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I’m working on a series called ‘Magic Spells That Don’t Work.’
This is ‘A Spell for Recurring Dreams.’
I’m not sure if it’s intended to prevent recurring dreams or to actually induce them, but it makes no difference as it doesn’t work. #spells #dreams #recurringdreams #art #illustration
Dissident Draftsman, Oda Schottmüeller, was a sculptor and dancer. The Nazis beheaded her by guillotine in August 1943. #illustration #politicalart #resistance #democracy #draftsman #draughtsman #drawing #dissident #printmaking #linocut #linocutprint #odaschottmueller #redorchestra #plotzensee
14.07.2025 18:34 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A joyous Juneteenth. On June 19th 1867 the holiday was established to commemorate the ratification of the 13th and 14th Amendments, guaranteeing the right of Black Men to vote. Now You-know-who wants to abolish the 14th Amendment. This is a print I made last year of Grace Jones #juneteenth
19.06.2025 12:12 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship:1. Before you even begin, make sure all of your sketchbooks and canvases fit under a loose floorboard #artist #illustrator #illustration #art #linocut #reliefprint #blockprint #printmaking #dictatorship #repressive #authoritarian #resistance #politicalart
14.05.2025 19:11 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship. 12: When the emperor wears his new clothes, the court painter must wax creative #emperor #dictatorship #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting #expressionism #politicalart #tyrant #pencil #resistance #painting #gouache
12.03.2025 16:51 — 👍 21 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship: 11. In the land of the blind we should prize our ability to see #dictatorship #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting #expressionism #politicalart #tyrant #pencil #resistance #painting #gouache
08.03.2025 17:10 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ukrainian writer, Andrey Kurkov, author of ‘Death and the Penguin.’ A strange book about a man who rescues a king penguin, and they attend funerals together #linocut #printmaking #ukraine #andreykurkov #penguin #kingpenguin #bird #resistance #kyiv #standwithukraine
02.03.2025 20:46 — 👍 22 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship 8: Professional Knitter, Rose Girone, passed away this week at age 113. She was the oldest known survivor of the Holocaust #holocaust #survivor #knitter #dictatorship #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting #politicalart #rosegirone
01.03.2025 12:38 — 👍 16 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Red Pencil. My adorable spouse Lisa edits her WIP
28.02.2025 18:41 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship 6: Keep reading the news, even if it’s depressing—even if you don’t always believe it. When you’re done, use the paper to make beautiful paper-mache sculpture #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting #expressionism #politicalart #papermache
21.02.2025 18:46 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you 🙏
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Yo Philly protesters! Your ire should be directed at The Union League at Broad and Sansom. That is where your adversary dwells. Not the art museum. Not city hall!
18.02.2025 01:06 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0🩵🩷💙💜
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Quick Portrait Sketch of Woman - Day 3
Inspired by my cute wife
#drawingpractice #portraitdoodle #art #artistonbluesky #artcommunity #portrait #portraitsketch #dailysketch #asiangirldrawing #markersketch
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18.02.2025 17:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Love it 🩵🩷💙
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How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship 4: Keep quietly plugging away at what you’re doing #dictatorship #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting #expressionism #politicalart #bass #bassguitar
18.02.2025 17:10 — 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship 3: Be very careful if you have take your portfolio anywhere #dictatorship #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting #expressionism #politicalart
18.02.2025 17:09 — 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship 2: If you have a printing press, maybe keep quiet about it #printmaking #etchingpress #dictatorship #authoritarianism #art #illustration #illustrator #painting
16.02.2025 13:01 — 👍 37 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
How to be an Artist in a Dictatorship:1. Before you even begin, make sure all of your sketchbooks and canvases fit under a loose floorboard #artist #illustrator #illustration #art #painting #dictatorship #repressive #authoritarian
16.02.2025 13:00 — 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy Valentine’s Day with a wooden card! I think wooden greeting cards will soon be all the rage (or probably not) #valentines #happyvalentinesday #valentine #bird #birdart #flowers #helicopterseeds #tulip #art #painting #artist #paintingonwood #bleedingheartsflower #illustration #illustrator
14.02.2025 12:06 — 👍 24 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great Blue Heron with a Green Water Snake - 2/1/25
Wakodahatchee Wetlands - Delray Beach, FL
Canon R8 w/ RF 600mm - 1/2000 at f/11, ISO 5000 #wakodahatcheewetlands #canonphotography #birds #wildlife #photography #nature
Laura Boswell working on a stunning new print!
11.02.2025 19:32 — 👍 40 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Completed print.
Distant snow - 35x55cm. Reduction linocut on Somerset Satin with Cranfield inks. Inspired by a really bad photo I took with a powerful zoom lens, looking from Aviemore towards the Cairngorm Mountains. Happy Monday!
Something to share for this #PrintPromptMonday theme #intothewild - I made this lil reduction linocut in December, small edition in 14 different colour sets. It’s called “Into the woods”, a self portrait, here in colour set ‘chartreuse’.
Let’s celebrate printmaking: share your own work using both ##
Thank you for your comments.
Pastels are notoriously difficult to ‘fix.’ The only solution I know of is to frame the drawing under glass.
Eurasian Roller. I ruined this painting twice by trying to varnish it…so this is version 3
#art #artistsonbluesky #artonbluesky #painting #floral #traditionalart #nature #bird #roller #birdart
Even if life on dry land is vexatious, life under the waves is going swimmingly. Wunderpus and Cormorant #octopus #wunderpus #cormorant #greatcormorant #painting #paintingonwood #art #illustration #illustrator #bird #traditionalart #handmade #acrylicpaint #artistsonbluesky #artonbluesky
07.02.2025 20:42 — 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
