Most Recent 20/Instagram @thedimforest

Ural owl (a barred owl cousin from Eurasia) with a grey fox skull, oyster mushrooms, asphodel flowers and rollie pollies! Thanks C. Single session 🖤✨
Bunny coverup with a nod to Watership Down in the botanicals (cowslip, silver weed, primrose.) Swipe for before 🐇 Thanks L!
Great blue heron with a fishie, sword fern, trilliums, foxglove and lilacs for S✨ cover up of an old Jesus fish under the new fish. Two sessions, shading fresh. Thanks for your trust and making the trek to Portland S!
Swainson’s thrush and banana slug 🐌🍌 for M. Mostly one year healed, partial bird shading and maidenhair shading fresh.
Was so excited to finish up this bobcat stepping out of the forest for M a few days ago 🖤 ✨ Two sessions.
Mountain lion 🏔️ pretty shiny but a fun one! Mountain lions and other big cats have been one of the most frequent visitors to my dreams throughout my life, and I always wonder what message they are trying to give me.
Mushroom + fern robin from my pre-drawns, thank you K! ✨
Wrap around sweet crow 🐦‍⬛ with mushrooms and bones. Scroll through for the full tour. Thanks so much S! There is a large cover up at the wrist, and the top full color work/swirl is not by me. Three sessions, outer shading and upper inner trilli
Standard-winged Nightjar, based on an illustration from a German textbook circa 1864. Thanks so much J as always ✨🌙
So happy with this kindly portrait of a sweet local crow who has been named Lefty for her wing that hangs down farther than the other. She has raised several families in my clients yard and loves to hang out in the western cedar tree. Thanks so much
Red shafted northern flicker wrap ❤️🖤❤️ Lines healed, shading/color fresh. Thanks so much K!
Raven with blue thistles and a mirror🪞 ; inspired by the book Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 🌑 Thanks E! Linework healed, shading fresh.
Grass void 🌑 from my pre drawns. Thank you M! ✨
Very happy with this starling amongst magnolias and camellias for M. Subtle iridescence in the starling 🌈✨ Starlings are a bit maligned in North America but are beautiful and friendly birds with extraordinary skills at vocal mimicry. Lines healed,
Elk skull with a pacific wren, salmon fly, ponderosa pine and juniper ⚡️ for an Oregon outdoorsman. Thanks J! Lines six months healed/settled, shading fresh.
I was excited to finish up this flowing galactic blackwork sleeve yesterday 🌑✨ tying together some previous works. Thanks as always S⚡️
Fritillaria imperialis ornamental shin my pre-drawns 🌑 💫
Common loon 🌙 armband. Thanks for visiting from Minnesota to get a tattoo of your state bird! Just returned from my childhood home in northern Wisconsin a few days ago and while there got to hear some beautiful loon calls over the water (and see the
Moon deer 🌙 🦌 From my pre-drawns. Thanks so much M ✨
Adder and anemone flowers 🖤✨