Finished! BOREAS DANCES ON TABLE ROCKS, 19x13”, pearlescent watercolor on handmade black paper. Depicting the May 10, 2024 solar storm over Upper and Lower Table Rocks in southern Oregon. What a night! (BOREAS, the Greek god of the north wind, is what the aurora borealis are named for.)
A new adventure painting, from our first visit to Muir Woods, a truly magical redwood forest just north of San Francisco. We were there in the late afternoon, and found it low in crowds and high in light rays 😍
Another adventure painting, a driftwood log I found covered in moss and lichen, at Gold Beach earlier this month. (I found a lot of cool driftwood that day!) One for #Mosstodon? Enjoy!
Presenting DUST OF OSIRIS, watercolor and ink, 12x12”. Inspired by the Egyptian decorative motifs, the Egyptian Revival movement, and a high-res photo of the opened OSIRIS-REx sample container, containing dust from asteroid Bennu. This has been a labor of love for me, I hope you enjoy it!
Nearly done with the ink/gold portion of the #osirisrex#wip. Next up, decorative precious stone inlay (in paint, both figuratively and LITERALLY thanks to my Daniel Smith PrimaTek #watercolors), a golden center, and finally, asteroid samples!
a commission of a drake doing some fire magic, my first piece of 2024 (how fitting for the year of the dragon). thanks a lot to jon for commissioning me!
it was a lot of fun to render all the light effects, although i don't know how well it worked out in the end. very cute character, too!
obligatory reminder that i am currently perma-open for watercolor commissions, check my stickies for more info!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an adventure painting! Tonight’s is a beautiful sunset I saw last week on Edmonds Pier overlooking the Puget Sound and the Olympic Peninsula.
Tinker & Sheep. This is the very last illustration I painted and then scanned. Now all my hardware is packed away for our move to Europe in just a few days!
I painted this last night with watercolor & ink, until 4 am, and I really like how it came out. The palette is right up my alley. That pumpkin pie too...