Learning curve

There is definitely a learning curve with any new medium. Ink is sensitive to the humidity in the air. I am sensitive to my lower back after making prints for a few hours at a time. Earlier this month, I was evacuated from my house due to a fast moving wildfire, a common experience for a lot of westerners these days it seems. Home again and all’s quiet. In fact, it poured rain all weekend and snowed on our beloved mountain. Hit the Instagram button to see Mount Shasta dusted in white.

I am working on some mountain prints for an upcoming craft fair in McCloud. More details to come.

Testing one two

It’s been awhile. But I quit one of my jobs and decided to become an artist. Sounds exotic and a little daunting. Here’s the thing I learned a long time ago: if you write, you are a writer. If you paint, you are a painter. The beauty of it is purely subjective. And don’t get me started on “fine art” versus “craft” and all that nonsense. Let’s just learn things and make things and appreciate that we are even alive and human enough to enjoy it. That’s what I’m about lately. That and block printing.