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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 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

102 years ago, WW I ended. People wore surgical ma

102 years ago, WW I ended. People wore surgical masks as they danced in the streets on November 11, 1918 because the Spanish flu was at its height in the United States. In San Francisco, it took a year for life to return to normal. As we wait for our confinement to pass, I hope you can use your art, your energy, and maybe your own practical ideas to create something beautiful and unusual, your own interpretation of these times. Link in bio to quick leaf prints with a watercolor set. #artathome #leafart #nature ##makedo #artistsoninstagram #artforkids #artoftheday #watercolor #friends #inthistogether #quarantine

Two of the hand-printed aprons I’m exhibiting at

Two of the hand-printed aprons I’m exhibiting at the Marblehead Arts Association this spring from April to June. I was on the lookout for big leaves all fall and winter, and I especially love the Deer Tongue ferns I found in Coos Bay, Oregon. They print like a dream and hold up through multiple colors. Only 3 more aprons to go! #handprinted #handprintedtextiles #modernbotanicals #fern #apron #surlatable #natureprint #printmaker #marbleheadartsassociation #marblehead #artistlife #coosbay #oregonexplored

Gyotaku direct printing class, printing shrimp in

Gyotaku direct printing class, printing shrimp in the shell, porgy, grunt...whatever I could find at the local H Mart! A great group of students tried all the fish, even inking butterfish by hand when the brush was too coarse. #gyotaku #fishing #natureprint #seafood #hmart #speedball #fishprint #marineart #artistlife #artworkshop #smithsonian

Printing all this sunny day with @milanalau30 : si

Printing all this sunny day with @milanalau30 : silk scarves, hand printed and silk screened. Time flew by...#scarf #handprintedfabric #natureprint #artistonistagram #sandiego #friendship #jasmine #modernbotanicals

Spent a great afternoon printing with @milanalau30

Spent a great afternoon printing with @milanalau30 and @fishingforgyotaku...a real meeting of the minds!
I found this 4’ bull kelp under the cliffs on the beach at Del Mar, the tadpole like head was solid and I got lots of funny looks ( and one wave!) carrying it the mile home. Lucky @milanalau30 had big enough paper for me to print it on, here with sumi and vinegar. •
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#delmarbeach #seaweed #pacificocean #sandiego #handprinted #artistsoninstagram #kelpforest #friendship #artistlife #natureprint

Thanks to everyone who signed up for this January

Thanks to everyone who signed up for this January class at the Smithsonian! If you couldn’t make this one, I’ll be teaching gyotaku again in early May, same place. #gyotaku #fish #fishing #natureprint #butterfish #printmaking #artistsoninstagram #smithsonian

Leaves shading the green skin of a MacIntosh apple

Leaves shading the green skin of a MacIntosh apple, everywhere else turned red....#apples #fallfruit #sunprint #applesauce #favoritefruit#photogram#leaf

Taught printing on cloth using a walking press to

Taught printing on cloth using a walking press to a class of 12 ( including these great students!) at the Smithsonian Associates last weekend! I brought washed and ironed muslin, linen and cotton bags to experiment with, and then students took off on their own, designing scarves and shirts they brought from home. Next week...gyotaku!
#handprintedtextiles #printmaking #jacquard #artist life#smithsonianmuseum #smithsonianassociates #washingtondc #natureprint #leaf#scarfdesign #tshirtdesign

Working the walking press to make leaf prints on s

Working the walking press to make leaf prints on shirts for a group show at the Marblehead Arts Association in April. Have to print now, before the leaves are gone for the winter! It’s a thrill to use ferns I collected on the other coast, here is the large shield fern and the delicate deer tongue fern, which left spores on the tabletop all on its own....#handprint #handprintedfabric #anthropologiewalnutcreek #leaf #surfacedesign #marbleheadartsassociation #womensshirts #artistlife #lovecollectingleaves

Teaching white line woodcuts @natureprintingsociet

Teaching white line woodcuts @natureprintingsociety conference, carving into shina plywood with 3 mm v shaped knives, registering paper with tacks along one side, and painting each shape with watercolor and gouache. Often you can get a great ghost print off the board just by misting with water and pressing a new sheet of paper on top. #handprint #handprinting #whitelinewoodcut #oregoncoast #natureprintingsociety #provincetownprint #woodcutprint #artistonistagram

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