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I couldn’t get through that film for love of money but…. This is definitely the best description of whatever the heck the art director went with here. 😆🫡

I figured it was time for a “proof of life” check in. I had an afternoon off from the attention-demanding furry kitchen demon (pictured here wondering why I’d be doing anything with my time other than playing in the yard), so I checked into an old favourite of mine- Drip Coffee in Nanaimo.

Got mine yesterday, and started into it straight away. ✊🏻

It’s been a weird couple of days, so…yeah. Some pain management, some commission work, more pain management, and…. a new idea?

Should have seen this sooner, but I’ve been dragging myself numbly though the chaos. Hope I can help a bit- stay warm. Stay salty.

As if the “hitting the child-like robot thing with a sledgehammer” wasn’t weirdly upsetting enough, that boneless-ass kip-up the damn thing immediately did nearly made me throw my phone across the room! 😱

Shout out to @curationsbykira on IG- they are the ones who prodded me out my dark cave to do this collab.

YOOOO!!
Check out this amazing GM screen print of my original artwork of weird beasties! LOOKATIT!! 😍😆
The texture is so wild- and the gradations still read so well from the graphite originals!
Even Oliver looks impressed!

Those uppercuts weren’t telegraphed- they came by pony express. I guess “lounging in an easy chair while making sure the bro-cast camera has a clear shot of your smirking face at all times” doesn’t quite prep you for keeping up a proper guard, huh?

Plenty of silver linings of course, but…just not really feeling them right now. Go hug your pets, y’all.
Unless you have, like, fish, or tarantulas, or something. Those ones you can just give a high five to or something?

Ever have just…one of those months? I’m pulling through week FIVE of a respiratory infection that decided to go hardcore sinusitis (complete with ocular nerve impingement and crippling pain), and now my poor house coyote has had to get dental surgery when we’d expected a totally normal checkup. 😒

…plus a couple of cool little goodies to come- stay tuned for updates!

It’s my last event of the year- good ol’ Nanaimo ArtWalk! I’ll be haunting the atrium of the Harbourfront Library once again, along with a couple of other fantastic artists, this Saturday and Sunday.
And I have a new illustration from my “Tales From Ænim” to showcase!

Just me again, thriving in a chaos of my own making.
Next and FINAL show of the year is coming up:
Nanaimo’s very own 2025 ArtWalk! I’ll be setting up shop in the Harbourfront Library, so ye all can come find me there and say hello!
Nov 22/23…..

It’s darkly perfect! 10/10- no notes 🩵🩵

Affogato break for me and my table manager “Ty-Ty”. We got a WHOLE CORNER! Only a couple of hours left at the Haunted Holiday Market- but we’re loving the vibes!

Getting my Christmas/Halloween mashup spirit on! Hope you can come say hello!
Wellington Hall, Nanaimo ~~~

Keep a little “creepy” in your Christmas this year! One day only….

Hot on the heels of the Victoria Halloween Markets, comes the Haunted Holiday Market, back on my home turf in Nanaimo!
Hoping to have a couple more “felt mini squonks” along for the ride this time too, so there’s another excuse for you to swing by and say hello! 😉

All set up in my little nook at the Halloween YYJ show in Victoria! Had a little time yesterday to show Oliver the Squonk around town, between downpours, and sweetened the deal with matcha and ganache.
Today’s day two- last chance to come say hi before we vanish back home….

Next Halloween show is rolling up! Back to Victoria, BC this weekend for Halloween Market YYJ! @halloweenmarketyyj.bsky.social
Some new merch, some new projects, aaand I’m currently a pain-addled baggie of human soup, so we’ll see how long I last 🫠

All set up and ready to rock! This place is already so beautiful, but now we get to ghoul it up!
Bonus! Come down for a sneak peek of the first ever squishy version of Oliver the Squonk! Perhaps even more to come?…. 😉

I have some new merch in mail limbo, but with a little luck (and some naproxen and meditation apps), I may be able to get a new piece ready in time…

It’s been a crushing last couple of weeks, and I’m now essentially a corpse, animated through the power of coffee, necessity, and spite… BUT! More importantly! I’m back in Victoria for the Crafts from the Crypt Fair!

It darn well is, ain’t it? 🩵

Some days, it just be like that…
Don’t forget to unplug and go breathe the outside air if ye can 🩵

*also, just a WIP for y’all to show ye I’m still working… 😉

Sometimes I like to ramble. And sometimes I decide to actually jot down my thoughts on the questions I keep getting from other artists at shows and workshops.
SO! This one’s for my fair friends who’re looking for good references and inspiration!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/references-aka-138533875

The heat has really been rough, despite my efforts to “toughen up”, but Oliver the Squonk has been coping at least- and we have gotten some gorgeous skies out of it at least?