Riis Griffen

people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.

A beautiful breath of fresh air 🌿

A blue sky, some patchy clouds, and a thin, bright crescent. That's Venus. The larger, dimmer crescent is the Moon.

This is a cool photo of crescent Venus.

And the Moon, too.

Image credit: Iván Éder

Painting of an abstract owl in shades of red, pink and gray with a striped collaged beak. The owl is standing, looking up and to one side.

New painting in my small solo show at Brassworks Gallery until this weekend. 😊 The art still be available on their website afterward.

Ready, Set
mixed media on canvas
12 x 12"
#art #owl #ArtYear #BskyArt #PDXArt #painting #artist #NewArt #BskyArtist #ArtLovers #ArtOnBlueSky #painters

Love all the movement in this one.

Wow, what a find!

Closeup photo of delicate white and pink fruit blossoms against a dark background.

First hints of spring.

#photography #spring #blossoms #floral #macro #NaturesBeauty #NatureLover #MacroPhotography

Groups like Patriot Front had started masking because they were getting doxxed and losing their jobs for being racists.

Publishing for Minnesota Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.

There's an auction going for Minnesota! Loads of publishing-related lots and opportunities: have a look!

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Thoroughly enjoying Ludwig on Britbox.

Came here to say that!

An intriguing piece ✨

Missing a joke is different from being rude and dismissive. I hope you take the time to learn the difference.

Stunning shot!

I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.

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From Sesame Street

Thank you! 💕

Perfectly captured winter mood.

Painting of an abstract character in shades of pink and gold on a black background. The character is wide, with small cat-like ears, a wide messy smile, and arms of different sizes.

I've been feeling inspired from seeing so many friends and so much art at Brassworks last Saturday!

Here's another painting in my small solo show:

Incurable Optimist
mixed media on canvas
12 x 12"
#art #painting #OriginalArt #ArtSky #BskyArtists #PDXArt #artist #PortlandArt #painter #WeirdArt

Photo of a mossy maple tree with bare branches in front of fir trees in fog.

Quiet time.

#nature #landscape #fog #foglover #naturelover #PhotoSky #winter #january #winterlove

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

Thank you!

Thank you! I guess it depends on what you ride 😊

Mixed media painting of an abstract birdlike character with big eyes, drooping wings, and a stance that lists slightly sideways. The character is shades of tan and gold on a black and red background.

"Fledgling" is in my show opening tomorrow at Brassworks Gallery in Portland. The online preview of the January shows is already live if you're not local and you'd like to check it out.

I'll be at the reception from 5 to 6:30--hope to see you!
#artist #NewArt #painting #PDXArt #art #originalart

Thank you for your years of diligent, excellent reporting on this.

Closeup photo of ice crystals backlit by the sun. The background is a fir tree and blue sky.

Ice crystals from 9 years ago today ❄️

#winter #NaturesBeauty #january #WinterLove #NatureLover

Art exhibit show card for several shows opening at Portland's Brassworks Gallery on January 10: a group show called Forest Myth; a two-person show with Amelia Opie and Rye Watts; a small solo show with Riis Griffen; a small solo show with Gwynn Goodner; and Embers in the Dark: Queer Stories of the Unseen, by Nat Erickson. I'll be at the reception from 5 to 6:30. If you're in the area, I hope to see you there!

My ten newest paintings will be at Portland's Brassworks Gallery starting Jan 10!

The online preview opens Friday--just enter your email address on their website to be included.

#riisgriffenart #newart #artshow #pdxart #pdxartist #portlandart #portlandartist #oregonartist

badger eating berries

important

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