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Jim Kuhn (he/him)

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Assoc. Dir.: Harry Ransom Center (UT Austin); Board member: After Violence Project, American Printing History Assoc., Austin Book Arts Center; Diversity Committee Member: Society of American Archivists. No-AI: I’m solely responsible, ftw and / or blame.

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Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Jan 22

Pets, flowers, and the occasional thrift store painting.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 7h

Herself, her sainted self (2007 - 2025)

A 2023 cell snap of Ellie, righteous to the end, and beyond. May her memory be for a blessing.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks for your writing!

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 3d

Thrift store paintings (Austin, Texas)

A North Lamar Goodwill thrift store painting of a wildflower garden against a black ground.

“2006,” by Katelyn. A thrift store painting in a childlike style of a happy and shambolic family of five against a pink background spotted with green dots of various shades and outlines. Available for purchase in a Goodwill thrift store on Austin’s North Lamar Boulevard.

“dramatic:” a thrift store painting of a brown-hooded figure facing a chaotic and exciting night life district full of advertising for food, entertainment, and theatrical productions. At the North Lamar Goodwill in Austin TX.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 6d

Poetry at a little free library in Austin TX: In a yard of fallen yellow peaches I am listening, by Andrew Hemmert (Missouri Review, Summer 2025).

In a yard of fallen yellow peaches I am listening, by Andrew Hemmert (Missouri Review, Summer 2025).

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 9d

Night bloom

A cellphone photo of a yellow rose in a backyard pot, after dark in Austin, Texas.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 14d

Rose

Late afternoon sun on a potted yellow rose, in an Austin backyard. A square cell snap.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 15d

Thrift store paintings (Austin TX)

A painting available for purchase at the Austin Texas North Lamar Goodwill (next to the Half Price Books), depicting a serious, thoughtful, and committed (while also multicolored) furry mammal (otter? bear cub? puppy?) against a grainy yellow ground. Catch and release

A stencil painting for sale at the N. Lamar Goodwill in Austin, of a long sleeved t- and dark sunglasses-wearing blonde youngster fellow measuring out some kind of pittance with his right index finger and thumb? Yeah, what? D

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 17d

Patio rose (Austin)

A square cellular telephone photograph taken after dark in black and white of a yellow rose on a backyard patio in Austin Texas.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 21d

Nora #thousandyardstare

A black and white cell phone pic of a pup named Nora, who is decidedly not looking at the camera but instead is gazing thoughtfully towards stage right.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 24d

Zinn.

A square cell snapshot of a red zinnia from the side, in an Austin backyard.

A fuchsia zinnia with yellow stamens, in a square cellular telephone photograph taken in a backyard in Texas.

A cell phone pic of a pink zinnia with yellow pistils (Austin, Texas).

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 25d

Thrift store paintings (N. Lamar Goodwill, Austin)

A cell phone shapshot: a thrift store painting of flowers foregrounding a foggy view of distant mountains under a hazy moon. For sale at the North Lamar Goodwill, Austin TX.

A photo of a thrift store painting of red and yellow and blue fireworks exploding over a body of water, reflecting these colors off of dappled waves. Signed “R.M.”

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 26d

Potted plants, after dark (Austin Tex.).

Strobiantus, after dark on an Austin backyard patio.

Coleus, photographed after dark in a pot on a backyard patio in Austin Texas.

Caladium bicolor, in a backyard pot in Austin. Snapped after nightfall.

A yellow rose, photographed after dark in an Austin TX backyard.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · 29d

Night rose (Austin)

A square color cell snap, after dark, of a yellow potted rose, on a backyard patio, in Austin.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Sep 9

Flowers (Austin)

Gregg’s Mistflower (Conoclinium greggii), in an Austin Texas backyard: a square cellphone pic.

Purslane (Poetulaca oleracea). Austin, Texas. Cellular telephone photograph, square.

An Austin Texas backyard potted red rose, snapped in a square format by a cellular telephone camera.

Thryallis (Galphimia glauca), depicted in a square color cellphone photo of an Austin Texas backyard.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Sep 8

Nora’s haunch

A cellular telephone photograph of the left rear haunch of an Austin Texas boxer-mix rescue dog, named Nora.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Sep 5

Patio rose, before & later

A square cellular snapshot of a rose in a patio pot, Austin TX.

A square cell phone photograph of a potted rose after dark, on a backyard patio in Austin, Texas.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 27

Electric pince-nez (Saul Steinberg)

Page [6] of ABC for collectors of American contemporary art. By John I. H. Baur, drawings by Saul Steinberg. Distributed by The American Federation of Arts through Arlyn Press, Inc., 270 Lafayette Street, New York 12, N. Y.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ready

A square high contrast black and white cellphone photo of two table-side dogs, ready for dropped morsels.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 23

Backyard zinnia (Allegheny County PA)

A square cell pic of an orange zinnia flower in a Pennsylvania back porch pot.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thrift store paintings (Austin TX)

A cellphone photograph of a painting available for sale at the Goodwill on North Lamar Avenue, Austin TX. The painting depicts a nighttime view from offshore of a piney seaside woodland under a starry sky.

A cell photo of a thrift store painting in colors of yellow, orange, and green inside a field of organic structural patterns of variously sized cells, with black-outlined shapes lower against a yellow background, and with white-outlined shapes above against a green background. Location: Goodwill, N. Lamar Ave. Austin, Texas.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 18

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

A square color cell phone snapshot of a Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus), with a half-opened pink blossom, a withering closed blossom, and a partial view of an unopened bud. Location: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thrift store painting (Goodwill, Natrona Heights PA)

A thrift store painting of a sunset, seen across a lake bordered by maroon bushes under fuchsia trees, against a purple sky with many pink clouds.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thrift store paintings (N Lamar Goodwill, Austin TX)

Color cellphone photo: a square painting of angular shapes, some of them outlined in white piping, in tones of baby blue, yellow, red, and midnight blue. For sale at the Goodwill on North Lamar Boulevard, Austin Texas.

A cellphone photograph of a thrift store painting at the N. Lamar Goodwill (Austin TX), depicting a wide-eyed owl on a curlicue tree branch, surrounded by whirlpooly labyrinthine circles in various colors.

A color cellphone photo: a painting of a water lily floating on the gently dappled surface of a pond. This painting was available for purchase on 6 Aug 2025 at the Goodwill thrift store at 5555 N Lamar Blvd, Austin.

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 5

Night rose (Austin)

A square color cellphone photo of a potted yellowing rose blossom, after dark on a backyard patio in Austin Texas

Jim Kuhn (he/him) @jckuhn4.bsky.social · Aug 3

Backyard yellow bell (Austin, Texas)

A square color cellphone photo of Tecoma stans, flowering (Austin TX).