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Deer tongue fern under the ice. I used black and w

Deer tongue fern under the ice. I used black and white sumi on Marilyn Horner’s handmade paper to make this print, and I was thrilled to find a few of these west coast plants alive despite the freezing temps here. Thinking of the icy Merced at Swinging bridge for the @yosemiteconservancy January art call. #handprinted #leafart #deertonguefern #ferns #handmadepaper #natureprinting #natureprintingsociety #natureart #yosemiteconservancy #mercedriver #undertheice

Best gyotaku classes yesterday at Natural History

Best gyotaku classes yesterday at Natural History Society of Maryland! Fresh fish from the Baltimore waterfront @faidleysseafood #gyotaku #gyotakuartist #fishing #baltimore#baltimoreharbor #printmaking #artistsoninstagram #fishillustration #naturalhistorysocietyofmd #icthyology #blackseabass #carp #redsnapper #porgy #bluegill #artworkshop

Awesome day with friends at the Natural History So

Awesome day with friends at the Natural History Society of Maryland teaching two botanical workshops: beautiful work and fun on the walking press! #marylandnature #maryland #baltimore #baltimoreart #handprinted #natureprintingsociety #leaves #autumn #artworkshop #walkingpress #jacquardversatex #artistlife #printmaker

Best spot ever for a demo! Looking forward to seei

Best spot ever for a demo! Looking forward to seeing NPS friends in a few….#botanicalbasrelief #natureprintingsociety #acadianationalpark #acadia #schoodicpeninsula #birchharbormaine #maineartists #atlanticocean #gulfofmaine #botanicalart #onions #plaster #friendstogether #fog

Sentinel Rock 7AM, awesome friends at Happy Isles,

Sentinel Rock 7AM, awesome friends at Happy Isles, one more Fried Egg Poppy print, this time with lupine #morninglight #nofilter #sentinelrock #yosemitenationalpark #sierranevada #handprintedtextiles #nature #friedeggplant #oldfriends #happyislesart #kraftpaper #lastdayinthevalley #yosemitevalley

Fried egg plant, 6 inches across! Printed one peta

Fried egg plant, 6 inches across! Printed one petal at a time. Early morning in Cook’s meadow, a huge cow parsnip…and today’s class came with their own matching shirts, ready for leaf printing. #hardtoleave #yosemitenationalpark #yosemitevalley #happyislesart #friedeggplant #goldenopenacrylics #kraftpaper #usewhatyouhave #botanicalart #printmakingforthepeople #june #summertime #sierra #california #artistslife

Lupine season today, printing the deliciously perf

Lupine season today, printing the deliciously perfumed Fried egg plant tomorrow at this favorite spot with @schhpiels and @jewelrybykristin #happyislesart #yosemite #yosemitevalley #friedeggplant #natureprint #lupine #botanicalprint #posterdesign #california #sierranevada #printthisonblackpaper #nativeplants #graphicdesign

The Classic from this am looking across Sentinel M

The Classic from this am looking across Sentinel Meadow! Wonderful botanic prints from my class out here at Happy Isles. An amazing day in this beautiful spot. #happyislesart #yosemite #halfdome #yosemitevalley #morninglight #californiaadventure #botanicalart #natureprints #nativeplantsofcalifornia #artistlife #yosemiteconservancy

Afternoon commute back from Happy Isles, looking a

Afternoon commute back from Happy Isles, looking across the Ahwahnee meadow to Yosemite Falls…excited to see @schhpiels and @jewelrybykristin tomorrow #yosemite #yosemitevalley #ahwahnee #sierra #californiaadventure #artistsoninstagram #artistinresidence #nofilter #goodtidings #oldfriends #artistlife #happyislesart #yosemiteconservancy #summertime

Fish washed and drying for tomorrow’s workshops

Fish washed and drying for tomorrow’s workshops for the Natural History Society of Maryland @marylandnature #fish #fishing #gyotaku #porgy #croaker #teacher #art #printmakingforthepeople #maryland #baltimore #artclass #artistlife #hmart #natureprintingsociety

White line woodblock class about to start

White line woodblock class about to start

White line woodcut class tomorrow at @smithsonian

White line woodcut class tomorrow at @smithsonian Yes that’s a doorknob! #artistsoninstagram #printmaking #whitelinewoodcut #provincetownart #woodcut #sailboat #iris #summer #printmakingforthepeople #teacher #zoom #doorknob

Gyotaku prints from today’s class at the Smithso

Gyotaku prints from today’s class at the Smithsonian…gotta have that eye!
#gyotaku #fishing #fish #teacher #zoom #smithsonian #artistsoninstagram #artistlife #akua #printmaker #artclass #artist #printmakingforthepeople #pandemic #women

Printing a fern fossil brings it back to life, tha

Printing a fern fossil brings it back to life, thanks to @cmdewees55555 for the idea!
#fern #fossils #indirectprinting #fossilbeds #rockhound #fossilhunter #artandscience #caligosafewash #silkscarf #botanicalprint #natureprintingsociety

Red cliffs at Ghost Ranch, just north of Abiquiu.

