Some little paintings I did nearly 3 years ago. Each one painted within an hour. I did one each day in August 2023. I’m honestly super depressed. Trying to get out of my head by posting something I like. I remember these being fun to make…

Ugh I wish I had health insurance. I’m feeling that extreme fatigue again and wonder how close I am to needing another blood transfusion. In other news, my solo show ends at the end of the month. I’m going to add original works to my shop starting in May.

My 10yo offered to make chocolate chip pancakes since I wasn’t feeling well this morning. I could’ve easily said no and missed out on this expression of her love. I’m glad I let her cook. What an absolute sweetheart. Her siblings are enjoying theirs too and she’s feeling very proud. 😭🫶✨

I painted again. 18.5 hours. Very slowly coming along.

My husband got a part time job and has to go into the office. He was a remote worker since the pandemic. And we only have one car… so my whole routine has been flipped around and I’m really struggling to adjust. Without him around, I feel like I have to try so much harder to survive… and I’m just

My work is in this show! Plus there’s a lot of other great work to see! It looks great in person and this gallery always does a great job putting it online too to increase viewers and sales. #sciart #art artistica.shop/collections/...

I’ve had a few new ideas bubble up over the past few months. I’ve been doing the pixel paintings for 3 years now… I really enjoy making them. But I wonder if I’m ready to move on from them. I’ve been itching to try these ideas out. Limited time, supplies, and space though…

There are pretty trees everywhere! I don’t have time to paint them all. So, if you like these, feel free to use them as references for your art or studies. Happy Friday 🫶

Oh! I just saw that my art was added to the Postcard Art Exhibit. I donated the original to them to sell to help raise money for Alzheimer’s supports (you can read more about it if you go to their ‘2026 charity’ tab. Sales open in June. #pae2026 www.postcardartexhibit.com/product-page...

With a leftover beam and a few clamps, I was able to do a rip cut through this piece of walnut. Pretty happy with the result. I’ve been wanting to do more woodworking to make music boxes. … I don’t have a great woodworking area. The floor slopes, so building a set up would be tricky.

One day at a time… nearly all filled in. Still lacking in all the details and transitions. Currently sitting at 14.5 hours. I really want to finish it this month… gotta get that ‘looming deadline motivation’ to kick in. ✨

Pretty flower prints for spring! Only $15 :) www.danielledoctor.com/category/all...

After an 11 day funk, I finally was able to sit myself down for a painting session. Added 2 hours to my log. Better than nothing.

The weather is nice and I found a fun surprise in my neglected garden. Brussels sprouts! I picked them and cooked them up. Nice yummy snack. 🥰 I’m hoping to move my garden to a sunnier spot and tend it better this year.

This piece is from 2021. I originally made it because I missed my dad. For me, it symbolizes the constant ache of grief. Resharing it today because my heart hurts.

Having a really rough week. Everything is just crumbling. Inside and out… feeling incredibly insignificant and hopeless.

Matted and framed the original paintings yesterday. I will drop these off for a show in two weeks. If you’d like to purchase one, let me know and I’ll get you the gallery contact. They’re $330 each. Prints of these are only $20 and available now. www.danielledoctor.com #sciart #art #painting

Just to make this extra clear, I take all my own reference photos… I love doing it and my process will always be like this. Each painting is a memory I have. I won’t ever buy them or generate them. The only reason I’d paint a ref I didn’t take is for a commission…and client needs to own that ref.

Struggling with my skill depreciation … trying to cut custom bevel mats today and for the first time in 5 years. My measurements aren’t bad but my hand keeps slipping and my lines are crooked. Thankfully I bought a whole 32”x40” for two 8”x10”. I’m going to need a fun idea for mat board scraps.

I’m in love with these trees! I took these while in the car (headband was driving)… so they aren’t super great shots. I’d like to go back and walk around so I can get better shots. 🌸 so pretty!

9.5 hours. I’m still trying to tweak the blue until I like it. But I’m thinking I should finish the rest and just go back to it at near the end. #painting #workinprogress

6 hours in. Layering white in the yellow highlight area is helping quite a bit. The petals have a lot of wrinkly details add so they still need a lot of work, but I’m happy with the vibrancy so far.

