Wow. It’s been awhile since my last post, though things have been quite busy in and out of the studio. I’m actually going to back-date this entry, because I have some catch-up to do and I want to get some current things in over the weekend. Lately, due to ease of use, I find myself uploading studio snap shots —work-in-progress as well as completed pieces— to Instagram far more frequently than here on my studio journal —a bad habit I aim to break. Social media platforms change quickly, and the same algorithms and advertising that is driving users from Facebook are now being applied to their acquisition, Instagram.

So far, the best way to share across platforms, at least in the long term, remains the blog. Time consuming though it may be, I think this is where I will refocus my energy.

Botanical sketches and landscape-inspired field notes continue in and out of the studio. On rainy days or when the black flies drive me indoors, I resort to quick notes or even an iPhone photo to jog my memory. I’ll post more of these over the coming days. Some will remain in a folder of ideas, some may be matted and offered for sale and a few may just lead to new, large-scale pieces. The idea is always to keep the process moving and allow everything.

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