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T. Ruth Westfern

@truthwestfern.bsky.social

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#Artist celebrating tiny moments in #nature. #Oilpainter who walks around outside, takes macro photos, and then makes art. Learning plein air also. Based in the #PNW she/her Truthwestfern.com

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Aug 22

My painting “Just Add Glasses”
Oil on canvas

#artyear #stilllife #floralfriday #gardenart

A painting of a bottle of rose wine with a vintage vase filled with lavender and a corkscrew in the foreground

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Aug 17

Painted at a vineyard yesterday. Gotta squeeze more sessions in while the weather is nice!

#artyear #pleinair #winecountry #painting

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Aug 5

One more #pleinair painting session before heading home.

#tidesouttuesday #artyear #oregon

A plein air pinging set up with pochade box overlooking the Oregon coast with sea stacks, tide pools, and ocean in the distance

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Aug 1

Brought my painting stuff to the Oregon coast this week. I wanted to paint on the beach Wednesday morning, but Mother Nature had other plans so I found a spot higher up until the tsunami advisory passed.

#artyear #outside #coastal #painting

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Kate Officinalis @atinysilverfrog.bsky.social · Jul 17

Every great sky / sunset / sunrise pic I have ever gotten, has been taken from a parking lot.

#photography #nature #sky #clouds #witchsky #pagansky

The sky in scenic locations: picture of a blank blue sky
The sky at the grocery store: elaborately beautiful sunset with layers of orange and yellow clouds against a blue and purple background

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 18

Wrapping up this painting I started last week. While I still paint lots of tiny creatures, plein air painting is quickly becoming a favorite creative practice, and I’m eager to get some more sessions in before the summer is done.
#pnw #scape #artyear

A plein air painting in progress featuring a tree in a rural scene with dappled shadows in the foreground

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 11

Happiness: spending a whole morning painting and learning on Sauvie Island.

#pleinair #scape #artyear #pnw

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 10

I really love the movement in this one!

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 9

Today I’m working on some paintings that are a little outside the norm for me, but in the meantime here is a damselfly painting!

“Damsel in Delight”
Oil on canvas

#art #artyear #bugs #pnw #forest #painting

A painting of a blue damselfly resting on a cedar branch against a vivid backdrop of greens, blues, and pinks

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 8

I sold a #painting! Excited for this piece to adorn its new home. 🩷

#artyear #roses #pnw #smartist

A painting of Red and pink roses in a blue clay pitcher, with a pair of garden shears laying nearby.

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 8

The hare caught my attention first, so that’s my vote. They’re all beautiful though!

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 2

It’s heavy and chaotic right now, but I gotta keep going. Crawling, cursing, inch by inch.

And along the way, in spite of how they want me to feel, I will still look for that which is beautiful and kind and true.

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jul 2

I’m not sure what kind of luck a painting of a ladybug on the internet might bestow, but I hope it brightens your day a bit.

“Lady(bug) of the Redwoods”
Oil on canvas

#ladybug #JuliArty #sweet #artyear #painting

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 25

Yes art is worth keeping on for!

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 25

My art journey is a work in progress. I have a vision of the kind of art I want to make, and each time I paint that vision gets closer to reality. Keep on going.

“Not a Bumblebee”
Oil on canvas

#bee #painting #artyear #keepgoing

A painting of a honey bee flying above tiny blue and white blossoms.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Jun 22

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Yellow poster featuring a stylised sun flower to the left and black text tobthe right

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 21

Trying #pleinair this summer and absolutely loving it. I mean, look at this view!

#painting #artyear #scape #fiveminfri #wip

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 18

Love this- so elegant in their bow tie!

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thank you! Vivid colors are my jam.

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks Cindy!

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 17

You know the feeling of seeing something unexpected & beautiful during something routine like eating lunch? This is a Western White Butterfly floating between wildflowers, from a trip to the Bitterroots a few years back.

“Lunch Break Buddy”
Oil on canvas

#artyear #butterfly #painting #wildflowers

A painting of a western white butterfly resting momentarily on a magenta and yellow flower, among a wildflower patch swaying in the breezy.

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T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 11

Painting studies of Stonecrop on Lopez Island, WA
Stonecrop thrives in rocky places. So too, does hope.
Oil on canvas paper

#oilpainting #pnw #art #artyear

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 8

Thank you so much!

T. Ruth Westfern @truthwestfern.bsky.social · Jun 7

It was a sweet lil bee! 😊

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Bishop Steiner @bishopsteiner.bsky.social · Jun 7

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