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Stabros
@stabros.bsky.social
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artist, hermit, queer af, trans man (he/him), AuDHD, cat dad, collector of post-apocalyptic life skills (think blacksmithing and spinning, etc. ), ACAB
www.stabs.studio
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All of these originals watercolors are for sale. Details in alt text, message me to inquire. I need an oil change and gas money for a trip, so help a brother out plz-n-thx

#Artist #QueerArtist #TransMan #Watercolor #ArtForSale #AbstractArt

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"Blossom" An abstract painting in blues, yellows, oranges, reds, green, with long sweeping strokes and overlapping layers that suggest some sort of flower. 10x15" Watercolor on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $150 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Gathering" An abstract painting suggesting a mountain peak. Several ghostly figures have gathered on the slope. The central figure has a staff. 10x15" Watercolor, metallic watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $150 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Planet:VLA" An abstract painting resembling a patchwork quilt in various cool-toned colors. ink and metallic pigments create various geometric and organic designs within some of the patches. An inset panel contains what looks like a planet with a small moon. 10x14" Watercolor, ink, metallic watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $140 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Trade Routes" An abstract painting that resembles a crowded planetary system. A small gold sun sits off center. Black, white, and gold lines intersect on interweave around the planets. 10x14" Watercolor, ink, metallic watercolors, "gold" leaf on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $140 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
March 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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All of these originals watercolors are for sale. Details in alt text, message me to inquire. I need an oil change and gas money for a trip, so help a brother out plz-n-thx

#Artist #QueerArtist #TransMan #Watercolor #ArtForSale #AbstractArt

Watch this space for more! And please share, if you will 🥰
"Anomaly Detected" Abstract painting resembling a starfield. A lone red star near the center is encircled, with two inset blocks of alien script. 10x15" Watercolor, ink, metallic and color-shift watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $150 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Approach Vector" And predominantly orange abstract painting against a dark blue background. It resembles a solar system from high orbit above a planet with a nearby moon and the central star towards the upper left. I single beam of gold originating on the moon shoots laser-straight across the page. 10x14" Watercolor, ink, metallic watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $140 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Unbearable Blemishes on the Brightness of Being" Abstract painting featuring a soft, bright, multicolored background. Black cloud creep in around the edges, and there are numerous large, mottled blotches of ink and many smaller ink spatters. A roughly sketched, lone figure, face in hands, kneels bowed over in pain. 10x15" Watercolor, ink, on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $150 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Conspiracy Theory" Abstract painting. The top features a pyramid surrounded by rays of light. The bottom features an orb on each side (very glimmery in real life, that didn't scan well) with a central stack of orbs that suggest eyes. Alien script form vertical lines. 10x14" Watercolor, ink, metallic and color-shift watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $140 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
March 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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All of these originals watercolors are for sale. Details in alt text, message me to inquire. I need an oil change and gas money for a trip, so help a brother out plz-n-thx

#Artist #QueerArtist #TransMan #Watercolor #ArtForSale #AbstractArt

Watch this space for more! And please share, if you will 🥰
"Gloaming" Abstract painting of a female figure diving down through the sky, her longhair and wide skirts trailing the night behind her. Below her is a sunset over mountains and a forest. 15x22" Watercolor, metallic and color-shift watercolors on 100%cotton paper. ON SALE $275 + $15 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Nebulish: NGC 7293" An abstract painting that suggests space. In the center is an orb that looks a great deal like an eye. An inset panel shows two planet like orbs. There is strange, alien writing. 10x15" Watercolor, ink, metallic and color-shift watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $150 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
March 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
stabros.bsky.social
All of these originals watercolors are for sale. Details in alt text, message me to inquire. I need an oil change and gas money for a trip, so help a brother out plz-n-thx

#Artist #QueerArtist #TransMan #Watercolor #ArtForSale #AbstractArt

Watch this space for more! And please share, if you will 🥰
"We've Been Trying to Reach You About Your Soul's Extended Warranty" 11x15" Watercolor, ink, iridescent acrylic medium, metallic and color-shift watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $165 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Intersectional" 11x14" Watercolor, ink, metallic watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $140 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Mycelium" 7.5x11" Watercolor, ink, metallic watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $82.50 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity. "Blue Star" 7.5x5" Watercolor, ink, color-shift watercolors on 100%cotton paper. $1/sq inch = $37.50 + $10 toward tracked, insured shipping. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
March 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Randomly painted a weird little fish today. He may end up with spots. I love him!

