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As I lay here ridden with the flu I too want to make a little post welcoming this new year. By giving thanks to the one that has past (Although I am a touch superstitious and hesitate to say it, fearing I will jinx myself)…. when I look back at the year as a whole, I can’t help but face the line: “things get better”. And I believe that releasing myself..as much as I can…from what doesn’t matter *to me*, has aided this whole thing of things getting better. So much doesn’t matter! And so much matters SO MUCH. Wow so profound What matters to me is true joy, love, and ✨wonder✨. Going back to drink from that well, and trusting the water there. I feel lucky and grateful Happy new year ꩜

warm bread

This friday 9/26 at 6PM: Closing reception for Drawn North: Portraits in Texture gallery photos by Hans Hallinen @igca_alaska

detail shots of some detailed zoness something I like to use is a steel wire toothbrush as a brush idk what it is called but that is what I call it / from my show that is currently up in Anchorage info + photos of the show are a few posts back the works are available for purchase via @igca_alaska ty 🌫️

cloudy with a chance of falling over a cliff <3

Last Friday was the opening of my show, Drawn North: Portraits in Texture at @igca_alaska in Anchorage, Alaska (on view til 9/26) 14 pieces rendered from my winter stint as an artist in residence w/ @akstateparks in Feb + March of this year It was such an honor to come back & show these works in Alaska. Not only that, but 3 friends came for the ride. Rly special :~) Ty Alaska! Ty AK State Parks! Ty IGCA! Ty friends! I will be updating my site soon so the series can be seen by any of u, anywhere¡ ~ So many thoughts n feelings around presenting this show. spring & summer was a wild time.. and quite difficult, frankly. Due to life stuff, family stuff, brain stuff. The timing of all these things happening all at the same time... next thing I knew it was time to pack these up and fly over to install the show. It’s been a blur of a few months tbh! I’m grateful for finding love in places and people, finding peace in my studio while working on these pieces, and feeling support. I would crumble without it and would not have been able to pull it together and finish this series without the help I got along the way. <3 alaska pics soon we had a moose of a time ~ each piece is on plywood mounted yupo paper. all 20x26 & matte varnished. the media used varies between each piece, but to generalize: earth pigments, powdered charcoal & graphite, sumi & india inks, diy washes w/ salt & vinegar, veg glycerine, shellac soap

paper dyed with pulverized metal slag

unofficial official news that has dragged me back to posting on instagram: More about this a little later but !absolutely elated! to share that this September, my !solo! exhibition, “Drawn North: Portraits in Texture”, is opening at @igca_alaska in Anchorage, Alaska. The show presents a body of realized work developed from my time as an artist in residence with Alaska State Parks this past February. On foot daily, and very much “out there”, I took note of visual details that caught my attention, with sketches studies splatters etc whathaveyou, with the intention to explore & spotlight them further by making ..portraits, in texture. Here are some of my “notes” I took in the field~ x Thank you Hal, Wendy, Alex, The International Gallery of Contemporary Art in Anchorage, and the Alaska State Parks Artist in Residence program. See u soon

the stuff that lives on trees, maybe. Happy june to all 😌

sneak peek at a collaborative series between me and my friend @hellpix that i’m super excited about this split cover art and tour flyer for @doombeachct and @amonolithicdome felt like the perfect place to start

moss is boss photos from feb ‘25 , art from nov ‘24 , last pic is having fun

research in the field aka texture worship alaska edition 🔍