I’ll be at Art Cake today 2-6pm. Stop by, see the show, and say hello! “Abstract by Definition: Art Index”

Wrote something this week —>

Field trip to Magazzino today for the Boetti press preview 🎉

Ye old website has been updated with some new images, and info about ongoing and upcoming activities. www.sharonlbutler.com

The books have arrived 😀Get your copy of The Sorrows of Young Werther on April 25 at Art Cake open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...

Please explain to me why people say they feel "humbled" when they win awards. Isn't more like they feel proud, empowered, relieved, happy, validated, grateful...?

Quit beating yourself up about being rejected every year -->

RIP Pat Steir open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...

Wrote something about the Whitney Biennial the other day —>

Well I guess that’s it. After nearly 20 years, Two Coats of Paint has officially used up all our storage space on our server. I knew this day would come.

Finally NYAA sees the light! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/n...

Go huskies 🐕

@whitney.org twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/03/3-d-...

Went to the Whitney Biennial yesterday. Look for my take later today @twocoatsofpaint.com In the meantime, here’s a killer Helen Frankenthaler painting I saw on the 7th floor 💥

More cloud news www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

March Newsletter is up. What a world. open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...

@whitehouse.senate.gov Ties it all together on the Senate floor youtu.be/1V8oE9PAO9k?...

Artists! Wake up! All those images, blogs, websites, videos, social media accounts are contributing to the expansion of cloud aka data centers! Also: Windows is moving toward putting all your back ups in the cloud so forget about using your own hardrive talkingpicturesblog.com/2026/03/04/h...

Thank you to all the shovelers! We pedestrians love you for it ❤️

Cozy day yesterday trying to figure out how to get 30,000 images off my phone and onto a hard drive (not a cloud service) without losing the image's original date and metadata. I don't think it can be done! All suggestions considered. Thank you!

Jobs for artists

The snow is back. But New York is ready. Here's everything you should know about tomorrow's blizzard. Stay safe, stay warm, and sign up for real-time updates by texting NotifyNYC to 692-692.

I’ve got work in a show at McBride Dillman at 195 Henry St NYC through March 1. This one is “Neptune Park” 2025, acrylic watercolor, pencil, on raw canvas, 29 X 36 inches.

See you in Kingston —> twocoatsofpaint.com/2026/02/spot...

Four of my favourite Cli-Fi novels 📖 The Deluge - Stephen Markley The Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson Flight Behavior - Barbaraq Kingsolver Gun Island - Amitav Ghosh What's yours? 📚

I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone is making these days —> princestreetgallery.com/juried-show-...

Reminded of this film, which seemed absurd back in the day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Wer...

I’ll be at 68 Prince Street Gallery in Kingston today at 5pm. Stop in and say hello, see the show!

Listen to a 15-minute convo with Jodi Hays on Visual Quitter podcast about a few of the times I wanted to quit —> open.spotify.com/episode/6jBh...

When people find typos in my work or on Two Coats of Paint, just remember it’s an indication that we are proudly human :)

Thanks for reading —> open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...

Looking forward to writing the Newsletter today! Subscribe here open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...

Buy local: Valentine Packaging in Maspeth, Queens

Yes it should: www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/29/a...

Best podcast I’ve listened to this week. Henry Farrell is brilliant podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

PSA: Snow days are a good time to clean up iPhone storage and back everything up.

Good prep for Canadian winters

Invitation —> Please join us this Friday, January 16, from 6–8 pm at McBride/ Dillman for the opening of “Street Corner Conversations,” featuring new abstract paintings by Sharon Butler, Wendy Fulenwider Liszt, and Ariel Mitchell mcbridedillman.com/streetcorner... 195 Henry Street New York, NY

I watched it unfold online from my Dumbo studio with utter disbelief. Don’t let the attackers change the narrative apps.npr.org/jan-6-archive/

So many deactivated accounts since January 1! Is 2026 the year the real people finally quit social media?

I ❤️ Mondays

So does “running the country” actually mean “looting the country”? Just wondering.

J closes the piece w #15 www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Beyond the poetics of space, which is still a must-read in MFA programs

The world I knew melts away, and there is so much world I never knew: