Starling

I paint and write and am an endless fountain of stories. I am an autodidact artist living in the foggy mountains of upstate New York. There's a lot to tell. ask me Flickr me FB me My Art Blog

[jakeohm]

.13 ‘waiting’ #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BstOtGyBfyH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1npu00ct4t69h

[jakeohm]

.10 ‘today i am slow, today i am a conduit, today i listen to the signs around me’ #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgSCjMh0tX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tmsunrysxhik

[jakeohm]

.8 ‘and from the ground which i had blessed with my choosing all the contentment began to rise and i knew in this choice i had found home and all else that was good was coming just as it was meant’ (i’m really proud of this piece and excited because i am making plans to build my own house on the land i grew up on, which i have been wanting to do for years, and since making that decision and honoring my own heart things have been flowing so beautifully and easily and oh. it is good good. come visit me once it’s done. ☺️☺️☺️) #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsbSe4Th1XX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z80xgkslfebs

[jakeohm]

7. ‘messy talk on duality’ #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYsuFaB2YY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12em0n1n7fs6k

[jakeohm]

.6 is a PATRON EXCLUSIVE post!! if you’re interested in supporting me (and even small amounts truly matter!) and/or subscribing to my monthly magazine go check out the link in my bio! (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYjgv-BZYf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15k52diplt7nr

[jakeohm]

5. ‘some sort of living pot/potted plant’ #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsYh_F9BarS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j98mkkkom93y

[jakeohm]

2. ‘in which we have something powerful looking out for us’ #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsORN0FhG9k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vd99emvek5lc

[jakeohm]

1. ‘this is the beginning (we have a whole world to make, we do not look back)’ Hey guys! So, because i always need more things to be working on and it’s a new year i decided i’m going to attempt an ink-365 this year. Even though this year already looks like it’s going to be full of all kinds of goodness (getting my art up in galleries, working my amazing wine shop job, possibly becoming a homeowner (???!!!!)) i feel like the consistency will really help with exposure and as a faucet for my creativity. A few things to note, i’m going to try and post one or two pieces WITH POEMS to my Patreon for my amazing patrons to view, and then at the end of the week or month i’m going to be putting some of these drawings up for sale in my Etsy shop! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BUYING THESE JUST DM ME ON HERE, all of you get first dibs because you’re amazing. ALSO, if you have ideas you’d like to see me make DM ME WITH THOSE! No guarantees, but i’d love to see what you’d like! Okay! I think that’s all. The purpose of this is to help me get over my anxiety of selling art and being consistent, and who knows, it may peter out in the middle, but right now i’m really excited to be going on this adventure with you. LOVE YOU, happy new year sweet family! #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsLudUGh5-M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hd8yby7wj0gk

[jakeohm]

(no new art but here’s a strange little romantic poem i couldn’t keep in any more) CHAIN OF FLOWERS/chain of names - what was the name of the star you were born under (i would ask,) what is the name of the flower that spills from your mouth when you are at your most loved when your belly is full of sweet words and your delicate shoulders anointed by the holy gaze of the one you hold all that care for - what is the name of the hollow all filled with pine and bent apple trees where you built your home (i would call from across the creek,) from wood the color of cream in a saucer on a dark table what is the name of the vision you had when you were young for how you would spend your days in golden sunlight in the wing of the hummingbird - what is the name of the home we’ll build from boughs and grey fog (strings of flowers i would make) what is the name for the swell of joy in me, thousand flicker-lights in my chest, hearing your feet on wood floors - #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrTnEifhsXb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bip4gg4zljm1

[jakeohm]

(hey guys, it’s late but i wanted to post still. you’re the best) - filigreE/hunger - some nights i get as delicate as the filigree curl of a flower just bloomed (i can feel the anxiety first in the bones behind my cheeks on days usually when i think i have eaten enough (it’s not tru)e - its tiring work - i walk like a creature on iceafter (even caught early, rush of hormones, body tired) but its working in the long run and these are the days i can walk slow small step after the other (i’m learning my weight and how to balance just me for the first time oh what slow jo)y - the stars burned so bright when i returned and i marked down one more day of sweet learning one more day tired but growing strong and kinder (it’s what the stars would wish) - #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at East Meredith, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrHDONDlycq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kf8x0ccpq437

