Some details of a work in progress that I've been working on for several hours.

Work in progress

Sharing some progress from today. My process is a little chaotic. I start with very vague shapes and gradually add more details over time, as the image I'm creating becomes clearer to me.

I had a dream that I switched back to using oil paints. I'm considering actually doing it.

First layers of a new painting

#BroadviewIL #ICE

Finished this one a few days ago. I started this around a time when I was feeling incredibly sad a couple weeks ago. It turned into something I really appreciate and feel is an honest expression. Acrylic on canvas, 11x14". #acrylicpainting #traditionalmediums #art #landscapeart #storm #clouds

I've worked on this one slowly these past several months. Acrylic on canvas, 'Summer Solitude' - 16x20." #acrylicpainting #traditionalmediums #art #landscapeart #storm #rain #clouds #water #lake

Apple and Google think caving to authoritarian censorship is best for their bottom line. It’s on us to show these cowards that there’s a price to sacrificing our First Amendment rights at the altar of corporate profit.

Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.

🦆🦆🦆 Call your reps and ask them to support 🧠🪱’s impeachment!!

Trump just designated “Antifa” as a terrorist organization, on par with ISIS and Al Qaeda. As a reminder, “antifa” is short for “antifascist”. They will use this lie to surveil, imprison, and kill Americans on the left. This may be our Reichstag Fire moment. Wake up. www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p...

Found my first maitake mushrooms!

They have never, ever expressed anything close to this level of pain and sympathy for school shooting victims.

Foraging is becoming my new obsession. Here's some oyster mushrooms, hickory nuts, and a black walnut. I only managed to find one hickory nut that wasn't spoiled, but they're not quite in season yet. The walnuts still need to dry before I open them. #foraging #nature #mushrooms

YES. Trump's desire to send in troops is not simply his hope to distract from his troubles. It is his long-held desire for military, authoritarian rule -- backed by MAGA/Project 2025.

I think a picture of my cat is needed today. My partner has covid and we're getting married on Sunday. I'm stressed, though glad I got a booster two weeks ago. I'm immunocompromised, and have had covid 3-4 times already. Luckily no symptoms so far. Send me all your luck and good vibes, please 🤍

CW: Sexual assault In multiple states, men have impersonated ICE agents to kidnap and assault women. This is one of many reasons we shouldn't have a masked, unaccountable secret police force roaming the streets. Our elected officials can and must act now: www.bluestatedefiance.org/no-secret-po...

"I think in order to bring people together on this, we also have to take everyone seriously." He's talking about bigots, let's not mince words.

It is an outrage that there is still not enough aid making it to Gazans in need. And I'm horrified to see innocent civilians being targeted and killed as they try to seek out aid. Rubio needs to address GHF's complicity in the starvation and killing of innocent Palestinians.

My partner helped me capture this on our drive home today. The longer I live in the Midwest, the more I appreciate scenes like this one.

I find it pretty infuriating when AI plagiarists (aka #AIArt) claim their images as art and try to pass it as something handmade, or something that requires talent. You do not have talent and you should not have hashtags that are intentionally misleading.

Close up details of a painting I've been working on today.

some clouds ☁️

AOC: They’re giving people crumbs and they are taking away the whole loaf.

Senate Republicans just voted to take healthcare away from 17 million Americans to fund more tax cuts for billionaires. But the fight isn’t over. Trump’s Tax Scam now moves to the House & many Republicans aren’t happy with the Senate changes. Call your representative: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Work in progress! I'm close to finishing the clouds, but the water still needs a bit more work. #acrylicpainting #clouds #traditionalmediums #water #landscapeart

He always wants to help out whether I'm painting or playing music

One of my favorite features of the Midwest

Any other artists loving the revival of kidpix.app ?

Still working on this piece.

I love art hangs

our incongruous escape - 2020 #surrealism #popsurrealism #sculpture #handmade #mixedmedia #ooak #noai #airdryingclay #polymerclay #art #artwork #ellenjewett #botanical #slowart #maximalism #wabisabi #sculpture #octopus

Finally had some time to keep working on this one

Cloudy evening in Ireland. #Clouds #Ireland #Landscape #Sky #Photography

The clouds put on a show during last night's storm

clouds from last night

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

Current work in progress

First layers of a new painting

Randomly found a ring-necked pheasant in the courtyard of my apartment in Chicago!

New paintings coming soon to Aquamaris Art Gallery in BC, Canada. This is “Skyward”, oil painting, 40” x 24” #painting #oilpainting #sky #clouds #landscape #art #canada

Friends, many of us are finding it hard to feel hopeful. And that’s ok. When you can’t feel hope, do hope. Hope is getting out of bed. Hope is telling jokes, writing that paper, smiling at a stranger, permission to rest. Hope is a practice. What does hope in action look like for you? Goodnight 💚

Paying taxes with tears in my eyes knowing what they're paying for - disappearing innocent people to a concentration camp in El Salvador. What have we become?