Nataliia Hurd

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(SCA) Scroll for friend Lilias at the Coronation event. White, red and gold goauche, and gold ink on black paper. I'm really happy with this one.

This is so me.

(SCA) Golden Rapier scroll for Quintin

(SCA) Black hours scroll for Katerina on her Maunche.

(SCA) Seems I am running behind posting some of my work.
Here is the Laurel Scroll for Remy. Based on a renaissance portrait.

Bebe Remy!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice. As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree. Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich. Silencing us impoverishes the whole world. The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

A nice little thread about how to do the work to take pronouncing people's names seriously.

Yes it would. Adult content implies something salacious instead of an artistic content.

I'm so sorry that they are idiots.

White variegated stalactite in Doolin Cave against blackness of the cave.

Ireland. We toured Doolin Cave and the amazing stalactite. Nothing grandiose but simple it its theatrical look. (This is my artwork, please do not take without permission.)

Single brown horse with white back fetlock and cannon on the rear legs, and light brown mane on a grown field with yellow flower in the foreground. Line of dark horses on the horizon line contrasting to the light horse in the foreground, and a grey sky beyond the horizon, with some small white striated clouds.

More Ireland artistic photos. I call this one Solitary thought. I loved the juxtaposition of the horse in the foreground against the almost shadowy horses in the background. (This is my artwork, please do not take without permission.)

Shoreline with green grass and pink and white flowers leading up to a brown cliff. There is water, waves and pools in several different shades of blue washing up on the rocks jutting out into the ocean of Ireland.

Still working on my reflections of my Ireland artists retreat. I captured the beauty of the land with my camera and pushed myself on artistic choices and color. Ocean dreams is what I call this one. (This is my artwork, please do not take without permission.)

They didn’t run this by anyone, did they?

Red and black butterfly on rocks on Cliff of Moher, Ireland.

Artistic rendering of black and white butterfly and brown and white snail on rocks on Cliff of Moher, Ireland.

Painting in Ireland. The first is a photo I took on the Cliffs of Moher. We found butterflies and snails galore! The second photo was my painting of it. I call it Ireland wildlife.

I'm so very, very sorry.

Thank you for the alert.

Nice. I have to be careful of adult (?) content on Redbubble for the same reason.

Pale brownish red snail on green leaves with flecks of yellow and white. Small flowers and shoots in pale red lazily laying sideways on leaves.

Photography by Nataliia.

Snail on leaves on the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland.

Help me name this art photograph that I made!

I'm assuming that he just watched and you all didn't notice him in the minute. It would have been a wonderful moment to ask him if he was interested. Because he does seem like it.

In Ireland, large rock on a field full of stone and grass and bushes, under a blue sky with clouds.

Poulnabrone Dolmen, archeological monument in Burren, County Claire, Ireland. It is two limestone walls, and a limestone roof open to the air, on green pasture below a blue sky.

More Ireland photos, the formations were calling to me as an artist.

Good to know. 👍😎

To follow up yesterday's post of Ireland artadventure, Writing the land with artists and writers, I was coached through using Photoshop by Martin Bridge to help pick a palette for my proposed painting of the tree. The collaboration of the artists and wonderful supportive environment was magnificent.

Happiest of Pride Month!

dark tree against blue sky and green grass.

Just back from the artadventure in Ireland. A wonderful retreat to explore the land and make art.

Artemisia Gentileschi Emerges Anew in Rediscovered Paintings | Artnet News A new Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition in Paris showcases never-before-seen paintings that shed new light on the artist.

New perspectives on Artemisia: A discussion with Patrizia Cavazzini

I had my personal best in this tournament. I was very pleased to find my tournament space, although it was fickle. I, too, might do it again.

YouTube video by Sage of the Sword SCA - East Kingdom Rapier Crown Tourney 2025

A lovely video about the SCA and how I spent last weekend. It is truly amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2GV...

Now I realize my previous post could be thought of as pollyanna, or ignoring huge facts of yuck. I am simply putting it forth as one way I'm working on to get through.