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mrpotts.bsky.social
R Hoyt
@mrpotts.bsky.social
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I’m a starving artist that works retail. NPR and PBS for news. Vote blue every election. Movies thrillers/dramas. Music all. I like wine. Always fighting for equality 🟰 women, LGBTQ, race.
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“What to draw…”
Graphite
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Autumn’s leaf
Colored pencil drawing of a single leak resting on top of water.
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Mom
Graphite
24x18”
This is my mom at age 23. I did a large scale to practice on facial features. I used a brush to blend shadows into paper.
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Autumn
My Boston terrier helped me with this one. His paw prints are the changing of the leaves.
September 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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An oldie but a goodie. Flowers are always good to post
September 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Another satisfied client. Him and his daughter, in graphite pencil
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I’m practicing on colored pencils for a drawing I want to do. Experimenting on blending.
Colored pencil rough sketch of lips Same picture but with hand sanitizer on top of pencils
September 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Banana
Graphite pencil of a peeled banana with light to the upper right casting a shadow. I used a lot of negative space here.
August 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Untitled
Colored pens
My brother in law is looking towards the building while his two sons and their friend is looking outward. People have told me that this would make a great album cover. I gave this to my sister.
August 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Ladies night
Acrylic
Ladies drinking wine and socializing with each other. I really like this one. I’ve tried to recreate, but can’t seem to do this loose flow of the figures. I must have been in the mood for this style at the time.
July 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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White Sands NM
Ink
A study of line drawing of a seashell on top of sand with the mountains in the horizon. I did this piece in the early 90’s
July 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Corks
Acrylic
A mason jar filled with corks I have so many corks. Yes I like wine. I’d like to revisit this now that I understand light and shadows better. But who knows, this piece sold for $100, so I guess it’s all about what the viewer likes.
July 23, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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There Is No Direct Light
Acrylic 20x16”
Let’s see….this was a dream I had. I just saw a bunch of spheres rolling towards me in darkness. Shoots of light were breaking through in waves or clouds. What did it mean? I don’t know, but it was very vivid so I painted it. Simple as that.
July 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Henry the rabbit
Acrylic
The writing on this piece is Japanese, one for Henry the other for Rabbit. These are ceramic rabbits that I worked from. I worked under a blue light.
July 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦
Graphite
A Ukrainian woman face drawing, she’s wearing a sunflower in her hair.
July 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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G’pa Ross
I’m really happy with this. I started to practice on faces in 2022, people have said that I captured his emotions
June 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Pride festival in Yellow Springs Ohio today was a hit.
June 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The mood I’m in tonight
I should have left the umbrella pole out. The glass is crooked but I may have been drunk at the time. You can see that I like the Impressionism artists here a lot. This is a very early work I did of a still life. But I still like it.
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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What’s keeping me busy?
A Honda shadow 750cc front view. Too hot to ride today. You know, gear. Yes I like my skin and head. You bikers will understand.
June 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Heather
10x7” graphite
This is my friend from Las Cruces NM. She was and still is a good friend. Since I have gotten better with faces, I needed to try her again. Her mother is German her father is Navajo. Love her to death.
June 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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“Just one”
16x11” acrylic on canvas paper
A glass of wine on a green outdoor patio table in the dark.
June 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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This is how I’ve been feeling lately
One figure in a tunnel the other one outside. A stream of light going to each other. Both figures are one person.
June 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Forget-Me-Not
Acrylic. Another happy client
June 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Oil with pallet knife. I did this abstract of a plant to remember the victims of the Orlando shooting.
June 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Studies of the woman form. I’ve realized that the body is actually more difficult than the face. It is ALL light and shadow. Self teaching to make perfect.
Acrylic woman form using warm colors Graphite woman form.
June 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM