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Danni
@somnium-ars.bsky.social
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An artist obsessed with pixelated paintings and music boxes.

A friend of dragonflies.

www.danielledoctor.com
Buy prints of my recent art through my site. Thanks!!!
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Small quick painting I did today to study the values of snow before attempting a more detailed painting later (probably next year)

#acrylic #art #painting #study
A small painting of a snow covered street. There are parked cars in the left and lots of trees on the right. There are visible tire tracks that have melted lines of snow going towards the vanishing point.
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Snow ❄️
Snow on bare branches on the upper left. Snow on pine branches in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This one got a coat of varnish yesterday! 🥳

#art #painting #sunrise
An oil painting of a sunrise at the beach. Some pieces have been painted realistically but most of the edges have been pixelated around the edges. At the top the sky is blue. In the center the holes in the clouds glow white with a yellowish halo. The clouds turn red as the sky meets the sea. The ocean doesn’t have many waves. The water reflects a streak of gold and pink white the rest of the water leans violet. The very bottom is a strip of sand painted in shade of black.
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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All filled in. Now for the hours of looking at it and tweaking it and my husband saying “I thought you finished that one” 100 times.

It’s not finished until I varnish it. 😝

#wip #art #humanmade #painting
A small painting of a red spider lily. The background and foreground have been pixelated. The bottom has shades of red and the top has shades of green.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Unboxing and consolidating a lot of things this week. I found this lil guy.
It was one of my first oil paintings… I had no clue how to use the material properly. But I’ve always loved painting nature. And it’s the same size I’m working now… 15 years later. Full circle 😆
Holding a 5”x7” oil painting in my hand. The painting is of three mallard ducks in a pond.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Mawtiyima Forest from Genshin Impact.
I did an oil painting of the area after this area was released. It had a lot of fun landscapes. I haven’t played in forever. But painting this was super fun. I kinda regret not making more scenes.

#genshin #art #oilpainting
An oil painting of an area in Genshin Impact with very large glowy blue mushrooms.
November 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Pulling out some older work to create a ‘sale’ bin for the market.
Once upon a time I made a whole series of sea creatures… the materials involved chalk pastels, baking soda, vinegar and charcoal. Every experimental and made for some fun prints… the originals are a nightmare.
This was my favorite🥰
Print of an artwork in a white mat. The art is a charcoal drawing of a hermit crab. The background has splotches of green and blue.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Nine more squares and a lot of little details to add and tweak.
A painting shot at an angle, close up to the bottom right corner. Most of the painting is made of squares. Reds to the left and greens to the right.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The edges 🥰

#art #painting
Two small paintings on wood panels that are 1.5” or 4cm deep. The edges have the paintings continued onto the sides. The left painting is of a daffodil and the right painting is of two red tulips.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Doing this for a couple hours. Husband is off taking a certification exam… so I’m a bunch of nerves and this packing ritual is actually really calming.
A stack of white mats, clear show bags, prints, and some tape all lay on a brown wooden table.
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Spider lily is half done!

I feel like I’ve been able to carve out enough time for my art lately and I’m enjoying it so much. I should have this one and two others done before the new year. And that’ll mean more prints for sale 😄
A hand holds an oil painting on paper. The painting is of a red spider lily. The background of the painting has been pixelated. The top of the painting has a variety or green squares and the bottom has a variety of red squares. The painting is unfinished but the photo zooms in on the completed portion.
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Finished it and took it outside to photograph it. 😊 it’s pretty! 🌈

Back to the other ones. And I’ll spending a lot of time prepping for the art market… it’s only 2 weeks away!

#art #slowart #painting #humanmade
100 hand painted square. Each square is a slightly different color. The top has reds, pinks, and browns. Those fade into purples, greens, and yellows. Those fade into blues on the bottom.
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Calling it a night. I’ll tweak a few more things tomorrow. But I like how it’s coming along.

