DONE! Sort of.

Brandi Malarkey, artist.

Closing the summer with announcements and garden photography.

Not all bugs are considered equal

Image taken at the Northern Plains Botanic Garden at Yunker Farm, Fargo. Brandi Malarkey, artist. ItsAllMalarkey.com

We loves the bugs, we do, we do. We like their little faces. But not all of them. I am selective as to which bugs are adorable, and which are not, and the defining difference is whether or not they are in my house. In the past week we have been infested with fruit-flies and […]

Bee-wildering

Image taken at the Northern Plains Botanic Garden at Yunker Farm, Fargo. Brandi Malarkey, artist. ItsAllMalarkey.com

So apparently my ignorance is astounding. Not that we weren’t already clear, and on the subject of photography, completely justified. I have been playing with my brand new camera lens, which is like learning a totally different language again. I am pretty sure it has turned my ten year plan for being a photographer into […]

Texture and Thermography

Thermography 9x9 Brandi Malarkey, Artist. ItsAllMalarkey.com

So remember when I got all excited about my embossing powders and was proud of my spider and butterfly? I then did up a bunch of sketches that sat there collecting dust while I ran around town trying to convince people to vote for me. Now that the election is over, I have spent the last […]

February Photos (part three)

Painted Lady. Image taken at the ABC Gardens at Yunker Farm in Fargo, North Dakota (Northern Plains Botanic Gardens). Brandi Malarkey, artist. ItsAllMalarkey.com

It is impossible to get through a month of photography without photos of insects. Just can’t do it. I will, however, keep it down to three (three for the third post. It’s how I pretend I am clever!). How can you not just love their little faces?    

Torture, Pornography, & Sorcery

Brandi Malarkey, Artist. ItsAllMalarkey.com

So last week the city sprayed for mosquitoes, which I hate. It always seems to kill all the pollinators, and never seems to put a dent in the mosquitoes. The morning after the spray my walk was littered with dead bugs. Which hurt my heart, but also meant that I could collect specimens. So I did. […]

It’s the paper’s fault

Brandi Malarkey, Artist. ItsAllMalarkey.com 8x10

School has resumed, and with it so has painting. Perhaps not as fast as I’d prefer, as we are still bumping and easing in to a new routine. However, when a break at something has been a bit longer than is ideal, it is really easy to start over-thinking and put up mental blocks to keep […]

Halfway and Grand Marais

Taken near Lake Superior in Grand Marais, MN

June is the month of travel, and learning, and craziness, and nothing resembling a regular schedule. I am exactly halfway through the insanity, having just left Grand Marais, MN behind me while I look ahead to southern California. The painting is suffering, but the photography is making up for it. An in depth review of photos (as […]