Living, sketching, and painting on the coast of Maine.

The Healing Power of Art

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“The simple act of sketching my mom in the last five years had the most profound opportunity for our relationship to change, grow and flourish.”
— Jennifer Lawson
 
View fullsize Quick sketch, as we say goodbye to summer and good friends. Clover wants know why they aren’t here…for her… • #sketch #sketchbook #coloredpencil #dailydrawing #summer #friendsvisit #instaart #instaartist
View fullsize What started as a quick sketch of a butterfly in the garden, ended up in Procreate. Way more fun!!! • #sketch #digitalart #digitalillustration #procreate #butterfly #beeandbutterflygarden #procreateart #mainelife
View fullsize Butterfly Weed blooming in my new Bee and Butterfly garden. Lack of rain and hot days have been a challenge for my new polinator plants and Tapestry Lawn, but hopefully they will all make it through to next spring. Still filling unfinished 5.5x8 wat
View fullsize “Suburban Fox” spotted in the hood this morning. • #collage #collageart #inmysketchbook #collagepaper #collagepaperart #fox #urbanfox #animalart
View fullsize I try to draw everyday. So, after watching seagulls on our walk to Fisherman’s Point, I thought I would do yet another one. Then I got into the collage paper scraps drawer and went kind of crazy… • #sketch #sketchbook #collage #coll
View fullsize Blue hair. Enjoying coloring a sketch with crayons. • #sketch #sketchbook #neocolor1 #bluehair #portrait #portraitart #crayons #crayonart
View fullsize When I get creatively stuck, feeling frustrated, unproductive, and useless, I find a direction that will help me find my way out of the funk. Grabbing previously scribbled paper, I found eyes and kept on tearing and the next thing I know, it’s
View fullsize Abbey is one of the dogs we see on our morning walk to Fisherman’s Point. She and Clover get all tangled up in their leashes saying hi. She was away at camp and with the hot humid weather she was in and out of the lake for days…wet and c

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Landscape Commissions

Custom People Portraits

Original Pet Portraits