These two lovelies got accepted to the annual national juried show that is hosted by the Academy Center of the Arts in Lynchburg, VA. 🥳 You can contact me if you’re interested in purchasing the originals, or buy prints of them from my site. www.danielledoctor.com

Once upon a time, I wanted to paint a tiny landscape. I really liked it in image 2, it was so colorful and lively. But it felt like I was trying to copy everyone else. My voice was missing… so I ruined it in an attempt to experiment. I wanted it to mean more than “it’s pretty”

3 hours in

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Took the 16 personalities test thing again recently for my new employer (teaching art summer classes for kiddos) I’m an INFJ… I took one as a teen and had the same result. So idk maybe it’s a little accurate. I’m curious if you know your type, if you make art, and what kind of art you make

Ah! I sold 3 prints over the past week!! 🥹 thank you! 💕 www.danielledoctor.com

I started! 🌻 It’s gonna look ugly and stupid for a little while. 😅 But I’m obsessed with the reference photo I took at a sunflower festival last year.

Will start new painting(s) tonight. I’ve taken a 2 week break for a number of interviews, meetings, my exhibition reception, and updating my website. …and a few days of rest. I’m ready to get back to my paints. ✨🎨

A family member shared an A/I generated song that they claimed to have made. The painfully ironic part was that they sent it thinking it would cheer up my family from being unemployed/ financially unstable. I absolutely ripped into them about them about it. How incredibly tone deaf and insulting 🙄

Feeling very depressed. But I know a bunch of people are feeling the same way. I’m not trying to compete. My brain keeps spinning abut how to get out of it. I want to stop sinking. I want to be helpful somehow…

Happy Saturday! I just dropped new prints!! Please check them out and buy a bunch of them. This is our main source of income as we are still interviewing for work. Y’all are literally feeding my kids right now, so I can’t thank you enough!! 💕 www.danielledoctor.com #art #prints #shop

New prints!! They came out so much nicer this time!! I’m taking these to my Artist Talk on Friday. Then I’ll be dropping them on the website this weekend (unless I magically sell out… if that happens you may have to wait another week as I restock) #sciart #artprints #painting #nature

So many recent wins! I’ve been hired to teach some summer art classes. I’m also interviewing for an art teacher position at a public school. I solved an issue with shipping on my website and got a new order today! I have 3 new print proofs on the way. And have the entire day to paint tomorrow! ✨🥳🎨

As I was looking for more festival type things to apply to, one I was really looking forward to required me to have a Facebook page… gross. And another one requires that I only sell original art, no prints. Sounds kinda awesome but probably won’t ever have enough work to fill a booth. I am sad 😞

I’m going to do some sunflower paintings next. But I can’t decide if I want to keep painting on paper or do more on canvas. I love how smooth the paper is… but I like how sturdy the little canvases are and I like painting the edges too. Decisions decisions… 🌻

Just learned that waterlilies and lotus flowers are two different things. I’ve been painting waterlilies.

Finished my third painting of 2026! 🥳 #sciart

Working hard to complete the lily pad painting today. I just have to tweak the lotus flowers and I’m done… hopefully that won’t take all night.

I hate when my prints don’t turn out right. It’s close, but the print is too cool and too dark. Now I have fix is and wait longer for a new proof. 😭

I did it! I finished this in 3 days, totaling 17.5 hours. It was so much fun and I’m so proud of myself!! ✨ I’m so tired

I’m 12 hours in on this so far. I started this Friday and I’ve been trying to get it finished this weekend. I’ve got a lot to do on the details. But I feel good about it so far. I’m really pushing myself.

Working on making the front lily pads more crispy. I’ll be slowly finishing this one as a start some new projects. Music boxes are back on the to-do list since getting my space organized. And I’ve got a new idea for a quicker mini series of paintings.

Sharing my painting of chickens again. It’s a small water-mixable oil painting on canvas. I took the ref photo at a wedding I was invited to and asked to help photograph. There were so chickens and I fell in love with these two sharing a chair. Completed in 2023 #SciArt #painting

Still working on the lily pads piece. I missed my self imposed deadline. Now I’m grumpy… and I can’t paint when I’m grumpy.

Running out quickly of these two colors. Each tube cost about $15. Every print I sell buys me one new tube of paint. My husband is still out of work and his severance checks end today. I can’t in good conscience keep buying art supplies and digging us into a hole. www.danielledoctor.com

All filled in but I’ve got a lot of tweaks left to do. I’ve given myself a deadline to finish it this month. I miiiight be able to do it. #art #wip #painting

I nearly have 200 followers. That’s kinda neat. It might be like 50% bots or a bunch of abandoned accounts… But I’m going to take it as proof that some people like my art 😅

Pretty squares!