Hello Steemit, It's been a while.
After a 78 day fire season here in the states, and a two week vacation in Germany, I am officially back and ready to start posting again regularly.
I actually had an art show I was preparing for in December. Once fire season ended, I was painting every day, and actually produced quite a few new works. Right before my trip to Germany however, I found out that my show wasn't until next December...
On the bright side, Now I have more content for steemit!
I like to use a hair dryer now, to shorten the drying time in between layers. Although, sometimes I work on multiple pieces simultaneously, so I can stay busy while one piece dries.
I had a lot of time to think while I was living off grid and working in the woods. There were a few events that once they had happened, I knew they would result in a painting.
In the forests here in Oregon, there is a beetle with exceptionally long antenna called the Sawyer beetle. During a forest fire, these beetles are flying everywhere, and are constantly trying to land on you. This painting was inspired by my first encounter with a swarm of these beetles while trying to extinguish a burning tree. (They fly at your face
King Beetle
Eyyy thanks for viewing! It's good to be back. I'll try to stick around longer this time... Let me know what you think in the comments. Also, how do I make my images smaller? 😅
Steem On!