August Anatomy and Pathology Art Print Drops & Early Fall Favourites

September 16, 2025

After a not-too-hot summer, but that still didn´t want to end, I welcome September. And while it is not fall yet, it sure feels like it. Temperatures dropped, school started, and the busier schedules are here to interrupt summer laziness.

You see, this summer I was dealing with burnout. I nursed it in July, working the bare minimum, ie, shipping out your orders, but nothing much happened in my business. I spent my time that I would dedicate to this art business, drawing.

I had fun with it, and it did help me through the low times. At least I didn´t feel I was wasting time.

We traveled, I took my kids to camp for some weeks, and other weeks, I spent time with them at home. It is a sweet age they are in. They played together, we took long walks, and went on adventures. We were silly, we laughed a lot, but also talked about more serious life stuff :) They are very curious and want to hear even the most gory details of some of my old cases. Bodily stuff is normalized, of course, in this household.

In August, I painted a bit more.

It was breastfeeding month, so I thought it was time to paint the above image.

The Whipple before and after is now complete. These beautiful surgery illustrations were a commission, and I am glad it is painted and available.

As someone whose life was severely altered by psoriasis and eczema (both of my parents left me with something), focusing on this side of dermatopathology was a long time coming. Psoriasis histopathology above, eczema to come.

This abstract watercolor iris illustration was a custom order for an ophthalmologist residency graduation, and it has become a new print in the shop.

I have a lot of gastroenterologist customers, so I created the above colon polyp histopathology art to offer some other choices.

Current favourites:

Friends, the world is such a heavy place. I guess it always was, but one would expect civilisation to have hit by 2025, yet it´s like we are run by animals. But let´s not insult animals. What are you doing to keep functioning? How do you deal with the heavy heart and the sensation that you are not doing enough? I am not doing enough.

I realise that there have always been wars and dark periods throughout history. And people do what they can to survive. There has always been art in all kinds of forms. What better way to disconnect from reality for a couple of minutes and feel hope?

I am currently reading: Dracula by Bram Stoker. How I never read this before, I don´t know (I was born in Sighisoara, Romania, or Transylvania, if you will).
I am also reading Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum. I listened to her on Jordan Harbinger´s podcast, and I knew I wanted to read the book as well.

This is my favourite playlist to listen to in the car: Energetic Classical
My favourite song right now characterizes how I feel about the times we live in, how incredibly frustrating and dangerous it is: F*ck You by Lily Allen
Wall climbing - we went this weekend, my daughter needs it in school. Well, while she might be a natural, I sucked so bad, but we had a good laugh, I enjoyed myself, and the muscles I forgot about hurt.
The past week, I have been feeling like I can´t focus on reading, I don´t have patience for so many podcasts (I listen while I paint, or in the car), so I switched to audiobooks. Resubscribed to Everand, so I have access to a lot of books. It is fun; time flies, and I can focus.
There is a cozy podcast I will listen to every week (exception to the above state of mind): Cozy Conversations. I absolutely love it!
Favourite fall tea: Bangal spice