Lords a leaping

It is a secret—how magnificent Western Mass is. Shhhhhhhh.

I’ve been painting the Valley in oil this week.

#landscape #art #clouds #oilpainting #newengland #artshow

Omg I am trying to learn to crochet with a square afghan as my first project. Potentially unwise. I need an auntie who knows what she is doing!

Weeding in the studio today.
#blueskyart #negativepainting #plantsrule

📢 SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 5.

Together with progressive partners, we’re planning a massive mobilization in the streets to translate the anger with Trump’s power grab into a nationwide show of defiance.

Find a Hands Off! event near you or plan one: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...

The air outside has turned cold again, but it’s summer in the studio. Oil, 6x8. #blueskyartshow #oilpainting #landscapeart #newenglandart

Thank you!

Thank you! There is nothing else in the world quite like shadows in snow.

February vibes! I heard my first red-winged blackbird in the field yesterday. They arrive as the light gets long, late in the month. Today was a glorious day to be out with the oil paints. This is 8x10 on board. ☀️❄️ #oilpainting #blueskyart #artisresistance #landscapeart #pleinairpainter #springfever

A group of six nature valentines. A picture of a bog with pitcher plants, with text saying "Our love is like a bog. Built up over time, resistant to decay, deeply interesting to just a small number of people." A yellow slime mold stretching out and exploring. "our love is like a slime mold. Collaborative, complex, at times unnerving to behold." A piece of limestone with a small trilobite in the corner. "Our love is like limestone. Layered, useful for many purposes, shaped by the friends we met along the way." A ring-billed gull with a french fry on a beach. "Our love is like a ring-billed gull. Abundant, found in North America, sometimes sustained by french fries." An Atlantic horseshoe crab walking on the sand. "Our love is like a horseshoe crab. Tough, timeless, unrelated to true crabs." A drawing of the phosphorus cycle, with arrows connecting various parts of a scene, including algae and fish and a farm and a river and a forest. "Our love is like the phosphorus cycle. Important, really hard to draw."

Nature valentines.
Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon

There is something deep, relevant, mysterious about beings sheltering together as winter comes. Oil, 3’x4’, currently on the easel.
#art #community #oilpainting

Painting of a river in winter. The banks snowy and the trees bare but lit up.

January mood. Grays with irrepressible sun. (pastel)