The 1.2 update to my little game Wordy Rain is live! A new scene, a new powerup, and a new secret word feature that will change every season! Because this first one is short, I'm spoiling three of the words for you in this video. ;) #cozygame #indiegame store.steampowered.com/app/3…

I’ve loved Hiroshi Sato’s work since seeing it in person at the Seattle Art Fair a few years ago!

USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop. I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls. Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors. In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves. This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift. The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were. So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply. The owner asked if everything was okay. "It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter." He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?" I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter. I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer. So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen. And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it. Reborn. A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.

Absolutely thrilled that the buyer of my piece “And So the Infinite Division of Space and Time” received the painting this week and sent me images of it hanging in their home. I’m thrilled with how it looks! (See more of my work at carynvainioart.com)

I’m doing some simultaneous monoprint work with my current series. I go back and forth between printmaking and painting, using one to inform the other. This is one of the successful ones from a recent session in the studio. “Good Bones” Ink monotype on BVK Rives paper

I’ve collected all of my available prints and small works here for those looking for smaller pieces. There are only 2 left of the limited edition prints of “Chaos Cascadia 4”! carynvainioart.com/buy-print…

Each artist has their own ritual around the first marks on the canvas. My first marks are a declarative statement. They are the first moves in a chess game in which the marks will fight for territory against each other as they push and pull across the canvas over time.

LAUNCH DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! Forbidden Solitaire is officially launching NEXT WEEK, on April 30th! We unearthed a new trailer from the archives - an advertisement that originally aired in 1995! Wishlist on Steam and GOG: store.steampowered.com/app/3… gog.com/en/game/forbidden_so…

I hate stretching canvas sooooo much. But I’m doing it because someone is buying the painting so I can’t be too sad about it.

New work: “The Rivers Form the Oceans That our Cradles Gently Ride” Acrylic and graphite on canvas 40” x 40”

Hey, guess what new checklist item I have when I enter the studio? “Check apron for spiders” ASK ME HOW I KNOW

A cooking competition show, but a dog is always underfoot

Friends! The “Tiny Windows” collection is live! If you’re interested in my smaller works, here they are, for a limited time: carynvainioart.com/collectio… — here are a couple of examples.

Someone asked if I could tell them where to buy a pair of good chinos. In this thread, I will tell you, but my answer is not simple. On the upside, I think this is a better approach when shopping for clothes and you can apply it to any kind of item. 🧵

Just a reminder that these tiny paintings go on sale today at 10am PT, and once they’re gone they’re gone! Details here: artworkarchive.com/profile/c…

TINY ARTWORK FOR SALE TOMORROW! artworkarchive.com/profile/c… I've made a bunch of tiny 3" x 3" ink pencil paintings over the last couple of months. I've selected 10 of them to float-mount as 6" x 6" frame-able paintings. They'll be made available for sale tomorrow at 10am PT!

Hexaboo 1.2 is live! A UI refresh, a hint system, and...THEMES! If you like the game, buying a theme for $0.99 is a great way to show your support! There are 6 themes with animated backgrounds. My favorite is Ocean Depths. hexaboo.com