He needs a name. Suggestions welcome!
A watercolor painting of a weird little fish. He's pink with black racing stripes, cartoony, has extra fins, lil points on the top of his head, a long snout with a lil kissy mouth, and he's giving intense side eye.
March 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Made a new trans flag. Feel free to use it anywhere and everywhere.
Digital image of a blue pink and white trans pride flag, with the word unbowed emblazoned in black on the white stripe.
March 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Same paint, same technique, both 100% cotton paper. The left is rough, and the right is hot press (very smooth).
At first I didn't like the one on the left, but the more I look at it the more I think I can work with that as a background for some zentangles and/or neurographics.

#WatercolorArtist
Two purple watercolor paintings, both the same color. The one on the left is bigger, and has blooms and gatherings of color with dramatic lighter and darker areas, and dark specks. The one on the right is much more subtly and evenly colored, but also with dark specks.
March 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Trying out ideas for repeatable designs for hand painted greeting cards. Happy with these, gonna experiment with others here shortly.

Available soon!
Six 3.5x5" hand painted, abstract paintings, done with India ink and shiny gold and red watercolors.
February 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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There doesn't seem to be a collective name for UFOs (please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), so I hereby propose "A Disbelief." As in, a Disbelief of UFOs.
This post brought to you by this sketch of a painting I want to do called A Disbelief of UFOs 😁
A rough watercolor sketch of a mountain landscape with trees in the foreground and a big sky. Dotted across the sky are a variety of shiny gold saucer-ish shapes at varying distances.
February 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Finished this a couple of days ago. Part of my new "Embracing Imperfection" series.
A watercolor and ink painting consisting of deeply nested circles. The colors are blues, greens and pinks. Some of the linework is picked out in gold.
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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@nora.zone is the featured artist on my website for the entire month of February! Check out hir work in the Guest Artist Showcase! www.stabs.studio/guest-galler...

Want to be a featured artist? Message me!
A knobbly, rainbow, glass bolo tie with shiny metal tips on the ends of the leather cord.
February 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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In the spirit of hope my friends have booked a cheap room at the coast in April and invited me to come scream at the ocean with them.

I will need approx 3 tanks of gas for the trip, so I am discounting all original paintings. Here is one. Check the alt text for details.

#Art #Artist
"Salty, Defiant, and Extremely Noncompliant" 16x20" $200 Acrylic and a scrap of novel. A rainbow swirls and loop across the canvas. In the bottom right corner is a white abstract cityscape. The upper left corner has an inverted black abstract cityscape. A small scrap p paper reads "What are you going to do?" "I'm not going back."
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Don't forget that @nora.zone's amazing glass art is up in my Guest Artist Showcase all through February!

While you're there, check out my gallery as well, and sign up for the newsletter so you don't miss anything!

If you wanna be a guest artist, let me know!

www.stabs.studio/guest-galler...
A rounded, vaguely diamond shaped glass cabochon in green, orange, deep yellow, and white. It has been made into a handsome bolo tie on a braided leather cord with substantial, shiny metal tips
February 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Tiniest will sometimes, and by sometimes I mean several times a day, INSIST on head kisses.

From runt (seriously, I named him Tiniest Void for good reason) of a feral litter to the sweetest, gentlest giant, he is my very soul. HE rescued ME. He'll be 3 this summer 🥰
#Cat #BlackCat #BestCat #MySon
A black kitty happily getting head kisses from a green haired guy.
February 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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In the spirit of hope my friends have booked a cheap room at the coast in April and invited me to come scream at the ocean with them.

I will need approx 3 tanks of gas for the trip, so I am discounting all original paintings. Here is one. Check the alt text for details.

#Art #Artist #SciArt
"Nebulish: No Particular One" 10x14" $150 + shipping TBD. A watercolor abstract resembling a nebula and stars in shades of blue, purple and lavender. It is speckled and spattered with shimmery watercolor stars that extend into the white border.
February 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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In the spirit of hope my friends have booked a cheap room at the coast in April and invited me to come scream at the ocean with them.

I will need approx 3 tanks of gas for the trip, so I am discounting all original paintings. Here is one. Check the alt text for details.

