08/02/2026
I just finished this piece. The challenge was “The west” and there’s so many things I love about the west it was really hard to pick. I remembered all the things I grew up loving and being fascinated by as a child. The sights and smells, the wildlife, the soul of the west. I fast forwarded to the things I love as an adult. The things I wanted to teach my kids about so that they would have the love and respect for the land and customs and beginnings that shaped the west. This one is called “Grandmother Spider spins the west”. To be clear, these are not my traditions and this piece is not for sale. It’s strictly to honor the love I have for not only the west, but for the cultures that shaped it.
This piece was done in watercolor with natural pigment paint made by Beam Paints, a First Nations owned business that makes the most amazing colors I’ve had the pleasure to work with.
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