Red cliffs at Ghost Ranch, just north of Abiquiu. Felt small against these huge eternal shapes, in the quiet… #ghostranch #newmexico #georgiaokeeffecountry #abiquiu #desertcolors #artistlife #santafe #okeeffeinspired #artdaily

I love the odd shapes of historical microscopes, a

I love the odd shapes of historical microscopes, and this wooden one was my favorite when I painted it back in the early 2000s. The object the scientist was looking at rested on top of the big wheel on the left, under the lens. The lens was adjusted by pulling on the tiny string with the knobs on the right. I painted that little string last, saved it as a treat! Italian Wooden Microscope, pre-1700 #nationalmuseumofhealthandmedicine #microscopes #scientificinstruments #Italianwoodenmicroscope #yupo #historyofmedicine #historyofscience #scientist #artistlife

Allium and mint cast in unical plaster / concrete

Allium and mint cast in unical plaster / concrete mix, 12 x 12 inches. All summer I’ve been learning this process, and I’m finding that the thickness or thinness of the plant is part of the mix. This third dimension makes creating beautiful tiles different from making flat 2D prints...I’m on the lookout for thick plants that create shadows. #botanicalart #tile#leaf #natureart #natureprint #concreteart #plasterart #3dart #garlic #mint #trialanderror

Abstract paintings found in Marblehead’s Old Tow

Abstract paintings found in Marblehead’s Old Town....first image is of caulking between two clapboards
#marbleheadma #marblehead #mhd #boston #northshoreboston #historicpreservation #colonialhouse #clapboard #latexpaint #colorpalette #modernart #abstractpainting

One more color note, never would have combined the

One more color note, never would have combined these, found at the corner of Pleasant and Washington Streets....
#historicpreservation #historichomes #marblehead #boston#northshoreboston #historiccolors #teal #green #purple #rust #abstract #foundbychance

On a cloudy day like today, bright combinations ar

On a cloudy day like today, bright combinations are everywhere....
#colorpalette #historichouses #marblehead #oldtownmarblehead #blue #green #yellow #pink #doors #rainyday #clapboard #housepaint #artistlife #boston #northshoreboston

Farmers’ market sketches, drew right over the fi

Farmers’ market sketches, drew right over the first ones and just kept going...first apples are in, musicians playing “Sweet Baby James, babies laughing, waiting for sourdough in the AJ King bread line. #marblehead #marbleheadfarmersmarket #wickedlocalmarblehead #farmersmarkets #saturdaymorning #august #sweetbabyjames #peaceofmind

Looking towards Gouldsboro from the Schoodic Penin

Looking towards Gouldsboro from the Schoodic Peninsula. #watercolorpainting #waterbrush #atlanticocean #acadianationalpark #artistsoninstagram #acadia #schoodicpeninsula #mainecoast #Winterharbor

Looking out to sea from Schoodic Point. . . . #ac

Looking out to sea from Schoodic Point.
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#acadianationalpark #acadia #schoodic #almostcanada #atlanticocean #schoodicinstitute #watercolorsketch #watercolorpainting #green #blue #winterharbor #barharbor #maine #artistsoninstagram

The classic! From Schoodic beach road across Frenc

The classic! From Schoodic beach road across Frenchman Bay to Acadia’s Cadillac Mtn.
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#acadianationalpark #artinthepark #watercolorsketchbook #handbook #freshsummerair #schoodicpeninsula #frenchmanbay #maine #summerinmaine #artistlife #hiking

Blue and green, blue and green...I wondered how th

Blue and green, blue and green...I wondered how the walking press would do on such a textured fabric. As soon as I finished printing this shirt, I came across this image of a David Driskell painting called Pine and Moon on view now at the Portland Museum of Art through mid-September #daviddriskell #portlandmuseumofart #surfacedesign #botanicalprint #swingtop #handprintedtextiles #portlandmaine #wearableart #blueandgreen #symbolism #busstop85 #natureprintingsociety

Yosemite Falls and Cook’s Meadow early this morn

Yosemite Falls and Cook’s Meadow early this morning in that golden slanting light. The falls are low because there was no snowpack last winter and now no melting snow to feed Yosemite creek 2400ft. above. Class met in the shade of a black oak next to the Ahwahnee meadow and I could feel the heat shimmering off the grasses....#yosemitefalls #yosemitenps #nationalpark #yosemite #cooksmeadow #artistsoninstagram #contourdrawing #watercolorsketch #californiadreaming #globalwarming

Sketches from Happy Isles,the Tioga Road, and lea

Sketches from Happy Isles,the Tioga Road, and leaf prints from an ornamental garden here. Everyone here feels the same after the long 2020, and we bask in the big sky despite the 100 degree heat, painting and printing in the shade of a black oak in the Ahwahnee meadow. If you live near, there are day passes available, the park is not crowded. #californiaadventure #yosemitenationalpark #yosemite #yosemitenps #sketchbook #mercedriver #happyisles #leafprints #printmaker #summerinthesierra #nationalparkart #bigsky

