Studio Stuff Is Suspended For A While, And Has Been. I Got Another Bad Infection Right As Soon As Finals

Studio stuff is suspended for a while, and has been. I got another bad infection right as soon as finals were finished, and after that, a serious family emergency came up. A member of my extended family has stage-four lung cancer and is, in all likelihood, going to die sometime within the next year. Things have been a bit chaotic here. 

I’m trying to get back to it, but in some ways, I also need a mental vacation. I started making Japanese ricebran pickles, nukazuke. They are delicious and healthy. I’m planning a post saying that I am open for portrait commissions. Been reading books, that sort of thing. As artists, we don’t always have to be going full-on, especially when there’s other things going on in our lives. 

My dog melted.

Finished portrait commission. Thanks, B.! 

Commissions are still available

A reworking of a series of paintings I made some time back. 

These are available as prints in yonder shoppe, but they will not be forever. I will make these available until the end of the summer (September 1st) and after that, they will disappear. 

The biggest joke here is that I am an adult 

with a master's degree 

who teaches at a university

I started collecting Re-ment miniatures.