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easy going recluse; retired carpenter/builder; chess puzzler; married, amazingly; artist: painter/sculptor...no DM's and NO TRUMP BS, thanks
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In case you missed it, we were blessed by Prof. Imani Perry and author Tananarive Due discussing Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork, "Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy".

@imaniperry.bsky.social reminded us of Lilith's namesake

@tananarivedue.bsky.social shared a recording

… phenomenal.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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This is the first layer of paint for the new landscape I'm working on. It's a summer view of the Valtin valley just a few Ks from where I live. Let's wait for it to dry…
#art #landscape #vosges
November 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Out painting at Quail Hollow in Felton today
#pleinair #pond #watercolor
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Tree Floating In A Heavenly Garden
mixed media - gouache, aquarelle pencils, pen, collage, stickers
#art #happy #joyful #painting #colorful #nature #mixedmedia
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Kara Walker, Grub for Sharks: A Concession to the Negro Populace, 2004
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1134048
November 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
the road to Fess Parker's winery... gouache, acrylic, pastels and pencils on bristol, 17x14"
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
good morning 🤠 candelabra... acrylic and pastels on hardboard, 24"sq.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
witch's hammer, revisited... oil stick on computer motherboard material, 20x24"
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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For Friday #Scape
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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September 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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#battleforberwick #historical #chaosandconflict #murderandpillage #epicbattles #warstories #medievalhistory #dramatictales #historyunfolded Berwick is a wonderful place with a deep history that you can see and feel everywhere. My painting. Battle.
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Thousands of rare American songs spanning jazz, blues and gospel — some more than a century old — are now available for the public to enjoy online.

Further info and link are in the alt text 👇
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
good morning and happy new week!) 🙌 surveying the week ahead...&...otwrn: drawings of the woods hereabouts acrylic, sharpie and pencil on paper and cardboard
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Old stone stairs, Elizabeth Bay
pen and gouache
#art #pleinair #painting #Sydney #colorful
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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"Morning Storm", acrylic on canvas, 20 x 30", 2025, available

#SundayYellow
#acrylics
#art
#artforsale
#TraditionalMediums
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
a portrait of the artist as a dog... oils and acrylic on collaged canvas, 40"sq.
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Impressions de fleurs au marteau
Printed some flowers with a hammer

#flowers
#print
#art
#diy
August 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Ed Moses, 2002
February 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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April 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Paul Kaptein, And In The Endless Sounds There Came A Pause (hand carved wood, 2014)
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Susan Abbott, Table In Autumn (oil on linen, 2022)
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
good morning 🚗 along the road to los osos... gouache, acrylic, pastels, graphite and colored pencils 17x14"
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Today Ukrainians around the world remember the victims of the #Holodomor. The Soviet made famine in 1932/32 which became genocidal in Ukraine and cost millions of lives.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM