Sun Pillar, Crayon on paper.

Here are some experiments with painting with acrylic on a colored ground. I am not generally a fan of acrylic painting, but I had fun dabbling with a new approach. Also, obviously I'm on a mission to paint all of our pets.

Silent Night. Watercolor and gouache on Arches paper.

Wood ear

When I am among the trees,

especially the willows and the honey locust,

equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,

they give off such hints of gladness.

I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

I am so distant from the hope of myself,

in which I have goodness, and discernment,

and never hurry through the world

but walk slowly, and bow often.

Around me the trees stir in their leaves

and call out, “Stay awhile.”

The light flows from their branches.

And they call again, “It's simple,” they say,

“and you too have come

into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled

with light, and to shine.”

-Mary Oliver

The Cattle Company/Commodities. Watercolor, acrylic, and graphite. 2025.