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Spent the day at the @thehuntingtonlibrary and gar

Spent the day at the @thehuntingtonlibrary and gardens with my dear sweet @showpigeon yesterday- I was so excited to see the incredible presentation of @kehindewiley Portrait of a Young Gentleman, commissioned by the Library and on display since last year. Their collection houses the famous ‘Blue Boy’ by Thomas Gainsborough (actually named Portrait of a Young Gentleman, the reference used by Wiley)- to see these two stunning paintings in a gallery across from each other was an incredible experience, I recommend it to anyone considering a visit. Swipe though to see how easily I blend into scenes of wealth and decadence.

Final session today on this collab with @cloeyzikm

Final session today on this collab with @cloeyzikmund for Vicki! This was a joy to do, we had a lot of fun working on this together 🌿

Progress on Jet. There are so many little critters

Progress on Jet. There are so many little critters in this tattoo, we’ll introduce them all when they are done 🦗🦋🐸🐁

Thoughts and prayers please. This is gonna be a go

Thoughts and prayers please. This is gonna be a good one 🌿

Super fun day at Supplementary Tattoo! I worked on

Super fun day at Supplementary Tattoo! I worked on this collab with @cloeyzikmund today on Matt. I did all the mag-shading (the pink/sepia areas) which will heal to soft grey. Second slide is our mark up stage where Matt was so patient while we discussed where all the shadows were and how out of focus the background leaves should be.

A few more sweet details from Kathryn’s embroide

A few more sweet details from Kathryn’s embroidery sleeve

Had a great time locked in the studio this week pa

Had a great time locked in the studio this week painting. In my daily work the outcome is super important, so as a working artist it’s very beneficial to take time to be creative in ways where it’s ok jump in without a plan, to risk wasting supplies, to make something ungraceful and not for public consumption. In fact, I would say that you run the risk of real damage to your creativity and inspiration if you don’t take time to mess around with art supplies in some form. 🌿Painting hasn’t always been an easy outlet for me, it’s so fraught with routes leading straight towards my internalized ideas about “fine art” and making something valuable. I was able to get past these issues and play for a few days, and it made me so so happy. 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿I will share this sweet bb with you all though, a little low contrast study from today, oil on on black canvas.

Sheer oil paint/tones of black on black primed can

Sheer oil paint/tones of black on black primed canvas. I’ll play with it a bit more and varnish it when this is fully dry

Made myself a cozy spot to paint for a few days- I

Made myself a cozy spot to paint for a few days- I took the week off, and I’ve been looking forward to locking myself in for awhile. I’m starting with something small and planned out, but I’ve got looser ideas and bigger canvases lined up as I get warmed up. I always get nerves before I paint, as if somehow the stakes were possibly higher than what I do every day?? This time I’m more excited than nervous, hopefully it goes well and I get a few things we’ll under way 🌿

More views of the giant fern - I think it’s abou

More views of the giant fern - I think it’s about 12 years old. (Correction: fern tattoo is 8 years old)

Enrique has two tattoos from me.

Enrique has two tattoos from me.

Extra fancy embroideries for Kathryn today 🌿

Extra fancy embroideries for Kathryn today 🌿

Difference between the end of one and two sessions

Difference between the end of one and two sessions. Catherine Klein painting of clematis for Tamar 🌿

Start of a sleeve for Marie 🌿

Start of a sleeve for Marie 🌿

Finished today! This is the first time I’ve tatt

Finished today! This is the first time I’ve tattooed a whole scalp- so honored to do this for you, Janie🌿

Blacked out in 2017, finally got to finish this fo

Blacked out in 2017, finally got to finish this for Jamie today 🌿

Reposted for better image quality- in progress on

Reposted for better image quality- in progress on lovely Gianna🌿 Original artwork by Paul de Longpré

Details and focus 🌿

Details and focus 🌿

Color wash on a healed flower, same tattoo before

Color wash on a healed flower, same tattoo before color, and a JJ Grandville flower lady from years ago

Healed for Erin🌿

Healed for Erin🌿

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