Felicity Inkpen (fliss)
@felicityinkpen.bsky.social
Optimist. Interested in everything. Asks awkward questions.
Artist and nerd. Surprisingly tall.
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Artist and nerd. Surprisingly tall.
Felicityinkpen.co.uk
Instagram.com/felicityinkpen
https://substack.com/@felicityinkpen
It's two large drawings today for #ArtAdventCalendar day 12.
Bird Tree
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Collective Eggspectation
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Bird Tree had been living in my head for years before it was drawn into existence.
Bird Tree
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Collective Eggspectation
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Bird Tree had been living in my head for years before it was drawn into existence.
December 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's two large drawings today for #ArtAdventCalendar day 12.
Bird Tree
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Collective Eggspectation
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Bird Tree had been living in my head for years before it was drawn into existence.
Bird Tree
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Collective Eggspectation
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
Bird Tree had been living in my head for years before it was drawn into existence.
SURFACE is the only one of the three dive from a reference. It's my feet sticking out of a bath, directly influenced by the Frieda Khalo painting "What the water gave me".
#art #drawing #feet ##artistadventcalendar
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#art #drawing #feet ##artistadventcalendar
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December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
SURFACE is the only one of the three dive from a reference. It's my feet sticking out of a bath, directly influenced by the Frieda Khalo painting "What the water gave me".
#art #drawing #feet ##artistadventcalendar
Felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
#art #drawing #feet ##artistadventcalendar
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MISFIT is a drawing of a real memory, of being twelve years old, in gym class, looking down at my knees and suddenly being hyper aware of how much larger than other girls my age I was.
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
MISFIT is a drawing of a real memory, of being twelve years old, in gym class, looking down at my knees and suddenly being hyper aware of how much larger than other girls my age I was.
#artadventcalendar day 11
Category is FEET.
It's three for one today, with three drawings, each framed and ready for a new home.
ZEALOUS was drawn in a single continuous line. It's a picture imagining medieval folks in the grip of a magical dancing fever, caused by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Category is FEET.
It's three for one today, with three drawings, each framed and ready for a new home.
ZEALOUS was drawn in a single continuous line. It's a picture imagining medieval folks in the grip of a magical dancing fever, caused by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#artadventcalendar day 11
Category is FEET.
It's three for one today, with three drawings, each framed and ready for a new home.
ZEALOUS was drawn in a single continuous line. It's a picture imagining medieval folks in the grip of a magical dancing fever, caused by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Category is FEET.
It's three for one today, with three drawings, each framed and ready for a new home.
ZEALOUS was drawn in a single continuous line. It's a picture imagining medieval folks in the grip of a magical dancing fever, caused by hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The one time I've ever eaten langestines was at a neuroscience dinner many moons ago. By pure happenstance, I ended up sat opposite the renowned neuroscientist Michael Brecht, and we ate too many langestines and chatted about neural circuits in developing cortical columns.
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The one time I've ever eaten langestines was at a neuroscience dinner many moons ago. By pure happenstance, I ended up sat opposite the renowned neuroscientist Michael Brecht, and we ate too many langestines and chatted about neural circuits in developing cortical columns.
Day 10 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Large Langs
Giclée print on acid-free archival paper
Limited edition of 100
20 x 15cm
These langestines were fresh at the fishmonger at the Leith Market. They looked so bright and peachy-orange against the blue of the ice-filled boxes.
#langestines #seafood
Large Langs
Giclée print on acid-free archival paper
Limited edition of 100
20 x 15cm
These langestines were fresh at the fishmonger at the Leith Market. They looked so bright and peachy-orange against the blue of the ice-filled boxes.
#langestines #seafood
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Day 10 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Large Langs
Giclée print on acid-free archival paper
Limited edition of 100
20 x 15cm
These langestines were fresh at the fishmonger at the Leith Market. They looked so bright and peachy-orange against the blue of the ice-filled boxes.
#langestines #seafood
Large Langs
Giclée print on acid-free archival paper
Limited edition of 100
20 x 15cm
These langestines were fresh at the fishmonger at the Leith Market. They looked so bright and peachy-orange against the blue of the ice-filled boxes.
#langestines #seafood
Day 9 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Day 9 of the #ArtAdventCalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Bees in Cornfield
Oil on canvas
80x30cm
Framed
This painting has been one of my most exhibited, and I definitely should have got more prints made, but i prefer to keep my print editions limited.
#Bees #bee #oilpainting #art #artistadventcalendar
Blue and orange are complimentary colours that I love and return to time and time again. This painting is all about the objects that I collect, the things I find joy in, and how the assignment of value to different objects is arbitrary.
#Edinburgh #edinburghartist
#Edinburgh #edinburghartist
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Blue and orange are complimentary colours that I love and return to time and time again. This painting is all about the objects that I collect, the things I find joy in, and how the assignment of value to different objects is arbitrary.
