Photo by Jules Jimreivat

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Calling all Wenatchee Valley artists! I’ll be teaching a workshop the evening of May 20th at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts on how to apply for a $2,500 GAP grant from Artist Trust! I was a recipient in 2022- these unrestricted grants can be
It’s the time of year- Empty Bowls auction time, baby! All the artist bowls will soon be popping up in local business windows downtown, so keep an eye out next week to find your favorite to bid on and support our local food bank! Mine bowl is t
Shaped By Ice is up at Confluence Gallery until February 21st! These artworks are reflections all of our time with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project, directed by Mauri Pelto, alongside Art Director Jill Pelto. I’m so grateful to be a pa
Sholes Glacier, from my first full day with the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project on August 2nd, including some shots from camp and the surrounding area 🏔️ Sholes has lost 50 vertical feet of ice. In the photos of the terminus, imagine the ice f
First photo dump from my time with the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project as an artist in residence. Mauri Pelto started this project 42 years ago, at age 22, with the foresight to commit to surveying these glaciers for 50 years. These days, Maur
‘il Bar’ is finally finished and hung up for its debut at Argonaut! Oil on canvas, complete with vintage frame. The image comes from a bar in Pisa when I was there with @delauey in 2019, and was intrigued by the light play on those prosec
Another summer, another show up at Argonaut Coffee and Biscuits! You’ll be able to see my work there, with prints for sale, through the month of July. You might see the offerings change as I hope to finish up some new pieces to display here soo
Humanity Needs Nature, Nature Needs Humanity, a piece for the upcoming Atmospheric Apparitions Exhibit opening at UBC’s Liu Lobby Gallery in July! This piece depicts a dark and overgrown forest, a result of years of fire suppression, opening u
I’m excited to share that my artwork is in the Smithsonian Natural History museum! Thirty pieces were ultimately chosen from 800 submissions for the Art x Climate exhibit at the museum, which will hopefully remain up for an entire year. Thank y
Dropped off EXXON yesterday for hanging in the juried art gallery at the Anacortes Arts Festival! The show is opening July 27th, with festival dates August 2nd-4th. The juried show is hosted right on the water at the Depot Arts Center. Come on throug
The pinning of a butterfly- we found this poor guy with a broken wing on the side of the road, and he rode on Devon’s chest pocket the mile walk home. We thought we could revitalize him, but at least gave him a peaceful box full of flowers to d
The show is up at Argonaut!! Here’s your excuse to head down and get one of those amazing biscuit sandwiches. I have a collection of old and new work, originals and prints, and will be putting up new pieces as anything from the walls sells. Com
Bridge Creek Self Service Pay Station! 10 x 10 in, acrylic on canvas. Devon made a beautiful poplar frame for it, pictured. The piece will be at Argonaut starting June 27th (unless someone jumps on it before then!) ready to hang, for $415! 🏔️🥾
2/2 Documenting the process of painting a portrait of the Blue Glacier for the Olympic Nat’l park’s Terminus Project. Thanks again to @juliannalyle for the photos 🗻🥰
1/2 Excited to share this series by the oh-so-talented @juliannalyle ! documenting the evolution of my painting for the Terminus Glacier Memorial Project. Who knew I’d not only get some beautiful images but also an amazing friend out of the dea