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Goldfish Kiss

A RAD BLOG BY REBEKAH STEEN.

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  • The Joy of Feeling Small

    March 22, 2025April 16, 2025

    There is so much joy in feeling small. Thank you nature for dishing up that bliss time and time again. Now, time to get my butt in gear to get up and out and soak

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  • Scenes from Mexico June 2022

    June 20, 2022

    I just got back from a pinch me, it’s so darn peaceful and beautiful week in Mexico celebrating one of my lifelong friend’s birthdays, and I’m hoping some of these pics can pass along the

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  • Now this is my kind of

    March 29, 2018December 12, 2018

    Now this is my kind of shade, on my kind of beach. Punta Cana, I think it’s time I come see you and your beautiful palms in person. In the meantime, it was a rather enjoyable

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  • Here’s the latest from my desk

    February 7, 2018December 12, 2018

    Here’s the latest from my desk. It’s called Waimoku Joy. It’s based off of this pic that my husband took of me when we hiked the the falls when I was 5 months pregnant with

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  • Hoa Kai X Goldfish Kiss

    January 18, 2018December 12, 2018

    Remember that cool little scenic watercolor I did a few months ago? The one with the set rolling in (lefts of course) that had a sunset and a bunch of tropical foliage? Well, I must

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  • Here’s the latest from my desk

    December 1, 2017December 12, 2018

    Here’s the latest from my desk. This one’s called Some Wave Under The Rainbow. High five for puns. Might need to make that title into a tee shirt too.  Anyways, story behind the painting time:

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  • Here’s the latest from my studio

    November 7, 2017December 12, 2018

    Here’s the latest from my studio (aka my extremely messy yet conveniently colorful desk in our guest bedroom): An outfit I’d love to rock, and the location and activity where I’d prefer to rock it. Because,

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  • One of the perks of painting

    October 9, 2017December 12, 2018

    One of the perks of painting a scenic, or landscape, or whatever it’s officially called, is it’s easy to imagine you’re there while painting it. So, if you see me painting more scenics, you know

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  • Scenic Toes

    September 2, 2017December 12, 2018

    Two nights ago, I told myself I was going to just take a few minutes and paint my toes really quickly. Well, thirty minutes later, I had little tropical murals on my toes.  So much

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    Artist, fashion enthusiast with a small closet & massive fan of all things beach/nature
    🎨 Art = @goldfish_kiss_art

    It’s rad jacket and Blublocker season, baby. 😎🧡 It’s rad jacket and Blublocker season, baby. 😎🧡
    Missing the ocean with every ounce of my soul, but Missing the ocean with every ounce of my soul, but it helps having a lake a few hours away that sure looks like an ocean. 🛶🐾❤️ 

Narrow cottage lined roads have the best light.✨💚

Hot mess status activated. 😎

 Glassy conditions, time for a swim. 

Stellar spot on the morning walk. ✌🏼☀️ #lakemichigan
    Here’s the last painting I did before I packed up Here’s the last painting I did before I packed up my office…and I haven’t touched a brush since. Feels weird, but the break helped get lots of ideas brewin’ now, too. 🎨🧡 Life’s a beach. Embrace the mess and get the tattoo. #goldfishkissart #watercolor #radart 

“Forever a beach” 8x8 watercolor on paper. It’s in le shop.
    Well, in life update news, we moved to Michigan. T Well, in life update news, we moved to Michigan. Two days after saying goodbye to Kili, I said bye to beach life, felt like a chapter of life I loved was slammed shut, and all the air and motivation was knocked out of me. Changes like this take time, and the idea of ever being truly settled in is a bit foreign to me. But, you just have to look for the little glimmers in ordinary days (what’s in all these pics), be present, get out and about, and choose joy while also giving those tears permission to flow. Ok, and say hi to every dog I can, while holding onto summer as long as I can, too. But I hear Fall is next level up here. 🧡

So, if you’ve been following me for a while, life’s taken us many places. I feel like I’m part chameleon and part lone wolf by now, and we will see what this new season brings. I have a feeling Lake Michigan and the upper peninsula will be my happy place, so hopefully we’ll make it out there a bunch. Life’s crazy. Wear a helmet and thank goodness for Facebook marketplace. And that I didn’t give away all my cold weather gear.
    Well, I had to say goodbye to my best four-legged Well, I had to say goodbye to my best four-legged friend, then to life at the beach in a matter of a few days. Life’s been heavy, full of random ugly cries, a bit of a blur, and my brain fog is at capacity, all while having one too many tabs open, too.

But I did manage to scribble down some journal thoughts before the move, and wanted to share. I love these things.

I’ll post a bunch of final beach pics and about life in our new location soon. But for now, I’m just taking it one day at a time.

Or in this case, page. Hope they’re somewhat legible. 🌊❤️‍🩹🖊️ #goldfishkisswriting #thoughts
    How do you sum up an incredible life in few slides How do you sum up an incredible life in few slides and words…I can’t. This loss is such a deep hurt, and the love is so pure. Kili pup, I miss you, and my heart is so damn heavy. Run wild, run free, soak up the sun, steal all the pizza, and find all the sticks and tennis balls, my best four legged friend. ❤️‍🩹🐾 

Kili Steen 2013 - 2026
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