Karen Gillmore

The Zooly Art Challenge is in progress, and I plumb forgot I could post here, too! So here's the first one, a House Mouse (the theme this year is Urban Wildlife):

11.07.2025 06:29 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

… oh wait, just saw the article about the search for blue roly-polies for science research. Your poor li'l bug has a bug!

04.05.2025 19:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That is certainly… unusual! Maybe it's an escapee from one of those collectors (it's true, there are people who collect and breed "exotic" varieties!).

04.05.2025 19:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A brown bunny sits in a tuft of grass, looking alert.

'Tis the season for bunnies. Here's one in gouache (a type of opaque watercolour) on tinted paper that I did a few years ago.

21.04.2025 19:05 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A drawing in blue pencil of an adorable baby bun-dragon (that's a dragon with bunny ears) hatching from a striped egg.

What did you find in your Easter Basket today?

21.04.2025 04:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A watercolour painting shows three orcas investigating the colourful sea life around them as they swim through a kelp forest. The ocean floor is covered with sea anemones, starfish, sea urchins, and seaweeds, as an octopus and a wolf eel emerge from their caves and colourful rockfish swim by.

Two page interior spread from a self-published children's book by Gloria Snively which I illustrated. I wrote a blog post about the making of this painting, with in-progress shots:
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#watercolour #illustration #orcas #killerwhales #childrensbooks #kidlit

11.04.2025 22:25 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A group of hooded and caped figures walks along a forest path, bearing magical lights. In the background is a harbour with boats sailing toward a setting full moon.

I've been wondering what to use this new social media venue for. For now, I think I'll just fill it up with art, old and new, and hopefully give folks something relaxing to look at. This is a painting I did recently for a concert program.

06.04.2025 19:10 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Yay! I've been really busy with guests, but hope to spend more time here soon. Thanks!

16.02.2025 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Both comments came through fine; Tania just showed me that you click on the text of the post for which you want to see the comments.

08.02.2025 21:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi Jacey! Nice to see you here. Tania and Mike are here and last night Tania got me off my bum to sign up. I like it. Reminds me of Twitter in the good old days.

08.02.2025 20:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Digital pencil drawing of a yak in traditional decorated saddle and tack, looking at the viewer.

Hello, Bluesky! This is a test run post, but what the heck, I might as well put in a bit of art, eh? Here's a yak I made for the Zooly Art Challenge this past summer.

08.02.2025 04:54 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 5    📌 0