Turtle Makes Things

Spicebush and Spicebush Swallowtail

A painting I made trying to get out of an art slump. Done with Liquitex basics acrylics.

Snapdragon and Common Buckeye

My first plein air painting, done with Liquitex Basics acrylics.

Wild Senna and Cloudless Sulphur

Pearl Crescent and New England Aster

Purple Coneflower and Silvery Checkerspot

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and Sweetbay Magnolia

Giant Silk Moth and Tulip Tree

The Aquarium

Monarchs and Milkweed

A sweet scent catches the breeze as the bees mingle in the lavender field.

The Harbingers of Spring

A little figurine of the stray cat that lives near my apartment.

Part 2 of my Suneaters series.

She always treasures these moments the most, their nightly meetings in the lavender patch. The stars always seem to shine a little bit brighter when they gaze up at the sky together, basking in the scent of the flowers and each other’s company.

What would the world be, if not for the busy worker bee toiling in their daily labor? How wonderful a sight the clover field is, flourish under their care and full of hidden gems, all just waiting to be spotted by a keen onlooker.