#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic Week. “Windswept Desert Afternoon” We’re heading down to Southern California with this painting inspired by the orange and palm trees in Riverside, CA. #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic Week. “Yearning Pine” This pine tree is actually quite small. I photographed it at the Kuboto gardens. I love the structure and bend in that tree trunk it looks like it’s dancing.

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic Week “Cavorting Branches" These colors scream Seattle to me. We’ve got the blues and greens of the lake and evergreens then the shock of warm colors rising up with the birch and maples. It’s like a walk at St. Edwards State Park.

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic Week. “Sunset, 187th St.” The collage underlayer surfaced in these lovely, unexpected ways, giving the whole piece that feeling of city lights glinting off wet pavement. #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Artist Book Week. Finishing off this week with a small handmade sketchbook with photo encaustic covers. This one features the famous Teakettle Junction in Death Valley that I took in 2003 with a pinhole camera. #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Artist Book Week This book was a collaboration with the poet Susan Hunter. We met by chance over Zoom to talk about how politics and art intersect. This book was inpired by her poem “Numbers” #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Artist Book Week black and gold ink line the pages of this book that get darker and darker as the story of greed and corruption over resources build. #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Artist Book Week. Lots of swearing at the printer as I used my Epson P700 with the fragile Tengucho. Images of trees, clouds and water create a story of pollution in every aspect of our environment. #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Art Book Week Strip mining for our modern day devices is killing us. The inside pages are dyed with iron and copper handmade inks thanks to the recipes from “Make Ink”by the Toronto Ink Co. #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Art Book Week. “Glacial Movement’ was featured in the Art of the Book show in Decatur Georgia in 2023 The inside pages are drawn using raw pigment on to the fragile Tengucho paper. #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

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#ArtAdventCalendar Art Book Week “Fragile Breath” the first book in the Encyclopedia of Extinction encaustic on plexi with Tengucho pages #bookasart #artistbooks #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Collage Week. I love all the fiber arts but I will say embroidery is not my strongest art medium. So why not embroider on collage? And while we are at it let’s add some bling. #collageart

#ArtAdventCalendar Collage Week. This one was an experiment with using transparent papers an hand drawn elements for my Patreon supporters. I love this color combo. #collageart

#ArtAdventCalendar Collage Week. Pure bliss creating this collage. No thought just music. A collector in Canada snapped up this piece when I had my sale to help the artist in North Carolina after the flood. “Song in my Heart” #collageart

#ArtAdventCalendar Collage Week. This collage was created for one of my compositional design YouTube videos. The Japanese maple leaf was printed on my little 3-D printing press from Open Press. #collageart

#ArtAdventCalendar Collage Week This collage is about 4” x 5” and one of these days I’m going to blow this up to 4x5 feet I think it would make an amazing abstract painting “Architectural Harmony” #collageart

#ArtAdventCalendar Collage Week. “The Fires in LA” If you know anything about my work my main themes are on the environment and climate change. One of my best friends lost everything in the LA fires. #collageart

#ArtAdventCalendar This week is all about collage one of my favorite ways to dive into art after time away. “Song of the Sea” lives in my tiny sketchbook. I love combining hand drawn elements with collage. I was a bit obsessed with the shape of barnacles for a while. #collageart

Who else is doing the #artadventcalendar? I'm looking forward to my feed being flooded with art posts in December.

This was so much fun to make! All you need is paper, wire and directions from youtu.be/8uESAx7NlA0?...

Seattle’s First Thursday brought rain and the debut of my Extinction Chandelier at the Window Gallery at Shift—dozens of pit-fired ceramic monarch cocoons reflecting on transformation and loss. On view through November at 310 S Washington St. #SeattleArtWalk #ShiftGallery

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I'm excited to share that my "Photograph Your Artwork Like a Pro" class is part of the Painting With Fire Vol 5 lineup. It's been a mission of mine to use my background in commercial photography to help artists photograph their artwork with precision and control. Registration: tinyurl.com/4dckjxa6

Woke up to this article from Vox about the state of the Monarch Butterfly. "Between 1993 and 2002 butterflies were clumped on trees across an average of about 21 acres. During this past winter, however, monarchs occupied just 4.4 acres." #ExtinctionChandelier lnkd.in/dnngXpK8

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It's that time again. The annual trip to NYC. Tell me artists. What is your favorite tiny cool mom and pop art supply store. Do they still exist?

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I'm doing live drawing warm ups this week on Patreon. Today's is available for free if you wan to check out the replay. I did have some tech issues with streaming but it all worked out in the end. www.patreon.com/posts/drawin...

