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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Aug 15

New mechanical sea creature! ‘Horseshoe Theory’, mixed media assemblage...up on the wall at Beinart Gallery in Small Works, opening this Saturday 5-8pm! 🦀⚙️

#crab #horseshoecrab #livingfossil #biomechanicalart #blueblood #mechanicalcrab #art #sculpture #assemblage #assemblageart

A horseshoe crab underside with a dark silver metallic machine body made of pipes and cogs. Blue drops hang from chains.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Aug 5

Take care xx

Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Jun 28

A new neon heart is going to be up on the wall tonight at the @gallerynucleus.bsky.social Power In Numbers show!
This one runs from the 28th of June to July 6th 🫀

#neonheart #sacredheart #art #painting #bsnm #originalart #fluorescent

An anatomical heart on a peach background painted with gouache and watercolour. Fluorescent neon like flames come out of the veins at the top like a sacred heart.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · May 28

I’m so pleased to be part of the @archenemyarts.bsky.social brand new show ‘WAIT FOR THE MOON III’ featuring works inspired by classic Grimm’s fairy tales!

My piece is inspired by 'The Rooster Beam' 🍀🍀🐓🍀🍀

#grimmsfairytales #waitforthemoon #rooster #painting #art #bsnm #mixedmedia

A black rooster with a bright red comb hold straws in his beak. He's standing in a field of green clover looking at a 4 leaf clover.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Apr 10

Had a wee play with Golden's fluorescent acrylic through my airbrush. It's incredibly bright 💡
I chucked this in into my shop....50% of the proceeds go to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund 🍉

#sacredheart #fluorescentpaint #art #painting #bsnm #mixedmedia

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 28

A feathered dinosaur piece from a while back. Pretty sure this is how they would have looked 🦕🪶
#dinosaur #dinosaurart #mixedmedia #art #feathereddinosaur #triceratops #bsnm #paleoart #painting

A triceratops skull with an eye inside and a human-ish ribcage, holding two feathers

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 23

"Heard Immunity" 🐺🦈
#art #mixedmedia #bsnm #painting #gouache #airbrush

A dog with string wrapped around against a green background. Sharks are swimming out of its ear.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 19

Machines Skulls & Flags ⚙️💀🚩🖤
#art #mixedmedia #biomechanical #bsnm

A skull lying on its side on a peach background with metal tubes spilling out and two flags draping over the bones.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 13

One of my diving birds from a few years back.
#art #mixedmedia #kiwi #deepseadiver #bsnm

A kiwi bird in an antique deep sea diving costume, floating and holding the vein from an external heart

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 9

A mechanical fishbeast for ya. This one had a little translucent fin/wing 🐟⚙️
#art #sculpture #assemblage #bsnm #mechanicalfish

A mixed media assemblage sculpture of a mechanical fish

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 6

Love these! They often fly over me as I walk to my studio 🌈

Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 5

🦈🚨 A zoom in of Bruce's mechanical guts. My piece ‘Show Me the Way To Go Home’ is currently in the @archenemyarts.bsky.social show ‘With Love, Your Biggest Fan’ until March the 16th. To buy him click the link in my profile! #art #mixedmedia #shark #jaws #jawsmovie #youregonnaneedabiggerboat #bsnm

A zoom in on the mechanical shark body of Bruce from Jaws.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Mar 3

If you see this, post your 🖤🤍 art!
#art #deepseadiving #morayeel

A mixed media painting of a skeleton in a vintage deep sea diving suit, holding the leash of a moray eel and a flag. It's standing in knee deep water. The painting is monochrome.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 28

Last few days to see the Memento Mori show at @brassworksgallery.bsky.social!
Curated by Chris Breshears ☠️

#art #mixedmedia #mementomori

A skeleton in a blue robe with mechanical innards. Holding up one hand in a 'dual nature' gesture.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 26

A wall piece I did a few years back with an augmented reality animation.
Would love to paint more large scale stuff!

#wallart #streetart #augmentedrealityart #art

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 24

Every time I get to my studio I start by drawing a bug and a mask. The wall is getting really covered now 🪲🪖

Alt: An angled photo of the wall of my studio covered in pieces of paper with insect and mask illustrations

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 22

Not sure actually! Probably, he was pretty iconic 📸

Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 22

🦈🚨 Here's my piece for the @archenemyarts.bsky.social 'With Love, Your Biggest Fan' show, opening Feb 22nd!
This is Bruce the mechanical shark from Jaws. He's done with showbiz and breaking free to live his best life out in the deep blue sea.

#jaws #jawsmovie #youregonnaneedabiggerboat

Bruce the mechanical shark from the Jaws movie is swimming through an aqua sea, with pieces of broken machinery and tubing trailing away and 3 yellow barrels attached to him.

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Arch Enemy Arts @archenemyarts.bsky.social · Feb 20

GERLANDA DI FRANCIA + WITH LOVE YOUR BIGGEST FAN V preview today at 2pm EST! If you want to check out the links, email us at [email protected] with 'FEBRUARY SHOWS' in the subject line + we got you!

www.archenemyarts.com

#fineart #popsurrealism #popart #artcollector #artist #exhibition #art

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 20

A wee mechanical fish study in my current fav palette ⚙️🐟🎨

A blue fish with mechanical tubes streaming out of it

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 18

I saw it, looked fantastic 🙌

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 17

A zoom in on the skull in my piece "Dead Reckoning”, currently part of the Memento Mori show at @brassworksgallery.bsky.social in Portland, curated by Chris Breshears ☠️
Watercolour, some gouache, pencil, pan pastel, some airbrushed acrylics. All the things 🖍️🖊️🖌️

A skull wearing a blue robe with a floral pattern.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 15

Shark fren. This handsome guy is ready for his close up 🦈📸

A zoom in on the head of a great white shark, painted with watercolour & gouache.

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 13

Some orange cat for your feed. This is the Crapweasel sleeping with his skull pillow 😼💀

A ginger crapweasel cat sleeps on a blanket and a skull

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Kaitlin Beckett @acuriousbestiary.bsky.social · Feb 10

Another machine in progress ⚙️🔩🐟

A work in progress pic of a mechanical fish assemblage sculpture made of metal, plastic, clay and other random pieces

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