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Project update! I will be offering a handful of co

Project update! I will be offering a handful of coverup sleeves soon, since from a look at my emails there seems to be a lot of need for heavy duty problem solving. Luckily I’ve been working on some very effective techniques for heavy coverups.
ALL sleeves offered in this round will be blackout + botanical element, and they will all be prioritized for those in need of major cover up solutions. The application form will go live on the website on October 1, and submissions will be collected for two weeks. I’m guessing that once these are underway, I’ll be able to offer a few more- for now they will be sleeves only, both in color and bk/gry. If you need your current sleeve covered up with a prettier one, now is the time to get your photos ready. More detail and a sneak peek will be sent out in an email on Monday, so if you’d like to sign up: find the ‘contact’ page of the website (link in bio). Don’t worry, emails are few and far between.
-Slide 1 (healed),2,3 opaque gray and white with black surround (some fresh some healed parts)
-Slide 4 in progress color + laser fading. -Slide 5 color and white on black (healed)

ALSO- effective immediately I am taking appointments for simple blackouts, one 3 hour session for $600 (I can complete roughly one side of a forearm in this time, depending on size) email Esther@butterfatstudios to book

More gorgeous healed photos! This is better than C

More gorgeous healed photos! This is better than Christmas, please send me all the healed pics 🌿✨

Lovely Antonia sent beautiful healed photos!

Lovely Antonia sent beautiful healed photos!

Difference between session 2 and session 1 🌿

Difference between session 2 and session 1 🌿

Thought I had an appointment today, but nobody sho

Thought I had an appointment today, but nobody showed up- so I painted these studies instead. Low contrast/ tones of black/ transparent oil paints on black canvas. Still each need a little more work, but it was a nice day in the studio listening to podcasts 🌿

2-in-1 photo for size reference for the previous p

2-in-1 photo for size reference for the previous post, and because I heard people don’t know what I look like.

Bird/Dog by Leonard Koscianski 1983 Oil on canva

Bird/Dog by Leonard Koscianski 1983
Oil on canvas 64”x 48” I have owned this very large surreal dream scene painting for a long time, but I no longer have a suitable place to keep it, and so I have to let it go. It’s been living at a gallery downtown for the last seven years, where it was valued at a shocking (to me) amount of money. I always understood I would get less than the value (gallery takes 30%), and so I’m ready to be flexible for serious offers. Check out the details in the dogs face, the whole canvas is intensely worked and mesmerizing to stand close to. Email esther@butterfatstudios.com if you’d like to come by the studio to take a look at it 🦅

The talented @blkkhand is across the hall from me

The talented @blkkhand is across the hall from me this weekend- I was honored to be invited to pose for a portrait, and it was more fun than I would’ve guessed. Normally I am pretty uncomfortable in front of any kind of camera, but a tintype photo seemed the perfect time for a glam costume/ full armor moment-and I’m really glad I went for it. Thank you for this experience, Carla 🌿

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 🌿

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