Day 22: Dear Oil Paint: Coming Home to Texture, Time, and Trouble

What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
Day 15 of 31 in 31: Learning Acrylic Through a Cardinal Painting

“Getting Warmer” 4×4, acrylic on canvas Yesterday’s painting clearly needed a friend, so today I gave it one—another small acrylic bird painting. Shown together, the two pieces read like a quiet conversation—similar in scale, different in tone, and shaped by the same ongoing experiment with acrylic. I’ve been intentionally stepping outside my comfort zone […]