Real Americans stand against dictators. Read about this week's (Ukrainian) good luck charm, the motanka doll on Substack, and tell your reps to demand US support for Ukraine.

Weekly good luck charm: swallows (one of my favorite birds!) Read more about them on my Substack.

Head's up, US Mint, I have some design suggestions for when you reboot the penny

I started a substack newsletter, go subscribe and get art delivered right to your inbox! It will feature occasional round ups of my illustration work and process, and serve as the home to the catalog of good luck charms I'm slowly building.

Happy almost Valentine's Day! I hope everyone has the day they voted for, I'll just be here painting flowers and screaming inside to deal with it!

Fingers perpetually crossed for a good week! I'm introducing a weekly series of good luck paintings, the illustrations will be posted here, but details about the charms and symbols will live on my new Substack, as a sort of catalog of good fortune. You can follow and subscribe (for free!)

Any guessed on the content of this Valentine?

Friday treat: the almond cookies you get with the check at some Chinese restaurants

Good luck, it's Monday! This week's charm is the first star of the night. You might be familiar with it from the nursery rhyme, or if you live in someplace less cloudy than me, the sky.

Sunday afternoon project: weekend treats. I want to make a habit of regularly painting "little treats" instead of actually having one (since many treat ingredients give me headaches). This is a Hong Kong egg tart; if you know where to get a good one in PDX, please share!

Happy (lunar) new year! Here's my annual zodiac themed illustration for the year of the snake!

A good luck charm for Monday, the last one in January! Who's ready for a fresh new month of horrors?

Really excited to share that my houses of the zodiac art is available at Anthropologie! I painted these ages ago, and they remain one of my favorite projects, but haven't been published widely until now. #blueskyillustrators

Inspired by an excerpt from @austinkleon.bsky.social Keep Going about the Woolfs, the prelude to WWII, and planting a garden that will outlast the tyrants. Also, childless cat ladies forever.