#pondcore

[rosieandthemoon]

[julianplum]

🐸✨🪷🪲🪶🌱 // The Fool // gouache on hot press paper

I was lucky enough to be accepted into Valkarie Gallery's Arcana: Painting the Fates, a tarot-themed show, and painted this piece for it! If you're in Denver, CO, it opens June 14th and there are so many incredible pieces to look at.

This one is The Fool, my favorite card in the tarot. I thought about the process of becoming, and starting before you are ready with stars in your eyes and having everything you need with you, and lurking dangers that maybe you are too excited to see. I thought about the fragile amphibious world, choked with humanity's careless cast-offs, and surviving and growing despite it all. I thought about the short, joyful, desperate lives of mayflies. I thought a lot about beginnings.

[ephemeralwizard]

[fayriequeene]

[s0larize]

[nihalslivingthings]

Grass snake / Natrix Natrix

Fangirled over this one a lot. One of the many species we saw on a trip to a nearby pond. The way it moves on water looks amazing! It was at least 150 cm long. Photos look very different than each other because it was a low light environment and the snake moved fast!

[naturebroelle]

[honeylovecity]

Where I live lotuses are blooming in all the ponds. It's a peaceful time of year, everyone is going slow because it's so hot. It seems like even the bees are feeling lazy, lol.

This is technically going to be cut up for stickers, but I like how the background looks lol ^_^