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Vampire Violets in me Bootanical Garden. #flowerart #blacklightart (but not in the dark yet) #spookyseason #vampireflower #googlyeyes #bootanicalgarden #doitfortheprocess #uvart

Potted bougainvillea on trellis. (A request.) If I were to do this all over again I would do it way differently. Fortunately I’ve had a bit to work on this fence painting, so I can move forward in these later stages with all the wisdom I’ve gathered throughout the process. Mostly I think I fucked up with an initial paint chemistry combo. Legit the main magenta color is like oil/water to the fence. The futility of painting a disappearing flower is lost on me and the fence. #existentialflower #bougainvillea #magenta #paintingwomen #paintingwomyn #lbart #flowerart #artprocess #doitfortheprocess #artmural

@angelinasaenzpoet wrote an incredible book of poetry called Edgecliff. @flowersongpress published it. You can buy it on the FlowerSong Press website. Angelina asked me to draw a cover for it and gave me this great photo to work with. I feel really special to be able to illustrate this image and to have drawn some other lines from her IG for the book. It’s all very exciting. #poetry #edgecliff #flowersongpress #bookcover #illustration #drawingprocess #lawriters #angelinasáenz

I made this walk-through of my black light mural as part of a pandemic, crowd sourced music video I never ended up submitting to because all the takes never seemed quite right. Either I’m settling now, or I was a bit too critical then. Or something else entirely. Anywho, this video is before I painted the ground of the space with fluorescent leaves. #blacklightart #uvart #muralart #interactiveart #fluorescent #fluorescentart #selfportrait #blacklightmural #processart #doitfortheprocess

The band #wamdingis does a lot of great things and it feels good to be a part of great things, so go to @wamdingis and click the link in their bio to vote for them in the final round of #openingact -ness. If they win they’d play the Hollywood Bowl and get some $ to make music and support art. #everyday #digitaldrawing #darkparlor #clickvote

Outdoor shower turned into global warming narrative?

The first pic has hidden paintings! I was working on an origami bird and fish painting triad. They’re slanted on the left wall of first pic. Odd rainbow gradient floor. I’m for it. This is from a year ago, and the walls still glow. The ground reflects the time a bit more. Which I’m also for*.

Moving forward looking back noting clear acrylic sealer to control the palimpsest of the past and always always challenging comma rules because there’s so much more to run on when it’s painted in the ground beneath your feet. #blacklightart #plantart #doitfortheprocess

Flowers exposed. Trying to use patterns to make petals. Flowers are incredible. #flowerart #blacklightart

Some process of my happy/blushing emoji mosaic that I’m still working on. This is one panel of 3, and it doesn’t sync with the other 2, yet, which are on either side. There’s obvious contrast issues, plus I’m not sure how the mirrors are gonna handle the grout…if I grout…maybe I just hope@for@the best and accept palimpsest and decay. Ugh! But! Mostly! yay! Happy emoji! Everything is wonderful!

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