PomegranateMuse

It’s been almost two weeks since the kickoff and we are still winding down and getting back to our AZ routine. It was a beautifully curated event with a gorgeous selection of visual, interactive, and performance art. I LOVED seeing my long time favorites :vanilla
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and finding new favorites to adore:




And so many more! 10 photos wasn’t enough, I’ll try to get more into my stories!
Congrats to all who participated, hope to see you next year!

Tiny Cor was nestled amid more traditional sized festival pieces and while I was happy to simply have her there, I received news last night, the last night of the event, someone saw her and she spoke to their heart. ❤️❤️❤️ I am thrilled both my original pieces are headed to their new homes. 🙌🏻🍾
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Doesn’t matter how many times it happens, that red dot 🔴 thrill never gets old. 🥰 Parting with a piece I love is bittersweet, but I am overjoyed when my work resonates with another human enough to where they want it to be theirs. Only one more day left of ! Join the fun and help close down the party tomorrow from 12-4!
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Channeling my forest witch-queen vibes for another phantasmagorical Exotic Art Show at the Heels & Crowns Carnival 😍
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Cor is the second piece of mine accepted into this year. The pictures really do not do the opalescent paint justice. 😍🍾🎉 Take care of your body and your heart. ❤️
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• brushes and Baltic birch anatomical heart panel
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• acrylic
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We cute! at was amazing as always! Don’t forget, opening night is NEXT WEEKEND, Friday February 9th for the Exotic Art Show! Get your tickets before they sell out!
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I can finally post! Decisions were made official yesterday. The Seeress is one of the two pieces I’ve had accepted into the Seattle Erotic Art Festival this year. I can’t wait to see everyone in April!
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The Seeress, a mysterious and powerful mythological archetype, is often represented with a blindfold and in the company of laurel to inspire divine frenzy. She gives herself up fully for the ability to foretell the future and perform magic. The Seeress is at once free of the mortal plane, yet bound as oracle in body and soul to her deity.
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brushes and Baltic birch panel
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acrylic
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Rainy day birthday snuggles. My little baby Max is 15 today. 🥰🥰😋

Jewel has been added to the webshop.
Creepy crawlies make pretty baubles.
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Chrysochroa buqueti, also known as red-speckled jewel beetles, have beautiful iridescent carapaces that may act as a form of camouflage on shiny leaf surfaces.
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Watercolor on archival paper mounted on birch board
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Antique frame hand-restored and painted by me ☺️
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Battles Lost & Won as well as a handful of other pieces have been added to the site as part of the studio s@le. Catch my stories for deets!
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And just like that two of my favorite pieces are gone. 🥲 I’m thrilled Passion Paradox and Inner Peace Paradox both went to a wonderful collector this evening who braved horrible traffic to pick them up. I couldn’t be happier knowing these two will be displayed with love in a home that already houses two of my other original paintings.
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• anatomical heart panel & brushes
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• acrylic and acrylic gouache
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• mirror paint details
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Shop Small Saturday kicks off my annual studio sale! Help me make room for some large projects and commissions coming in 2024 and snag the originals you’ve been pining after for 30% off. If you’re in Arizona you can DM for local purchase and pickup details. If you’re outside of Arizona use the code STUDIOSALE at checkout.
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I’ll be adding new pieces every few days so check back frequently. Updates can be found in my highlights.
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ARTISTS AND CREATORS! Let’s talk. What are your pop up shop experiences? Tips? Tricks? Horror stories? What keeps you motivated after a rough gig? Share an experience about the best show you’ve ever had. I’ll share answers in my stories!
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Manon Blackbeak☠️
The final product!
✅ Riding leathers
✅iron nails
✅red cape

Got busy and forgot to post the finished piece…
☠️La Petite Mort☠️
Wood burn + acrylic wash
Now on view at as part of the Monster Menagerie.😈
Tickets are still available for the Monster Ball on Oct. 28th featuring the stunning Will we see you there?
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• brushes and birch panel
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• paint
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• Mirror paint accents
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My piece Wraith I: Picked Clean is now on view (and for sale) at for the Monster Menagerie exhibition. Want to know a secret? It glows under a black light! 👻 Go check it out, see all the other amazing art, and get you tickets for this year’s Monster Ball October 28th!
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Wraith II and Wraith III are still in progress, hoping to get them finished this week, stay tuned.
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• coffin panel and brushes
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• neon and regular acrylic

Artists reception at last night! Spot my two pieces and two pieces by
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My piece Immortals out in the wild 😍 love to see it
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Spooky Season has officially commenced! What prompt lists are you all prepping for? I started a little doodle over the weekend that turned into a full on spooky painting 💀 May be one of my submissions for the Monster Menagerie 🤔
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brushes and coffin panel
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acrylic paint
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🧠 Dreaming in Cajal 🧠

This is still a but I’m excited to talk about it.

I started a new piece about a week ago for the art history live painting aspect of the history show at

While there are an incredible number of historical artists I admire, medical art/ illustration is a greatly undervalued genre of art and I wanted to highlight that. Please see the incredible work of and two of my personal favorites. As the theme of the show was history, I decided to focus on the father of neuroscience, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who also happened to be a remarkably talented and detailed artist. Cajal was a Spanish neuroscientist and pathologist who specialized in neuroanatomy. At the top of the list of his many scientific contributions is his demonstration that the relationship between nerve cells was contiguous rather than continuous—there are gaps (now called synapses) between neurons, yet neurons are still able to communicate with one another. This provided definitive evidence for the foundational neuron theory of modern neuroscience.
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I maintained a limited color palette (pewter blue-green, vermillion, black, and white) which is always a bit challenging, and still have a long way to go with painting the endless number of the dendrites. Hoping to finish this week. If you’re a neuro enthusiast you may recognize the inspiration…the neurons featured are based off an 1899 drawing from Cajal of Purkinje neurons from the human cerebellum. Cajal’s drawings were painstakingly created to replicate his microscopic observations and are incredibly accurate.
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Does it freak you out that we get to view and contemplate the inner workings of this crazy organ WITH said organ?
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• brushes and Baltic birch panel
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🔴 SOLD
One of my favorite tiny pieces, Immortals, sold last week to an amazing friend. I am SO HAPPY I know she’s going to a good home where people love and appreciate creepy sea creatures and random jellyfish facts as much as I do!
Did you know jellies are, in a sense, immortal? In the polyp stage of their lives, when conditions are right, they can clone themselves through a process called strobilation which results in numerous exact copies of the original polyp! Nifty! They also don’t have any eyes, heart, bones, or brain, and honestly some days I feel that too.
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• brushes
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Started a new piece for the HISTORY: Historical Figures pop up exhibition! Any guesses as to who this piece is a nod to?
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• panel and brushes
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• acrylic
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show TONIGHT at
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Poster art by
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