Monarch Caterpillar - Original Painting Works On Paper Porcelain ashtray with painted mushroom

Porcelain ashtray with painted mushroom details

I never expected that all these life changes would influence my artwork but it caused a shift and this collection slowly took shape

Background is warm fluorescent pink in real life but photographs more of a cool baby pink

I like to tell myself that no time is wasted even if you’re making work you don’t like (or not making anything at all) because those times are necessary for getting your work wherever it needs to be

Monarch Caterpillar - Original Painting Works On Paper Porcelain ashtray with painted mushroomOriginal oil painting Measures 6x6", 1. 5" depth wooden panel. COLLECTION These paintings honour the quiet moments Ive found since moving from Toronto to rural eastern Washington state last August. This move took away everything familiar, and packing up a whole studio and life to be moved 2235 miles took a lot of time away from my art. Not being able to work in the way and at the capacity I was used to was hard for me mentally. My plan was to get the