A vibrant illustrated poster with hand lettering that reads "turn your trauma into solidarity — your struggle is my struggle", featuring three hands holding a rock, a lit firework, and a lit molotov cocktail, respectively, surrounded by flames.
Solidarity — illustration — 2024
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#solidarity #illustration #lettering
A photo of two copies of Mass Defense Hotline — Mini Guide, printed and arranged on a wooden table, with one displaying the cover, and the other open to a page of print and illustration.
Made a mini guide to Mass Defense Hotline, detailing the many ways it can help you navigate an arrest in Portland. Print and propagate the zine. ↓
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There’s also a web version of the guide, created for Mass Defense Hotline’s new website. 🔗 MassDefenseHotline.com
A photo of two copies of Mass Defense Hotline — Mini Guide, printed and arranged on a wooden table, with one displaying the cover, and the other open to a page of print and illustration.
Made a mini guide to Mass Defense Hotline, detailing the many ways it can help you navigate an arrest in Portland. Print and propagate the zine. ↓
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Year-to-date, Defense Fund PDX has paid over $60k to bail 120 people, in addition to keeping the hotline running. Every sale contributes materially to freeing someone from jail.
A vibrant illustrated poster with hand lettering that reads "our oppressors will never keep up with the love and joy we create", featuring two house finches building a nest on a fence lined with razor wire, stringing a strip of police tape between their beaks, ready repurpose it.
Love & Joy — illustration — 2024
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#birdart #illustration #lettering
Year-to-date, Defense Fund PDX has paid over $60k to bail 120 people, in addition to keeping the hotline running. Every sale contributes materially to freeing someone from jail.
A graphic featuring shirts with a printed design that reads "(971) 247-1072 — Mass Defense Hotline — Call From Jail!" accompanied by an illustration of a smiling person in a ski mask holding a corded telephone, and an icon of breaking handcuffs. The graphic reads "Limited Time!! Fundraiser" with broken chain ornaments.
Mass Defense Hotline has been a gateway to support for anyone dealing with the carceral system in Multnomah County since 2017. Wear this design as a reminder to memorize it when risking arrest. All proceeds to Defense Fund PDX, Portland's longstanding bail fund.
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A graphic featuring shirts with a printed design that reads "(971) 247-1072 — Mass Defense Hotline — Call From Jail!" accompanied by an illustration of a smiling person in a ski mask holding a corded telephone, and an icon of breaking handcuffs. The graphic reads "Limited Time!! Fundraiser" with broken chain ornaments.
Mass Defense Hotline has been a gateway to support for anyone dealing with the carceral system in Multnomah County since 2017. Wear this design as a reminder to memorize it when risking arrest. All proceeds to Defense Fund PDX, Portland's longstanding bail fund.
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Digital color sketches of Bufflehead, Pacific Wren, Pie-billed Grebe, Green-winged Teal, and American Coot.
Digital color sketch of Red-shouldered Hawk.
Some exciting sightings, including some lifetime firsts, at Smith & Bybee Wetlands last month.
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#birding #birdart #illustration
Loose digital painting of cherry blossoms against a vibrant blue sky.
Cherry Blossoms — digital painting — 2023
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#art #digitalpainting #gardening
Thank you!
Hard choice! I've enjoyed drawing birds with strong angular silhouettes the most, so maybe Bewick's Wren. But I adore so many of them and this whole project has been a pleasure so far.
Digital color sketches of Anna's Hummingbird, Glaucous-winged Gull, Bushtit, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and House Sparrow.
Moving on to drawing the birds I saw in February.
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#birding #art #illustration
Digital color sketches of Cedar Waxwing, Rock Pigeon, and Mourning Dove.
Thus concludes the January bird log, totaling 36 different birds for the month.
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#birding #art #illustration
A portrait sketch of Santos Reyes-Banegas, 1983-2025
A portrait sketch of Ismael Ayala-Uribe, 1985-2025
A portrait sketch of Norlan Guzmán-Fuentes, ~1988-2025
Three new memorial portraits for those killed by ICE, all in September last year.
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Exact same. Please know you make incredible stuff and it's not a reflection on the quality of your work whatsoever!
Did we get rejected by the same zine fest? 🙃
An oil painting of Kelley Point, featuring young trees backdropped by a confluence and distant mountains on a partly cloudy day, painted in blocky vibrant colors.
Kelley Point Spring — oil on linen panel —2024
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#art #oilpainting #pdx
We Must Never Move On — animation — 2024
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#art #animation #lettering
We Must Never Move On — animation — 2024
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#art #animation #lettering
A grid of 15 brightly colored memorial portraits of those killed by ICE from January 2025-to early September 2025.
In the last month I have drawn 15 memorial portraits for those killed by ICE— Just short of halfway through the list for 2025. Really feeling the enormity of this project.
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Thank you!
An oil painting of a close-up tide pool backdropped by sand dunes and a partly cloudy sky, in vibrant blues on a metallic copper panel.
Tide Pool — oil on copper panel — 2023
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#art #oilpainting #pnw
Digital color sketches of Double-crested Cormorant, Steller's Jay, Cackling Goose, Mallard, American Wigeon, and Gadwall.
Digital color sketches of Red-breasted Sapsucker, Great Blue Heron, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, Northern Pintail, and Trumpeter Swan.
One afternoon on Sauvie Island and I checked many special birds off my list for 2026.
#birding #art #illustration
Digital color sketch of Bald Eagle (Juvenile)
Digital color sketches of Bewick's Wren, House Finch, Northern Flicker, American Robin, Lesser Goldfinch, and Spotted Towhee.
Here are some more birds I saw in January.
#birding #art #illustration
A digital painting of a cricket nestled in the leaves of a basil plant, painted in loose strokes with varied hues.
Cricket on Basil — digital painting — 2022
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#art #digitalpainting
I love the limited palette on this one. Which pigments did you use?
An impressionistic oil painting of a head of cabbage growing in a garden, painted in bright greens and blues.
Flat Leaf Cabbage — oil on wood panel — 2022
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#art #oilpainting #gardening
Four new memorial portraits for those killed by ICE in June and July last year.
