03/29/2026
i have been waiting to talk about this one- so TUNE IN!
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i dont plan out many of my paintings but this one was so fun! i was invited by the curator of this gallery, .speeks to be apart of it and it was such a fresh idea- i was all in. when i got my letter “T” i was struggling. my original idea was a “junk drawer” or “ispy” type vibe where i would just have a ton of small 4x5 - 5x7 paintings of things that started with t. over the course of several months- i didnt get very far with that. i hadnt been painting much and it was SO COLD OUT that it made it hard for me to be creative. i swear on that first 50°F day i was sitting in my office as i enjoyed seeing the sun for the first time and it CAME TO ME IN A VISION. i started scribbling it out on the nearest sticky note. i said outloud to my coworker, who had no idea what i was doing, “im a genius,” she accepted it with a simple “okay” and went back to work but i dont fault her she didnt know i struck gold.
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in the end i came up with what i called “TAKE YOUR TIME!!!” including pieces, “Trout”, “Tom”, “Tick-Tock”, “T”, and “Tom’s Day Off” i hoped that there was a legible story in these pieces and also that maybe this piece would lure🎣 you in and keep you watching⌚️
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FUN FACTS:
- Tom is a fly fisher but he also did catch the trout. He’s a very lucky guy.
- The clock is a real clock that tells real time!
- Each background was done using the trendy faux limewash technique.
- Tom is based off of a marketplace listing I saw of a “Rare Cat Cookie Jar”
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Thank you .speeks and thank you .art.works