Of The Empire
We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.
― Mary Oliver, Red Bird
I am incredibly pleased to share that the Obsolete World Art Anthology is now available through my website!
Link in bio or through obsoleteworld.com
Details:
Books are beautifully clothbound in olive fabric with a gold foil stamp title on the spine and cover.
Available in hardcover only.
160 pages
296 full color illustrations
measurements: 11.25" x 8.75"
Endless thanks to my infinitely generous @patreon supporters for helping to bring this project to light.
I’ll be running a studio cleaning sale next week in my shop. I have several original paintings, some limited edition t-shirts as well as prints, books and cards that will be available at 15% off. Please take a look if you are in the market for a new monster or perhaps some other kind of weird creature.
In a world rapidly leaning into AI generated art, I appreciate those of you who are still into supporting artists who make things by hand!
Thank you 💕
Sale runs May18th through the 24th.
#supporthandmade
“Before the Light Goes Out Altogether”
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watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, beeswax/casein varnish and ink
on 300 lb hot-pressed watercolor paper framed behind glass in a solid wood Italian frame
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“Restless Garden” opens this evening at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. Presented in conjunction with Earth Day, it brings together new works of art that explore nature as a living, shifting force shaped by both care and resistance. Long understood as a cultivated space, the garden also holds tension between wildness and control, growth and decay, intention and chance. This exhibition considers the garden not as a static subject but as something active and unsettled, an environment in constant negotiation and always becoming. It will be on view through April 26. Please consider stopping by if you happen to be in the area. If you do not live nearby you can view the show/purchase art online by following the link in my bio.
My thanks to @moderneden for inviting me to be a part of this lovely show.
With today’s news of this administration’s decision to exempt oil and gas drilling from the Endangered Species Act and strip multiple marine animals of necessary protections in the Gulf of Mexico, I am reminded once again of their blatant disregard for wildlife and the natural world. It is truly a remarkable period in our nation’s history. This has only happened three other times since the ESA was enacted in 1973 and one of those decisions was withdrawn after the council referred to as, “the god squad” attempted to strip the northern spotted owl of protections in 1992 to log old-growth forests in western Oregon.
I am saddened to see this preservation law waived as simply a way to keep rising oil prices down due to an unnecessary war that they themselves have created and cannot seem to find a way out of. The risks associated with drilling in this precious place comes at a high cost. These are creatures we can never get back once they are lost. What are we willing to sacrifice so that a few corrupt politicians and a handful of shareholders can acquire even more wealth?
“The Lower Slopes of Paradise”
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A new limited edition print available through my website.
A portion of all sales will support The Center For Biological Diversity as well as Defenders of Wildlife in their efforts to prevent the current administration’s attempt to dismantle The Endangered Species Act.
Link to print in bio.
