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!

Paddling out on Lady Bird Lake to see the bats' exodus from the Congress Avenue Bridge

Waiting in line for Leroy and Lewis BBQ in Austin

I can't resist catching people on their phones... as I photograph them with mine

It's raining men

South Congress in Ausin

The Blanton Museum of Art

I love these works by Eliza Naranjo Morse.

We ate at Kemuri Tatsu-Ya in Austin

A Texas Spiny Lizard we saw at the Zilker Botanical Garden

Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia in San Antonio - the most beautiful restaurant I've ever seen, anywhere

Corpus Christi

Pelicans

Mustang Island, Port Aransas

Graffiti in Dallas

 

We drove across Texas and saw so much in just a week - we spent time in Waxahachie, Austin, San Antonio, and Port Aransas. It's been a lot to digest. It all feels like a blur now that it's over.