Dean C. Graf's Faves

4 year old Henry engaged fully with thick applications of watercolor and oil pastels. He said it was a stormy sea with a small boat. This was at the onset of the pandemic, when we were all a bit uncertain and confined to our homes. I was reminded of an insight by Kierkegaard written in the early 1800s: “When the sailor is out on the sea and everything is changing around him, as the waves are continually being born and dying, he does not stare into the depths of these, since they vary. He looks up at the stars. And why? Because they are faithful – as they stand now, they stood for the patriarchs, and will stand for coming generations. By what means then does he conquer changing conditions? Through the eternal: By means of the eternal, one can conquer the future, because the eternal is the foundation of the future.”

So Mum goes for the phone and these guys slip out the door to see what Graham is doing up in the tree... I can't believe they'd just leave their food behind like that. I mean... look at it. Mmm.

In my worlds, human/animal riding is symbiotic and the animals enjoy driving people around. Ink & watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

Glitter pig is shy but can shine when she wants to.

Ink & watercolor on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.

Ink & watercolor on Arches cold press.

Here's a test drawing made in Adobe Fresco & Photoshop on the iPad. What an outstanding app! The brushes feel incredible.

4 simple botanicals in digital watercolor. I use Rebelle 7

Acrylic painting I did of a plant cell under a microscope, though it also works as an abstract piece.

Pencils on A3 / 2022 / Sarah Alborsh

Cosmic ghost time again!

All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. -Spinoza

A happy little acrylic tree.