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Such a fun workshop at @marylandnature in Baltimor

Such a fun workshop at @marylandnature in Baltimore! Gyotaku with flounder, porgy, black bass…hard to find a flounder in good shape (their stomachs are fragile and often break down right away) but this one seemed dedicated to making lovely prints. Baking soda is inexpensive and cuts the slime when I wash the fish, and a shout out to @hmartofficial for having a great selection! #gyotaku #porgy #flounder #black bass #atlanticfishing #fishing #marinebiology #steameducation #natureprintingsociety #artistsoninstagram #printmakersofinstagram #unryu #nature

Botanical prints from yesterday’s class at the M

Botanical prints from yesterday’s class at the Maryland Natural History Society @marylandnature, such a great group! #botanical #maryland#baltimore#surfacedesign #natureprintingsociety #artistsoninstagram #artworkshop #greatday #marylandnature

Casting 4x4 tiles for my October class at the Natu

Casting 4x4 tiles for my October class at the Nature Printing Society workshop, first since 2019! Can’t wait to see everyone. #basrelief #basreliefbotanical #natureprintingsociety #interiordesign #handcasting #natureprint #clematis#tomato #august #endofsummer #artistlife

New project, I’ve been saving these cotton apron

New project, I’ve been saving these cotton aprons for a long time! Finally got a good green: Versatex yellow green and great Christmas ferns #apron #surfacepatterndesign #handprintedtextiles #handprintedfabric #leaf #fern #cooking #natureprintingsociety #natureprint #summer #artistsoninstagram

First sketchbook class of the summer…trying out

First sketchbook class of the summer…trying out contour drawing and deep breathing…lobstermen’s shacks in Little Harbor over the holiday #marblehead #marbleheadarts #boston #seacoast #littleharbor #fishing #lobster #contourdrawing #pigmamicron #onlyoneline #artworkshop #sketchbook #urbansketchers #july #summertime

On the way to Happy Isles, could see Lower Yosemit

On the way to Happy Isles, could see Lower Yosemite Falls from the road, had to pull over. Thanks to @juliabeverly for the class images! #yosemitevalley #mercedriver #highwater #artistsoninstagram #summertime #printmaking #natureprintingsociety #watercolorpainting #artintheparks #waterfall #California #sierranevada #artworkshop

It’s all about water (and art) … the cliffs ha

It’s all about water (and art) … the cliffs have competition for once, loud, mesmerizing water everywhere. #yosemitenationalpark #mercedriver #artinthepark #sketchbookartist #watercolor #water #californiaadventure #sierranevada #workingartist #artworkshop

Packed all my work...brayers/ journals/watercolors

Packed all my work...brayers/ journals/watercolors ...to teach and share with students next week at @happyislesart out at Yosemite. I am looking forward to being immersed in creativity, wonder, and nature for a week with talented and inspiring park visitors from all over the world. Watercolor? Printmaking? Why not try them both?🌱🌲🌿#Yosemite #peace #Yosemiteconservancy #happyislesart #natureprintingsociety #mercedriver #nationalpark #printmaker #artworkshop #watercolorjournal #natureprint #watercolor

Even if your fish is gutted like this red snapper,

Even if your fish is gutted like this red snapper, you can still make an awesome fish print or gyotaku. Two spots left in this Saturday’s Zoom class through the Smithsonian. DM for details, would love to meet you🐟🐠🐡#gyotaku #gyotakuartist #artistsoninstagram #artworkshop #fish #redsnapper #fishing #natureprintingsociety #hmart #printmaker #handprinted #fineart #japan #smithsonian

Watercolor on Yupo! I love the expressions of thes

Watercolor on Yupo! I love the expressions of these antique scientific instruments…this one with a top hat, that one wielding a spear. Yupo is fussy, you use alcohol to prepare the surface, then you float water onto your drawing. I wanted to add patterned backgrounds, as master Yupo artist George James did, but these look better on stark white. #yupo #yupopaper #golubcollection #ucberkeley #calberkeley #microscopy #microscope #antiquetools #antiquescientific #biology #botany #watercolorpainting #plastic #burntsienna #cobaltblue #winsorandnewton #nationalinstitutesofhealth #nih #artistsoninstagram #natureprintingsociety #octobershow

Two great workshops at the Maryland Natural Histor

Two great workshops at the Maryland Natural History Society … Takuga printing was on the menu:printing with sumi ink and Speedball fabric ink, then adding color using watercolor. Forgot to take pictures of the colored prints, so my own is the last #natureprintingsociety #springtime #leaf #handmade #handprinted #takuga #watercolorprint #marylandnature #printersofinstagram #printmaker #workshop #workshopart #natureobservation #botany #monoprint #impressionsofnature #contemporaycraft #craft #originalprint #awesomestudents

Local folks, there are a few spots left in takuga

Local folks, there are a few spots left in takuga (sumi ink and watercolor prints March 26) and gyotaku (Feb. 26) workshops at the Maryland Natural History Society in Baltimore.Each workshop is 3 hours long and includes most supplies. See Marylandnature.org for more details. #baltimore #baltimoreartist #marylandnature #natureprintingsociety #natureprinting #nature #hickory #sumi #cosmeticbrush #gyotaku #artworkshop #maryland #blackseabass #akua

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

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