teachers to try out a SEL project inspired by artist Chris Uphues. This teacher told me her cupcake’s pronouns are they/them, and then she used pink, blue, and white for the frosting. It made my heart so full to think of what this will mean to some of her students. 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

Facilitating my second to last PD day of the year, AND I get to spend it with the best teachers. Such a great way to end the school-year. So, I brought them scratch-n-sniff stickers cause we’re all 80s babies. And adults need silly joy too.

Wore a hat today and I’m ready to make that my whole personality.

this is the Fyre Festival cheese sandwich of pride merch

If this whole education career doesn’t pan out, I could have a future in chalkboard drink signs.

I thought I had on a cute outfit, but I look like a medieval peasant (and not in a good way).

Made some stupid art for my stupid mental health.

Y'all. The rage I have for Google Meet. It NEVER works right and causes all sorts of problems every single time I use it. Can we all just agree to use Zoom?

Quick sketch for a colleague’s memory notebook (whose last day is today because she got an awesome promotion).