#Art #Artist #SciArt
"Approach Vector" 10x14" $150 + shipping tbd A watercolor and ink abstract painting in oranges, reds, black and gold. Planetary shapes float on a field of deep blue. A gold line originates in one and crosses the page, extending to the left side.
February 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I enjoy painting spacey stuff. This one is called "Lost Among Stars." Watercolors and ink. Absolutely DRIPPING with shimmery, colorshift watercolors.

Want me to paint something spacy for you? Hire me today! 😁

#SciArt #Artist #Watercolor
A watercolor an ink abstract painting. It loosely resembles outer space with a nebula and stars. A relaxed looking figure painted in shiny pale blue, floats among the stars.
February 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Here is a detail sneak peek of the updated FAFO canvas 😁💖
The right half of an abstract acrylic painting in white, black, deep green, deep blue, vivid orange, and a lighter, shiny blue.
February 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Your reminder that Khajiit has wares if you have coin 😁 Take 10% off the entire "unbroken" collection, well, FOREVER. Use the code unbroken10

www.stabs.studio/shop/

A good way to support a #TransArtist is with money.

Also, you can buy originals and/or commission me. Ask me how!
Top down photo of a small spiral notebook sitting on a white surface surrounded by a coffee pot, a cop, a phone, and a pencil. The trans flag is printed on the cover of the notebook, with the word "unbroken" in black lowercase letters spanning the width in the center white line.
February 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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February's guest artist, @nora.zone is now live at www.stabs.studio/guest-galler... Ze makes the MOST wonderful wearable and fondle-able fused glass pieces, and I'm honored to feature hir on my website. Check it out!

And be sure to sign up for my newsletter. I promise not to spam ya!

#Art #Artist
A fused glass, roughly pentagonal bolo tie. The glass is mottled in shades of green and white, looking like marble, or perhaps agate.
February 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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It came! And it's incredible! First, it's bigger than I expected. That flat strappy bit felt so nice on my neck when I tried it on. The metal tips gently tink together when I walk, and it's delightful. I'll post outfit pics tomorrow! Thank you so much @nora.zone this is awesome!
A yellow an black bolo tie sitting on a paint-smeared table, next to a small purple box. A closeup of the yellow and black, roughly square glass cabochon on the bolo tie, next to the purple gift box it came in. The box is emblazoned with the logo for Nora Reed Designs.
January 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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My pleasure! 😁 All three are watercolor and ink, 10x15" (one is 10x14"). From left to right we have "Anomaly Detected," "Unbearable Blemishes on the Brightness of Being," and "Containment Breach"
An ink an watercolor painting. The black and white background is reminiscent of a galaxy. Multicolored "stars" dot the page. A red one in the middle is encircled with red and gold. Two black panels with fake writing in red and gold hover on either side. A watercolor and ink painting. The background is a mix of soft, bright colors in pinks, yellows, blues and greens. Black in creeps in around the edges, and there are five mottled, black ink blotches and various splatters hovering around a small sketched in figure, kneeling with their face in their hands. A watercolor and ink painting. The background is vibrant reds, oranges and yellows. Various brush marks in green, gold, and red are arranged in irregular rid patterns around the edges. There are three hollow gold circles connected by a hollow green triangle. One side of the triangle is broken, and a cloud of black ink is gathering from the center and billowing out the gap. It has already begun consuming one of the gold circles.
January 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I think I finished this one yesterday, but I'm not sure. Really enjoying those nice, crisp edges. Haven't peeled off the edge tape yet.

I think I'll call it "Nines"

#Artist #TransArtist #AcrylicPainting
A large, black canvas. There are nine triangular sections with lines of bare canvas between them where it had been taped of. Inside each section is a painted triangle in either red, orange, or yellow, outlined with charcoal and white paint, and surrounded by abstract swirls of white, blue, and green. The tape along the outside edges of the canvas has not been peeled off yet.
January 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Time to bring some darks back into this.
An unfinished large black canvas that is divided into 9 triangles with painter's tape. It has been roughly over painted with white, blue and green. Inside each triangle is another triangle painted in yellow, orange, or red, outlined in charcoal, and again in white paint.
January 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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About to unwrap this 16 x 20" black canvas and begin taping out some shapes.
A large black canvas, still in its plastic wrap, on a black, paint-smeared table. A roll of blue painters tape sits next to it.
January 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM