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Gretchen K Deahl
Monsters have babies too.
Baby monsters are even harder to find than the elusive "baby" pigeon. Very few folks can say that they've seen them, let alone created their portraits. I have been lucky. As you might imagine, monster parents can be a bit protective. Mothers in particular. They consider us (humans) more than a bit strange and potentially dangerous. It took most of my free time, lots of monster "treats" and carefully followed Monster Etiquette to befriend just a few of them. Even then, I felt a bit nervous and on edge as I made sketches of their most beloved offspring. It is always a good idea to remind oneself that monsters are ultimately unpredictable creatures, and should be given proper respect at all times.

One teeny, solitary baby stands precariously on Moms scaly leg.
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Água-Viva
This one is from when I was playing with a technique called "squish plate" that involves squishing liquids of different viscosities between 2 plates of glass. It takes a while to get the hang of how different liquids inteact with each other, plus how different layers of colours also interact to give new colours depending on their opaqueness and/or transparancy. So, lots there. I miss using squish plates and was looking at old pictures to get inspired to go back to it again.

Real size about 15cm.

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Gretchen K Deahl
into the garden - winter arrives with memories of spring
This is the fourth in a series of paintings that illuminate the transformative beauty of the natural world. To visually express how total immersion into wild spaces can create a profound sense of peace; restore wonder; and generate calm in an increasingly chaotic world.
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Gretchen K Deahl
The Peaceful Garden
A cat meditates on the nature of life. A curious owl wishes that he would talk and explain its enigmatic smile.
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The Wild Hunt News

“Nobody shushed the room. The lower house lights did not dim. There was no call to order. Energy simply shifted between us and within us, and the hush was total.” Meg Elison writes of her magical experience inside the Skyspace installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

wildhunt.org/2025/08/the-ritua

The Wild Hunt · The Ritual Silo: inside James Turrell's C.A.V.U. at duskBy Meg Elison
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