Sticky Genius

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My most recent resin art piece. A botanical documentary of our motorcycle travels from New York to Nova Scotia and back. I carried a little notebook with me where I collected and pressed leaves, flowers, and feathers throughout our journey. It is difficult to bring back souvenirs while traveling on a motorcycle. This piece is better than any trinket I could have bought. In fact, I think I want to make one for every trip for now on. It was a beautiful way to encapsulate the memories, feelings, and experiences in a way that when I gaze upon it I can feel them again. Next time I’ll try to do a better job filming the process, but I can’t make any promises. Sometimes it’s better to leave some mystery and just enjoy what comes. #motorcycleadventure #resinart #botanicalart #novascotia #newengland

Recently, I have been learning how to watercolor. I’ve never been good at sketching or drawing, but I have been enjoying the process of watercolor because it is more forgiving. The more into I get the more I practice, the more I realize that I am going to need to work on my sketching/drawing skills to make what I want to appear on the paper. My upcoming birthday trip to Costa Rica has me inspired to practice more, so I can bring my paints and attempt to nature journal my way through the rainforests, mountains and beaches. I found this toucan picture on the site of the main Airbnb destination we will be heading for and spent the last two evenings trying to bring it to life on paper. I recently discovered from a bird book I’m reading and immediately purchased his book. I think his ideas have helped me not be overwhelmed with starting my sketches and gives great ideas on how to break things down into simple sections. This is my first attempt at a bird. Im tempted to try it again in more abstract styles and less detail, but Im pleasantly surprised with how it came out. John Muir Laws has tons of free resources on line, but the book is a thing of beauty and I highly recommend it.

I celebrated Cinco de Mayo over the weekend starting at the Boardroom where they were having both a Cinco de Mayo and a Kentucky Derby celebration complete with a fasinator contest, so of course, I had to throw something completely insane together a day before. A trip to the Dollar Tree, a whole lot of glue, and some herbal infused creativity later and you have what might be the first Mexinucky fasinator ever! Of course, I won. It was very anticlimactic, but I love a good creative challenge. I had to continue the party on to ESBC because this hat needed to make more people smile, which it did! Not sure what in the world I’ll do with this thing now, but I may need to buy a plastic head to display it in my room just a little bit longer because it makes me happy! Viva la Mexinucky!!

Some of the beautiful faces wearing my masks 😷❤️