This one took me a couple of weeks from concept to finish. I had a lot of distractions and internal don’t wannas, so I’d do a step and walk away for a while. #art #painting #watercolor #gouache #mixedmedia#gouache#gelstick

Apple scrap jelly. #cooking #homestead #wastenotwantnot

I always forget that it takes just ten minutes to throw together banana muffins.

Picked up the temperature blanket again this week now that it’s cool enough for me to consider touching #yarn. I’m almost 2/3 done. I’m really glad I still remember how to #crochet#yarn. #fiberarts

It’s the last hurrah of the season here in Vacationland, which means there are people. Everywhere. They’ve gotta rush upta camp and mob the grocery store. Luckily, our favorite inland clam shack is open all year allowing us locals to get the good stuff in peace most of the year.

A pair of painted buntings. #art #painting #watercolor

Water, salt, flour, and olive oil. Miracles.

My grandma just turned 90. We were sitting there at her party, and she said, “can you paint The Statue of Liberty for me, but instead of the torch, it’s his head?” I promised I’d try because I don’t really do a lot with human forms, and this is how it turned out […] [Original post on gram.social]

We have no shortage of pollinators here on the farm. All that yellow is goldenrod.

I have never been confident in my artistic skills, but drawing in particular. I grew up in one home with artists and another with people who were of the opinion that if something didn’t make money, it wasn’t worth doing. Then I had very talented in-laws whose kid […] [Original post on gram.social]

Daily life in the middle of the woods feels so disconnected from everything else. For me, it’s a beautiful and necessary remove. At the same time, there is a different form of connection – with nature and its cycles. Everything is being born and simultaneously […] [Original post on gram.social]

What I’ve been up to lately. I like to mix things up a lot, and I’ve been getting new materials to try. #watercolor #art #painting#watercolor#gouache

Back on my birds#it. #art #watercolor #painting

Recent journal projects. #watercolor #painting #gouache #art

Another butterfly. #watercolor #painting #art

It *is* milkweed season, though, and that means it’s monarch season. #watercolor #painting #art

We’re a little behind here in the north, but it’ll soon be echinacea season. #watercolor #painting #art#painting#watercolor#floral

A strawberry finch #watercolor #painting #art

#art #gelprint #collage #acrylic #painting

I’ve been busy and felt like I was getting away from my #watercolor practice, so instead of indulging sloth, I didn’t these little friends. What do you think she’s saying? #art #painting#watercolor#cute

Iykyk. #resist

I’ve been pretty wrapped up in other things this week, but I did crank out a bird. #watercolor #art #painting #sketchbook

Another #collage with #monoprint using a #gelliplate and #acrylic. #art

A card for our new neighbors. #gelprint #monoprint #acrylic #collage #art

Moths are just goth butterflies. #painting #watercolor #fauna #art

More gel plate action augmented by #watercolor #poscapen and #micron fineliner. #art

Picked up another gel plate with more options for pigment. So much better! #monoprint #acrylicpaint #art

Io watched an excellent documentary yesterday; BAD PRESS, available on Criterion. I took a photo of a single shot that I thought was really pretty and decided to paint it. This is where I landed. #art #painting #watercolor

Trying out drawing gum and some different paper. #art #watercolor #painting

Experimenting with gel #monoprints, and my #ink isn’t cooperating. New medium, new problems. #art

Quite pleased with this one. “Let the Forest In” #art #watercolor #painting

Once more, with feeling. #art #watercolor #painting#watercolor#mixedmedia #wabisabi

Arting because I’m mad at the government. #art #mixedmedia #painting #watercolor

Working with blobs and seeing where it goes. #art #watercolor #painting

A silly little landscape to chase away the doldrums #art #watercolor #painting

Sketchbook play #watercolor #painting #art

A mother’s day gift for my grandma. #art #watercolor #painting

The Yeasty Boys fought for their right to be #bread and won. #sourdough

Slept on it. It needed more. #art is never finished, only abandoned. #watercolor #painting#watercolor#springtime

#art #watercolor #painting

Slorrrrrrp #dog #pittiemix #househippo

A few more keeks since my babe asked for them. #art #watercolor #painting

Chonky wee cattos #art #watercolor #painting

Fresh ladybugs. #art #watercolor #painting#watercolor#upcycled

The best part of making a temperature blanket is that you can snuggle under it while you work. We may be at April’s doorstep, but we had snow yesterday and ice today, so snuggling is imperative. #crochet

More daylight means more eggs. Warmer days mean more melting snow revealing dormant earth beneath means more free ranging means happier chickens means more eggs.

It was a super rough morning over here and nothing went as planned. Looking at light thrown by prisms helped. #art #watercolor #painting

Texts I send my husband when it’s freezing with 50 mph winds and I’m stuck outside with the dog. #maine #winter

gilt vor allem nach dem Urlaub 🥴 #monday #mondaymotivation (repost)

Process photos. I love reusing masking tape because I hate waste, but also because it becomes its own work of art as the layers of paint accumulate.