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Joseph Blanchette
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Joseph C Blanchette. Artist Promoting the Regional & Portland OR USA Contemporary Art
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Koto Bolofo
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Christi Belcourt, contemporary Métis visual artist known for her paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art #WomensArt
Four paintings featuring multicoloured and significant floral designs on black backgrounds
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS survey.

It is at redshift 0.91 (lookback time 7.57 billion years) with coordinates (150.16212, 1.63046).

57 volunteers classified this galaxy in Galaxy Zoo: Hubble.
A spiral galaxy from the Galaxy Zoo: Hubble project, classified by 57 volunteers.
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Michel Lambeth • Both General Stores have Pool Tables, Parish of St. Nil, County of Matane, Gaspé, Quebec, ‘65
February 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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Stuart Dunkel (American Artist, born 1952)
"Hero", 2020.
Oil on Panel, 4 × 5 inches.
Private Collection.

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 5, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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“Seated Woman” by Charles Bohannah (American) - Oil on canvas / c. 1940 - Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art (San Francisco, California) #WomenInArt #HolmesArtGallery #MelvinHolmesCollection #CharlesBohannah #Bohannah #AfricanAmericanArt #BlueskyArt #artText #BlackArt #art #AmericanArt
Made by American artist Charles Bohannah around 1940, “Seated Woman” sits near a pivotal threshold in Bohannah’s life as a Brooklyn-born artist trained through institutions like Cooper Union and the Art Students League. Around the beginning of World War II, he pursued technical training to support the war effort, then turned increasingly to photography during the war years, before returning to oil painting afterward. That layered skillset helps explain this portrait’s balance between softness and structure so it feels more observed than staged. It’s an intimate vertical portrait of a woman with deep brown skin and a full natural afro. She sits cross-legged on a wooden chair, one arm draped over the back, wearing a white button-down blouse and dark skirt with black heels. It’s a quiet, self-possessed pose that reads as both restful and watchful. Her calm gaze meets us against a warm reddish-brown background as soft light models her face and legs. The composition is close, direct, and less about surroundings than about presence so our attention stays with her posture, the angle of her head, and the calm, steady way she occupies the narrow canvas. Bohannah’s paint handling emphasizes form over spectacle with broad, confident passages to establish the figure, while smaller, more deliberate transitions describe facial structure and the contours of the hands and clothing. The sitter is presented as a complete person rather than a type. It is noted that the back of the painting bears the artist’s business card with a Brooklyn address. The card adds a grounding detail that this portrait is not only an image of a beautiful woman, but also evidence of an artist building a working life, advertising his practice, and insisting on professional visibility. In that light, the woman’s composed stillness becomes the painting’s argument that presence is power, and being seen on one’s own terms is a form of authorship.
February 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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My painting MORRO BAY DRIVE
February 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Ludwig von Hofmann:
Reiter am Strand

#art #man #male
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Melvin Edwards, Katutura from the Lynch Fragment series, 1986
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February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Art Deco Kimono. The composition of this kimono features dramatically stylized fans rendered as angular, overlapping diagonal bands in rich purple, rust orange, olive green, cream, and deep black, creating a dynamic visual rhythm that suggests movement and vitality. Taisho (1912-1926), Japan
January 31, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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I’ve had a lot of fun with this one! Oil on Fabriano, c50 x 50cm/20 x 20 inches). Message me if interested in purchasing. #oilpainting #seascape #sunset #experimenting
A depiction of sunset over the coast: palette predominantly reds and oranges, with a little warm white and indigo. Waves crashing into the coast, with rocks and suggestion of a beach on the left side. An almost white low sun, with circles of hazy light radiating outward in a dark red, orange and pale blue sky. Foam crested waves along the horizon, fading into pale blue, orange and red ocean.
January 31, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Georgia O’Keeffe,
Lake George Reflection, 1922
#Womensart
Painting with stylised lake side landscape in reds, blues and purples, with relection of hills in still water
January 31, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Damian Lechoszest (Polish, b.1976)
"At the Edge of Light," 2026
Oil on linen
16 x 12 in

