studio mbj

Skip to Content

studio mbj

studio mbj

Check out my Instagram feed

Don’t think I ever shared the final Hagfish painting for the Whale-fall section of my upcoming book!

Hagfish are rad. I could leave it at that and this post would be 100% true and perfectly stated, but just in case you have a few doubts about

Coming along, coming along, dead in the center of the messy middle and taking the time to sit back and just look at the piece as a whole is so important. This one feels like a culmination of all the skills I worked on during the book paintings, it fe

The drawing rally @spokaneartschool this past weekend was really fun, it was my first time participating and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but after the jitters wore off I had a great time!

Here is my finished drawing, a lovely assemblage of

Slowly, the grenadiers are taking form- it just occurred to me that the final painting will depict the fish pretty close to life size- and I am feeling pleased about it. Abyssal grenadiers, Coryphaenoides armatus, photo taken Dec 2024 in Antarctica,

Which one are you!?!??? I’m a bone eating worm- which is pretty rad- all these paintings are illustrations for my upcoming children’s book. A book all about deep ocean habitats, and the amazing organisms that live there. Written for ages

I really love the small movements in the background of this newest painting, like here; where a grenadier turns to swim away from the camera and is partly obscured by a tail. #deepsea #deepseacreatures #abyssalgrenadier #unusualocean #spokaneartist #

One of the pieces hanging at the @thechasegallery right now is my latest painting- titled “The People Pleaser”, a 30x40” acrylic on canvas. This was a fast paint- 8 days - and the composition uses holothurian mouth parts intersectin

Mailing List

Sign up with your email address to hear about all things Studio MBJ

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Hey thanks, I know we all get loads of email, and I am grateful you are interested in receiving some from me, I appreciate you !