a shout out to the Buoyant Heart and every little DIY collective where people connect and build a culture around art and relationship and community. Their existence is often unseen or misunderstood, and is so very imprtant.

I was away from home for a couple of days, and only made a couple of quick line-drawing portraits that I prefer not to share. So here I am back to my own studio, with a new grand-niece and a new daughter-in-law. Life has been very large of late. I am happy to rest at home for a bit.

it’s a birthday bug.

And also, this set of collages is ready to hang in the gallery! At last!

more eclipse fallout, no doubt. I chatted with a neighbor who shaved off his long locks and declared the eclipse marked a time for him to shift direction.

the moon did eat the sun, but then spat it back out again

schaarp teef ow ow

No, this doesn’t refer to anything that happened to me, it’s just what happened when I was tired and making shapes. Maybe I wish my focus had such clear points!