I had a blast demonstrating encaustic monotypes and letting the Fresh Paint fans get their hands dirty. To everyone who came up saying, "I'm not an artist" I hope you had a great time @schackartcenter and thanks for stopping by my table. #encausticart

Encaustic monotype is one of my passions so I'm beyond excited to have "Peruvian Lillies" get juried into the Kenmore Art Show. This work was first drawn on the hot palette using large encaustic wax "brushes". Kenmore Art Show August 15th 4-7pm @artsofkenmore

Seattle friends.... Come join me at the Dorothy O'Brien Center for the Cancer Lifeline show on August 13th. Northwest Collage Society teamed up artists with poems from cancer patients and survivors to create this amazing show. 6522 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103 5:30pm - 7pm.

That moment right before the breakthrough—that’s where this piece lives. Exists Only To Make is about the quiet discipline of showing up. Of trusting spring will come, even when it still feels like winter. Now available. Message me for details. #encausticart #pnwartist #artforsale

I’m beyond thrilled to announce that my gouache sketchbook has been officially accepted into the prestigious (and extremely petite) @artsofkenmore Free Little Art Gallery located at the Kenmore Hanger. Want to enter- get your tiniest art and bring it down. artsofkenmore.com

Something new is blooming at the Kenmore Art Show—and it’s waxy, wild, and full of color. My encaustic monotype inspired by Peruvian lilies is making its debut! The theme is Joy. Did I capture that? Show runs Aug 15–24 at Kenmore City Hall. artsofkenmore.org

Collage of the day — inspired by the idea of memento mori. #collageart #northwestcollagesociety

Playing in ceramics lately and while @alittleindigo.bsky.social was in town we made custom watercolor palettes. Check out the fancy paint wells created from scallop shell impressions. Thanks to the expertise of @chatterofcrows.bsky.social

Ever have one of those days? Me too. So I grabbed a glass of wine (that I forgot to drink), threw some paint around, and made a scribble face—my favorite way to unwind. If you've had a long one, consider this your permission to decompress with art. Cheers to getting through the day.

Seattle Art Fair! Can't believe I got to run into @lizruest.com without even planning it. That's like meeting someone on the metro in Paris. And yes that happened to me once. I had a blast and really tried to talk with the gallerists this time instead of walking around with my mouth agape.

What is your favorite warm up? I’ve been waking up early and going to the studio to paint. Before coffee and before the workday starts. I get out a big piece of paper. And I start these by blindly drawing or painting ting with water-soluble graphite. I just close my eyes and start making marks.

Sharon Gottula Book burnings, kidnappings, climate crisis. America the beautiful? Pretty work for a not very pretty time in the US. If you want to see how this encaustic collage was created it's on my YouTube. #encausticart

Do you struggle with time for your art? I talk with Paige Lindsey about striking the balance and expectations of working full time and creating an art business. www.spreaker.com/episode/98-d... #arttips #artpractice #artbusiness #encausticart

When all the information of the world is at our fingertips with the Internet, what better way to disrupt that power then create an AI model that feeds on bullshit.

Excavating the Bones of Democracy Canvas, wax, plaster It most definitely feels like the end of the American democratic government as we know it. #encausticart #politics

I love hand making my collage paper but it's nice to get some gorgeous paper from the professionals. Sadly Paper Circle is closing it's doors so I don't know how long they'll have paper for sale but if you love fun papers to inspire your collage projects check them out. papercircle.org

This little treasure finally found it's keeper at the Itty Bitty Art Show. I loved creating this encaustic artwork using layers of hand-painted calligraphy paper with a final embellishment of gold. "Space for Serenity" was the title I chose. Do you think it fits? #encausticart #artforsale

There is a lot happening! June we have two local shows going up and July I'm teaching two classes at Shack Art Center. Join my newsletter to hear all about it! sharongottula.com/subscribe #encaustic #collage #artclasses

Have you ever wanted to play with super thin papers with your collage art? I share my method of "dying" Tengucho, Gampi and calligraphy paper with India Inks in this fun, but messy video. yt.openinapp.co/28o6v #collagefodder #collageart #artclass

Tomorrow is the day! My class is dropping and you'll learn how to photograph you artwork like a pro... even if you only have a phone. We're covering lighting, tripods, settings in you phone and color temperature and so much more. Need to sign up? tinyurl.com/4dckjxa6 #paintingwithfirevol5

Sundays are for me Making art supplies again Filming for YouTube #haikudiary