Acorn Squash

Oil and egg tempera on masonite, 6x6"

Here’s another painting done in the mische technique. It might be my favorite one so far. When you see it in real life, it’s amazing how much it seems to pop off the panel. It looks like you could reach into the painting, grab the stem, and run off to make some squash soup. If you were into squash soup, that is. Unfortunately, the photo has a bit of glare, but hopefully you can still get the point.

Continuing the steady stream of life updates, our house-hunting trip to Minnesota proved fruitful: we got a house! We worked with a fantastic realtor (who happens to be my dad) and did a whirlwind tour of available homes in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis. We found a great one with lots of space and a big yard just at the top of our price range (turns out the great houses are never at the bottom of your price range). We made an offer on Monday, they counter-offered on Tuesday, we counter-counter-offered that night, and they accepted our offer on Wednesday! So now we just have to wait for home inspections and everything else that goes into closing the sale. We haven't decided yet which room will be my studio, but there's lots of space so we shouldn't have any trouble finding a spot.