#art #painting #color
A 10x10 grid of painted squares. Each square is a different color. The colors are blue on the top. Greens, yellow, and browns on the left. Violets, pinks, and red on the right.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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I should clock how many hours I just stare at it…
Small painting of colored squares. The painting is not complete yet. It has 100 squares in a 10x10 grid. There are blues and purples at the top that fade into greens, reds, oranges, browns and yellows.
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Working through an idea.
I like parts of it.
I think I need to drop it for tonight and work on something else though. The pink/reds need reworking but I’m undecided about how right now…
A small piece of paper with painted squares on it. The grid has 100 squares in a 10x10 format. Some of the squares are painted and some are not. The colors so far include blues, greens, yellows, browns, orange, red, pinks, and purples.
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Left side of the spider lily is almost done.

These bloomed in our yard last year. However, the kids dug up the bulbs in spring not realizing what they were… so we had none this year.
They apparently symbolize death… but also rebirth. They felt like a warning and encouragement all at once.

#art
A small painting held up by a hand pictured in the lower left corner. The painting is a work in progress. Only the left side is pictured. The painting is of a red spider lily. There is one being painted in focus. The background and other spider lilies have been pixelated with 1/2inch squares. The squares are shades of red toward the bottom and shades of green toward the top.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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I sold a succulent print today! Yay! 🥳
I’ve spent a few hours matting prints. And I should have time to paint tonight. ☺️

Anything bought today will be shipped out Dec 1st or sooner (it will probably be sooner if there aren’t many orders)
www.danielledoctor.com

#art #prints #humanmade
A print the succulent painting in a white mat sitting on a dark wood surface. A print of the chicken painting. It’s in a white mat and sitting on a dark wooden surface. A print of a painting from 2023. It’s of a small waterfall with rocks, orange leaves, green foliage, and some red flowers. The print is in a white mat sitting on a dark wooden surface. A print of a painting from 2023. The painting is of a swampy area with lots of palm fronds. The painting is in a white mat sitting on a dark wooden surface.
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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I had to prepare the inside before I attach the roof. But it looks good and sounds good so far I hope I can sculpt an adorable dancing pig for the spinning magnet. 🥰
A work in progress music box. The inside is complete with the music movement installed. It’s covered by an acrylic box covered with green velvet. A magnet lays on top of the velvet. Not pictured: the magnet moves and spins when the music plays.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Prints arrived and I’m so happy with how they look. 🥳
I’ve ordered enough for the art market I’m attending Dec 6th.
I’ll have to spend a few hours prepping the show-bags later.
Six art prints with white borders. Four of them are 5”x7” and two of them are 4”x4”.
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Best time to start a new painting is when you’re in the middle of another painting… right?

#wip #slowart #humanmadeart
Two paintings with both completed and unfinished sections. The top is the painting of lily pads and the bottom is the start of a new painting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Prep 💜
8 prepped papers for future paintings. The papers are primed with different shades of purple. And each paper has a grid penciled in.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Painting squares is my favorite time sink

#wip #art #painting
A work in progress oil painting of lily pads in a pond. There are currently two pink lotus flowers that take up a very small amount of the whole image. The top is being painted with squares.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Prints of these little paintings are for sale!!
Unfortunately, I can only fill orders from the US right now. Hoping that’ll change in the future.
www.danielledoctor.com
Painting of two succulents. The colors include greens, blues, purples and pinks. The edges are pixelated and fade towards the center of the succulents. A painting of small waterfall with leaves, flowers, and small rocks. The painting gets pixelated towards the edges. A painting of a couple of chickens in a chair. The background is pixelated. A painting of a small swampy area with palm fronds. There are pixelated areas around the edges of the image.
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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We spent a few hours walking a local trail. And I tried out my dedicated camera with the polarizing filter. Super happy with a lot of the photos.
So many pretty colors! I love leaves so much!! 🍁 🍃🍂🌿
Pretty leaves in fall changing colors from green to yellow, brown and orange Lots and lots of yellowish and orange leaves. Soft looking foliage with oranges and greens. Several branches stretch across from bottom left to upper right
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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These 5” x 7” paintings normally take me 30 hours to complete.
I’m trying to speed up but I love taking my timeeee.
I make slow art.
I make the slowest art.
I kinda wish I could work like 10x faster. But they wouldn’t look like this. (A work in progress)

#art #painting #oilpaint
A work in progress oil painting on a paper primed purple. The painting is barely complete on the bottom and left side. There are some drawn grid squares in the unfinished purple part. The painting is of a pond with lily pads.
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM