Eight Months of The Painted Post.
Eight letters, eight prints, and the small shifts that shaped a year in the studio.
The Painted Post began as a small idea: to send art and stories out into the world in a slower, more personal way. A fine-art print and a letter from the studio each month, a quiet record of what’s been unfolding here over the year.
Eight months later, those letters have become a kind of map. They trace the year through paint, place, and thought. Here’s a glimpse.
March
“Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about pace… how easy it is to get caught up in moving forward. This year I’m allowing myself to slow down, to create in a way that feels intentional. Art has always been a way to pause, to capture something fleeting, and The Painted Post is an extension of that.”
April
“April has slipped by in a blur of rainstorms, hikes, sandy paws, and a lot of thinking time. Not everything needs to come together at once. Some things are meant to take their time.”
May
“Sometimes I know exactly what I want to paint. Other times, I just follow a feeling. This one came from sitting down with a lot on my mind… It’s a tribute to Jill, to the trail, and to the pull of creativity when you let it lead.”
June
“Most days I feel like I’m chasing work that already exists in my head. Paintings that are half-finished in thought, waiting on time I don’t have. But even like this, it still matters. Maybe more.”
July
“These paintings and studies are starting to connect. I keep circling light and shadow, and how colour can carry both. The Painted Post gives me space to share work while it’s still shifting. It’s not about having a final answer. It’s about paying attention to what’s taking shape.”
August
“August has been about leaning into the unfamiliar, trusting process over certainty, and finding joy in the risk of it. That’s what I love about The Painted Post. It gives me room to share paintings I might have second-guessed.”
September
“I’ve been thinking about how to draw belonging. Not through faces, but through the things that matter most. Small shapes that carry weight when you put them together.”
October
“Lately I’ve been thinking about how easy it is to lose the joy of creating when life feels crowded. That’s what makes it matter even more. The act of pausing, picking up a brush, and seeing what appears is its own kind of reset.”
Eight months of prints and letters. Eight small chapters of a year spent painting, thinking, and noticing.
The Painted Post has become a quiet space for the in-between moments — the ones that don’t make it to social media, but matter just as much.
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