Leah Gardner

I’m convinced that most people who don’t like honeydew have never had ripe honeydew

rebirth 🐝

black coffee, French classics, empty locket

raspberry bonne maman

I’m trying to phase off of Twitter for obvious reasons but it’s so hard when such a big chunk of my income comes from customers on there 😭

I keep forgetting this app exists. Sorry about that. Here are some free lock screens lol

nights lately ✨⭐️🌙💫

Omg now I want to paint your drink

Still life painting of a bottle of rosé wine in front of two stacks of paperback books. A glass of rosé sits on the shorter stack of books.

French classics

Still life painting of a bottle of rosé wine in front of two stacks of paperback books. A glass of rosé sits on the shorter stack of books.

French classics

Bringing it to 🦋 by request:

People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art.

Still life oil painting of pear, lemons, kiwi, apple, and strawberries on a soft light lavender-grey background

fruit salad

Nasturtium 💐 I grew these in my aerogarden

Nasturtium 💐 I grew these in my aerogarden

café au lait

A seashell-shaped soap dish with 7 well-used bars of soap in green, white, orange and purple

my grandma’s soap dish and her 7 soaps that no longer lather

promoting yourself as an artist is so frustrating because you’ll feel like you’re shoving your stuff down everyone’s throats and then there’s someone like “wait u have a comic???”

Still life oil painting of three stacks of books; a wine glass full of white wine is set on top of the middle stack of books. A wine bottle sits in the foreground and the books behind it are distorted through the bottle.

Sunday evening mood

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elderflower tea and orange blossom honey ☕️🍯🌼 oil on wood

Still life painting of a glass teapot, glass teacup, and silver teaspoon with a small dog’s face reflected in the spoon.

A commission from this fall. Look closely 🔍🐶

Still life oil painting of a bouquet of orange and pink gladiolus flowers in a green glass vase next to a trifold mirror on a dresser in front of a window with a beige curtain. Direct sunlight is shining in and lighting up the flowers, curtains, and top of the wood dresser.

gladiolus bouquet in my bedroom this summer 💐 24x30 inches, oil on panel

Still life acrylic painting of a glass teapot full of black tea in front of stacks of books

daily post-work ritual