#Edinburgh #edinburghartist
#Edinburgh #edinburghartist
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar:
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Day 8 of the #ArtAdventCalendar:
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
Breadcrumbs, Objects of Value
Oil on Canvas
90x90cm
Framed in cream wood
At nearly a square metre in size, this oil painting is the largest artwork I have framed in my studio, looking for a new owner.
#artistadventcalendar #oilpainting #Leithartist #Leith
#ArtAdventCalendar day 7
The Corn Dolly Clock
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
I put this on display today at my studio today. It was originally drawn for the Foik folly exhibition at Sett Studios, a celebration of all things pagan and strange and folky and spooky.
Felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
The Corn Dolly Clock
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
I put this on display today at my studio today. It was originally drawn for the Foik folly exhibition at Sett Studios, a celebration of all things pagan and strange and folky and spooky.
Felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 7
The Corn Dolly Clock
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
I put this on display today at my studio today. It was originally drawn for the Foik folly exhibition at Sett Studios, a celebration of all things pagan and strange and folky and spooky.
Felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
The Corn Dolly Clock
Pen on paper
70x50cm
2024
I put this on display today at my studio today. It was originally drawn for the Foik folly exhibition at Sett Studios, a celebration of all things pagan and strange and folky and spooky.
Felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
Available from felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Available from felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
Also, my studio is open this weekend, come see me and the moongoats in person.
#ArtistAdventCalendar #moongoat #leithartist #Leith
All of the prints sold long ago, and the two other originals have also found homes. Now these two, Hubble and Halley, remain. I like to think they got there before the astronauts, and decided to photobomb just for the fun of it.
Moongoats
Pen and watercolour on paper
Mounted and framed
£150 each.
Moongoats
Pen and watercolour on paper
Mounted and framed
£150 each.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
All of the prints sold long ago, and the two other originals have also found homes. Now these two, Hubble and Halley, remain. I like to think they got there before the astronauts, and decided to photobomb just for the fun of it.
Moongoats
Pen and watercolour on paper
Mounted and framed
£150 each.
Moongoats
Pen and watercolour on paper
Mounted and framed
£150 each.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 6: MOONGOATS.
The moongoats were painted at my kitchen table when I lived in a flat at the bottom of Leith Walk during lockdown of 2020. The moongoats were a source of amusing respite, a way to get out of my head and off of this planet.
The moongoats were painted at my kitchen table when I lived in a flat at the bottom of Leith Walk during lockdown of 2020. The moongoats were a source of amusing respite, a way to get out of my head and off of this planet.
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 6: MOONGOATS.
The moongoats were painted at my kitchen table when I lived in a flat at the bottom of Leith Walk during lockdown of 2020. The moongoats were a source of amusing respite, a way to get out of my head and off of this planet.
The moongoats were painted at my kitchen table when I lived in a flat at the bottom of Leith Walk during lockdown of 2020. The moongoats were a source of amusing respite, a way to get out of my head and off of this planet.
Charcoal isn't often my material of choice, but for here it was perfect.
Thank you to Adam for a beautiful concert, to the staff, volunteers and audience of Pianodrome who make me feel so welcome. Check out the concerts that Pianodrome have coming up, it's a truly magical place.
Thank you to Adam for a beautiful concert, to the staff, volunteers and audience of Pianodrome who make me feel so welcome. Check out the concerts that Pianodrome have coming up, it's a truly magical place.
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Charcoal isn't often my material of choice, but for here it was perfect.
Thank you to Adam for a beautiful concert, to the staff, volunteers and audience of Pianodrome who make me feel so welcome. Check out the concerts that Pianodrome have coming up, it's a truly magical place.
Thank you to Adam for a beautiful concert, to the staff, volunteers and audience of Pianodrome who make me feel so welcome. Check out the concerts that Pianodrome have coming up, it's a truly magical place.
Today, I went to the Pianodrome in Bruntsfield to sit and listen and sketch. Today's musician was Adam Muir, a wonderfully versatile pianist. I used charcoal and chalk to work in quick expressive lines that captured the energetic and varied repertoire.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today, I went to the Pianodrome in Bruntsfield to sit and listen and sketch. Today's musician was Adam Muir, a wonderfully versatile pianist. I used charcoal and chalk to work in quick expressive lines that captured the energetic and varied repertoire.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
#artistadventcalendar
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December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Prints are now available at felicityinkpen.bigcartel.com/product/red-...
The original painting is probably my current favourite in the studio. An explosion of red and blue that seemed to just appear out of my paintbrush without very much influence or control. One of those paintings that isn't so much painted as channelled, brought into existence from some other place.
