Horizon. Oil on Canvas. 2026.

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.

I'm also not the biggest fan of acrylic in general, so.... maybe I just need to return to watercolor, which I actually enjoy working with. Haha.

Baptism. Acrylic on Panel. 2026.

Interiority. Acrylic and acrylic gouache on canvas.

Some things.......... Hypnagogic/hypnopompic imagery.

The Repository. Watercolor, ink, graphite, and acrylic. 2025.

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.

Crawford County Fair

Finger Painting

We had a family finger painting day

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.

Vortex, watercolor and acrylic on hot press paper 

 

Four moths in acrylic.

 

Some nonobjective work.

“The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.” - Revelation 13:3

Oil, watercolor, acrylic, gold leaf, embroidery thread, and bible pages from the books of Revelation and Genesis on canvas. 30”x48". © Liz Darling 2021

 

A few more plein air paintings from Prairie State Park.

The first of many plein air paintings.

 

 Productive weekend of learning at KCAI.