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One of the Sigil “sentinel” wall sculptures in progress, “Protection”.

"The Audacity of Imagination"

May 9, 2025

My own work is traveling a bit of a strange route of late. Since I’ve delved more into the meaning and making of sigils, I’m finding that they want to crop up everywhere in the art…

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In Art Shows, Fine Art, gallery work Tags aliens, sigils, sculptural work, wall sculptures
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Wonderful Commission Work, Part 2: Spring

March 22, 2024

Summer is the second panel in the Seasons series for my friends, a lovely couple who now live in Arkansas. We met several years ago at an art conference and they were there as avid fans of imaginative realist art. They found my work and subsequently invited us to visit them. Sometime after that, they commissioned this series.

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In Botanical Art, Fine Art Tags commissions, spring flowers in eartern US, rabbits, bloodroot, morels, jack-in-the-pulpit, trillium, bluebells, mayapple
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Little Kingdom, graphite; Arches mounted to hardboard, 12”. 2023.

Clearing Up A Misconception

October 3, 2023

I meet someone at a gathering and they find out I’m an Artist. Before I can get even one word out about what kind of work I do, they start telling me about a painting— a painting! they saw at some gallery or show or arts collective. But they didn’t buy it and now it haunts them. They don’t know how to track down the artist but they snapped a photo of the artwork. Breathlessly, with hope in their eyes, they ask me…

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In Art buying, Life of an artist, Fine Art Tags buying art, art collectors, authenticity
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For all you eager beavers…. xo

Artist resources

June 3, 2023

There are TONS of resources out there for self-initiating artists, and there are many venues to advertise and sell work. Here is a list of many of the resources I’ve used over the years— there are many more newer ones out there to discover.

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In Art Education, Illustration, Fine Art Tags resources for artists, art shows, webhosters for artists, books on art, podcasts on art
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