Sincerely, SAM: An Artist's Story

I LOVE how this turned out. 🎨 This is a spot up on mountain loop off the steep side of a trail. 🌲 The icy water was so clear you could see to the bottom. 🌊🐟 I love any excuse to break out the old prismacolors. . . . #prismacolor #artistoninstagram #drawing #nature #pnw #coloredpencil #art #river

🎨 Playing around with my micron pens today. I go through those so fast! ✒📒 . . . #art #nature #drawing #sketch #penandink #micronpigmapens #micron #sketchbook #plants #pnw #pretty

Doing some studies of Japanese paintings/prints as well. Original work by Katsushika Hokusai and Ando Hiroshige. Late 18th century artists. I learn so much about perspective and simplicity of color usage from these artists. After I finish my current painting I want to do a sunset that really focuses on the color yellow. . . . #art #sketch #sketchbook #study #japaneseart #perspective #drawing

1. 🎨 Painting, painting, painting... WIP continues! 🌲🌿🌊 . . . #oilpainting #painting #art #pnw #oregoncoast #oregon #river #wip #workinprogress

Hehehehehe heh Doing a study on drawing rocks. Really interested in the the colors that come out with algae underwater, especially with my latest painting. . . . #study #art #sketch #nature #rock #drawing #coloredpencil #therock

Missing those warm sandy beaches already... 🌞 . . . #art #drawing #coloredpencil #beach #sandbetweenmytoes #waves #pacificnorthwest #coast

🎨Oil painting of one of the trails Max and I walked through during our Oregon trip. 🌿🍀 Looking forward to many more adventures with him. 💖🍃🌸 . . . #nature #painting #oilpainting #pnw #pacificnorthwest #art #artist

Doodlin'... Not lifting the pen off the paper is a fun exercise until you realize you have to retrace back around the whole thing because you forgot an ear... . . . #doodle #art #drawing #sketch #sketchbook

✏🎨 First Bridge, Silvana, in ink and colored pencil. One of my favorite places. 😍 . . . #drawing #art #sketch #sketchbook #micronpigmapens #micron #bridge #nature #river

🌱 I made this painting a while ago for Max. He specifically requested the scene.🌴 😂 I think he misses Florida. It's an oil painting on an old board. We are going to spruce it up eventually.🌿🌸 . . . #art #oilpainting #alligator #trashpanda #racoon #Florida #drawing #skate #board #painting #ilovethatboy #waterski

🍃🍀🌵Posting some plant studies from the last few months today! Debuting my fake succulent on my desk. 😀 . 'Cause I'm awful at taking care of plants. 😥🌱🌿 . . . #art #plants #succulents #coloredpencil #sketchbook #drawing

A scene from our trip to the Oregon coast. I've always loved my prismacolors. 😍 . . . #prismacolor #coloredpencil #drawing #nature #oregon #oregoncoast #summer #river #pnw #pacificnorthwest #art

🎨 More from my sketchbook! A colored pencil study of a thistle and a bee from Silvana earlier this summer. Gotta love prismacolor. 😎 . . . #art #coloredpencil #sketch #lifedrawing #bee #drawing

🎨🌈Did a quick 20 min study of the trees behind our campsite in gouache. :) 🌲🌻 (at Wheeler, Oregon)

I wish we made a Batwoman POP. #funko #funkopop #batwoman #pop #penandink #drawing #sketch

🎨🌈 Done! Colored pencils on toned paper. . . . #art #coloredpencil #drawing #nature #mountainloophighway #washington

Done! 🎨😵😴 One of the cooler DIYs I've done, I think. Took a sad, broken key rack and turned it into something new using epoxy, oil paint, fixative, and a new mail holder. . . . #diy #art #oilpainting #painting #nature #deer