5” x 5” Series

I’ve been painting consistently over the past several years.
Momentum has grown quietly through this consistent action.

When you are consistent,
The pathway (in your mind) becomes worn,
like a path of less and less resistance.
One step at a time.
Less resistance, more flow.

I’ll be releasing a series of 5” paintings over the next few months. They were born from my painting practice over the past two years. Little bite-sized canvases that didn't seem too intimidating to start (or finish).

My goal is to complete 100 pieces.
50+ are done (and many others are in progress).

I plan to post a few of them each weekon Instagram and on my website.
Stay tuned!

'Bearing it 2' 6" x 6" Colourful, gentle bear 🧸 Leaning to make frames for these. Advice is appreciated!

'Grin and bear it 1' 6" x 6" An experiment with colour and a toddler-friendly subject :) I've had this idea to create a series of colourful animals for a while. What do you think? For anyone interested, I'll be doing larger ones also. Stay tuned. I've always struggled with reference images- creating my own / using stock images or merging multiple references in my mind to create something cohesive. I recently started experimenting with AI to create reference images. After many, many iterations, I used one of the results as a reference image for this bear. I feel inspired and exhausted by it at the same time. There were so many iterations that I liked, I ended up painting 3 of them at the same time. It felt efficient as I already had the palette poured and ready. AI is a useful tool and will be used more and more as our future unfolds. I want to remain transparent about the use of it so nothing needs to be speculated. What are your thoughts on AI reference images? How different are they from AI generated captions or AI improved articles (words)?

'Rainbow portal' 15/100 5" x 5" This is a study for a 20" x 20" version (in progress :) )

'Chickadee' 14/100 5"x5" I've been putting birdseed out on a bridge by the lake in hopes that the chickadees (and friends) will start greeting us on our daily walks ☺️