• A pen & ink drawing of a girl with huge lips and dark eyes who asks, "Am I Dead Yet?"

Am I dead yet? Are you?

"Am I Dead Yet?" Pen & Ink Found on Harstine Island, Washington September, 2026 Artist unknown. I live in the woods, surrounded by trees, trees, water, deer, and more trees. There's beauty, but no room for the spontaneous art I found when I lived in Chicago. Or

  • Paint by Numbers of three horses racing through the desert.

WIP: Paint-By Numbers! With Horses!

Y'all! Ohmygawd, ohmygawd, ohmygawd! I talked my husband into stopping by the thrift store this week (I'm still on the hunt for a stand-alone CD player), and I browsed the available art. Behold! A paint by numbers picture on canvas for $1, USD. I love the subject matter,

  • Feral Jimothy, mixed media.

Feral Jimothy

I caved into my husband's request for a Jimothy portrait, but I made it FERAL. Feral J. This will guarantee it's the first thing that sells tomorrow. I made a smaller one in a tiny little frame that's not for sale. He better be surprised on his birthday.

  • Art Supplies from the neighborhood garage sale.

Garage sale art supplies

Getting towards the end of garage sale season, so of course that's when I decide to get serious about documenting things. This haul included some FREE speedball inks, which I'm really excited about trying. I don't do prints, but this may be the gateway supply that gets me

  • Abstract tiles down in turquoise, blue, orange, green, and white acrylics.

Gridlock

The thing I'm proudest of here is the evenness and cleanness of the grid! I did a combo of rulers and eyeballing the sections, and it wasn't a bad result. Except...ah, yes, except I didn't leave any space around the edge, so I can't put a matte on

  • Banana Slug painted in the round. Moist!

Moist!

I live west of Seattle, which is close enough to claim a Jimothy connection, but not close enough to ever have a sighting. What we do have are plenty of banana slugs. I hope you see where this is going... Yes! Banana slug art. I painted this one