Lost Goose Studio

Lost Goose Studio But also, thanks for looking at my art

FYI - I only check this page every few months (I keep it mostly so my mom can see what I've been painting) If you want to contact me with any reliability, head over to instagram and DM me there.

Still my favorite thing I made last year 🥰 Thanks for having the cutest baby in the world!
03/29/2021

Still my favorite thing I made last year 🥰 Thanks for having the cutest baby in the world!

Finding a lot of joy these days in creating simple patterns. Due to the deliciously long, cool spring we’re having, we’v...
05/01/2020

Finding a lot of joy these days in creating simple patterns. Due to the deliciously long, cool spring we’re having, we’ve got tons of mushrooms popping up so I thought I’d paint a few. (Though ours are plain brown rather than fun red ones.)

Flowers and painting and sunshine exist, so that’s nice 🌞 @ Richmond, Virginia
03/18/2020

Flowers and painting and sunshine exist, so that’s nice 🌞 @ Richmond, Virginia

Ah, 31. Well met.⁣⁣I had the pleasure of visiting this glorious tree at its home in Brookgreen Gardens last week. I’d fi...
02/12/2020

Ah, 31. Well met.⁣
⁣
I had the pleasure of visiting this glorious tree at its home in Brookgreen Gardens last week. I’d first encountered it a few years ago and, though words are unequal to the lived experience, when I saw it again it felt like running into an old friend. The tree has this massive presence and yet exudes an overwhelming, almost tactile, sense of calm - a benign, good-natured spirit, somehow like a grandfather elephant. ⁣
⁣
As another year turns over, I can’t shake this feeling that I’ve already lived a thousand lives within this one. Taking some time to be with the live oaks, which are hundreds of years old, gives a comforting sense of proportion to all things. ⁣
⁣
It was a truly humbling moment and I’m grateful to this wise, old oak for helping me to seal in my tender intentions for the year: to be patient, gentle, & kind ✨💗🎋⁣
⁣
📸 @ Brookgreen Gardens

Finn, Jack, & Keira (clockwise from top)⁣⁣I really enjoyed painting these dog portraits for Christmas 🐕🎄 They each prese...
12/27/2019

Finn, Jack, & Keira (clockwise from top)⁣
⁣
I really enjoyed painting these dog portraits for Christmas 🐕🎄 They each presented challenges (how to capture the fluffiness of a golden’s coat, how much detail was needed to capture Jack’s expressiveness, navigating the many tones of brown in Finn’s coat) and through the work I found I new appreciation or understanding for these pups. ⁣
⁣
That’s what I like about art, I suppose. There’s an aspect of it that’s like a puzzle - trying to unlock the painting layer by layer - and also an element of stripping away and discovery - trying to find the essence of the subject and portraying it in a way that isn’t photorealistic, but is somehow still true to life.⁣
⁣
I find I’m constantly surprised by my final pieces. I thought the one of Jack was for sure going to be the most difficult and yet I finished it first and most confidently. Which one do you all like the best? @ Richmond, Virginia

“Prehistoric Boogaloo” & “Mega Moose” ready for the Broad Bazaar tomorrow night 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻⁣⁣209 N Foushee St, 6-9PM, 12/4⁣⁣C...
12/03/2019

“Prehistoric Boogaloo” & “Mega Moose” ready for the Broad Bazaar tomorrow night 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻⁣
⁣
209 N Foushee St, 6-9PM, 12/4⁣
⁣
Come buy some Items for yer favorite humans or drop by my table for a Neolithic boogie & a half⚡️

Coffee pot #3, which was actually the first one I painted. Mondays 🤷🏻‍♀️
11/25/2019

Coffee pot #3, which was actually the first one I painted. Mondays 🤷🏻‍♀️

Cosmic Coyote 🌌🐕✨⁣⁣I’ve written an obituary for my(future)self every year for the past four years. I was reminded today ...
11/20/2019

Cosmic Coyote 🌌🐕✨⁣
⁣
I’ve written an obituary for my(future)self every year for the past four years. I was reminded today that not everybody is doing that. ⁣
⁣
We humans go to a lot of effort to avoid thinking about death, but I’m the type to stare directly at the things that I’m most afraid of and that hurt the most. I suppose this is why I’m so drawn to both Buddhism and Stoicism. ⁣
⁣
It’s about accepting life on its own terms. About paying Real Close Attention. About curiosity and detachment. About impermanence. About saying “yes, I am willing” to even those parts of reality we most want to look away from. ⁣
⁣
Anyway, this space coyote seems to me some kind of spirit guide and he’s here to deliver today’s dose of memento mori 💀⁣
⁣
—-⁣
⁣
“As every flower fades and as all youth⁣
Departs, so life at every stage,⁣
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,⁣
Blooms in its day and may not last forever.⁣
Since life may summon us at every age⁣
Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor,⁣
Be ready bravely and without remorse⁣
To find new light that old ties cannot give.⁣
In all beginnings dwells a magic force⁣
For guarding us and helping us to live.⁣
Serenely let us move to distant places⁣
And let no sentiments of home detain us.⁣
⁣
The Cosmic Spirit seeks not to restrain us⁣
But lifts us stage by stage to wider spaces.⁣
If we accept a home of our own making,⁣
Familiar habit makes for indolence.⁣
We must prepare for parting and leave-taking⁣
Or else remain the slave of permanence.⁣
Even the hour of our death may send⁣
Us speeding on to fresh and newer spaces,⁣
And life may summon us to newer races.⁣
So be it, heart: bid farewell without end.”⁣
⁣
Stages by Herman Hesse @ Richmond, Virginia

Reminding myself that sometimes it’s good to keep it simple. One of the most important pieces of advice I’ve gotten rece...
11/19/2019

Reminding myself that sometimes it’s good to keep it simple. One of the most important pieces of advice I’ve gotten recently is: “not everything needs to be a project.”⁣
⁣
I love complexity, but - oddly enough - if I allow myself spin e v e r y t h i n g out into a big, beautiful idea I get overwhelmed and stuck. ⁣
⁣
Enthusiasm is great, especially for drumming up the requisite activation energy for new endeavors. Enthusiasm + self regulation is some kind of sorcery. ⁣
⁣
By not continually overcomplicating things I actually have the energy to see them through. Who knew? 🤷🏻‍♀️😂⁣
⁣
(Practicing this even now. As I started writing, I began to feel pulled to write a whole essay about this feeling. Sorry brain, I don’t need to do that right now, thx ✌️) @ Richmond, Virginia

Here’s another cozy coffee pot for a wintry day 🥶☕️🌨
11/12/2019

Here’s another cozy coffee pot for a wintry day 🥶☕️🌨

Happy Monday from this funky tiger dude 🧡⁣⁣(As ever, the natural light is 👌👌👌)
11/11/2019

Happy Monday from this funky tiger dude 🧡⁣
⁣
(As ever, the natural light is 👌👌👌)

Creature inspired by Mexican folk art X flowers inspired by 17th century Dutch tiles X cool fall colors 🦌🇳🇱🆒
11/06/2019

Creature inspired by Mexican folk art X flowers inspired by 17th century Dutch tiles X cool fall colors 🦌🇳🇱🆒

Address

Richmond, VA
23173, 23218–23242, 23249–23250, 23255, 23260–23261, 23269, 23273–23274,

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Lost Goose Studio posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category