Natural History Art & Science Illustration
Enjoying the alpine above Lake Clark
If you’ve sent me an e-mail in July-early August, then you probably got some sort of away message. This is the heart of summer in Alaska, and it seems that each year I spend most of the time with an away message on auto reply. I trade my computer and studio projects for living out of a backpack
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Photoperiodism - The Journey of the Snowshoe Hare - Mixed media collage
This happens to me every summer. I don’t really want to beat myself up about it, but maybe you noticed that my last blog post was at the end of June? As hard as I try, the summer slips by, and I find myself feeling a bit like the Snowshoe Hare in the illustration above - like I can’t quite spread myself across all of that distance.
Read moreI share from Robin Kimmerer's book, Braiding Sweetgrass. I enjoy listening to audiobooks and podcasts while I work in the studio, and listened to this book last winter. It’s beautifully written, but also gave me quite a bit to reflect upon with regards to my own work...
Read moreI am writing to you today from Joshua Tree National Park, two-thirds of the way through a three-week artist residency. I know it has been several months since I’ve updated the blog. Summer in Alaska is incredibly busy and I like to use my spare time (if there is any) drawing and exploring, but I promise an update about summer work soon. Right now I want to take you to the desert.
Read moreI kept up a blog called "weekly-sketch" for a while on blogger, but I have wanted to move the blog to my website for a while. Since I took a couple months off of blogging now seemed like a good time to make the switch. So welcome to my new blog!
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