More Colour, Less Accuracy (May’s Painted Post)

Near the end of the Kepler ridgeline, there’s a spot that made me stop. I took a photo, knowing full well it wouldn’t do it justice — but I wanted to try. The whole track is like that. One incredible view after another, until your camera roll starts to look like a slideshow of “you had to be there.”

I've been exploring the Kepler in my work lately — not with the goal of capturing it perfectly, but just to follow what keeps pulling me back. When I painted it recently, it came out not exactly as it was, but with more colour than the scene required. On purpose. A quiet nod to someone who loved it bold.

That painting became May’s Painted Post.

I shared the finished piece online, but not the full story. That went out in the mail — a typed letter, and a few thoughts that don’t live anywhere else. That’s the idea behind The Painted Post: one piece a month, not part of any big launch or collection. Just something I made, sent to the people who’ve asked for it.

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