People often ask me how I start a painting. It can be intimidating staring at a big white space and wanting to make it something beautiful. Like many things you want to do in life, the key for me is to JUST START 🖤
08.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@mappers.bsky.social
Scottish Ice cream connoisseur. Misanthrope. Fan of cats & kindness. Arty. “Both kind and ludicrous.” “Unconventionally charming.” https://linktr.ee/carolmaps
People often ask me how I start a painting. It can be intimidating staring at a big white space and wanting to make it something beautiful. Like many things you want to do in life, the key for me is to JUST START 🖤
08.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks so much ☺️
01.08.2025 11:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0She’s finished! 100cm x 120cm textured acrylic on deep edge canvas.
ADRIFT UNDER WOUNDED SKIES.
This one is deeply personal. I asked AI to help me describe her and it was perfect, it made me cry, but way too long to post here. It’s on my insta though.
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Trust the process.
Timelapse of working on this big abstract painting.
Thank you ☺️
31.07.2025 05:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Work in progress.
30.07.2025 19:31 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Set myself the challenge of painting abstract using only primary colours, black and white. This is the result 🔴🟡🔵⚫️⚪️
30.07.2025 10:45 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s almost payday. Treat yourself!
29.07.2025 09:10 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Urban Oxidisation is off to its new home later today.
23.07.2025 11:46 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thank you. Life really can change in the blink of an eye xx
19.07.2025 12:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Dad’s had a massive stroke. It’s been pretty devastating. Speech, movement, eating, drinking. He’s still in the acute stroke ward. Then he’ll be moved to rehab xx
19.07.2025 12:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Another 2 visit hospital day. I haven’t had a chance to sort out my postage shambles because chaos, so all postage and shipping is still free. Go buy stuff. Kthanxbai xx
www.carolmapleyart.com
Thank you ☺️
18.07.2025 13:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This one just arrived in Michigan and is already hung. It’s always a lovely feeling to see your art in other people’s homes.
18.07.2025 13:00 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Not me posting an “Please take advantage of me.” post. That’s what happens when you try to do everything yourself 😬👍🏻
14.07.2025 09:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0THEY’RE HEEEEEEERE
(shares always hugely appreciated *passes biscuits*)
Timelapse of adding texture to a large canvas.
08.07.2025 10:48 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’ve now added a range of unframed, affordable reprints to my website.
Shares hugely appreciated 🫶🏻
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I’m Scottish and there’s only one word I would use for these folk 😬
03.07.2025 12:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s pretty but not “millions” pretty 😳
28.06.2025 13:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I must go look. I’m good V. I forget to use this platform other than art stuff. How are you? x
28.06.2025 09:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I must go look. I’m good V. I forget to use this platform other than art stuff. How are you? x
28.06.2025 09:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Which dress?
27.06.2025 17:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0No. It was one that’s been knocking around inside my head and I had to let it out. It’ll be on the website along with reprints in the next couple of weeks.
27.06.2025 16:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😂😂
27.06.2025 15:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Darkest Before Dawn.
33” x 24” textured acrylics on 19mm stretch canvas.
GIVEAWAY TIME 🥳🥳🥳
19.06.2025 10:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This one will run until Thursday so still plenty time to subscribe and share ☺️👍🏻
16.06.2025 13:44 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Proper chuffed with this. Thank you xx
13.06.2025 12:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks doll, that means a lot. It was a steep learning curve xx
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