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Hi, I’m Steph! I’m an urban sketcher on the weekends, a data engineer by day, and a clumsy Japanese-English translator in the meantime. 宜しくお願いします〜


Plein-air painting

Walking bridge

Despite frigid winds, the quality of light today was too beautiful not to spend some time painting outside. I struggled…

Camp Hill Plein Air 2025

My favorite yearly plein air event has come and gone again! This is the first year that I’ve been able…

View from an afternoon hike

Every time I walk this trail, I’m enamored by the sudden appearance of the blue ridge in the distance when…

Autocross in the rain

Painted while watching my fiancé drive an amateur autocross course in the rain. Jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper.

Chambersburg Plein Air 2024

Painted for a local plein-air competition, completed in 4 hours. Jelly gouache on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper.

Camp Hill Plein Air 2024

Painted with jelly gouache “en plein-air” on a gray, rainy day for a local plein-air painting competition.

Tree-lined country road

One of my first plein-air paintings, in pallet watercolors on Arches hot-pressed watercolor paper. A windy day made this on-site…

Cemetery light

Gouache practice again! This time I tried starting with a very limited palette. It seemed to actually make color-matching easier?…

Rail bridge in summer

I’m learning to paint with gouache in the hopes of improving my eye for color, and my color-mixing ability. Today’s…

Tree-lined rural road

Medium: Watercolors on Arches hot-press watercolor paper This piece was painted “en plain air,” meaning that I packed up my…