Painter
@paintingmyway.bsky.social
Here for civilised discussions in breathable air. TwXscapee, Brefugee, EUropean, lifelong Francophile & creative, dreaming of a better world as I forge my art path. Art is part of the human spirit & crosses borders.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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Greetings from Kyiv,
that survived another russian night attack.
2,600 high-rise buildings are now without heating
(in addition to the 1,100 that will remain without it this season).
We still have some.
In a few days, frosts will return.
I don’t know how to make the world listen.
that survived another russian night attack.
2,600 high-rise buildings are now without heating
(in addition to the 1,100 that will remain without it this season).
We still have some.
In a few days, frosts will return.
I don’t know how to make the world listen.
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
that survived another russian night attack.
2,600 high-rise buildings are now without heating
(in addition to the 1,100 that will remain without it this season).
We still have some.
In a few days, frosts will return.
I don’t know how to make the world listen.
that survived another russian night attack.
2,600 high-rise buildings are now without heating
(in addition to the 1,100 that will remain without it this season).
We still have some.
In a few days, frosts will return.
I don’t know how to make the world listen.
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🚨🚨Welcome news: The #EU is hatching an unprecedented plan that could give #Ukraine partial #membership in the bloc as early as next year, as Brussels tries to shore up the country’s position in Europe and away from #Moscow. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
5 steps to get Ukraine into the EU in 2027
Plans to bring Kyiv into the tent before it has completed all reforms and to remove Hungary’s veto signal a sense of urgency in Brussels.
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🚨🚨Welcome news: The #EU is hatching an unprecedented plan that could give #Ukraine partial #membership in the bloc as early as next year, as Brussels tries to shore up the country’s position in Europe and away from #Moscow. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
www.politico.eu/article/5-st...
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Completely agree with the points Painter makes.
I see you inform us that we have to contact 🦋 to remove ourselves. I take the view that you should have asked me first!
I do not consent to being included on your map. Please remove me.
I see you inform us that we have to contact 🦋 to remove ourselves. I take the view that you should have asked me first!
I do not consent to being included on your map. Please remove me.
In this era of fascism, adding people to lists, without their consent, is neither clever nor cool. It is either naive or stupid or wilfully malevolent.
Moreover, as others have pointed out, what you have done violates GDPR rules.
I do not consent to being included on your map. Please remove me.
Moreover, as others have pointed out, what you have done violates GDPR rules.
I do not consent to being included on your map. Please remove me.
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Completely agree with the points Painter makes.
I see you inform us that we have to contact 🦋 to remove ourselves. I take the view that you should have asked me first!
I do not consent to being included on your map. Please remove me.
I see you inform us that we have to contact 🦋 to remove ourselves. I take the view that you should have asked me first!
I do not consent to being included on your map. Please remove me.
February 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
February 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Kyiv.
Morning after a massive russian attack.
The district where we live is mostly without heating or electricity.
According to the mayor, 1,170 residential high-rise buildings in Kyiv are without heat (we still have a minimal one, but no power).
-19 °C outside.
This is genocide.
Morning after a massive russian attack.
The district where we live is mostly without heating or electricity.
According to the mayor, 1,170 residential high-rise buildings in Kyiv are without heat (we still have a minimal one, but no power).
-19 °C outside.
This is genocide.
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Kyiv.
Morning after a massive russian attack.
The district where we live is mostly without heating or electricity.
According to the mayor, 1,170 residential high-rise buildings in Kyiv are without heat (we still have a minimal one, but no power).
-19 °C outside.
This is genocide.
Morning after a massive russian attack.
The district where we live is mostly without heating or electricity.
According to the mayor, 1,170 residential high-rise buildings in Kyiv are without heat (we still have a minimal one, but no power).
-19 °C outside.
This is genocide.
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@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @bundestag.de @vlaamsparlement.bsky.social @glandsbergis.bsky.social
"The morning will come, with or without us." Capital in Europe, 2026. ⬇️
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"The morning will come, with or without us." Capital in Europe, 2026. ⬇️
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Drones are attacking Kyiv.
