Gabriel Liston
@lastwater.net
Drawer, painter, illustrator, whistler
Images of water history and domestic life
he/himmish
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banner: oil painting of pink sky over Umatilla lands
Images of water history and domestic life
he/himmish
lastwater.net
banner: oil painting of pink sky over Umatilla lands
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Gabriel Liston
@lastwater.net
· Jan 24
Re-introduction: I am Gabriel Liston, painter.
Everything starts in a notebook, as a cartoon.
I was the twink in art school carrying the preschooler, a hunting knife, ibuprofen.
Now the old man scribbling in a library book.
Work for hire, work for sale. Happy to listen.
Lastwater.net
Everything starts in a notebook, as a cartoon.
I was the twink in art school carrying the preschooler, a hunting knife, ibuprofen.
Now the old man scribbling in a library book.
Work for hire, work for sale. Happy to listen.
Lastwater.net
One from last night's Community Life Drawing session at Daydreamer in St Johns.
Started as a ten minute pose, but the model agreed to extend to fifteen (not my idea, but I was grateful someone asked).
Started as a ten minute pose, but the model agreed to extend to fifteen (not my idea, but I was grateful someone asked).
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
One from last night's Community Life Drawing session at Daydreamer in St Johns.
Started as a ten minute pose, but the model agreed to extend to fifteen (not my idea, but I was grateful someone asked).
Started as a ten minute pose, but the model agreed to extend to fifteen (not my idea, but I was grateful someone asked).
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The transit service cuts are going to be so horrific I cannot fathom. The next several years are going to be hell. We need a full time legislature. We need special sessions. They have to dig us out of the hell we are in. Reform the fucking tax system. No more budget cuts under wealth inequality.
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The transit service cuts are going to be so horrific I cannot fathom. The next several years are going to be hell. We need a full time legislature. We need special sessions. They have to dig us out of the hell we are in. Reform the fucking tax system. No more budget cuts under wealth inequality.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Reflecting on my childhood:
So much easier to get a kid to take out the trash when they get to toss it in a barrel and light it on fire
So much easier to get a kid to take out the trash when they get to toss it in a barrel and light it on fire
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Reflecting on my childhood:
So much easier to get a kid to take out the trash when they get to toss it in a barrel and light it on fire
So much easier to get a kid to take out the trash when they get to toss it in a barrel and light it on fire
I keep going to prep for new paintings and coming up short on raw materials.
So this small oil from January is currently marked down in the Lastwater shop.
www.lastwater.net/available-in...
So this small oil from January is currently marked down in the Lastwater shop.
www.lastwater.net/available-in...
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I keep going to prep for new paintings and coming up short on raw materials.
So this small oil from January is currently marked down in the Lastwater shop.
www.lastwater.net/available-in...
So this small oil from January is currently marked down in the Lastwater shop.
www.lastwater.net/available-in...
Tell me it is November in Oregon without telling me it is November in Oregon.
I only want to eat soup
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tell me it is November in Oregon without telling me it is November in Oregon.
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#MSWL A YA or NA historical romance with a swoony love story and a strong hook in a setting that feels different. While regency England can be fun, I’d love something that hasn’t been done before. Bonus if it’s an LGBTQIA historical romance.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#MSWL A YA or NA historical romance with a swoony love story and a strong hook in a setting that feels different. While regency England can be fun, I’d love something that hasn’t been done before. Bonus if it’s an LGBTQIA historical romance.
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Sometimes the monsters who come for you in your nightmares are dressed like nice people who say nice things and have nice things said about them, nice guys, a nice lady, because they know how it all works, and you know this because they've come for you in your waking hours so many times.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Sometimes the monsters who come for you in your nightmares are dressed like nice people who say nice things and have nice things said about them, nice guys, a nice lady, because they know how it all works, and you know this because they've come for you in your waking hours so many times.
A reminder to my mutuals:
Please stop re-posting bullshit gen-ai resistance accounts (this includes non-bullshit resistance accounts that use gen-ai, which are therefor also bullshit after all)
Please stop re-posting bullshit gen-ai resistance accounts (this includes non-bullshit resistance accounts that use gen-ai, which are therefor also bullshit after all)
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A reminder to my mutuals:
Please stop re-posting bullshit gen-ai resistance accounts (this includes non-bullshit resistance accounts that use gen-ai, which are therefor also bullshit after all)
Please stop re-posting bullshit gen-ai resistance accounts (this includes non-bullshit resistance accounts that use gen-ai, which are therefor also bullshit after all)
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Happy, happy birthday to our esteemed contributor, @ripleylacross.bsky.social who has shared years' worth of comics with us! Give yourself the gift of diving through their archive and then go give 'em a follow to keep up with their current adventures!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com...
www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com...
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Happy, happy birthday to our esteemed contributor, @ripleylacross.bsky.social who has shared years' worth of comics with us! Give yourself the gift of diving through their archive and then go give 'em a follow to keep up with their current adventures!
www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com...
www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com...
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Here's the new painting, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Here's the new painting, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
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How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
imgs.xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
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Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Here's the new painting, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Here's the new painting, The Wind Doesn't Blow This Far Right.
