Day 22: Browsers
Day 22 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, the hubs at a local bookstore. He loves his life as a model. Probably. Browsers Watercolor 9.5x7.5 2024
Day 21: Clubhouse
Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, this is similar to one of the first paintings I sold. It's the home owner's association clubhouse, tucked in amongst the trees. Clubhouse Watercolor 7.5x9.5 2024
Day 20: Tangrams
Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, sometimes I'm inspired to take peoples' trash and turn it into collages. My dream is to one day sell it back to them because they find it beautiful. Tangrams Mixed media collage spread 2023
Day 19: Blondie’s
Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, I do an awful lot of paintings of the nearby logging town in the throes of vanishing. It's not romantic or charming, but keeps sucking me in. This is a street view of a local...bar? Cafe? I'm not sure, I've never been inside. It's attached to a seedy looking
Day 18: Hot rod yellow
Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, there are a lot of classic cars in the #pnw and people sometimes park them on the street. Which is crazy to me. If I had this car, it would be encased in bubble wrap much less park it where people could touch it. It really was that yellow,
Day 17: Moody Monoprint
Day 17 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, if I could cover the world in moody monoprints, I'd start with this one. Blue mood Acrylic 7.5x9.5 2023
Day 16: Checking it twice
Day 16 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, my husband often asks why I'm taking pictures at odd moments. And then he sees the painting. And sighs. BTW, in my first art show, this was the painting that got the most reactions. I don't think it's what people expect to see, and I kinda like that about
Day 15: Interstellar Toothpaste
Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, sometimes when I use up bits of paint, weirdness manifests. Interstellar Toothpaste Acrylic on canvas 9x13 2024
Day 14: Holiday Train
Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, back to #watercolor. As usual, I think I overworked it and overdid the details, especially on the garland. I may redo this one. Holiday Train Watercolor, fine liner 7.5x9.5 December 2025
Day 13, Freaks and Geeks
Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar on Bluesky, I was really into popup books when I was a kid, so naturally, I throw them into my scrapbooks from time to time. This one was uses an accordion fold w/intertwined strips of photos from an old yearbook. Why do people sell their yearbooks? Freaks & Geeks Mixed