Explosions echo in the severe frost.
And I wonder how much heat, electricity, or water will be left by morning.
The morning will come,
with or without us.
Explosions echo in the severe frost.
And I wonder how much heat, electricity, or water will be left by morning.
The morning will come,
with or without us.
February 3, 2026 at 5:53 AM
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @bundestag.de @vlaamsparlement.bsky.social @glandsbergis.bsky.social
"The morning will come, with or without us." Capital in Europe, 2026. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/stra...
"The morning will come, with or without us." Capital in Europe, 2026. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/stra...
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Kyiv.
Midnight.
No power.
-20 °C outside.
We’ve been warned of a possible missile and drone attack.
What more can I say?
Midnight.
No power.
-20 °C outside.
We’ve been warned of a possible missile and drone attack.
What more can I say?
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Kyiv.
Midnight.
No power.
-20 °C outside.
We’ve been warned of a possible missile and drone attack.
What more can I say?
Midnight.
No power.
-20 °C outside.
We’ve been warned of a possible missile and drone attack.
What more can I say?
#Clouds
#BlueSkyArtShow
A sunset last November. The pale aqua blue typically hinting at the time of year.
#BlueSkyArtShow
A sunset last November. The pale aqua blue typically hinting at the time of year.
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 AM
#Clouds
#BlueSkyArtShow
A sunset last November. The pale aqua blue typically hinting at the time of year.
#BlueSkyArtShow
A sunset last November. The pale aqua blue typically hinting at the time of year.
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Left: Chris Bryant supporting WASPI women
Right: Chris Bryant explaining why he no longer supports WASPI women, claiming the independent Ombudsman said 'compensation was not the right way to go', even though the Ombudsman actually advised compensation be given to WASPI women
Right: Chris Bryant explaining why he no longer supports WASPI women, claiming the independent Ombudsman said 'compensation was not the right way to go', even though the Ombudsman actually advised compensation be given to WASPI women
January 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Left: Chris Bryant supporting WASPI women
Right: Chris Bryant explaining why he no longer supports WASPI women, claiming the independent Ombudsman said 'compensation was not the right way to go', even though the Ombudsman actually advised compensation be given to WASPI women
Right: Chris Bryant explaining why he no longer supports WASPI women, claiming the independent Ombudsman said 'compensation was not the right way to go', even though the Ombudsman actually advised compensation be given to WASPI women
#Cold
#BlueSkyArtShow
One winter at the place halfway up a Provençal mountainside where I used to live… Woke up to this one morning. No drinking coffee at that table or sitting in that deckchair! We were snowed in for about a week. There was no painting en plein air that day!
#BlueSkyArtShow
One winter at the place halfway up a Provençal mountainside where I used to live… Woke up to this one morning. No drinking coffee at that table or sitting in that deckchair! We were snowed in for about a week. There was no painting en plein air that day!
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 AM
#Cold
#BlueSkyArtShow
One winter at the place halfway up a Provençal mountainside where I used to live… Woke up to this one morning. No drinking coffee at that table or sitting in that deckchair! We were snowed in for about a week. There was no painting en plein air that day!
#BlueSkyArtShow
One winter at the place halfway up a Provençal mountainside where I used to live… Woke up to this one morning. No drinking coffee at that table or sitting in that deckchair! We were snowed in for about a week. There was no painting en plein air that day!
ALT doing its job perfectly in photo 1
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Omg it’s actually worse than I pictured. She had it framed for him.
January 16, 2026 at 6:04 AM
ALT doing its job perfectly in photo 1
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January 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
January 3, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Our 2025 version of "Carol of the Bells" - originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song "Shchedryk" - music 1st written by Mykola Leontovych in Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation). The composer would be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921.
#SlavaUkraïni
#dontabandonthem
youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs
#SlavaUkraïni
#dontabandonthem
youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs
"Carol of the Bells" / "Shchedryk" - Marsh Family adaptation of Ukrainian New Year song for 2026
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Our 2025 version of "Carol of the Bells" - originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song "Shchedryk" - music 1st written by Mykola Leontovych in Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation). The composer would be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921.
