Inspired by the Adriatic ocean this watercolor takes the typical venetian breakfast to outer space. Cappuccino and Cornetto Other images: inspo and pigments used in this work. 5.9 x 8.3" @danielsmithwatercolor on Baohong Academy hot press.

I can’t take my encaustic on the road so I’m working with watercolors. OMG it’s like if you do something every day you get better!!! If only someone had mentioned this.😂 #watercolor #aquarella

Skipped the postcard shots. Having a month in Venice means I don't have to shoot what everyone else is shooting. So I wandered Burano looking for something that was actually interesting to me: Plant window displays

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Warming up the paintbrush for the Great Italian Adventure. Switching from wax and fire to water and pigment is not as big of an adjustment as you would think.

The Extinction Chandelier catching the last rays of the sun through the studio window. I'm excited to share that the chandelier will be part of Gallery B612's upcoming "Letters to Planet Earth" show. Don't forget to swing by for First Thursday to see this amazing exhibit.

These trees are why I’m spending a month in Rome.

Justice for Keith Porter www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We were just sent Alex’s GoFundMe.

How is "Minnesota Protests" not trending?

New tools for the Italian project. Testing out the @lensbabyusa Sweet 22 on the Infrared camera. Love the pictorialist aesthetic, very Julia Margaret Cameron. I like how compact the lens is on my mirrorless Sony. #lensbabysweet22 #lifepixelinfrared #sonya7c

Ok, I know it's my fault... I should not look at the news before I get out of bed. It's has been one of those days. First the crazy BS from the White House and then one of those work days where every step of the way you just get a "NO!"

Packing up to teach a beginning encaustic class. Got a new hand truck to make life easier.

#ArtAdventCalendar was so much fun. I loved seeing all your work. Merry Christmas, happy holidays and praying for more peace and empathy in 2026.

Merry Christmas Eve! Umbrella Pine, Rome. This experiment in Bojagi style quilting and encaustic was my first foray into free-hanging work. My love for these trees has inspired a stint in Rome for 2026. You can see BTS images here: sharongottula.com/blog/6-steps... #ArtAdventCalendar

#ArtAdventCalendar Sculpture Week. I’m obsessed with creating these hanging sculptures. This one is encaustic soaked paper that makes them glow in the sun. Currently bringing me joy in the living room. #encausticart #kineticsculpture

#ArtAdventCalendar This piece lived in my head for almost 2 years before I had the time to get started. Chatter of Crows has ceramic skills and helped. Created for the Window Gallery at Shift with paintings: “Migration” and “Climate Change is Real”. #ceramicart #encausticart #climatechangeisreal

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic Week. It’s the solstice and this painting is aptly titled “Winter Solstice”. This one sold through Space Gallery and I miss it. At least I took the time to photograph it well. #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic week. “The World in my Branches” This tree couldn’t be contained into just one panel. My largest encaustic to date at 30” x 60” Currently showing at Schack Art Center. #encausticart

#ArtAdventCalendar Encaustic Week. "Meditation Under the Spanish Moss" Still traveling here but now to New Orleans. Those old live oaks are incredible. I really need to get back in the studio and finish up more of these. #encausticart

#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

Goals for my watercolor aspirations

#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

If I could post this 100x I would.

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?

I love this so much.

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...