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Neal Von Flue
@nvonflue.bsky.social
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Visual artist, educator, writer, occasional banjo player. Rejects the word "content" when describing art, but also trying to remember that it can mean being fulfilled.
Mostly just here for the Nancy and Gus Arriola comics.
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A couple of plein air paintings done over Thanksgiving week in the high desert. Oils on clayboard.

I can see how plein air painting can become the only thing that some people do.
Small oil painting of the California desert. Small oil painting of the California desert.
November 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Entering my “regional artist” era, it seems.
Candid photo of three paintings, the subject of which are locations in El Segundo Ca., and a rocking horse.
July 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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“Franklin and Eucalyptus, El Segundo” mixed media on wood, 26”x28”
Photo of an cluttered art studio with a mixed media cityscape painting in the center of the frame. Photo of a mixed media cityscape painting. Detail photo of a mixed media cityscape.
June 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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#sketch of a window in Scotia, California.
Pencil sketch of a curtained hotel window early in the morning.
April 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#sketch of a gaggle of Rube Goldbergs, with humorous additions.
Sketches of Rube Goldberg with humorous additions, in blue pencil.
April 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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#sketch of Jason Isbell. Sorting through his new record. Looking at him through the leaves.
#sketchbook
Photo of a sketchbook page on a table, seen through some leaves. The sketch is a big headed cartoon version of musician Jason Isbell.
April 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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“Always Have A Teacher No.5” #oilonpanel #oilpainting #portrait
An oil painting on panel depicting crashing waves of a rocky shore as background while on the right foreground a woman with a weary smile looks at the viewer and, on the left, a translucent ghost-like image of a man in uniform mirrors her composition, yet blends into the background.
April 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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#artstudio today.
March 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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If you're like me and wish Bsky was a bit more image-based than text, @flashes.blue is a fantastic client. 30 second sign up with your exiting bsky account, and you get your regular feed but the focus can now be on art and images. (and @nancycomics.bsky.social fit better than in the regular app.)
March 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The Second Angriest Dog in the World”
Oil on panel 24”x36”
An oil painting depicting a worried woman on the right, while behind her the same scene—a woman standing in a desert landscape next to a large succulent—is shown in two angles overlaid on each other. The more stable color version is distorted, and haunted by the ghostly version in correct perspective. The tell tale black lodge herringbone floor creeps in from the bottom left while in the distance a shaky pencil drawn shack release curly smoke from the chimney.
March 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Working through some health issues.
March 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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www.nealvonflue.com/dogleg/

#artmanifesto #art #artprocess #dogleg #doglegmanifesto #ai #aiart #creativeeconomy #walterbenjamin #nohashtags #noprocess #dada #futility #contemporaryart #94charactersleftover
The Dog Leg Manifesto
The Dog Leg Manifesto Like a dog who is caught in an inescapable trap, exhausting all other reasonable alternatives, discovers the idea of breaking and separating its own leg from its body, we disc…
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February 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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An oil painting. Featuring two women, a desert landscape, some visual distortion and a herringbone floor reminiscent of the black lodge, all blended together.
January 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#oilpainting #oilonpanel #distortion #cactus
Oil painting on wood. A distorted image of a woman proudly posing next to a cactus. Oil painting on wood. Closer view of a distorted image of a woman proudly posing next to a cactus. Oil painting on wood. A closer view of distorted image of a cactus proudly posing next to a woman. Oil painting on wood. an even closer view of a distorted image of a woman proudly posing next to a cactus.
December 22, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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As I seem to share every winter time, here is my essay on Thomas Kinkade, The #PainterofLight. It is #christmas themed after all, and almost a decade old.

I've currently got 3 bids in on Kinkade prints at local estate sales. Perhaps I'll win one. #artreview #contemporaryart #oilpainting #art
(Submission) An inspection of the most underrated artist of this century, and how irony could have saved him
An inspection of the most underrated artist of this century, and how irony could have saved him. By Neal Von Flue The first time I can ever think of hearing about him was 20 years ago at an outdoor ...
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December 9, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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“Always Have a Teacher #2” made from separate lessons found in books from the vintage Walter T. Foster how to paint series.
#oilpaint #oilpainting #oilonwood #contemporaryart #art
Warm toned landscape painting of a sparsely wooded area with a small river. Two dog heads float in the space, one facing downward, the other upside down and barking.
November 25, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Three wise monkeys, Oil on panel.
#oilpainting
oil painting of three men sitting on a wall in a desert scene. Each one acting as one of the three wise monkeys- speak no evil, hear no evil, see no evil.
November 22, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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Neal Von Flue
Artist, educator, writer and faded jaded mandarin.
www.nealvonflue.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:47 AM
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Three color scissor paintings, approx. 30" x 40"

#oilpaint #oilonpaper #stilllife #collage #texture #contemporaryart #painting #cadmiumred #hansayellow #ceruleanblue #cobaltblue
A mixed media painting on paper of a pair of scissors made from collaged images against a red background. A mixed media painting on paper of a pair of scissors made from collaged images against a yellow background. A mixed media painting on paper of a pair of scissors made from collaged images against a blue background.
October 27, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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Over summer I practiced #inking. Here is a #WWII #ghostrider #artprocess.
#pencildrawing to #inkdrawing to #colordrawing
I imagine him on his burning #harleydavidson WLA crisscrossing Europe delivering vital info, and crossing publishers to meet up with #SGTRock, the #creaturecommandos and #GIRobot
A pencil drawing of ghost rider sitting on his bike in WWII An image of ghost rider in WWII sitting on his bike drawn in ink An color illustration of ghost rider in WWII sitting on his bike
September 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Detailed process video for a painting from my Technical Animal series. Includes the drawing, acrylic underpainting, oils and glazing. #painting #artprocess #oilpainting #fineart #paintingprocess #drawing #acrylicpainting

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Painting Process- Mixed Media on Paper from the "Technical Animal" Series
A look at the art process for "The Falcon Cannot Hear The Falconer", a painting from my "Technical Animal" series.This series uses a Generative Adversarial N...
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July 31, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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“Scissors 12, Cadmium and Cobalt”
Collage and Oils in Paper. 2024
Collage painting of a pair of scissors with red background. Detail view of a collage painting of a pair of scissors with red background Detail view of a collage painting of a pair of scissors with red background Detail view of a collage painting of a pair of scissors with red background.
July 22, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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The absolute best thing about this 1966 Harmony tenor is that after a minute of playing, this amazing smell of old books and age comes emanating from the sound holes.
The vibrations must be breaking up the age locked inside, and I'm scared for the day that it gets all used up. #vintage #guitar
Picture of an arch top tenor guitar against my studio wall. Picture of an arch top tenor guitar on it's side leaning against a wall.
June 28, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Current work: doing some pieces using a pair of vintage shears. This is a pencil drawing and a charcoal/ink drawing, each done on vellum then cut up and woven together.
#drawing #ink #fineart #pencil #contemporaryart #scissors
Artwork of two pairs of scissors woven together into a single image. Closer image of a drawing of two pairs of scissors woven together.
June 8, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Here are my two final entries for best photo of a three-legged dog playing with a stick. Boy, do I love this goofball as much as he loves sticks.
#tripawd #blueskydogs #dog #gus
In a desert sunset, a three legged great dane mix bounds joyously towards the viewer with a stick in his mouth. In a bright desert scene, a three-legged great dane mix poses like a pinup with a stick in his mouth.
April 7, 2024 at 12:02 PM