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The ferry ride between Metlakatla and Ketchikan is 40minutes and the boat keeps moving. Made this quick sketch sitting outside looking back towards Annette Island. In 10 minutes the view was almost all gone. The weather is mostly clear today but the
Tired but grateful. I just finished my last teaching artist residency of the spring - one week of sketching and nature journaling with Metlakatla elementary students. I’ve been traveling around Alaska doing work stuff since April 7!! Three teac
Tonight! Join us for the opening of Changing Landscapes at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer. I’m so excited to share my new cyanotype work along side the work of Sharlene Cline and Deb Lowney. Opening from 5-7 pm with an artist talk at 6 pm.
Unplanned stop over in Nome. I got to go down to Front street and check on this mural I made with middle schoolers a few years ago. It’s still doing well! #artistinschools #teachingartist #communitymural
Earlier in the winter there was a porcupine living under a neighbor's shed and I've often seen signs of it since they are active year-round. Their tracks in the snow are some of my favorites to find because I like the wavy shapes they make as they wa
Another sketch for my column for @copperriverrecord. Have you noticed the black, charcoal colored conks that grow on birch trees sometimes? They are chaga, Inonotus obliquus, a parasitic fungus. The part we see is actually not the fruiting body, but
I’ve seen more signs of animals moving around this week, and the snow has been great for tracks (a half inch of soft/ sticky over a solid base - at least it’s solid do anyone under 40 lbs). I’ve seen more snowshoe hare tracks this w
Equinox notes for @copperriverrecord this week. Today is snowy but it has been sunny and we are appreciating the lengthening days. Happy Equinox and new moon this week. I'm appreciating the change of the seasons. South-facing hillsides are melting ou
More sketchbook work from the winter months in Vermont hanging out in the Northern Hardwood Forest. I love the way you can see the sky through the trees and that the light will come and hit the top branches. I love to draw with pen, but sometimes it
Happy equinox (or day after!) it’s feeling more like spring though not quite ready to start harvesting sap. To celebrate the season check out the latest issue of @ediblealaska break up and green up! #ediblecommunities #drinkyourtrees #edibleill
Sketchbook work from earlier this winter hanging out in the Northern Hardwood forest in Vermont. I loved spending time with all these old trees and the open forest. #sketchbook #trees #sketching #naturejournal #watercolor
Sketchbook work from earlier this winter hanging out in the Northern Hardwood forest in Vermont. I loved spending time with all these old trees and the open forest. This one has some lovely woodpecker holes. #sketchbook #trees #sketching #penandink
Sketchbook work from earlier this winter hanging out in the Northern Hardwood forest in Vermont. I loved spending time with all these old trees and the open forest. #sketchbook #trees #sketching #penandink #naturejournal
It was very fun to work on this illustration of a wood frog sitting on an orange delicious lactarius mushroom for a logo designed by @michellemcafeemuse for @woodfrogfarm. Wood Frog farm is a local organic farm at the end of the McCarthy Road. I alwa
The recent stretch of bluebird March days has lead to some lovely star gazing at night. I shared a bit about drawing the night sky on the Weekly Nature Journal: weeklynaturejournal.substack.com/
Soaking up these sunny cold days.
Having art tools that are portable, that you know well, and are easy to work with is essential for sketching more often. One of my favorite tools in the @arttoolkit that holds my watercolor paints. I have a big regular palette too, but I often just u