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
(So named because I was obsessively replaying the new Lisa O'Neil song as I began painting it, and it felt right)
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Friends, Omar Hadad and his friend are taking it upon themselves to build Gaza's first library amidst the devastation there. If you can, please consider supporting in whatever way you can, even by sharing this campaign. Books, reading, libraries are important! chuffed.org/project/firs...
Building the First Library in Gaza After the Genocide
There are moments in history when the creation of a library becomes an act of freedom itself.Here in Gaza, after the genocide, Omar and Ibrahim understood that dreams protected by books do not yield —...
chuffed.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Friends, Omar Hadad and his friend are taking it upon themselves to build Gaza's first library amidst the devastation there. If you can, please consider supporting in whatever way you can, even by sharing this campaign. Books, reading, libraries are important! chuffed.org/project/firs...
Ooh! Look! My li'l dogwood has sprouted a dimensional portal into this one particular evening last month!
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ooh! Look! My li'l dogwood has sprouted a dimensional portal into this one particular evening last month!
Are there a bunch of pretend author accounts being created? Because I've had a couple suspect accounts follow me today. Even with plenty of followers, they still give gen AI vibes (and post ai-esque pics with no alt text).
Blocked of course, but it takes a minute to be sure
Blocked of course, but it takes a minute to be sure
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Are there a bunch of pretend author accounts being created? Because I've had a couple suspect accounts follow me today. Even with plenty of followers, they still give gen AI vibes (and post ai-esque pics with no alt text).
Blocked of course, but it takes a minute to be sure
Blocked of course, but it takes a minute to be sure
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It's my birthday 🫠 37 trips around the sun in this rock tumbler of a body. Oy vey. Why is pain so painful.
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
Support Ripley LaCross
Support Ripley LaCross
ko-fi.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It's my birthday 🫠 37 trips around the sun in this rock tumbler of a body. Oy vey. Why is pain so painful.
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
The plan is karaoke tonight with my boyfriend!! Would anyone like to chip in so I can get some mozzarella sticks?
♥️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙
ko-fi.com/ripleylacross
In fact, based on how slow I am to send out gallery and agent queries after each rejection, I should probably write and beg for an ARC. I need this book almost as much as I need gepants.
Now is the time to pre-order the new @alisonkinney.bsky.social book, United States of Rejection.
United States of Rejection
This is a love-hate story about personal and political relationships in the United States, told through the intimate stories of both the rejectors and the re...
www.ugapress.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In fact, based on how slow I am to send out gallery and agent queries after each rejection, I should probably write and beg for an ARC. I need this book almost as much as I need gepants.
Now is the time to pre-order the new @alisonkinney.bsky.social book, United States of Rejection.
United States of Rejection
This is a love-hate story about personal and political relationships in the United States, told through the intimate stories of both the rejectors and the re...
www.ugapress.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Now is the time to pre-order the new @alisonkinney.bsky.social book, United States of Rejection.
Community Life Drawing happens tonight at Daydreamer Pub, St Johns PDX, 6-9pm, $15.
Here's one from last week.
Here's one from last week.
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Community Life Drawing happens tonight at Daydreamer Pub, St Johns PDX, 6-9pm, $15.
Here's one from last week.
Here's one from last week.
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i see gen z at the portland ICE facility every time i go there. even some high schoolers. and they know exactly why they’re there. the millennials/gen x/boomers know who they are and do our best to protect them from the attacks of the agents. they are so brave and i would hate to see them ignored
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
i see gen z at the portland ICE facility every time i go there. even some high schoolers. and they know exactly why they’re there. the millennials/gen x/boomers know who they are and do our best to protect them from the attacks of the agents. they are so brave and i would hate to see them ignored
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re: LRT: Jack Monroe of "cooking on a bootstrap" books+website is responsible best non-alcoholic mulled "wine" I've ever had.
They pulled the recipe from their blog ages ago, but fortunately I saved it in a google doc, so here you go:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
They pulled the recipe from their blog ages ago, but fortunately I saved it in a google doc, so here you go:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Mulled "wine" Rich Fruit Tea, 31p [Jack Monroe’s Advent Recipes] - SHARING COPY
I have tried many times to recreate a decent mulled ‘wine’ that is alcohol-free – because despite what legend may otherwise tell you, boiling alcohol doesn’t eliminate it completely, it just reduces i...
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
re: LRT: Jack Monroe of "cooking on a bootstrap" books+website is responsible best non-alcoholic mulled "wine" I've ever had.
They pulled the recipe from their blog ages ago, but fortunately I saved it in a google doc, so here you go:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
They pulled the recipe from their blog ages ago, but fortunately I saved it in a google doc, so here you go:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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whomst can wikipedia and trains and wants to help me go to the beach
it's slowly becoming lost history. someone who's good at wikipedia really needs to put together a page for it because otherwise people are eventually going to forget it ever existed
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
whomst can wikipedia and trains and wants to help me go to the beach
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the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
the fact that amtrak cascades hit another ridership record in FY25 despite shutting down for two weeks and spending half the year running smaller trains with higher prices bc of the horizon recall is another sign that the demand for rail in the pnw is genuinely insatiable