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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 2d

I couldn't do it. I couldn't paint that face. So instead, here's an orange pumpkin, of sorts, instead.
See you on Saturday, October 18th.

#october18 #nokings #resist #dissentispatriotic
#staywell #bekind #changeyourstory

Painted on corrugated cardboard: No Kings at the top. A orange face that doesn't real look like a pumpkin with red eyes and a mouth of full teeth and a red tongue.
At the bottom is written: pumpkins only.

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 3d

from last year.
One of a kind hand printed bandana, because, why not.
From a series of about 30

#bandana #fabricdesign #artonfabric #fishgonnafly #birdsgonnaswim #artsky #kunst
#staywell #bekind #lookup

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Emily Tull ASGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 4d

"Frisky Frogs"
Hand embroidered thread painting artwork.
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p168/f...
#AnimalArtTuesday #31DaysOfHalloween #embroideryart

A light grey rectangle shape (in landscape mode) fabric. In the middle is a hand embroidered pair of mating frogs

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently frogs have become symbols of resistance. I'm good with that.
Camo wearing, nocturnal mostly, joyous singing, and part of a healthy eco-system.
Send in the frogs.

#frogs #resist #nokings #oct18
#staywell #bekind #ribbit

A green black spotted frog with white stripes sits amongst vegetation nearby to a backwater pond.

People displeased with the presence of ICE in their community are showing up wearing large friendly looking inflated frogs (and other animals) to make light of the fact that the soldier-boys are dressed in ridiculous costumes too.

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 9d

Dove of peace seeking a place to land.
2022
Acrylic on panel

I've been busy, traveling, birthday week, garden produce, stuff.

Painted this one for Ukraine, but hey Gaza, Sudan, every other place at war works too.

#analogart #handpainted #birdsofafeather #artsky #kunst
#staywell #bekind #peaceout

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14d

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.

I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 17d

Flow of life.

I have not regularly been posting. Busy time. Great weather.

#abstract #abstractexpressionism #foundpaper #dailyart #mixedmedia #analogart #kunst #handpainted #contemporaryart #art
#staywell #bekind #gooutside

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 22d

But you did find your glasses.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 27d

I always love it when people post this panel in particular

Comic Panel Daily @comicpaneldaily.bsky.social · 27d

from New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 (2023), written by Charlie Jane Anders, pencils by Enid Balám, inks by Elisabetta D’Amico, colors by Matt Milla
#Comics
@charliejane.bsky.social

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · 26d

Awkward Robot Number 919.
This ain't one of those evil unseen robots that control what we see, hear, purchase. This is one of those robots that would let you win at chess, because it's like that.
#awkwardrobots #robotlove #robotsinthewild #driftlessregion #art #arte #kunst #dailyart

A silver colored robot with large ears, a winning smile, and perhaps a slot for an 8-track tape, stands on the shore of a body of water that may or may not be the Mississippi River with green colored land forms (bluffs) behind it. The sky is a haunting color of yellow, the color one might see just before/after unusual weather on a late summer day.

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 18

Let's make shit up.
They do.

#dailyart #abstractart #foundpaper #blueskyart #analogart #arte #kunst #contemporaryart
#staywell #bekind #gooutside

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 16

Get outside.
#trempealeaunationalwildliferefuge #trempealeaumountain #uppermississippiriver

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 15

Trempealeau Mountain along the Mississippi River. Pool A is a favorite stop for migrating birds. Saw pelicans, comorants, egret, and terns/gulls.

#uppermississippiriver #trempealeaunationalwildliferefuge #

Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 13

Goals. Spread the love, grow impossibly tall sunflowers.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 13

When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant. He sees a tribute to his roots.

The world's tallest sunflower blooms in an Indiana backyard as a tribute to Ukraine

When Alex Babich looks up at the 35-foot sunflower towering over his Fort Wayne, Indiana, backyard, he sees more than just a plant. He sees a tribute to his roots.

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Laurie Lipton @laurielipton.bsky.social · Sep 11

Charlie Kirk is no more important than the hundreds of school age children shot & killed at school. Guns are the problem (“AMERICA IS A GUN 2022”, charcoal and graphite on paper, 33”x46.25”) #gunreformnow❗️ #charliekirk #guncontrol

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'll have my usual assortment of landscapes, avian visitors, robots, and things that don't quite fit in any one category.

Mention you saw this post and get "sale" prices.

Remember, original art is always a bargain.

#buyoriginalart #analogart #greatriverroad #fountaincitywi

Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 9

There is a community wide rummage sale going on in Fountain City on these days, so I am hoping people will drive the River Road and find my little abode (right next to the soon-ish to be open @thecornerstorefc).

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 9

I woke up this morning and asked myself: what could I do to make my life a bit more complicated and this spilled out. Can I actually clean up my front display space, market it, and hope the weather isn't too, too in four days time?

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 6

Who's that watching my every move?
#caturday

Orange cat looking out a window at me/you. Another one hides in the shadows.

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 5

The wind, the colors, my state of mind, must be why I chose to share this today.

Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's Friday in my world, the wind is reminding us of the months ahead we will want to wear extra layers.
This was photographed in 2012, but it's from a show I did called "9 years late(r)", so it's probably from around ~2003.

#abstractart #abstractexpresionism #foundpaper
#staywell #bekind

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Laurie Lipton @laurielipton.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Aug 26

I am in the US. I have seen visual artists from outside the US explain they will not be shipping here while this sorts out. One person said they would have to charge $80 more, for a ~$200 item.
It's crap on so many levels. So. many. levels.

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James B. Greenberg, Professor Emeritus @zavaletas.bsky.social · Aug 26

While Epstein headlines distract, the real scandal is Trump’s second-term government built to enrich insiders like Musk. Conflicts of interest erased, corruption normalized. Democracy itself is on the line. #Project2025 #Corruption #Democracy

Vanishing Line: Trump 47 and the Institutionalization of Corruption

How Trump’s second term turns public office into private gain and corrodes the foundations of democracy.

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Pgracedesigns @pgrace.bsky.social · Aug 22

The orange plague.
Is there a cure?

Also, didn't he have classified documents in his possession?

#art #foundpaper #sadface #portrait #kunst #illustration #dissentispatriotic
#bekind #staywell #staybetweenthelines

Large orange colored rectangle has greenish shapes where eyes, nose, and mouth might be. Painted on page from a book of poems. Poems are the foundation of modern culture via the ancient Greeks.

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