From June 4th-8th, I will be 1 of 40 incredible artists that will be stationed throughout the Atlanta Zoo creating original works of art inspired by the animals that live there. Select pieces created here at the Zoo en plein air (in the open air) during Paint Out Week will be available for purchase during the Art Gone Wild Sale, June 16th and 17th in the Conservation Action Resource Center (ARC) during Zoo business hours. Alternatively, smaller sketches will be available for

Jessi and I teamed up to paint this temporary mural on Path 400 in Atlanta Georgia. If you are local to the area it is near the Wieuca Rd entrance. It is 8ftx20ft and took us about 5-6 hours to complete. This mural is one of 5 that are being sponsored by Kaiser Permanente in partnership with Livable Buckhead. The piece is meant to bring attention to mental health awareness and general well being, plus a reminder to everyone out there that YOU ARE LOVED! Never forget that. Mus

So, one of the Youtubers I follow inadvertantly started a painting with tea challenge, which we have decided to call the #blacksummerteachallenge.... And I was in love with her piece so I decided I need to join in on the fun and make my own. I know Claire did a mermaid as well, but I just love mermaids, how could I not also do one? Pros of tea: It is a delicious beverage Cons of tea: It is not an art supply haha, so it was a bit of a struggle, I ended up cheating a bit, using

My gallery, Art Gallery of Viera, has an "Around the World" show coming up in August, so to prepare I thought I would do something a bit different and paint a few landmarks from, you guessed it, around the world... I got a bit carried away and did 5, I would have even done more if I hadn't run out of canvas! These are 5x7 mini's done in acrylic paint and will be selling for $40, and I will also be making cards. Above is the Northern Lights, and shown below is the Eiffel Tower

Happy Bob Ross Day! Spent the morning hanging out with Cass and friends as we all painted a Bob Ross piece. Since it was a livestream event I started off painting in photoshop with everyone else but my laptop wasn't having it so I switched to an impromptu acrylic set up and did Google hangouts on my phone so I could be part of the livestream... the things we do. Hopefully I'll be able to figure out how to live stream soon and then I can do some work on my Picarto #painting #a