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The original painting is probably my current favourite in the studio. An explosion of red and blue that seemed to just appear out of my paintbrush without very much influence or control. One of those paintings that isn't so much painted as channelled, brought into existence from some other place.
#artadventcalendar December 4th.
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#artadventcalendar December 4th.
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
On which I exploit the power of the tired hound to show off my latest giclée print.
Thank you to inlet leith for printing.
#artprint #gicleeprint #leithcreativetrail #artistadventcalendar #adventcalendar
#artadventcalendar for the 3rd of December: blue ink birds.
As I've shared my art with more people, I've come to understand the power of knowing your audiences, plural. Then comes a conflict to be resolved, how to make art that is interesting and authentic but is also able to find a home.
As I've shared my art with more people, I've come to understand the power of knowing your audiences, plural. Then comes a conflict to be resolved, how to make art that is interesting and authentic but is also able to find a home.
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#artadventcalendar for the 3rd of December: blue ink birds.
As I've shared my art with more people, I've come to understand the power of knowing your audiences, plural. Then comes a conflict to be resolved, how to make art that is interesting and authentic but is also able to find a home.
As I've shared my art with more people, I've come to understand the power of knowing your audiences, plural. Then comes a conflict to be resolved, how to make art that is interesting and authentic but is also able to find a home.
That was the year I finished my PhD in neuroscience, so I was somewhat distracted. I remember being afraid that I'd lost the ability to make art and it would never come back, and I think all my frustration at not having the time to create came out in this drawing.
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
That was the year I finished my PhD in neuroscience, so I was somewhat distracted. I remember being afraid that I'd lost the ability to make art and it would never come back, and I think all my frustration at not having the time to create came out in this drawing.
Christmas #ArtAdventCalendar day 2:
Two Swans
Pen on paper,
Mounted and framed
2018
If I remember correctly, this was the only thing I made for the whole of 2018.
#adventcalendar #artiststudio #drawing #Swans
(I've added my big dumb face to try to reach more folks, in case you're wondering.)
Two Swans
Pen on paper,
Mounted and framed
2018
If I remember correctly, this was the only thing I made for the whole of 2018.
#adventcalendar #artiststudio #drawing #Swans
(I've added my big dumb face to try to reach more folks, in case you're wondering.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Christmas #ArtAdventCalendar day 2:
Two Swans
Pen on paper,
Mounted and framed
2018
If I remember correctly, this was the only thing I made for the whole of 2018.
#adventcalendar #artiststudio #drawing #Swans
(I've added my big dumb face to try to reach more folks, in case you're wondering.)
Two Swans
Pen on paper,
Mounted and framed
2018
If I remember correctly, this was the only thing I made for the whole of 2018.
#adventcalendar #artiststudio #drawing #Swans
(I've added my big dumb face to try to reach more folks, in case you're wondering.)
This December, I want to share with you my artist's advent calendar: 24 works that I'm really proud of, and that are available from my studio.
It's a chance to revisit work and explain my process.
First up:
Mistletoe
Oil on canvas
38x28cm
#adventcalendar #artadventcalendar #artistadventcalendar
It's a chance to revisit work and explain my process.
First up:
Mistletoe
Oil on canvas
38x28cm
#adventcalendar #artadventcalendar #artistadventcalendar
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This December, I want to share with you my artist's advent calendar: 24 works that I'm really proud of, and that are available from my studio.
It's a chance to revisit work and explain my process.
First up:
Mistletoe
Oil on canvas
38x28cm
#adventcalendar #artadventcalendar #artistadventcalendar
It's a chance to revisit work and explain my process.
First up:
Mistletoe
Oil on canvas
38x28cm
#adventcalendar #artadventcalendar #artistadventcalendar
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Big Boat, Port of Leith
Oil on board
40x50cm
2025
The latest in my Love and Light in Leith series, oil paintings celebrating the corner of Scotland that I've ended up calling my home.
#art #Leith #leithlife #leitharts #leithshore #oilpainting #oilstudy
Oil on board
40x50cm
2025
The latest in my Love and Light in Leith series, oil paintings celebrating the corner of Scotland that I've ended up calling my home.
#art #Leith #leithlife #leitharts #leithshore #oilpainting #oilstudy
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Big Boat, Port of Leith
Oil on board
40x50cm
2025
The latest in my Love and Light in Leith series, oil paintings celebrating the corner of Scotland that I've ended up calling my home.
#art #Leith #leithlife #leitharts #leithshore #oilpainting #oilstudy
Oil on board
40x50cm
2025
The latest in my Love and Light in Leith series, oil paintings celebrating the corner of Scotland that I've ended up calling my home.
#art #Leith #leithlife #leitharts #leithshore #oilpainting #oilstudy
Pass it on
November 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pass it on