Good Friends, Bones, Peroxide

You know you have good friends when they will happily assist your weird hobbies.  

I LOVE bones.  So pretty!   I take a lot of rides in my cabin-neighbor’s dog transport van, and if she sees a plant or anything else she wants on the side of the road, we pull over and bag it. 

This time, we were out and she saw a new flower she wanted for her garden.  Out of the van we leapt... and right by her new plant was a very worn down deer carcass.   We spotted this jawbone, and I lamented that I’d have to come back later to grab it.  And she, like any good friend, handed me a plastic bag.  

Later that evening she brought over just what I needed: the sketchbook I’d left on her deck and some peroxide.  The picture of the jawbone is its current state.  It will be in the 50/50 water/peroxide mixture for the rest of the week.  I look forward to using it as part of a still life composition.  

Sphinx

Sometimes, I do art just for myself.  Happy with this gal so far.  Digital paint, a lot of blending.  Mythology is always fun to come back to...

Anyway. Her head needs to be shrunk a bit, I think.  Need to figure out what to do for a background as well.

More Skull Progress

So many layers, but this is what's on my desk now... The initial piece was a little too dark, so you can see that I'm lightening it up in the next one.

Skulls are so lovely!  I imagine I'll use the money from selling these to buy MORE skulls...

Tiger Skull Progress

Acrylic painting, tiger skull, lotus root, lotus bud.  Nice progress thus far!

Delicate Arch Work in Progress

Working through this one!

Broken Open

This is a shirt design I made for a Threadless contest.  Didn't win, but it garnered a bit of attention.

Still a little lost as to how to brand myself, but I figure sharing things is the best way to go about it.

Here's the shirt design and some mockups for if I print it.

Updates

I have been a big behind in posting, and I apologize!  My life has been consumed by socials and working on private commissions, which means I don't have too much I can share with you wonderful people.   But here's an update on a non-fandom/obscure shirt I've been working on for a while.   Pandabeer!  Hoping to have it ready in time for summer shows.