"Stars, Sun, Moon" (2023)

#nationalsiblingsday

"Junicorn #3" (2023)
Digital drawing

#NationalUnicornDay

"Resplendent Quetzal" (2023)
Digital drawing

Today (4/8/2026) is #drawabirdday
This is from a few years ago, but I still like it.

#noai #noaiart #humanartist #drawabird #digitalart

Self portrait in 16th c. dress,
working as Portia St. Luke (circa 2010)
Pen and ink on paper

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 (𝘚𝘊𝘈.)

#penandinkdrawing
#selfportraits #societyforcreativeanachronism
#SCA

Art is primal communication, possibly older than spoken language. Make art for you, because life is short and you're alive, here, right now. The rest is details.

𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰: 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘰"
(2011)

#artprocess #makeart #makearteveryday #artphilosophy #humanartist

Historic photo:
Peace protest, USA, 1960's
(𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯)

#spring

"𝙱𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜."

- 𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚁𝚒𝚕𝚔𝚎
"𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝙿𝚘𝚎𝚝, 𝙻𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟺" (𝟷𝟿𝟶𝟹)

𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰: 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦
𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭
𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘕𝘠

#quotes #rilke #rilkequotes

❄️ Winter sunset ❄️

#buffalove

My art: "Brighid" (2024)
Digital painting

Groundhog Day is also known as Imbolc, Candlemas, Day of the White Candles, St. Bridget's Day, etc.

The symbols here are inspired by the traditions around it:
white candles, St. Bridget's Cross, snowdrops and dandelions.

#noai #humanartist #humanart

"𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚆𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚞𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎."

- 𝙻𝚎𝚡 𝙻𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛,
𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚗
"𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗"
(𝟷𝟿𝟽𝟾)

Happy birthday to my husband and the love of my life, Rob Voss

photo:
Evanston, IL. 2002

"𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝙼𝚛. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚘, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛."

- 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚐𝚎𝚎,
𝙹𝚁𝚁 𝚃𝚘𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚗, "𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜: 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚃𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜"

❄️ Winter wonderland ❄️

Credit: David Revoy
davidrevoy . com

#noai #noaiart #humanartist #humanart

𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 (𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙤) 𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙠𝙪:
𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴
𝘞𝘛𝘍

Merry Christmas, from Rob and me to you and yours.
May the coming year bring you peace, health, prosperity, and joy.
🌟🎄❤️

More hand-painted ornaments from me (2025)
Acrylic on gessoed wood

#newart #art #noai #handmadeornaments #handmadechristmas #handmadegiftsarethebest

My art: "Birches" (2025)
Hand painted ornament
Acrylic on gessoed wood
(𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦)

#art #newart #noai #acrylicpainting #handmadechristmas #handmadeornaments #handmadegiftsarethebest

Credit: Wild Woman Magic

"Yule Cat" by Annie Stegg

"Beware the Yule Cat! In Icelandic folklore, Jólakötturinn, is a giant cat who prowls the longest winter nights, hunting those who didn’t receive new clothes before Christmas. So… here’s hoping socks are under the tree. 🧦🐈‍⬛ Merry Christmas Eve, everyone!"

##Jólakötturinn

Art by the legendary Charles Vess

Credit: Adventures in New York (Facebook)

One of my favorite annual holiday traditions is hand-painting Christmas ornaments together ❤️

Poem: "Being Boring," by Wendy Cope

Sunrise through frost on a window (Buffalo, NY)

Outside, it's 7° F. (approx. -14° C.)

𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦.
𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵.
𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.

- 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘴

My art: "December Moon"
Digital (2022)

#digitalart #noai #humanartist

Hilda Hechle : "The Fairy Boat" (also known as "Fairy Love Boat")

#fairyart #fairycore

Art by Akiko Kusaka

my art: "Yuletide" (2025 revision)
digital painting

#noai #humanartist #humanart #digitalpainting #digitaldrawing #digitalillustration #digitalart #figurative_art #catart #christmas #christmas2025 #yule #yuletide #solstice #wintersolstice❄️ #solstice2025