"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? So, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So, by their fruits you will recognize them." - Matthew 7:15-20 --- Analog Collage.

 I've been deriving a lot of joy from doing casual gouache paintings in my sketchbook lately.

I made a few little mushroom paintings on panels that will be for sale at Pittsburg Artwalk this Saturday, along with prints and some other originals. These are all based on mushrooms found while hiking.

Prairie State Park

 

A few cyanotypes from last summer and some recent September mushrooms.

Some morning Yupo flow, while listening to Irish folk music ~

...I'm arting extra hard right now, since I have to back to work soon.

I wanted to explore the texture of words (and say some things more directly), so I made a tiny zine of poetry and photography. I'm certain my literary friends could tell me what's wrong with these poems from a craft standpoint, but I'm a big proponent of just going for it, regardless of ability.

Anyway, a couple excerpts:

In other news, just trying to continue painting. I've been dealing with an overuse/mild nerve injury in my wrists ever since felting a bit too intensely at KCAI, which has made holding a brush uncomfortable. Luckily, it's improving, as I was able to finish this one today. I'm considering a series of moon snail shells in oil.

Another moon snail shell painting... oil on gesso board

Crawford County Fair

Finger Painting

We had a family finger painting day

The Ship

Longnecks

Dissipate

Visitors

 Collages. Watercolor, cyanotype, embroidery, and vellum.

Iceberg, Digital Drawing. 2023/2025

Made some changes to my digital drawing, Iceberg.

This year’s Educator's ArtLab at KCAI did not disappoint! I think I worked *even harder* this year (physically, at least) than I have in previous years… definitely feeling the labor in my hands and wrists now! Before this week, I essentially knew how to make a basic piece of felt (and attach the pieces with needle felting), but now I know all kinds of techniques. Deep gratitude to Marie Bannerot McInerney for the excellent instruction!