New Paintings

Path

12 by 16 inch oil painting completed in 7/2026 - Scene was painted plen air (Euclid Creek Reservation)

Field

12 by 12 inch oil painting completed 9/2026 - Scene was painted plen air

BACK Beach

36 by 36 inch oil painting completed 2026 - Scene is of a secluded beach in remote Alaska (Windfall Island)

Commissions

Your Story. Your Painting.

Have an idea for a painting that means something to you? I can turn that idea into an original, one-of-a-kind painting created especially for you.

The process is simple. Just three steps.

1. Tell Me What You Have in Mind

Contact me and describe what you'd like—a special place, a favorite memory, a landscape, a meaningful moment, or simply an idea you'd love to see as a painting.

2. Receive Your Price

I'll review your request and provide a clear price before we begin. The cost will depend on the size and details of the painting, with shipping calculated based on where you live.

3. Watch Your Painting Come to Life

Once we agree to move forward, I'll give you an estimated completion date and keep you updated with weekly progress photos as your painting develops. You'll be able to watch your painting come to life from the first marks to the finished piece.

When it's complete, your painting will be carefully packaged in a handmade wooden shipping box built especially for your artwork and shipped directly to you.

Three simple steps. One completely original painting made just for you.

sample of a commission completed in 2025 - Thank you to the Gessel family - a photo of a family farm was great inspiration.

Visual Notes

Learning Is as Unique as Your Fingerprint

My learning has always been shaped by a need to create—and to find connections through visualization.

For most of my life, I wasn't allowed to take notes the way I needed to. So I would comply, then go home and draw illustrations to make sense of what I had heard.

I kept those notes hidden.

Then, about ten years ago, I was attending a professional conference when someone looked over my shoulder and asked,

“What is that?”

My first thought was that I was in trouble again.

But instead, they asked if they could have a copy.

Then someone else asked.

Then someone asked me to create notes for them.

And eventually, organizations began asking me to create visual notes for their meetings, conferences, and events.

It still feels a little strange.

For most of my life, I was discouraged from creating what I now call Visual Notes. Today, people seek them out—and organizations hire me to turn complex conversations, presentations, and ideas into engaging visual records.

Bring Your Event to Life

I create graphic notes in real time, translating presentations, discussions, key ideas, and memorable moments into a visual story that people can see, understand, and remember.

Graphic note taking can be a powerful addition to:

Conferences and professional events
School and university programs
Workshops and trainings
Organizational meetings
Panel discussions and presentations
Community events
Strategic planning sessions

Whether you're planning a conference, leading a workshop, or bringing a group together to solve a problem, I'd love to hear what you're working on.

Let's Make Your Ideas Visible

If you'd like to hire me as a graphic note taker, contact me with a few details about your event, organization, or project. Tell me what you're planning, when and where it's happening, and what you'd like your visual notes to accomplish.

Have an event that could use some Visual Notes?

vasenhouse@gmail.com

Sample graphic notes

Instagram

sketchbook painting work in progress Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding @schmincke_officia #outdoors #disclipline

large painting - needed to sit for awhile paintings need to evolve at their own pace. I’ve learned that I can’t rush anything - which is why commissions and deadlines are so challenging for me. Sometimes a painting needs to sit for months so I can visit it everyday - kind of have a conversation with it - let it tell me what it needs I used to think this was a lack of discipline (sometimes it still feels that way) - I’ve learned to trust the process Even when the process feels unpleasant It’s my process Artists must create #landscape #painting #sky #watercolor #gouache #clouds #storm #outdoors #landscapepainting #field #discipline #process #creativeprocess #largepaintings

a path to travel choices to make adventures to experience Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding #path #choices #adventure

sketchbook painting Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding @schmincke_official

lone cloud Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees #alone #cloud #storm #indigo #ochre #rain #intense #foreboding

another small painting today Artists must create #clouds #sky #storm #art #artistsoninstagram #skyscape #painting #stormcloud #goauchepainting #gouache #landscape #mood #goauche #goauchepainting #sunset #outdoors #lake #field #art #landscapepainting #landscapewatercolor #landscapewatercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolors #moody #ominous #mood #artistsmustcreate #artists #coldpress #postcardart

small painting today we have a lot going on in the United States that doesn’t feel so united Artists must create #clouds #sky #storm #art #artistsoninstagram #skyscape #painting #stormcloud #goauchepainting #gouache #landscape #mood #goauche #goauchepainting #sunset #outdoors #lake #field #art #landscapepainting #landscapewatercolor #landscapewatercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolors #moody #ominous #mood #artistsmustcreate #artists #coldpress #postcardart

something very different artists must create different #trees #fields #sky #colors #landscape

small painting last night Artists must create #clouds #sky #storm #art #artistsoninstagram #skyscape #painting #stormcloud #goauchepainting #gouache #landscape #mood #goauche #goauchepainting #sunrise #farm #outdoors #gestation #field #art #landscapepainting #landscapewatercolor #landscapewatercolorpainting #watercolor #watercolors #moody #ominous #mood #artistsmustcreate #artists #coldpress #postcardart

this one’s really big well…because I have big ideas, thoughts and feelings that need to be outside of me that sometimes need my whole body to move first step is always messy and I love it artists must create #painting #landscape #sky #watercolor #gouache #clouds #storm #landscapepainting #expressive

I am out of town for a conference and have some downtime which for me is good time Artists must create #city #sky #cityscape #cityscapes #micron @micronart #sketch #drawing #sketchbook @leuchtturm1917

new this morning work in progress. Artist must create #land #landscape #sky #clouds #watercolor #watercolorpainting #field #coldpress #imagination #painting #gouache #gouchepainting #gouacheart #outdoors #wind #trees

FILM

Radical Rubber Band Ball of Chris

TRAILER

Radical Rubber Band Ball of Chris is an award winning short narrative film about a young boy who escapes into his art, music, and has a boundless imagination. But when life takes an unexpected turn, his creativity leads him somewhere new—somewhere mysterious.