[jakeohm]

Hey y’all, no drawing today but here’s a poem. Love you all, happy Saturday, here’s to growing, coming home, offering home to those who want to come - DECEMBER OnE / LE GUIN - maybe this should be two separate things i say at the beginning - last year just before i left i started ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’ (what was t he texture of december for you? i think back and it’s yellow walls and texture like parchment but ochre on top like watercolor paper like ‘i’ve never had a room with a radiator befor)e’ - today again back to the sea, started it by chance piicking up where i left (a bottle of brandy i got for christmas bustle and leaving the hills behind i remember feeling a radiating behind my. eyes the long swing of family and back and forth) - now december one end of the long year back home and after a summer of wine and moving to find myself again in a small boat (painting the walls yellow) speaking of magic like spirit, like something hidden that is watching (the consistency of naming ‘the last days of’) - some of the same music connecting threads, plans to break ground (i still look back fondly on those days) and the hills i came home to i can say life is strange strange and kneel down on the snow to etch into the earth a rune of seeking a rune of protection a rune of remembering and letting go (look-far, trusty boat you have brought me home again) #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at East Meredith, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq3QhKnhp08/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f7leo23iyir0

[jakeohm]

002. SHOoK (or a reflection on how i feel better) - it’s when i look outside me (these days) and start to hunger for someone else to relieve this work i’m doing that i get shook - i think that says a good deal (now, today) about where i’m at when choosing to be sweet on myself and sing the good song of inner work and the dawn is what keeps me right - (i try not to be the bird looking for a place to land land turning underneath and someone to give it grain but the bird who is swelled by the wind land turning underneath and the beat of their own wings) - #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #poem #monster #cdc #poet #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #poetrycommunity #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq0VQU5Bx7R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lnkzxa3y6wqt

[jakeohm]

Hey guys, wow I seriously have been busy this month... hope to be posting a little more at least, trying to get caught up on commissions before the holidays roll around! I’m really loving these little ‘specters’ recently, so here’s a little doodle for ya. So much love!! #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #coffee #monster #cdc #inktober2018 #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #magazine #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvUDmmBbY8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qt74im426oja

[jakeohm]

vember - - #vsco #delco #delawarecounty #vscofilter #upstate #catskills #naturallight #dv8mag #art (at East Meredith, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp9XGzch-kF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13zjy4qyaclup

[jakeohm]

Hey guys. It’s incredibly important that you exercise your right today and go vote. This is the most important election of our lifetime. Vote for good, and the future and the rights of everyone. Even if you disagree with me, please just go vote. It’s important, and your voice matters. Love you guys. #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #coffee #monster #cdc #inktober2018 #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #magazine #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at East Meredith, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp133sNhlsa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nnsuya3gpykj

[jakeohm]

01 ‘Dimweather Crystalmaker’ - Today is a good day, writing poetry, playing the Dead Tongues in the shop, learning to lean into the divine and shaky timing of life. #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #coffee #monster #cdc #inktober2018 #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #magazine #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #delco #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpsLYEshTEl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ogbz9tjgch4q

[jakeohm]

Inktober FINAL ‘Mother Crystal, She Who Lives Between Stars (anoint your head with starlight, play your favorite song. you are wanted and loved)’ - This has been such a lovely experience, if at all possible I’m going to do daily work and maybe start a little shop for my inkings. Thank you everyone for your support, feeling very proud and excited that I ACTUALLY made it the full month!!! ❤️😭❤️😭❤️ - #artists #characterdesign #jacoboh #bird #coffee #monster #cdc #inktober2018 #vscogood #vsco #vscoart #vscocam #magazine #ink #illustrator #illustration #childrensillustration #procreateapp #dailyart  #patreon #networking #inktoberday31 #catskills  #art #daily (at Delhi, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpmvpifFYDj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kwk1woyelqf8