Art by Emma Olsen

I've been really struggling, I hope all of you have been okay. This is one of a series I'm working on, though I'm not sure if I'm finished or not. I don't know, we'll see. I hope you guys like it! I'm not sure of the dimensions right now but it's pretty big, 2ft x 5ft? Oil painting.

Commission for a client, prismacolor markers and ink. Things have been very stressful recently. =( Seems to be one thing after the other, but hopefully things will settle down soon. I've been doing a lot of work on a series of oil paintings that I should be able to put up soon.

Pumpkin carving for this year. I wanted something simple and relaxing, figured a skull would do it. =P Though I did slice my thumb open.

The last house for the client.

Another one of the houses that I drew for a client. I wanted to have this more centered but yeah . . .

Commission I did for Christmas 2020 of three houses, I'll be posting the other two soon.

I meant to post this last night (I'm going to try to make Thursdays the nights I upload) but ended up forgetting. Oops. Here is the second piece for the client.

WIP

Bro I’m just browsing art and remembering when I was trying to ‘find my style’ . . . it was so exciting, every drawing was different and new. Now I just feel like they kinda are what they are. lol Here’s another painfully realistic girl. BAM

Sorry for the long silence. Art felt like too much until about a month or two ago, though I still did a few commissions over the past year or two that I haven't shared. Here is one of them.

I think the most frustrating thing for me as a coach is watching how many of my players flagrantly disregard their bodies' limits and push through injuries they should not be pushing through. As a society we've really prized this idea of 'push through the pain' without explaining the different types of pain. Burning muscles is one thing, limping because your knee is giving out is another. I think it bothers me so much because I am an abuse survivor, and when I was younger I pushed through everything because I had internalized that my body was to blame for all the horrible things that had happened to me. Rebuilding that relationship with my body has taken years and years - and sometimes I am still not very kind to it. When you foster a world where it is regular and normal and seen as a 'positive' thing to push through injuries, then you also normalize a world where people are dissociated from and dismissive of their bodies. They're taught to not care when they roll an ankle, sprain a wrist, tear a ligament - so when their uncle rubs their leg in a strange way they've already gotten used to this concept of 'push through uncomfortable feelings.' I want to stop telling 13-18 year olds that they need to respect their bodies. Yes, youth thinks it's invincible, but we also send messages constantly reinforcing this false narrative that you can push through anything, survive anything - when the truth is that, while you can, you most likely will have to piece yourself back together again at the end of it.

This was a very large, very time-consuming commission - I think the final dimensions were 22.5"x28.5" so it was basically the whole art board. The dogs were superimposed onto a winter scene and a few little details were added. Everything is graphite except for a bit of marker.

Drawing I did at Steel City Con of a client's two dalmatians. I kept forgetting to upload, sorry!

2019 was good on paper for me but horrible in practice, so I'm really glad it's done. I haven't had a more stressful year in a long, long time and it made me burn out hard on my art. So, I'm trying to get back into posting on Wednesdays because I do have content, just haven't had the energy to do this shit. Hope you guys have been well! This was a Christmas ornament I made out of Sculpey for my in-laws of Kev, myself, and our dogs. I painted the details with my oils since I couldn't find my acrylics. It's been a few years since I did clay and I definitely needed a stand or something as things got a bit messed up, but I'm happy with it overall. 2020, please be better for my mental health. lol

Commission of Bill Mazeroski, Roberto Clemente, and Willie Stargell from the Pittsburgh Pirates. This is actually an older version of this but I liked it a bit better (the client wanted the numbers on their shoulders.) Hopefully I should be more present now that high school volleyball is over, this season was really, really taxing on me and made it difficult for me to do any art. I also had a number of losses this year doing outdoor shows and it really made me need a break, so hopefully now I can get back into things. Thanks for your patience!

Hi everyone, having a little time to breathe and try to catch up on art. It feels nice. ;o; Commission of a cat named Jeremiah.

Commission for Raymond, Thank you! It's based off the image on the left, I tried to look up the artist but had no luck.