#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
January 31, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Going round in circles 2113
Stitched with Eleganza 8wt EZM1090
Stop killing the children!
See my YouTube channel for the tutorials: youtube.com/@HermadeRuiter
#hermaderuiter #goingroundincircles #StitchingForPeace #HandmadeArt #ThreadsOfUnity #ArtForChange #quiltsky #begood
A 4 x 4 inch textile artwork made with green Oakshott cotton, and a capital letter D made with Lutradur in the top left corner. At the center is a small button. Around it, rows of variegated red hand-stitched, running stitches radiate outward in circular patterns, creating a sense of of movement and energy. Stop killing the children!
January 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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“Calm World” at a Japanese lake. Photography by Teruo Araya on 500px
trees emerging from lake
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
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“Mestiza” by Esteban Villanueva y Vinarao (Filipino) - Oil on canvas / 1875 - Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid, Spain) #WomenInArt #art #artText #artwork #BlueskyArt #EstebanVillanueva #EstebanVillanuevaYVinarao #Villanueva #MuseoDelPrado #PortraitofaWoman #FilipinoArt #FilipinoArtist #PhilippineArt
Dated 1875, this painting is described in Museo Nacional del Prado records as an “estudio del natural” (a study from life) made at the Manila academy, part of a group of portraits by Filipino artist Esteban Villanueva y Vinarao presenting “tipos del país” (“types of the country” aka “local types”). The title “Mestiza” invokes a Spanish-colonial categorization for mixed ancestry and an “identity” shaped by power and hierarchy. It is a waist-up portrait of a young woman, shown seated and turned three-quarters looking past us rather than meeting our eyes. Her skin is warm medium-brown, with gentle highlights on the forehead, nose, and cheekbones. The modeling is smooth and careful, emphasizing a quiet, self-possessed expression. Her brows are softly arched and her lips are closed with a faint tension at the corners that can read as wary, thoughtful, or simply reserved. Dark hair is neatly center-parted and brushed back into a low bun, with a thin band of light catching along the hairline. Small gold-toned earrings glint at each ear. She wears a white blouse with vertical rose-pink stripes and broad, puffed sleeves. At the neck and sleeve edges, white lace and embroidery create a soft, scalloped border that contrasts with the crisp stripes. The paint catches the fabric’s sheen as bright along the shoulder and sleeve tops, deeper in the folds, so you can almost feel the weight and coolness of the cloth. A fine chain necklace has a square, gray medallion. She emerges from a simple backdrop of dark brown field transitions to a cooler, pale gray on the left. Villanueva y Vinarao, trained in Manila and later in Spain, paints with academic restraint rather than spectacle. The neutral ground, controlled light, and averted gaze suggest interior life, not display. Now in the Prado’s collection and on loan to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, this portrait also reminds us how images travel while the people they picture are too often left unnamed.
January 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Icy Commute 8”x10” oil
Available on my website.
January 31, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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"Yuzen Nagashi of Light" art installation, a popular feature of the annual Horikawa Tanabata Festival in Kyoto, Japan. Colorful patterns are projected onto fabric in the Horikawa River, mimicking the traditional yuzen nagashi (fabric dyeing process where the fabric is washed in the river).
Colorful patterns are projected onto fabric in the Horikawa River,
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Laurent Jacquot Defrance:
Un spartiate montre à ses fils un Ilote ivre (1900)

#art #man #male
January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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My painting NORTHERN LAKE
January 31, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Sunlight on brownstones - Edward Hopper, 1956.
Source : Wichita Art Museum, Kansas 🇺🇸
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Just another winter sunset.

#photography #sunset #californiacoast
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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#art#blueskyart#chelanbutte
#lakechelan#spring
#oilpainting#landscape

Chelan Butte Road
with Lake Chelan
oil on canvas
20” x 16”
1/26/26
Oil painting of a springtime butte with a lake behind. A road is visible coming up the mountain and going down the other side. A passenger ferry boat can be seen as a dot in the lower portion of the lake. An isthmus and small town is visible in the distance.
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Kevin Beasley, Untitled (Sea), 2016
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Gift of Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
January 27, 2026 at 1:35 AM