New Columbine Leaves
Oil on wood
9x7 inches
@jackieskrzynski.bsky.social
Art, woods, family, home
New Columbine Leaves
Oil on wood
9x7 inches
Oil painting of yellow roses. intention to express a vibe of shameless abandon into color and form and light.
#ontheeasel #oilonwood #shameless
05.07.2025 18:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Trump administration is reportedly planning to kill a $500 million grant from the Biden admin that would boost steel manufacturing in Americaβs rust belt, including in JD Vanceβs hometown of Middletown, Ohio.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I love the subtle color changes
05.04.2025 22:42 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#handsoff even in small towns like ours, crowds show to protest the rape and pillage of our country
05.04.2025 18:06 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0CARTOON OF THE DAY πΊπΈ
04.04.2025 21:42 β π 2282 π 498 π¬ 24 π 16.@SenBooker's marathon effort moved me more than I could explain.
And this piece from @Dahlialithwick beautifully articulates what I couldn't. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Grateful for the time at @the-vcca.bsky.social to get into the minutiae of this subject.
26.03.2025 10:05 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0#driedhydrangea #oilonwood #darkbotanical #beautifulage
25.03.2025 18:59 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
Thank you!
22.03.2025 11:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Agree π―π―π―π―. ππ
20.03.2025 10:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you to Virginia Public Radioβs Sandy Hausman for visiting VCCA! Listen to the birdsong, music, and conversations she captured in this piece for WVTF and Radio IQ: www.wvtf.org/news/2025-03... #VCCAFellows
19.03.2025 21:38 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1βSince when are libraries the swamp?β asked @bravoandy.bsky.social on last nightβs WWHL, when he named Trumpβs IMLS cuts Jackhole of the day. Thanks so much, Andy, for standing up for libraries and raising βlibrary kids.β Be sure to see βThe Librariansβ documentary. Weβd make great bartenders π
19.03.2025 12:00 β π 14 π 8 π¬ 1 π 2#workinprogress #detail #oilpainting #darkbotanical #hudsonvalleyartist
19.03.2025 20:34 β π 35 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Soooo good for understanding the mental state of young adults
18.03.2025 17:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#wetwoods are my favorite woods. @blackrockforest.bsky.social
16.03.2025 13:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The eventual fate of the GOP
16.03.2025 01:02 β π 47517 π 7843 π¬ 2025 π 498π―π―π―
14.03.2025 20:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to βthe leftβ and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
People, through their collective action, are sending a message to anyone willing to heed it
11.03.2025 11:42 β π 44 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Since Congressβs allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.
04.03.2025 16:59 β π 33607 π 6688 π¬ 1140 π 523After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers.
IRS agents say that current audits of rich people and corporations could be closed down prematurely.
The Treasury Department estimates that the 1% account for $163 billion in unpaid taxes each year.
TechCrunch covers Flashes β‘οΈβ‘οΈβ‘οΈ
28.02.2025 20:23 β π 538 π 64 π¬ 27 π 9Call your Senators & Reps tomorrow morning, especially the GOP ones, & demand support for Ukraine. Every GOP official needs to be asked if they are behind Trump & believe we should ally with Putin over Zelensky.
01.03.2025 12:13 β π 7000 π 1943 π¬ 251 π 81This terrifies me - what are you going to do to protect NYers from this??
@schumer.senate.gov @pkryan.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand
Murphy: "The destruction of our democracy is part of this story ... this is super unpopular, what they are doing. Nobody wants their healthcare to disappear ... so how do you get away with it? You try to destroy our democracy. You try to crush dissent. You threaten members of Congress with arrest."
25.02.2025 17:08 β π 21345 π 6818 π¬ 429 π 289Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. 
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
What the laws in this country do to everyday people
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/h...