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Mikafino
@mikafino.bsky.social
Painter, Gardener, Ererer
I think this is one of the better paintings I’ve made in the last few years. It’s a little corner of my life, showing how I cultivate plants in my apartment and admire the beauty of the larger flora outdoors. It’s got Coyote, a little bit of drugs, and good light.
#oilpainting #windowpainting #cat
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Looks like Jumbo Joe Thornton
December 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I’ve come to see the urban environment as a natural habitat that has an entire ecosystem living within our collective construction.
#urbanpark #cityscape #redtailedhawk #oilpainter
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My landscapes from this year are rooted in backcountry camping and working in an urban park. #oilpainting #landscapepainting
December 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
These two look good together, same building different day.
#oilpainting #artstudio
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Doing 16 hours at the park today. I’ll earn today the cost of Propagation class in the spring.
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yesterday the park had so many sparrows, juncos and others, today three hawks have visited. This is a Cooper’s Hawk.
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Progress shot on this triplet of @maggmack.bsky.social.
Slow going on this one.
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sunrise in Brooklyn had some magic today
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
moving this project into paint
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
November 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Smooth Sumac looking good on Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Three Graces study, charcoal and colored pencil.
Model is @maggmack.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Three Graces study in charcoal and colored pencil
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I finally made the pilgrimage to Storm King, and it was good.
Di Suvero, Lin, Goldsworthy, Grosvenor works in these photos.
10/10 wet autumn day.
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I still think about this one
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Red Maple leaf in front of an Andy Goldsworthy wall.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Hello from the other side.
Juniper has to be kept separate from our other cats because she is so territorial.
October 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
October 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A Red Tailed Hawk in the morning, a rat at the end, and a mockingbird commenting.
#oilpainting #natureismetal
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Spinal landscape
I think about my vertebrae on hiking trips and always wanted to fit a spine in a big space.
October 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Old Rag and Nicholson Hollow in Shenandoah.
#oilpainting
September 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An evening walk on the beach gave some good weather. Incredible 360 clouds, sun, storms, and what looked like the gates to heaven.
September 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I have a idea for a series of figurative paintings, and I started working through it. I commissioned @maggmack.bsky.social for a set of poses, and the first study is here, a figure at dawn.
#figurepainting #figurativeart #painter
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM