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It's true, I don't. https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDnULOn6ny/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ozsrpk0prvcn

Hey sweet beans! Since we've hit December, and that signals time is running out for finding gifts (not really though, you have lots of time left💖), I thought I'd remind everyone of my magical and gracious retailers who are THE REAL MVPs because they face the public during this hectic season. ⚡Strange Adventures, Halifax! @strangeadvhfx 💎Red Sky Gallery, Antigonish! @redskygallery 💖Cape and Cowl Comics, Sackville, NS! @capeandcowlcomics 🌈Hounds of Vintage, Amherst! @houndsofvintage Happy shopping and thank you, always, for your support. I wouldn't be here without y'all, for true and for real 💖🌈☃️🎄🎁 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2m4Pon9Ql/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14sm2pnzk5z1

Making art is fun, but PACKAGING art is even better. (No I don't know why I'm like this, but it makes me feel like an adorable Ghibli character when I have a fabric bag filled with parcels to send off, AND I LIKE IT 💖💎⚡) . . . #art #parcels #gift #mail #painting #jei #jjsteeves https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqz53FOHCtz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d8iivb9qa8de

#art #parcels #gift #mail #painting #jei #jjsteeves

Hey sweet pals! I am continuing the big ol' clean out of my studio space at home, and am posting some of the original paintings I've done on my Etsy shop! I can still ship these to you in time for the holidays! Get on that heckin' stuff! I am not doing very many markets this holiday season, as I am burnt out to the max, so checking in with one of my retailers or purchasing from my ETSY shop is your best bet to snag some Stray Kitty gear or my original art 💖 My shop: link in bio 💖💎⚡ Love and hugs during this holiday season! 💕 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqr8eprnAk2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cng5bjp36u2c

Hey sweet pals! The darling @houndsofvintage in Amherst, NS, now has a fresh restock of my goods! Mugs, enamel pins, temporary tattoos and block printed cards all hangin' out, looking for someone to love 💖😎💅🏼💕. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqdYUZ-n44o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15nz23j6a841i

Hey sweet pals! I've just reopened my Etsy shop after a two month hiatus, and I've started listing original art I've made over the past year. The Stray Kitties merch is back up as well, but I'll try to keep adding more originals as you have been asking after them. Go get 'em, tigers! Thank you, always, for all your love and support. 💖Link to Etsy shop in my bio💖 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqFNDCdHH2l/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l9t2dsj3wc3c

More painting from others' photographs-- the top left image is from a photo of @eastcoastkto's home and fur-babe she posted in Instagram stories and which I promptly saved at the time because the lighting was *chef's kiss*. The bottom one is from a photo on the Apartment Therapy Instagram maybe? I can't recall, all I know is the space seemed too tidy and set up to captivate me much. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqFJvjWHOtb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=da7xgzos7b9w

Yesterday we were supposed to get a lot of work done outside but instead we hung out by the fireplace all day and I painted from this beautiful photograph I found on the @lonelygirlsproject instagram account. I was copying from a dreamy photograph by @zaraeloise, called Mayan in NYC 💖💎⚡. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqFI-gmnggO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8u2n7ggu23rv

She's gonna eat you. 💀☠💀 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp4aboOnlUb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hb00w6yvgm9v

America, please vote! 💖💎⚡💎💖 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp16BmpH_YW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9wbiybn154yd

I coloured these doodle-faces last night, when normally I only lay colour during daylight. The yellow in our lightbulbs cancel out my yellow ink and I can never see what I'm doing by artificial light. Last evening I turned on my phone's flashlight and used that bright white-ness to see my yellows as I plugged along. It worked! Jerry-rigging is life! But also maybe I should buy a bright desk lamp for painting at night... https://www.instagram.com/p/BpuCfS3Hs0k/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=izdr7tfp99j5

Today the small but mighty sidekick comic shop I work in won GOLD in The Coast's BEST OF HALIFAX awards, and though thanking our loyal customers is important and key, I'd also like to thank the owner of @strangeadvdartmouth: the inimitable @comxguy. Cal is the type of boss who is happy to nag you consistently for years (YEARS!!) to make art for him, and no matter how much you do, it's never enough. Cal always wants more, and that's because he wants you to thrive. So here are ten small drawings I drew, propped around the comic shop. None of these would exist if Cal Johnston hadn't given me the business on a weekly basis, firmly but kindly asking for goofy signage. WE LOVE YOU CAL 💖💎⚡💎💖. https://www.instagram.com/p/BppsepznoKy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18rtp991t52a4

Tonight my class and I wrapped up our sketchbook journaling class with @nscadextendedstudies , (the above is a candid from last week's session, shot by the ever brilliant @ambersolbergmakery) and I have to say I didn't expect the effect this short course (four sessions total, so maybe it's a long workshop?) would have on my own creative patterns. It was neat! I will miss this class! Art is fun. I guess I like it a lot maybe! 💖💟💖💟💖💟💖 https://www.instagram.com/p/BplDze6noTR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5tgtic6mwnpa

I haven't been able to sit down and paint for a while because life has been hectic and great (not complaining) but holy guacamole does being away from your own work ever start to affect one's disposition. I looked wistfully at our kitchen table this morning, wishing I could plunk myself there to scratch out a painting and a diary comic. Aw well. Maybe tomorrow! Until then, here's another treasure from yesterday that I would very much like to paint. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpkKVtpHfe-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16iw19bs41alh

This past Saturday I had the immense honour of being a part of a panel discussion titled "Print, Protest & Change" with Amos Kennedy, Lindsay Schmittle, and Sean Howard, as part of @gaspereaupress's WAYZGOOSE. You know, it's important to re-centre yourself from time to time. I have such a strong habit of crawling into my own mind, it becomes a cold echo chamber filled with cobwebs and crippling self-doubt. Spending time with folk who are committed to resistance and determined to use their lives and their strengths as a means of change is likely fairly essential for many of us. It certainly seems to be so for me. This was a solid reminder, and I've been mulling over everything my co-panelists shared during our time together, as they had so much richness to share, two hours truly was not enough time together. Many thanks, as always, to Andrew and Gary of @gaspereaupress, for including me in a community I didn't realise I needed 💖💎⚡. PRINT: Amos Kennedy! @kennedyprints https://www.instagram.com/p/BpPWNlJn6e2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iv6v2h5ycny3

Hey sweet pals! I have a few FREE AS HECK issues of CALL OUT COMICS 3 available to give to those who would like 'em! I have a comic in here called ANGRY BEAST, but there are tons of other really smashing comics in this issue from a range of rad artists! DM me if you would like an issue and we can suss out how/when you can get it! Awesome cover art by: Cailtin Taguibao 💖💎⚡ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo_7ymAnhfa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=151ba1fqaaytw

Just can't get her testimony out of my head. https://www.instagram.com/p/BocKTkgHGE6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ue5hs41aymnx

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