Timelapse Painting Process Video - Shark Teeth + Fossils + Relaxing Commentary

I’m back! :) After about a 10-month break from YouTube, I’m excited to share a new long-form painting video. This one is of a commissioned work featuring a pile of shark teeth and fossils from my personal collection, painted in acrylic on wood panel and layered over an abstract background inspired by nostalgic scenes, memories, and iconic imagery from the southeastern coast.

The background is built with warm golden tones — raw umber and quinacridone nickel azo gold — meant to give the imagery a faded, reflective feeling. Woven into an abstract network are subtle references to barrier island landscapes, beach scenes, and the natural flora and fauna that make those places so timeless to anyone growing up in this region. The teeth and fossils sit on top of it all as the sharp focal point, rendered in hyper realism.

As usual this video is a full timelapse of my painting process, with my own voiceover commentary throughout. Viewers tell me that these videos are calming and relaxing, providing them a chance to slow down and watch a painting come together. I hope you’ll check it out and listen as I talk through my techniques, materials, decisions, and the occasional stream-of-consciousness thoughts that surface along the way. One more note of interest, in this one I touch on the broader reality of being a working artist — balancing life, a full-time job, side projects, and all the work that happens outside of just the making of the art. If you watch and enjoy, head over to Youtube and subscribe for more - it’s free :)

Watch the full painting process video here:

Thanks for following along — more work and updates coming soon.

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