I love painting flowers that feel like a kids book from the 50s One of these days I’ll start using gouache again but I’m so lazy, I love having a single supply lol

Flower babyyyyy. I love using the thickest watercolor ever.

Gotta do more critters, pls send critter recs #aceo #animalart

New ACEOs! Experimented more with these, going to work on combining the florals with some of my critters!

Sloth baby.

You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer. In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.

Told my sister her skin looked really good and that buffalo bill would totally turn her into a suit and I think I’m just going to rescind my communication privileges for the day.

Two of my ACEO’s: I’m really proud of them for different reasons, Todd the Fox (yes that Todd), not even halfway through and already has 6 bids, good job Todd ebay.us/m/kLcNtA

Uh oh, I keep falling in love with the babies

These two are absolutely my faves so far 💕 ebay.us/m/siYzcQ

Finished my first batch of ACEO’s I’m really loving that doing these kind of forces you to experiment!

Sharing for a friend: Alejandro is a beloved member of the Knoxville community who was abducted while at a routine appointment. Funds are being raised for his legal defense: gofund.me/d6d3a5a9e

Thank you to the TWO(!!!) strangers who bought my planner pads! I’ve really been investing more time in my products and I just get so giddy when someone takes a chance to try them out!!! eloquententhusiasm.etsy.com/listing/4426...

Tried to make something shit and I think I like this better than the pretty little flowers. Art is fun when it’s a bit grimy.

Managed to get 2/3 of them in frame and looking at me. I don’t think this will ever happen again

Happy holidays to me and to the lovely person who just bought one of my post-it pads!!! There is nothing like the feeling of an absolutely stranger finding your work and bringing it into their home! eloquententhusiasm.etsy.com/listing/4425...

The hero worship with Palantir a decade ago is just that much wilder when you realize this is the guy people said mediated Thiel’s worst impulses. Still wild to me the number of self proclaimed dem soc’s I know that still work there. (Though I’d be shocked if they still identify that way).

Their fluff is merging

I know it's early to think about the holidays for some but, for crafters, it's the perfect time to start thinking about gifts for the christmas season! #spoonflower #surfaceDesign #holidaypatterns #christmaspatterns

Uploaded one of my fave designs, a blue damask with a bow, inspired by the blue crab. The print on this one is pretty big so it would be super cute for linens furniture or curtains. This was hand painted with gouache after spending time at the beach this summer! www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/20...

some of the bangers i have in stock :o) #60s #60sfashion #mod #90spromdress #80s

I've started sharing some of my work on spoonflower! I've been making patterns for ages at this point but, have not made them available outside of licensing them through my portfolio. Thought it might be fun to shorten the amount of time it takes to get things in people's hands!

I love project runway sm but this season is just making me so bad. Like istg if there’s one more episode talking about Belania’s attitude or body language I’m going to SCREAM.

just got fired from my job for not posting about Robert Redford's death

Apropos of nothing: my fave drag vid

Over sharing on main- for someone who despises grindset culture, I SURE DO define my worth by my work output! You should take breaks! Listen to your body! Believe in your intrinsic humanity and consequent value! But not me! I don’t deserve that bc I didn’t write enough lines of code this week 🙃

Time moves fast. I was talking with a friend about media that is ostensibly about southern people that gets things absurdly wrong. Thought, wait what about that hillbilly guy that was afraid to walk into a diner or something, forgot his name. Silly me, I forgot that this is the dumbest timeline.

Y’know my hope for today is knowing that if it happened, Vance couldn’t convince a pig to roll in shit. I’ve got a party to go to tonight, manifesting that I get to celebrate two things 🤞🤞🤞

what can you even say

Taking a graduate course and part of our first assignment was to write a bio. Immediately forgot everything I’ve ever made and every thing I’ve ever done. The 7 gouache paintings I had to do were EASY PEASY in comparison.

The last stand of someone who has seen me pick up every other box in the room.

Mahmoud Khalil emerges from airport security with his wife Noor and newborn, legal team and Rep. AOC.

Oh hi tiny gremlin!

I got to go see the @montereybayaquarium.org earlier this year and the jellies were my favorite animals by far. Here is a digital painting I did of one of them that I’m particularly proud of! #artsky #aquarium #digitalpainting

You know what? We should hold adults responsible, ADULTS that drive SUVs that hit kids. ADULTS. that designed an area without sidewalks. Adults that pushed people out of walkable neighborhoods into inadequate suburbs. Just infuriating.

The same people who mocked me in college for growing up republican (which I’ve long since grown out of) are now recruiting for Palantir. Wild what happens when you get complacent about your politics.

“Yeah I was trying to go fishing with my buddy but, he kept coming up with chores before we could leave and trying to huckleberry me into shit” I have never seen huckleberry used as a verb and I’m obsessed

Took a trip to Monterey with the family and all I wanted to do was take reference photos of the flowers. (We also went to SF and I have LOTS of pics of little architectural details for pattern inspo 👀) #bloomscroll #florals

A small brag on myself- I have been going to swim almost every day for the past month and specifically my ankles feel SO MUCH better. I was having a hard time doing daily walks and DUH swimming is so much easier on my body and I can do it much longer. Yay for finding movement that I enjoy!

Starting a certificate program for surface design!!! I’m really excited to be dedicating time to bolstering my portfolio and working towards the career pivot I’ve dreamed about!!!

This is so accurate, I’ve found that in my other social media channels, there is such a low appetite for anything that isn’t highly rendered unless the meaning is spoon fed with a hook at the beginning. It is so hard to get people to engage critically in work beyond pretty/ugly.

If you see this, post your green art 🔫

The US is so rampant with anti-intellectualism that it is a particularly shitty time to be an academic nerd. About to take organic chemistry just to feel something.

First bloom of the season!

Reworking a 3 year old gouache piece from my sketchbook. It’s really cool to see changes over such a length of time. Still working of course but still happy so far. #artsky #artpractice #cowgirl

Hands off our values! Hands off our libraries, public lands, schools, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants, cancer research, science and all of the other meaningful services and values that are important to us as Americans. Let’s keep making art and putting more joy and respect into the world. ❤️

#smartist #evergreen sharing this piece again because it’s one of my favorite watercolors and one of my favorite landscapes. Making a beautiful scene out of the same textures that make up my body- stretch marks, cellulite, rosacea and forcing the viewer to not only see but appreciate them.

Jolene is helping me quilt 😂 the way the quilt lines lattice makes me think of a cherry pie 🥧 definitely not perfect but it’s the first time I’ve done quilting myself so I will take it!

Another quilt top (almost) finished. I’m taking a class now and over the next two days I’ll be adding borders, quilting and binding it. Hopefully I get the hang of the process and can also finish up my quilts from Christmas!