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Tree of Life

Tree of Life Tahoe Truckee fine art nature painting

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Mixed acrylic media on reclaimed cabinet door, 20×22.

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A few scenes from today, grateful for my life... B

A few scenes from today, grateful for my life... Beginning of a commission painting in progress in the studio (special request by a collector inspired by both the recent moose and deer paintings), my new @bradhenrypottery mug on the bookshelf, the living room wall hung salon-style.. and yes, that's a semi-abstract, contemporary, landscape-inspired mural behind the other art. I think it works 😌.
I don't know about you, but I feel like I can take a full breath again for the first time in over four years, so I've just been enjoying and sitting with that for the past few days... And now back to the easel #breathein #breatheout #enjoyingthemoment #fineart #artstudio #makeartnotwar #contemporarywildlifeart #contemporarypainting #contemporarymuralart #homeiswheretheartis

Fear is natural, normal, biologically ingrained in

Fear is natural, normal, biologically ingrained in our survival... And also incredibly destructive when we live in it, succumb to it, submit to its offered "reality". We can do great harm to ourselves, our loved ones, the things we care most about, and most definitely strangers to whom we may feel no allegiance and therefore find it easier to unleash the pent up fear and rage... The effects range from seemingly small to large... when we yell at a cashier, ignore the homeless person on the street, yell at the television pundit, rage at the overwhelming injustice of the world, or worse start to redefine reality to make sense of the turmoil by creating stories and placing blame for the overwhelming feeling of fear upon some sort of target, such as immigrants, or blacks, or Jews, or a political party or decide that a single human is the thing that will save us from the chaos. We humans have brains that are built, beautifully, to recognize patterns. Unfortunately however, because of this our beautiful brains create stories even where they don't exist... Hence our ability to be engaged by alluring conspiracy theories that might help explain things and give us a target for the fear... Something to fight against. Some way to take a stand and feel powerful instead of small or alone. Something to allow a direction, an action, some sense of control instead of existential overwhelm. A way to build (even false) ground under our feet. It's genuinely, and one might say legitimately, terrifying to me to watch the actions associated with these false narratives and fear made flesh... But I'm still, at least this moment, going to choose hope... That if we can find ways to connect, to grow empathy, to write different stories and shine light into the lonely dark, that our beautiful hearts might be able to somehow surpass the beautiful but frightened brains that are lost in the woods and give a different light to follow. Fear less. Love more. #FearLess #LoveMore #hopeart #createconnection

A couple of the things that have been keeping my a

A couple of the things that have been keeping my attention in the studio recently... #worksinprogress #newwork #gettinglost #contemporarywildlifeart #contemporarypainting #tahoeartist #truckeeartist #fineartgallery #createeveryday #moose #deer #steep #bear @riversidestudios @eadington_galleries_lake_tahoe @truckeeartsalliance

Detail of a painting currently on the easel... Sho

Detail of a painting currently on the easel... Should be finishing it today. I take refuge in creativity when things are falling apart... Making art feels like my individual act of defiant hope against the rage and fear that I see tearing us apart. Any who know me know that I am very politically aware and active, that I do my best to be informed, and that I approach everything... Life, politics, art... from a place of trying my best to understand humans and their motivations... what connects us, what divides us from ourselves, each other, our natural world... What brings people to a particular choice, and again and again what is reflected back is a greater need for empathy, connection, and an understanding of our place as just one species within a larger ecosystem. When there is so much turmoil in the political sphere I can totally understand that some may dismiss what I do as being less important, perhaps even frivolous, but I beg to disagree. Over and over again I see people open their minds and their hearts when engaged in creative activities, or when watching a red tailed hawk fly through their field of vision, or the white flag trail of a deer disappear into the woods. I create because it's my way to connect others with the world as I experience it, in all of its precious, miraculous beauty. We have to keep finding ways to connect. #wip #whitetaildeer #contemporarywildlifeart #tahoeartist #truckeeartist #fineartgallery #arthealstheheart #arthealsthesoul #arthealscommunities @riversidestudios @eadington_galleries_lake_tahoe @truckeeartsalliance

Bears bears everywhere... Two recent works at @ead

Bears bears everywhere... Two recent works at @eadington_galleries_lake_tahoe in Tahoe City California. #tahoeartist #tahoeblackbear #reclaimedwood #contemporarywildlifeart @visittahoecity

Meet Wilding-Nocturne IV, the latest in the series

Meet Wilding-Nocturne IV, the latest in the series, hanging here in good company next to a lovely piece by Danae Anderson. Stop by @riversidestudios to see this and other works by myself and many other local Tahoe Truckee artists. #tahoeartist #truckeeartist #tahoeblackbear #contemporarywildlifeart #fineartgallery #truckeeculturaldistrict #shoptahoetruckee #supportlocalbusinesses

This little buffalo just found his new home ❤️

This little buffalo just found his new home ❤️. Thank you @riversidestudios ! #wildingseries #reclaimedwood #buffalo #contemporarywildlifeart #contemporarywesternart #tahoeartist #truckeeartist #fineartgallery #truckeeculturaldistrict #smallbusiness @truckeeartsalliance @downtowntruckee

Wishing you all live and light in the new year ❤

Wishing you all live and light in the new year ❤️🌌💗

A few things that bring me joy and that I'm gratef

A few things that bring me joy and that I'm grateful for today... New paintings and playing with new and old ideas, paintings in progress and playing with new techniques, puppies (both two and four legged) playing with each other, art made by friends... enhanced further by it's interaction with the sun, an inspiring book shared at just the right moment last night by a friend after hard news, warm coffee in a cool mug (made by yet another local artist). What is bringing you joy today? We are all struggling and navigating life's storms in whatever craft we have... sometimes enormously and very visibly in a leaky inner tube, many times out of sight... Today I'm intentionally bringing some joy into my own little boat, to hold onto as I sit with things. So what helps you keep your boat balanced? #wearenotalone #whatbringsyoujoy #whatbringsyoucomfort #family #community #connection #artistslife #tahoemama #playeveryday #persistenceoflight @roundwoodfurniture @catdunleavy @mfrakes6 @charliemackesy

Merry Christmas Eve 💖🌲🌌 May we all find w

Merry Christmas Eve 💖🌲🌌 May we all find ways to connect with the ones that we love, to know what is truly precious, to hold hope for healing on all fronts, and to hold compassion for the world and those around us.

Wilding-Nocturne IV. Mixed media acrylic and metal

Wilding-Nocturne IV. Mixed media acrylic and metal leaf on linen. 24x24. #contemporarywildlifeart #tahoeblackbear #tahoeartist #tahoebear #truckeeculturaldistrict #truckeeartist #truckeeartsalliance #shoptahoetruckee

I love it when things transform... Wilding-Mother

I love it when things transform... Wilding-Mother and Child {Red Dog}. Mixed media, acrylic, gold and silver leaf on canvas, framed in reclaimed Tahoe pier wood. #contemporarywildlifeart #reclaimed #truckeeculturaldistrict #tahoeartist #buffalo #protectwildplaces #protectourwildlife

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