Amcr.artwork

You may have seen the reel about this piece a few weeks ago. Unfortunately the woman I made this work for lost her battle with cancer a few days ago. I had a project to make her a piece with her service dog on it, but I'm glad I had the opportunity to gift her this painting at least. I know she really enjoyed it and it warms my heart I was able to add just a sprinkle of brightness into her final weeks. This piece will stay special for me, I hope her sister will enjoy it as much as me.

If you missed the reel, here's the original story of this work:

My mom made a friend on her daily walk with Cartouche
(🐕) many years ago. My moms friend, Corinne, was
born disabled and has been wheelchair bound her whole
life. She had a service dog named Tanka, and our dogs
quickly became best friends. Both dogs have been long
gone but she still visits her. I was informed a few weeks
back that Corinne was diagnosed with a pretty bad
cancer and she's been in the hospital dealing with a
series of infections. She won't be able to return to her
home once the infection allows her to get released from
the hospital so I made her this piece to try and brighten
up the facility she will be going to next. The
circumstances are very sad, but I feel very good about
this piece, I think she will like it.

I made it back home two days ago and I've been dealing with some pretty strong jetlag. But I'm ready to get back to work and keep sharing my creations with you as I get ready for my first few smaller vending events before tackling down some bigger ones in September. Here in this post is one of my most recent pieces. I recently spent a week with my aunt in Mallorca after not being able to be back there in 5 years. My aunt has had an owl collection since childhood when my grandmother, her mother, bought her her first piece. The collection started then and is still treasured and keeps growing. Naturally, I felt the best way to show my appreciation for her was the gift of this one of a kind piece.

Trigger warning ⚠️
Su***de

This piece is really special to me. In January 2022 someone very important to me took his own life. I lived a few hours away and it came as a very big shock followed by some very strong grief among all of us who loved and continue de love him. Dylan loved the Buffalo National River and it's where our friendship started. We kayaked the river together more times than I could ever count and it will always be special to me. Dylan loved to bring his garden gnome with us on all the adventure and it always was a great conversation starter. A mutual friend, who I can thank daily for introducing me to him, drew the sketch you can find in the second picture as a tribute and I turned it into the piece you see in the first picture, and of course I gifted it to her.

We miss you Dylan. I hope the river runs wild where you are ❤️

I'm working on a new (shorter) desk this week and there's a little learning curve. Not as happy with my lines, I need to buy a new desk apparently 😅

Freshly thrifted frames

Some of my current pieces