Update: I saw the train movie! It was quiet and devastating. I enjoyed it.

Amazing as soon as I’m back in The South™️ how the “yes ma’am’s” and “no ma’am’s” start flying around.

Art of the ancient Americas may not be your thing, but you have to love this earthenware crab vessel. I'm sorry, I don't make the rules. 🦀 This is going into our imaginary museum replica store, pronto. #LACMA Colombia, Calima style, Ilama period, ca. 1500 BCE-100 CE. 🏺 1/ 📸 me

The betrayal of saving something because it’s the perfect size only to find out your partner threw it away because they thought it was junk 😭

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.

Backyard Gardening Group: “If you see holes in your yard, you have rats. Lizards don’t dig holes.” Me watching a whiptail dig a hole in my yard:

It’s a heavy burden being your family’s tech support* forever, but somebody’s gotta do it. *see also “keeper of all the passwords ever created”

Shigeto Neko is a hardworking construction site cat who promotes workplace safety.

I made posters like this for my thesis show. I think everyone should make signs in this fashion for their communities 😆

Happy first day of spring! 😁 It was over 105° in Phoenix today! 😁 We are not ok! 😁

Y’all. Hoppers was very good. 🦫 Also. Going to the movies on a random Wednesday night is great. I may do this more often.

Marco: “So now that you watched all that, is there a movie you want to see that you had no interest in before?” Me: “I kinda need to see the train movie…” #oscars

Because of DST, the time in AZ is the same as in CA. I don’t care if this awards show is long. I could go on for three more hours. Let everyone speak.

Me: “If the only award F1 gets is sound, that would be ok. I get it.” Marco:”They did make the cars go ‘vrooom.’” #oscars

The commercials during the Oscars should be movie trailers only. #Oscars

Congratulations to the winner for Best Animated Short at the #Oscars!

It’s #Oscars night and I’m here for the awards and the hot takes.

I did this quick demo on creating a repeating pattern design for my intro to print class. It was so silly that I had to actually see it through to completion. I love my idiot children. #printmaking #linocut #cats

I’m using my small wood block demos (one laser engraved, one hand carved) to play around with this concept. I think I need to use transparent ink and perhaps thinner paper. Maybe less dense imagery for the prey animal. Either way, pretty happy with this first test! #sciart #printmaking

Y’all. I forgot I took this goofy photo like 5 years ago in Flagstaff. It looks like a muppet! 🤣 #birds

Final print looks significantly less like Ponyta 🐎🔥 #YearOfTheHorse

If you see this, post your green art 💚

Hey #bird people. I can’t be the only one who thought this graphic looked more like a falcon than a sea hawk right? #SuperBowl

No Kings includes Draft Kings

I did not set out for this print to look like Ponyta but here we are. 🔥 The key block looks a little awkward so I’ve got to do a bit more editing before I can finish this edition for my intro to print students. #YearOfTheFireHorse

Nest watch 2026 🪹

Honest Girl Scout cookie review: the new Exploremore cookies are just ok. A chocolate sandwich cookie that would be good with milk. Not better than the s’mores cookies.

Hey other artists who are making year of the horse stuff… can we all agree that horses are kinda weird? Like just a little weird. Nothing crazy but also… have you looked at a horse from the front?

If I had a nickel for every movie I loved as a child that involved labor unions I would have two nickels…

I hope everyone is having a good day except for “health influencers” who say stuff like, “be careful eating too much fruit because it has a lot of sugar in it.”

I saw my first non-Anna’s or Costa’s hummingbird in Arizona last weekend and I’m still buzzing about it. A violet-crowned hummingbird! So cute! Look at its orange beak!

daily routine

Peace and love but I’m not opening that Giving Tuesday email. Give your marketing and development teams a day off. ✌🏼

I also made one in pink. Just for fun 💕 #printmaking #linocut

I haven’t posted much art on here in a while but here is a reduction linocut I’ve been working on as a demo for my class and entry for a print exchange #printmaking #sciart #desertcottontail #rabbit #linocut

I know it’s scientifically proven but it always surprises me how great I feel after spending time outdoors 🌵

Finally saw a coyote while hiking! 🤩

“And now for the non-sporting group. First up, the standard poodle. Fun fact about this dog—he is also an active hunting dog!” Sooo… he’s a sporting dog. #NationalDogShow

Pumpkin prints! I finally tried my hand at carving a relief print on a pumpkin this year and it’s. SO. MUCH. FUN. Wish I got a bigger pumpkin! 🎃👻 #printmaking #halloween

I’ll never forgive them for the film adaptation of the musical Hair. If any a play-turned-movie needed a remake, this would be my choice.

Perhaps it’s because Fridays are my GBBO watching days but I’ve been on a roll with impromptu desserts. This week: fudgy brownies with chopped pistachios and pistachio cream 💚

It’s prime great-tailed grackle molting season and they all look so goofy.

I don’t hate going to the dentist. It’s a perfectly ok experience. But the music… the music! It’s what I imagine they’d play in the fake good place that’s actually the bad place.

The semester is well underway so I haven’t really been making my own art lately. But here are some hasty monotype demos I did for my intro to print students ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #printmaking

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Pals! Page from a National Geographic in my collection, 1925.

Apologies to all my inner arm tattoo girlies. I was not aware of your game. This was by far the most unpleasant tattoo I've ever gotten.

Finished this whimsical little project today!! I love cats so much. 😻

Last week I finished up these four prints before the semester started. I’m so pleased with how the textures turned out! #sciart #printmaking #linocut #reliefprint #desertanimals #bobcat #bighornsheep #rattlesnake #quail