Day 6: Ready to
Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, in my sketchbooks, I do a lot of weird collages with found papers (pulled out of the recycling). It's like dumpster diving but arty. Enjoy the trash:! "Ready to" Collage + Posca pens, 8x8 2024
Day 5: Shawzy, the devil dog
Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, messing around with posca pens to do some sketching. I find I can get good results with these pens via layering and smudging. Shawzy, the devil dog Acrylic pen, 5x7 November 2025
Day 4: Full Load Watercolor
Day 4 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, watercolor and ink painting of a typical traffic stop in the Pacific Northwest. I like the woodblock feel of it. Full Load Watercolor + ink, 7.5x9.5 2025
Day 3: Untitled Stitching
Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, this time, I'm sharing a mix of watercolor and sashiko to create a piece. I did this a few years back and haven't done much since because stitching through paper is hard and tedious. Untitled Watercolor + thread, 7.5x9.5 2020
Day 2: Mill Creek Motel
Day 2 of #ArtAdventCalendar, I've been trying to dial in my watercolor skills and I'm mostly happy with this one of an old sign on the outskirts of town Mill Creek Motel Watercolor 7.5x9.5 November 2025
Day 1: Let Freedom Ring
I joined the #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky to get more of my stuff out into the world. Not the best picture of this piece, but hey it's fun! This was inspired by a roadside fireworks stand that had a big blue gorilla shouting into the void while being anchored to the ground. I want to say
Upcoming Art Show
I'm participating in my first art-for-sale show ever and whew, has it been stressful. Y'all, how do I even price stuff? I'm stressing out. What if no one buys anything? What will I do with all the stickers? Important questions, all. However, I'm excited to do it and see the reaction to my work. Hope
Light Reading to Save Democracy
If you know me, you know I'm a power reader. Amongst the "pleasure reading" options, I've been spending more and more time reading work that intersects with the political and social challenges facing the United States. I've shared this with the Project 2029 group that I'm working with, and thought there may be wider interest.
Touch the Stove
Through the magic of "executive order," which, apparently replaces laws in this country, the current administration is getting rid of useful things like weather reporting -- NOAA and NWS. Because why do Americans need to know about tornados? The coming tariffs will devalue all their crap anyway, so wipe it out in a future storm,
Gulf of Mexico forever and ever
One of the more ridiculous things the current administration has done is to "rename" long-standing geographic features to his liking. Denali was reverted to the hated name of the former president who never set foot on its slopes, and, inexplicably, the Gulf of Mexico became the Gulf of "America." Another renaming involving a mediocre white
