I stumbled upon this interesting website a bit ago & thought I’d share: WeFeelFine.org. Self Described as an exploration in human emotion on a global scale, this web app essentially crawls the social web searching for emotion based statements. They are all pulled out & compiled in a nifty little interactive interface. I’ve taken screenshots of a few statements that I loved, but there were zillions more to look through. You should check it out.

This insanely brilliant sunset was snapped on the way to the White Mountains for a last minute camping trip.

A colorful beach umbrella.

You can swim here, but absolutely no shark fishing. This unsettling piece of signage was snapped on Tybee Island, while on a June trip to Savannah, Georgia.

Some small details noticed while traipsing through the woods.

And of course, fireworks set off in Dover, NH. Fireworks are the hardest phenomenon to capture on camera.

First step, pencil sketch (chicken scratch?)

Laying down watercolor paint. I purchased a new set of watercolors recently that I’ve been beyond happy with. Highly pigmented, affordable & in pans! I have a fairly strong dislike for watercolor paint in tubes.

More layers of paint.

A close up. I used a bit of colored pencil, the paper lends an interesting texture.

The final piece, approx 8.5″x11″

Before the unending rain and grey that has accompanied the last week or so, there was a beautiful stretch of warm weather & many vibrant spring blooms to be seen. The following photos are a few highlights from a multitude of walks through downtown Dover, NH and nearby parks.

I took photos! Lots. I had some technical difficulties in the form of dead batteries and at one point had to resort to iphone snaps– But I feel the need to release these to the vast great internet anyway, because it’s amazing what people are making and doing.

As you can see, pacman prefers the escalator. This guy on the left had the best costume hands down. not quite sure how he walked around in this all day, but mighty impressive, nonetheless.

The vendor market was full of graphic novels, kawaii / cute imported trinkets and plushies and a wig to match every cosplay kitten outfit you have stashed in your secret closet.

Folks in full garb were really nice and always willing to stop and strike a pose for a photo op.

A ninja does some casual window shopping. I think the dichotomy between costumed characters and folks in regular street clothes is super interesting.

Anime royalty. Lots of princesses walking around, this particular group had such amazing attention to detail with their costumes. The props were so well done!

The Mountain from TSO Photography on Vimeo.

Sketches and first paint strokes.

More in process shots. Looks weird without the eyeball, eh?

Work table and tools. The water in this piece was created by dropping alcohol and salt onto the wet paint. I only had sea salt that was super coarse, sort of like pretzel salt, when I made this – I wasn’t sure about using it, but the effect is kind of interest.

This little space whale painting was submitted for the ArtPM Challenge at Buoy Gallery in Kittery, Maine. (If you’re local to the area, the show opening is tonight!)

I spied the laptop photo via flickr and Karen sent me an email to link me to her house tour on ohdeedoh.com — her beautiful nursery is featured (and includes a set of paper plane decals!).

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(A set of sprinkle wall decals.)

Confetti wall decals on a lovely shade of blue.

And lastly a little monster from the monster parade wall decal set.

Photo snapped in Rochester, NH.