Gowanus Open Studios 2025
Left: "Eye Study no. 11: Angel" by Eliza Stein. Right: "Horizons no. 2" by Laura J. Stein. On October 18-19, from noon to 6pm, come visit me at Gowanus Open…
Barney’s Garden
My mostly companion, my best dogfriend Barney passed away last autumn, of old age, which is the best we can hope for, but that only makes it a little easier…
Raccoons Recycle
It's been a while since I shared a view of my artwork from start to finish: this is a proposal I made for an annual program where an artist from…
Lens Studies
Lens Study no. 1 / Graphite / 9x9 inches Another way of seeing. I'm going to do an ink painting next, but I've just had three colds in six weeks,…
Jewel Caterpillar (Acraga coa)
Here is the last illustration or sketch for the Invertober series, where I painted a different invertebrate every day in the month of October (most of it!) This already feels…
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
I was excited to see one of these when I was a kid, only in the summertime if I was away from the city. This sketch gave me some trouble…
Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
At first I wasn't very enthusiastic about painting this scorpion— it looked pretty drab. But the longer I stared at the reference photo and layered timid washes of ink over…
Dragon-head Caterpillar (Polyura athamas)
This pudgy little dragon-headed caterpillar will grow up to be a Common Nawab Butterfly someday. See a photo of their future self here. I'm definitely coloring this one in, with…
Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)
This was a challenging one for Invertober! I don't care for slugs or overripe bananas, and yellow/brown is an icky color combination. So I leaned into the grossness and painted…
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor)
Invertober got me to paint more butterflies than I ever have before! Here is the reference photo I used (figure 4, and it's the ventral side- the dorsal side is…
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