Join me live on Zoom on Tuesday June 8 as I demons

Join me live on Zoom on Tuesday June 8 as I demonstrate printing fish and leaves and show how families can use Into the Woods to have a peaceful and hands-on experience in nature. I should, but I won’t be printing cicadas!
See @ansnature for the link to the 7 PM Eastern talk, $15 for non-members. #natureprints #botanicalart #gyotaku #fishing #redsnapper #meditate #familyart #naturalist #cicada

It’s time for Brood X, the 17 year cicadas! In t

It’s time for Brood X, the 17 year cicadas! In the morning the air quivers with their song, at noon it’s so loud it’s almost visible. This is my one cicada print, though it doesn’t capture their music, it hints at their wobbly flight. . . #broodx #cicada #cicadas #insect #maryland #natureprint #cicadaseason #artistslife #printmaker #toomanylegs #midatlantic#natureprintingsociety #goodfortune #noteatingthese

Live ZOOM interview happening this Friday April 16

Live ZOOM interview happening this Friday April 16 at 7 Eastern / 4pm PST.
I’ll be interviewing Dwight Hwang who will be be sharing his thoughts, philosophy and answering questions.
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From Sue Fierston, NPS president:
We will talk for about an hour, including a slideshow of Dwight’s work. You will be able to watch the interview but you will be on mute, so if you have questions for Dwight (and I hope you do!), please ask them in the chat.

This is the second interview in the Nature Printing Society’s LEAP Live series, and I’ll be setting up more through 2021. All of the interviews will be stored at the University of California, Davis as NPS oral history, part of the NPS Archive project.

NPS members will receive the zoom link by email on Thursday. If you aren’t a member and would like to join in, please make a $10 donation on our website (natureprintingsociety.org) and we’ll send you the link! #fishing #gyotaku #natureprinting #artistsofinstagram #fish #fishinglife #artandscience #perfectimperfection

Practicing this red snapper print to show tomorrow

Practicing this red snapper print to show tomorrow’s class using Akua ink, the colors are awesome to blend! Today’s Zoom was for beginners, everything in easy to clean up Speedball water-soluble. #artistslife #fishprint #gyotaku #teacherslife #fish #natureprint #nature #printmakingprocess #smithsonian #lifeonzoom

Two minutes before class, my gyotaku examples and

Two minutes before class, my gyotaku examples and great jazz from the Smithsonian archives....#gyotaku #fish #fishing #perch #stripedbass #artistsoninstagram #zoomclasses #printmaking #natureprintingsociety

Something for today...maybe you’ll see this whil

Something for today...maybe you’ll see this while you’re waiting in line to vote. #maple #akuainks #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday #election2020 #autumncolors #surfacedesign #natureprintingsociety #leaf #ithappenedbychance

Black bass ready for class this morning, first tim

Black bass ready for class this morning, first time I’ve taught gyotaku over Zoom #gyotaku #fish #fishing #fishprint #natureprintingsociety #monoprint #artistlife #dryingoutthefish

Maple leaf print from Harding Lane, using sumi ink

Maple leaf print from Harding Lane, using sumi ink #sumiink #mapleleaf #marbleheadma #natureprint #somethingnew #summer #tree

The mysterious Green House at Little Harbor, red b

The mysterious Green House at Little Harbor, red boat crane behind. .
#marbleheadma #marblehead #summertime #watercolorillustration #sketchbook #morningwalk #sailboats #thegreenhouse

Little Harbor, wind shifting to the south, 8:30 AM

Little Harbor, wind shifting to the south, 8:30 AM #lobsterboat #marblehead #sunrise #watercolor #summer #beattheheat #morningwalk

Brown’s Island 8AM...tide too high to wade over.

Brown’s Island 8AM...tide too high to wade over....
#island #sketchbook#watercolorillustration #summermorning #marblehead #morningwalk

From my new book, Into the Woods (leaf • fish•

From my new book, Into the Woods (leaf • fish• ink • paper) Link in bio or on Amazon!

The book is out! I can't believe it is finally do

The book is out! I can't believe it is finally done, it's been many (many) years in the making. This quarantine really kept me at home, in my seat, typing away. Usually I'd be out teaching, especally at this season, and there never was enough time to sit still and work on only one thing. For me, I guess that's what it took. Into the Woods: Families Making Art in Nature is out now on Amazon as a paperback and for the Kindle. Link in bio if interested. The Apple eBook will be out by the middle of June. The audience is families with kids and it begins with peaceful meditative games, goes next to contour drawing, watercolor painting and citizen science, then ends with 4 chapters on leaf and fish printing, based on my work as an artist and teaching artist in the schools. A shout out to @spatty99, @betsykulamer, @fishingforgyotaku, @susannahfigurastudio ,@roseberman @kathy.cumberland and everyone who gave me such great help and ideas, thank you! #newbookalert #familiesofinstagram #printmaking #natureprint #makearteveryday #firstbook #artistlife #gyotaku #fishprint #fishing #teachingartist #outsidewithkids #meditation

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