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Sofa Stories, a picture book for grownups by Betsy Streeter and Mike Monteiro. Signed numbered copies available here.

Betsy made images and Mike wrote microfictions and the result is emotional, angsty, awkward, hilarious. CW for reference to family loss and a bit of a BDSM reference, plus there are swears. Like we said, a picture book for grownups.

"So nicely made. Love the illustrations. Hold on to your hats for the stories. <3"

"This is a phenomenal book full of stories that tease you in then punch you in the gut - not in a bad way, in a way that opens your mind to the realities of life our fellow humans have to navigate. It’s been made pretty clear that this isnt a children’s book, but the lovely illustrations give the stories a natural empathy that words alone might not have accomplished. What a gift of a book."

"Beautiful illustrations. Funny, sometimes morose, stories."

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Skatybara, in which Capybara and Elephant hang out and skate

Come for the timelapse drawing, stay for the glorious state of my nails

Original drawing by Betsy Streeter, available here, yes yes

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(From time to time I draw these Nonexistent Tarot or Thinking cards as I call them. I should mention, I do not know what I am doing, and cannot tell the future, so make of these what you will, but if they touch off interesting thoughts for you, that’s totally groovy)

Boy oh boy, this one is a lot of interpretations of the concept. Obviously there’s the literal road right down the middle, but then we see an astronaut, suggesting travel beyond our own planet (or transcending our Earthly circumstances). On the left, the power poles are a “path” for energy to move around, though these don’t seem to have power lines as if to suggest they are potential, but not realized yet.

Music at the lower left lays down a road for our ears/minds through time, from one person to another, by way of mutual experience or receiving someone else’s creation. (Music sure seems to show up in these cards a lot).

A path can also mean decision-making, or choosing, as the road-sign symbol at the upper left suggests. And time is its own road, the way we move through reality without everything happening at once - as depicted by the hourglass symbol.

What else do you get from this? What does this make you think about, in terms of travel, or the less-traveled, or choices?

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This year's Art vs Artist has a lotta animals and vintage electronics and bicycles

It's been a great year of collaborating and getting books out and opening a print shop, I'm so appreciative of everyone who works with me or collects my work, thank you thank you

My ongoing stuff shows up on https://instagram.com/betsystreeter quite a lot

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Macintosh Quadra 900

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Hangin out on a Sunday

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In process laying out the Sloth and Manatee: Ocean Adventure book, and this is one of my favorites

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Color n light study of the Grand Canyon, Arizona (obviously)

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Pushin some paint around at night

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Comparing the rotations of objects in the Solar System. Just look at them lol.✨🪐

To everyone that's confused, the planet Venus rotates very very slowly, with a single revolution taking about 243 Earth days, and Mercury rotates slowly, but not as slow as Venus.

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Freida.

Available in the Print Shop

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Disco-Roller-Rantula is in the Print Shop, yes yes

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Alpaca fellows in the Print Shop

What's on the tape?

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Available in the Print Shop:

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Hello you have been visited by Magic Space Frog who brings you love and goodness wherever you may be

(This fellow is in the Print Shop)