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Artist, Painter, Music. Love Dogs and Cats. Love Nature. Lifelong DemπŸ’™ Very concerned for our Country right now. U TUBE: #TheBulwark, #MeidasTouch, #IHIPnews, & others. LISTS: #NCDems #ImportantVoices #FineArt #painting #artist #creative

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Sketching a portrait drawing. Created on an index card with a ball point pen. #art #artist #portraitdrawing #portraitartist #inkdrawing

16.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Mary Elizabeth’s Flowers' by Seth Haverkamp captures a quiet moment of light & presence. Painted alla prima, the portrait combines direct, intuitive brushwork with careful attention to light & detail.
Discover more at Bender Gallery >> bendergallery.com

16.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Self Portrait - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14127

16.02.2026 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A painting of a colorful bluish dragon with pink and purple markings like stripes down its neck and back. Its crawling downward over a large rock jutting up from a sandy beach, the grassy hillside with trees in the background. The sky is filled with clouds. Text reads kamakru.com. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2023

A painting of a colorful bluish dragon with pink and purple markings like stripes down its neck and back. Its crawling downward over a large rock jutting up from a sandy beach, the grassy hillside with trees in the background. The sky is filled with clouds. Text reads kamakru.com. Signed Katie Croonenberghs 2023

β€œWhen the tides are out and low
Watch your back and eye the shore
For then is best for dragon’s quest
Of mussels, crab and more”

"Exploring the Shoreline" - 2023
www.kamakru.com/prints/p/lim...
#dragons #watercolor #gouache

16.02.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Windy Common
Watercolour sketch 11x15”
#watercolour #art #sketchbook

16.02.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Night Guest" - my oil painting

16.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A standing easel pallette: some smears of gold and green and red acrylic, some in a little ceramic leaf bowl, a pencil sharpener, a paint-covered card, a ceramic dish with colored pencils and an eraser in it, two soft pastels, a water brush, and a piece of paper with red paint. Everything is basically covered in paint.

A standing easel pallette: some smears of gold and green and red acrylic, some in a little ceramic leaf bowl, a pencil sharpener, a paint-covered card, a ceramic dish with colored pencils and an eraser in it, two soft pastels, a water brush, and a piece of paper with red paint. Everything is basically covered in paint.

i love colorinnngggggg

16.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Field with Poppies - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14768

16.02.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Dutch Girl.' (1899) Marianne Stokes' place amongst important women artists is not confined to those who were followers of Pre-Raphaelitism, she was a pre-eminent painter in tempera and did much to revive its popularity in the late 19thC and the early years of the 20thC.

15.02.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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A hush falls over this portrait, like a fleeting moment that feels melancholic and yet vibrant.

Clown Portrait "Red Rose" F3 by Harumi Shinozuka

#beautifulbizarre #surrealism #clownart #fineart #oilpainting

15.02.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The quiet, soulful gaze is steeped in a beautiful depth. Love this painting titled "Surrender " by Whyn Lewis.

#beautifulbizarre #painting #dogart #contemporaryrealism #fineart

16.02.2026 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you 🩷

15.02.2026 03:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bird.  Semi realistic.  Gel print pulled; more acrylic.

Bird. Semi realistic. Gel print pulled; more acrylic.

I’m on a Bird kick πŸ˜ƒ. Cant help being semi -realistic πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ.
Gel print, charcoal sketch; underpaint. Pulled! More paint.

15.02.2026 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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David William Terry (Texan, born 1958)
"Like a Lover at First Touching", 2016.
Oil on Linen, 36 Γ— 24 inches.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

14.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooooohhh! Look at all that color!

15.02.2026 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sketch book #art #drawing #illustration

14.02.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice studio! I love mine 🩷

15.02.2026 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monet rarely mixed colors on his palette.

Instead, he set pure hues side by side, allowing the viewer’s eyes to do the mixing.

14.02.2026 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I admire her SO much

15.02.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Frida Kahlo's "Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns" portrays her with a symbolic necklace of thorns causing her to bleed, highlighting her enduring physical and emotional pain. Surrounded by verdant leaves, butterflies, a monkey, and a black cat, the painting evokes themes of nature, spirituality, and personal suffering.

Frida Kahlo's "Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns" portrays her with a symbolic necklace of thorns causing her to bleed, highlighting her enduring physical and emotional pain. Surrounded by verdant leaves, butterflies, a monkey, and a black cat, the painting evokes themes of nature, spirituality, and personal suffering.

Self Portrait with Necklace of Thorns, 1940
https://botfrens.com/collections/127/contents/30707

14.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful work 🩷

15.02.2026 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Houses in Auvers - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14797

14.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes you make the painting for the song. (Apex Twin #3)
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Good Morning
10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel
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Available on my website

13.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 309    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Montmartre

13.02.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saint-Lazare Station, Arrival of a Train - 1877
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8983

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The quote continues:

β€œThe most extreme example of this ignorance must be the people who design the seats on airplanes. At the other extreme, the people who have the most accurate, vivid sense of their own appearance may be dancers. What dancers look like is, after all, what they

The quote continues: β€œThe most extreme example of this ignorance must be the people who design the seats on airplanes. At the other extreme, the people who have the most accurate, vivid sense of their own appearance may be dancers. What dancers look like is, after all, what they

How We're Shaped
oil on Yupo
11.5 x 18.5

A lot of us humans are like dogs: we really don’t know what size we are, how we’re shaped, what we look like. - URSULA K. LE GUIN

Get the art: www.lolajovan.com/store/p659/h...

#art #painting #fantasyart #dancer #oilpainting

Story-ALTtext⬇️

13.02.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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The end of the 2300 mile Monks Peace walk. What a beautiful Thing.
May your day be your peaceful day.

13.02.2026 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Acrylic paint on gel plate. Pulled a print.  Fine tuned the painting

Acrylic paint on gel plate. Pulled a print. Fine tuned the painting

Bird number 2.
Gel plate print. Acrylic.

13.02.2026 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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One more time, let's grow

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12.02.2026 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Graham Sutherland (1903 - 1980)
Twisting Roads 1976

09.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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