Better watch your back, @karlthefog.bsky.social !

First the work-out dungeon and now this (at the farmers market). I'm beginning to think the Belgians have a dark sense of humor. #Bruges #Belgium

Your hotel may have fancy slippers or a special view. But *my* hotel has a workout dungeon. #Bruges #Belgium

A drama in 4 parts.

Here's how much @thecidershedpod.bsky.social has infiltrated my brain: I was on an art retreat today at the Bibémus Quarry in Provence where Cézanne painted. The instructor pointed out a tree from one of his paintings that had recently come down. "There's Adam," I immediately thought. #TheArchers

We had a magical day in Nice #France yesterday. The water was this absolutely unreal color. Never seen anything like it! #Photography

The "E" Drawing http://www.moma.org/collection/works/34100

Glossy Ibis at Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, Florida on April 23, 2026.

Having a whale of a time traveling through Provence. I also strongly wish I were home. I'm having Schrödinger's holiday.

Fleetwood Big Mac

Ladybird book in the spotlight. The Story of Ships, 1961 Artist: Robert Ayton

Happy Mother's Day! 🪶

We did a hike in St Rémy today to see the "Two Holes in the Rock" depicted by Van Gogh in this painting. Here is (1) the painting with the holes circled (2) a photo from the trailhead of said holes (3) us in the holes! 6 miles, 1200 feet. #Provence #France #Hiking

Saw beautiful flamingos yesterday in the #Camargue #Provence #France 🪶

Experiencing a business class lounge for the first time and getting hammered, as required.

You will NEVER EVER get me on a cruise ship. In addition to the longtime "floating petri dish" epithet, @mrweir.bsky.social has now added, accurately, "A prison, with an option for drowning." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/w...

A #WIP of my mom's 60-year-old olive tree in her backyard. The brown is Walnut Ink. #Ink #Watercolor #Gouache #LiquidWatercolor #ArtYear #WestCoastKin

I made a gallery wall of the works I did in memory of my mom. It features her favorite color, orange; moonlight in reference to her favorite classical piece Claire de Lune; and the Etz Chaim (Tree of Life), Jewish symbol of wisdom and continuity. #Art #ArtYear #Watercolor #Gouache #Ink #Pastel

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Stretched, any bird doing some sort of stretch. Here's a gorgeous, elusive American Bittern stretching his lovely neck at Lake Ilsanjo, Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa #California 🪶

🖼️ Yuka Taguchi, 1992. #Caturday

Some #Amphibian fun for this evening's sketchbook exercise. This is a copy of a page from Hugh Cott’s 1940 book Adaptive Coloration in Animals. #Ink #Watercolor #Pen #PenAndInk #FeltTip

Cute little chonk in progress. #WIP #Gouache #Watercolor #Cat #CatArt #ArtYear #WestCoastKin

Good morning! 🪶

Peach Migraine

One thing #TheArchers is good at is spinning out a slow-burn story line, however I think we can all agree that #TheClonking has gone on long enough.

#InkAndWash sketch of some monkeys from Costa Rica, from a photo a friend took. #ArtYear #WestCoastKin #AnimalArt #Watercolor

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #BeautyInBrown, I bring you the *highly underratd* female California Quail 🪶

Unexpected botanical content from Nancy today. 🌹🌸💐🌺🌻

Please inject this directly into my veins.

#BirdOfTheDay theme today is #WellTimed, any bird captured in an interesting moment. This is one of my favorite photos in this category. I was staying at a villa in Provence (as you do). I was in the woods that bordered the property when suddenly HOOPOE MOM (or dad?) What a thrill. 🪶

#RichardDiebenkorn " Sleeping Woman " (1961)

I took a whack at copying the Franz Marc painting I admired the other day. #Gouache #Watercolor #ArtYear #WestCoastKin

A series of Great Blue Heron gesture drawings, done while on another one-hour convo with Papa Bear, while he told me the complete history of Amazon.com 😐. #ArtYear #InkAndWash #WestCoastKin #BirdArt #Watercolor

Today's #BirdOfTheDay them is #LongNecks, which to me means some sort of #Heron. Flipping through my collection, I came upon this Great Egret casting a truly fabulous reflection with its long neck. Corte Madera Creek #Marin #California 🪶

Mood shift. I think I have completed the somber work around. my mom. Moving on now to works that feature her favorite color orange, and her favorite flowers and love of gardening. #WestCoastKin #ArtYear #Watercolor #Gouache #Ink #PenAndInk #FloralArt

Congratulations to everyone who attended the Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner. You've just experienced what it's like to go to elementary school in the USA.

Not buying it

Story of my life!

Possibly my favorite work of art.

If you want to feel good about your health, just wait until you go through the list of questions they ask you before you get an MRI and you can answer to "no" to all of them.

Speaking of owls, here's a Burrowing Owl based on a photo by the inimitable @burrowingowl.bsky.social. #Watercolor #WestCoastKin #ArtYear #BirdArt

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #CamoOrContrast, birds that blend in or stand out in their surroundings. Owls are the best little camouflageuses! (if that is a word). This is a Western Screech Owl in Annadel State Park, Santa Rosa #SonomaCounty #California 🪶

My studio is also our guest room and we have a guest at the mo. I'm jonesing to get in there. Remind me to become a hermit in my next life.

I'm on a roll with loose bird art the last few days. I love painting roosters! Their colors are awesome and they have so much attitude. #Gouache #Watercolor #BirdArt #ArtYear #WestCoastKin

When the #BirdOfTheDay theme calls for #TheSongFactor, birds with their empty beaks open, it's hard not to reach for a photo of a wren. These little guys sing their hearts out! This is a Marsh Wren at Las Gallinas #SanRafael #Marin #California. I've always liked the composition of this photo. 🪶

I hope Kirsty chooses another bird name for this baby, in honor of Wren. Robin, Merlin, Kestrel, Peregrine, Paloma, Raven, Phoebe (guess that's taken), Lark... 🐦 #TheArchers

You guys BRONZE THIS MOMENT! my doctor has advised me not to exercise so hard! ahahahahahahahahahah

Look at this stunning freshly-opened Matalija poppy (Romney coulteri) with its fat bud companion. I can't even think about how I would approach painting this in watercolor, but there must be a way. #California natives FTW. #Botany #Photography #Flowers #WestCoastKin

A fanciful Toucan for your Thursday. #MixedMedia #Watercolor #Ink #Pen #BirdArt

Fun fact: #deYoungMuseum in #SanFrancisco has folding chairs upon request for drawing in the galleries. European museums do this quite openly, but it's more like a secret at the de Young. You have to go to a security guard by the parking garage and hope he knows what you're talking about. #FAMSF