#SlavaUkraïni
#dontabandonthem
youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs
#SlavaUkraïni
#dontabandonthem
youtu.be/vvMLtJ-Wyfs
I’m very late to the party… because I was actually celebrating at my own party & then exhibiting some of my #FavoriteThings - colours & textures - at the weekend!
Here’s a glimpse of what was on show.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social #BlueSkyArtShow
#exhibition #expo #paintings #weavings #ceramics #lace
Here’s a glimpse of what was on show.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social #BlueSkyArtShow
#exhibition #expo #paintings #weavings #ceramics #lace
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’m very late to the party… because I was actually celebrating at my own party & then exhibiting some of my #FavoriteThings - colours & textures - at the weekend!
Here’s a glimpse of what was on show.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social #BlueSkyArtShow
#exhibition #expo #paintings #weavings #ceramics #lace
Here’s a glimpse of what was on show.
@blueskyartshow.bsky.social #BlueSkyArtShow
#exhibition #expo #paintings #weavings #ceramics #lace
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
October 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Autumn approaching’
Watercolour
A painting I made as colours started changing along an avenue of trees in Provençal countryside at about this time of year.
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Autumn approaching’
Watercolour
A painting I made as colours started changing along an avenue of trees in Provençal countryside at about this time of year.
September 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#TheRoad
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Autumn approaching’
Watercolour
A painting I made as colours started changing along an avenue of trees in Provençal countryside at about this time of year.
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Autumn approaching’
Watercolour
A painting I made as colours started changing along an avenue of trees in Provençal countryside at about this time of year.
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
#Skyline
#BlueSkyArtShow
Distant skyline over sand dunes, inspired by memories of travelling in a bleached desert under hot sun.
Acrylic on board
#BlueSkyArtShow
Distant skyline over sand dunes, inspired by memories of travelling in a bleached desert under hot sun.
Acrylic on board
August 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#Skyline
#BlueSkyArtShow
Distant skyline over sand dunes, inspired by memories of travelling in a bleached desert under hot sun.
Acrylic on board
#BlueSkyArtShow
Distant skyline over sand dunes, inspired by memories of travelling in a bleached desert under hot sun.
Acrylic on board
All the colours you #GetOutside at this time of summer in Provence… lavenders, greens, oranges & that cerulean blue sky!
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Tapis Provençal 1’
Mixed media abstract landscape painting
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Tapis Provençal 1’
Mixed media abstract landscape painting
June 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
All the colours you #GetOutside at this time of summer in Provence… lavenders, greens, oranges & that cerulean blue sky!
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Tapis Provençal 1’
Mixed media abstract landscape painting
#BlueSkyArtShow
‘Tapis Provençal 1’
Mixed media abstract landscape painting
#Vibrant
#BlueSkyArtShow
Pink sage, lavender and poppies fill nearby countryside with vibrant colour in early summer.
Abstract landscape painting - pastel
#BlueSkyArtShow
Pink sage, lavender and poppies fill nearby countryside with vibrant colour in early summer.
Abstract landscape painting - pastel
June 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
#Vibrant
#BlueSkyArtShow
Pink sage, lavender and poppies fill nearby countryside with vibrant colour in early summer.
Abstract landscape painting - pastel
#BlueSkyArtShow
Pink sage, lavender and poppies fill nearby countryside with vibrant colour in early summer.
Abstract landscape painting - pastel
Taken at Salon Côté Sud 2025 on Friday. This year’s theme is Ateliers & Artisanat in honour of Cézanne, who is being celebrated in Aix en Provence this summer. Symbolised by the paintbrushes suspended beneath the awning.
#Underneath
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Underneath
#BlueSkyArtShow
June 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Taken at Salon Côté Sud 2025 on Friday. This year’s theme is Ateliers & Artisanat in honour of Cézanne, who is being celebrated in Aix en Provence this summer. Symbolised by the paintbrushes suspended beneath the awning.
#Underneath
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Underneath
#BlueSkyArtShow