Horizon. Oil on Canvas.

I hate painting on canvas. I nearly threw this in the dumpster/considered donating it to goodwill half-finished. I'm glad I stuck with it and I don't hate how it turned out, but CANVAS.... the drrraagg... the textural hell. I really need to just stop buying canvases and give up the ghost.

Oil painting is such a different beast compared to watercolor and it's crazy how varied the experience of painting can feel depending on the type of paint/substrate.

The blur of you in the dark 

Morning sky, a mango

My home where the water just flows from the tap

And the soap smells like apple

I know who's here by the cadence of the door

Quiet house like a grandmother’s

The sunlight streams in to touch the plants and my hands

I don’t know who I am these days 

Our demented dog with the world’s most perfect angel baby ears

Just realized he was barking into the void 

Click clack whine into nothing 

Lush black coat polished smooth 

Soft from all the love

We had the most beautiful hike today at Wildcat Glades in Joplin. I had only hiked a portion of it before, and I didn't realize there were cliffs on the other side. Super gorgeous place to spend a Sunday.

Highway 44/visual palindrome

We'll have to bring the paddleboard back here next time

Common watersnake

Thai Time curry with tofu

Chicken of the Woods

I have a show at Club 609, Navigation. It's actually kind of a full circle moment... my first solo show was here at Club 609 back in 2013. It's an honor to return 13 years later. The show will be up through October and November.

Night lights

No Entry

I had this almost religious experience this weekend when I had the Kansas City Zoo Aquarium all to myself for a little while...

My husband, Ryan, ran in the Kansas City Zoo Run. I was going to run too, until I realized I was the only one in the aquarium. What an unusual opportunity and massive gift from the universe it was to spend time with these creatures without the usual crowds and shrieking of children. 

sun salutations

Fleeting moments of beauty.

Refraction. Oil on panel.

Some oil works. I've been doing the underpaintings in red.

Float. Oil on panel.