July 2026 Edition

The Summer of Prepping

We're halfway through the year and I feel like I've accomplished so much but there's still even more to get done. My summer will have a lot of prepping and creating since I have some exciting things happening in the fall.

First thing is I will have a booth at Art on The Green on September 26! Its a bigger show than the first one I did this year and it takes place at a park I like to hang out and sketch in frequently so it feels fitting that I get to share my art there. I'm planning on selling what I had at my last show but I'm also working on getting some original sketches together as well as putting together a coloring book for sale. The coloring book will be Delaware/Chesapeake Bay themed since we've got such interesting marine & freshwater wildlife around here.

Second thing happening this fall is I will be putting on a solo exhibition of my art, my first exhibition! It will be in Chester Heights, PA at Parastudy and runs October 20th-23rd with an opening reception on the 20th. The theme is "The Wonders Below: An Exploration of the Beauty Found Deep in the Ocean". I've got some older pieces I plan to display in the exhibit but I'm also creating some new paintings of ocean creatures. Its very exciting I get to have a spot to share my art in person so I want to make sure I really push myself with the new art I'm making for this exhibit.

I've got a good amount of art I want to get done in time for this fall. Which seems a bit daunting at first but also what a good problem to have. I told myself earlier this year I wanted to put more of my art out in the world and now look at me :).

Thanks so much for joining me in this edition. Next month I will have more progress updates as well as further details for both events so you guys can come check them out!

June Highlights

Here's a sneak preview of a commission I worked on this month. This was a Koi fish created in watercolor on hot press paper. I haven't delivered it to who commissioned it, but once I do you guys will get to see the finished piece.

I honestly can't remember if I sketched this in May or June but let's just say I made this in June. I wanted to do a sort of mixed media collage with this but I haven't decided if I will color it with acrylic paint markers or maybe just ink it with pigma microns. I guess we'll just have to see next month.