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Spoons carved in LA 2024 Etchings Printed in San Diego 2023
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Spoons 2
the final 3 spoons in the set carved in January and February 2026 the full set I have more wood probably enough for 5-6 more spoons. Apple wood is incredibly dense, my knives have gotten dull and i haven't bothered to learn how to sharpen them yet.
Orchard 4, 5, 6
5*7 November-December 2025 5*7 February-March 2026 5*7 March-April 2026 1 of 3 final printings of the plates. I worked on these through most of winter at a coffee shop near my apt.
Paintings 4
Acrylic on Balsa wood November 2025 - February 2026 quiet and repetitive and quick. I only had a handful of acrylic paints I had found in storage
Paintings 3
from photos taken on dirt roads in November 2025 Acrylic on Balsa wood, all around 3"*5" or smaller
Spoons 1
my uncle gave me a set of pruned branches from his apple orchard carved throughout december. I tied a piece of rope and dangled it from my work lamp
Backlog 1
I painted some while living in LA - mostly in the back half of 2024 oil on cardboard oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas
Orchard 1, 2, 3
i began a series of Apple Tree copper plate etchings and stopped thinking about painting 5*7 June 2025 VT 5*7 September-October 2025 NYC 4*6 September-October 2025 NYC i enjoyed working small and taking my time
Paintings 3
Oil on cardboard painted in Vermont June 2025 a tree and a chicken shed around my grandfather's house. My studio at this time was a room in his basement
Paintings 2
Oil on cardboard painted in Vermont May-June 2025 I've lost some of them in the mix - i'd only spend a couple hours on each over the course of a night or two. Took a month or little less to clear my head of these.