Pat Bagley cartoon

Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

Oh sorry, I haven’t been online that much tonight, I’ve been forced to help organize a safety patrol at my kid’s daycare, because ICE stopped by today.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

Abolishing ICE is the bare minimum.

We need to dismantle DHS. We need restitution. And we need trials.

You get a bunch of choices including the ability to braid it yourself if you’d like! (Don’t worry they give you picture and video instructions 🤪) #ceotha #handfastingcord #handfastingceremony #cordtyingceremony #pagan #celtichandfasting #artisanal #smallbusiness #love #thickasthieves #boundtogether

A website homepage showing the Ireland based artisan business that sells traditional Celtic handfasting cords you can personalize

The opened package of the handfasting cord, untied as ordered.

The full handfasting cord, completely tied and ready to have the charms attached

If anyone is interested in absolutely gorgeous personalized hadfasting cords please check out Ceotha Designs! Tbh I was only able to afford them on time cause I had an Afterpay account but of the two things we decided to splurge money on as wedding keepsakes it will never be something I regret!

A picture of a purple and black braided cord with charms, the cord is propped upon a book at an angle

I’ve been going back and forth on an idea but I decided on something sentimental, the main focus of my piece is the cord I hand braided for my wife and I’s hand-fasting ceremony. #art #pagan #handfasting #cordtying #coloredpencils #archivalinkpens #prismacolor #pigmamicron #acotar #mixedmedia #love

Went to the local art store for the first time in a hot while and it was such a good move. Not only did I get some supplies I’ve looked at for ages but I found out they do open call art shows through the year!
February’s show theme is “everyday magic”, and I think I’m gonna use colored pencils.

A painting of some mountains overlooking a forest and shoreline. The panting itself is created on the artist’s forearm

Another quick piece that’s on the older side, this one is from 2018. I didn’t have canvases or good paper to use with my acrylics so I worked with what I had, this is also one of the pieces I did while watching Bob Ross. #art #acrylicpaint #bodypainting #bobross
#thejoyofpainting #thisisyourworld

A simple painting of a reddish orange planet to the right, a small blue and white planet in the upper left hand corner, and an astronaut’s visors in the lower left hand corner

Another highschool era piece of mine, did this one for a world history final project actually. We picked out Nat Geo issues the teach had and did a project of our choosing based on it.
#art #space #nationalgrographics #acrylicpaint #mars #earth #astronaut #acryliconcanvas

This painting shows character depictions from Bioshock 2 on the upper half and then a diamond pickaxe from Minecraft and Freddie fazbear from FNAF on the lower half

So I guess since I’ve been doing a lot more art people can see (chalkboards at work) I’m gonna make this both a me blog and an art blog. Get ready to see a lot more of my previous work and possibly progress photos of the chalkboards 🙌 This piece is over a decade old.
#art #bioshock #fnaf #minecraft