A new wintery painting...

I started this next painting on a bit of whim.  Now that I think about it, I've been collecting inspiration for months and just didn't realize it.  Like, for example, when I went mushroom hunting in the woods a few months ago and envied all the skinny trees and the mossy forest floor...

and when I went on a photoshoot with Honna and her three siblings and took pictures on top of the giant twisting roots...

I've been seeing these antlers everywhere on Etsy (and even purchased a pair from this shop)... 

 And these arctic foxes I've been secretly obsessing over- their fuzzy white coats and dark eyes are entrancing.  Oh!  And how about this ridiculously gorgeous and woodsy treehouse with the antler chandelier?

Ok so maybe all of these different images don't quite connect...what do antlers have to do with tree roots and arctic foxes?  Well, hopefully in the next few days, I can show you.

 Sources: Naturally shed deer antler wall mount, Single naturally shed deer antler,

Arctic Fox 1 and 2, gathered antler chandelier

Colorado inspirations

Oh how I wish I could have brought a piece of those mountains back with me.

I would have liked to keep it in my pocket.

Just a bits and pieces of the blue.

They truly were my favorite sight in all of Colorado.  The most beautiful part is the way bits of light and fog move across them all day long, sending some into the background and bringing some into focus.

Brendan Reals Photography

I tend to think that the most beautiful things in this world are not manmade things at all, but carefully crafted things made by the artistic hand of God.  Can you see His fingerprints in these hills?

Once I get my photographs from the trip in order, I'll show you much more of what I mean.

Surely these mountains will make their way into my paintings!



Wild Wilderness Photography

Perhaps this little guy will too...

Julie Magers Soulen Photography

Perhaps he already is!