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Muse progress... 🖤🎨  I'm fully aware this looks like a finished painting, but I'll actually be painting a portrait on top of this!! This is the same way I got started painting cloudscapes a few years ago... I was working on a portrait and the background looked super awesome and kind of cloudscape-ish, so I left it as is, never finished the portrait, and called it done. About 10 cloudscape paintings later, I've really come to love painting dramatic skies and nature, but I miss my portraits. So this painting will be the best of both worlds.... assuming I don't mess up the portrait :)

Creepy bird(s) is finally finished! And, as I was laying down the last strokes, a big ant bit me between my toes. Jerk. BUT IT’S DONE. Good night, creepy bird. #shoebillstork #williamsburgpaint #oilpainting #oils #gamblinpaints #painting #art #bird #birds #creepy #spooky #gothic #eerie https://www.instagram.com/p/BzCRZyqFtVD/?igshid=ukud0ct6nfik

Because I can’t leave well enough alone, I adjusted Creepy Bird’s background and took off his trench coat. Now he’s naked! 🙀 #oils #oilpainting #painting #art #shoebillstork #bird #creepy #spooky #gothic #williamsburgpaint #gamblinpaints https://www.instagram.com/p/ByODrQZFKdB/?igshid=er2hrzljo5ub

I think Fantastic Mr Fox is done! #oils #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #painting #gamblinpaints #art #fox #surreal https://www.instagram.com/p/BwS8099nieP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11r2fariowrr2

More progress on this piece. #art #artistsoninstagram #oilpainting #gamblinpaints #winsorandnewton https://www.instagram.com/p/B0fOqDfhBIC/?igshid=1ldhh5w5ti0i0

Realized that what Creepy Bird needed was Creepy Friends! Need to wait to add details, but I feel like it’s on the right track finally. #shoebillstork #williamsburgpaint #gamblinpaints #oilpainting #oils #painting #art #bird #creepy #spooky #gothic #dark https://www.instagram.com/p/ByoqAZuFjzw/?igshid=16as305sxc4io

Started painting and a spooky girl appeared! Not done yet, but still spooky:) #oilpainting #oils #gamblinpaints #oiloncanvas #wip #goth #gothgirl #spooky #spookygirl #redhair #painting #art https://www.instagram.com/p/BwS8PiwBDXl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u1dpafqi52is