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the unfolding
A backstory. Fawn // mixed media on linen 58" x 48" I rarely approach painting with a fixed plan. Not because I’m a free spirit, but because the work doesn't listen to plans anyway. It insists on becoming what it wants to become. My job is mostly to keep showing up and try not to get in the way. Fawn is a record of that—messy, layered, and full of detours. It started as a forest of antlers. Then a boy in a cape. Then a winter scene, with the boy cradling a small animal—a rabb

caryn baumgartner
Jul 15, 20252 min read


what nature remembers
Not everything beautiful asks to be noticed. Some details live in the margins—the way sunlight lands on the side of a wall, or how a...

caryn baumgartner
Jun 20, 20252 min read


gathered and lost
Over the years, I have become custodian to a small collection of nests. The largest one, with many of the support twigs still intact, was...

caryn baumgartner
Jul 24, 20181 min read


the pale blue dot
I came across this video (not new) as I was getting ready to finally start my Saturday. Clean house, finish up some project work, and hit...

caryn baumgartner
Apr 17, 20101 min read


new year's tradition
New Year’s Day. 2009. Overcast, windy, teal-streaked sky and leftover offerings to the sea. #newyear

caryn baumgartner
Jan 1, 20091 min read


evidence of being
When I was 9 years old, I had a dream that my mattress levitated and flew out my bedroom window with me atop. I visited many places that...

caryn baumgartner
Mar 1, 20082 min read
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