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Lake District

The pale veil of daybreak

Sorry I dropped off the face of the earth again, it's just that the weird treatment-resistant gastroparesis I have fought for the last twelve years of my life has almost definitely been IBD all along and nothing feels real anymore.

four radiolaria sculptures sitting on a black surface

Radiolaria are microscopic unicellular sea creatures that create skeletons from silica. Their skeletons are among the most beautiful and complex natural microstructures, resembling elaborate filigree. blog post: n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9861

Chonky black and yellow bumblebee-like robberfly, chilling on a green oak leaf. Side view

Close shot of the creature's face; big black compound eyes and a yellow "beard" nearly covering the face

Very close shot put the creature's point yellow face floof. It's almost like a lion's mane

Close shot of one of the creature's feets, black with two claws and little orange flappy pads behind them

Just your normal classic bumblebee with the normal number of wings and totally a vegetarian, don't worry about it

(bumblebee mimic robberfly, of course 🖤)

Bank shrubs and trees reflecting in pond

Shrubs and grasses on hillside reflecting in pond

Reflections ...

A black and white inkcap mushroom in autumnal leaf litter.

Found an old photo of one of my favourite mushroom sightings - a magpie inkcap :) Haven’t seen any this year (or since); this was taken in a nearby woodland on this day in 2017.

#mushrooms

Watercolor painting of Thuidium cymbifolium

Finished painting of Thuidium cymbifolium (Hawaiian name: mākole mākō pi`i) #sciart #botanicalart #watercolor

Orange and black butterfky hanging down from a branch

Looking down at an orange and black butterfly making a "V"

Orange and black butterfly in the woods, brown crumpled leaves nearby

Orange and black butterfly on a pink zinnia

These are my not-classic monarch butterfly photographs from past years ... plus a photo from late September 2025 #Inverts

Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman wearing a big curly red wig, heart-shaped sunglasses, and red plaid coat, posing with attitude in front of a green and pink diamond wall.

Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman wearing a layered blue wig and big white and maroon fur coat, posing looking over her shoulder at the viewer, with a desert landscape in the background.

Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman wearing a pink wig that covers her eyes, a headband with bronze horns, and a pink and blue patterned outfit, posing with her head down in front of wallpaper with birds and floral designs.

Painting in a bold, realistic style depicting a white woman with long red-brown hair wearing a lacey purple top and a gold headdress, posing with attitude in front of a green feathered wall.

Self-portraits by American artist Lauren E Peters, 2020s, whose paintings explore costume and performance.

They should invent a food that doesn't make my stomach hurt

Tiny asters growing in rock crevice

Tiny aster happenstance rock garden ...

Close-up of the apothecia of Rhizocarpon lichen. Apothecia look like black gravels that are embedded in yellow, cracked thallus.

Colony of rhizocarpon on rock. The thallus is smooth yellow with cracks throughout. Balck apothecia that look like gravels are seen.

I was sure this gravel stuck in scrambled egg thing was Rhizocarpon geographica, but the lichenologist instructor said you’d never be sure about Rhizocarpons unless you do DNA test. Fascinating, anyway. Ikenotaira, Tomi, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
チズゴケの仲間。同定はとても難しいそうだ。長野県東御市池の平 #地衣類

Gorgous falcon called a Merlin perched high in a pine

Merlin, Arthur Ross Pinetum, Central Park. My first time seeing one stationary and up close. #birds

In progress painting of a wave with two skeletons within, holding hands. The surrounding wall is streaked with paint.

Today's conundrum. Yes, that is where I've wiped my brush on the wall instead of bending down and picking up the cloth.

The jellyfish tank is always a thrill at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Newport, Oregon. Translucent jellyfish float in a column of water with blue/purple lighting.

Looking like a ghostly alien, a moon jellyfish floats in blue lighting at the Oregon Coast aquarium.

#BlueSkyMonday #photography

A small colour drawing of a little wren singing among the cherry blossom. The drawing shows the little brown bird sitting on a branch. The drawing has a bright pink background. The Wren is a tiny brown bird, it's almost round in shape with a fine bill, quite long legs and toes, very short round wings and a short, narrow tail, which is sometimes stuck up vertically. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).

The Wren is a tiny bird, almost round in shape with very short wings and a tail which is often stuck up vertically.
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#Wren #Birds #BirdArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #PenAndInk #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm

Partially painted image of two skeletons, top to toe, holding hands.

Today work in progress.

A watercolour of a café interior with the barista in front of a table making a pour over coffee with another barista to the left

Glasgow café, Amulet

A woman positioned on her back within a steel lyra hoop

Trialed another apparatus tonight. This one may be my new favorite.

The drawing shows a tropical hibiscus bloom in soft salmon-pink and peach shades, with a deep purple centre. Three leaves can be seen behind the flower, and a gnarled stem with a single miniature leaf.

I am delighted to share that my botanical artwork “Heirloom Hibiscus” has been selected for the Association of Botanical Artists’ Autumn Online Exhibition 'Inspiration'.

See my piece here hgpenningtonart.com/...

Explore the full exhibition www.assocbotanicalar...

If we make it illegal to steal paintings from the Louvre then the entire industry will be unsustainable

12 different petri dish paintings

For almost 10 years, artist Klari Reis created a petri dish painting every day #sciart www.adailydish.com?m=1

Water soluble encaustic painting of a pitcher plant with its red and green leaves at different stages of opening up and becoming insect death traps. Several flowers and a bud grow up from the cluster of leaves.

The final piece for cline house gallery. Pitcher plant from my trip to newfoundland this summer.

#botanicalart #bloomsky

A photograph of a freshly painted oil painting in front of the basalt and water subject matter that it was painted from. The painting is still on the easel and you can see the paint palette below.

Deep Lake, East End
oil on canvas
22” x 28”
2025

This photo by Jack Greenwood shows a view across mountains near Barmouth in Wales.

#mountainmonday

A light blue fabric background with a hand embroidered Swallow head and the body is a light golden brown hand stitched outline of the shoulders and upper chest

This Swallow is swooping in looking for some motivation.....have you seen it?!

#BirdArt #MondayMotivation #WildlifeArt #embroidery #BlueskyMonday

Pyracantha tree with red berries outside of the New Mexico Museum of Art.

Just outside the New Mexico Museum of Art today.
Coffee and Baumann today!
#newmexico #santafe #art #artmuseum

Delicate glass sculpture of lungs with red bronchial tubes

Kit Paulson, Lungs, glass, 2020. The alveoli are shaped like flowers

Photo of a red-tipped Cladonia lichen.

Photo of a pink earth lichen.

Photo of a red carpet of lowbush blueberry shrubs in front of some evergreen trees.

Photo of an orange coloured Porpidia species crustose lichen on rock.

Some pics from a wilderness hike on Friday. #Newfoundland Canada. #lichens #hiking #trail

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.