Ashley Holt
@thrdgll.bsky.social
Disgruntled American ex-pat artist and writer living in Germany. Does not want to hear about the new Superman movie.
RIP Rob Reiner, you crazy leftist radical.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
RIP Rob Reiner, you crazy leftist radical.
Music is none of my business.
December 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Music is none of my business.
Negativland, circa 1980
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Negativland, circa 1980
Today's Birthday Boy: David Carradine
December 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today's Birthday Boy: David Carradine
It's Tom Waits' birthday, but I am the only illustrator on Earth who has never drawn a Tom Waits portrait.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's Tom Waits' birthday, but I am the only illustrator on Earth who has never drawn a Tom Waits portrait.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
So, here's Harry Partch, whom Tom Waits greatly admires.
December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Season’s Greetings from our bunker to yours!
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Season’s Greetings from our bunker to yours!
Achtung, Kinder! Krampus kommt!
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Achtung, Kinder! Krampus kommt!
Today's Birthday Boy: Zach Trenholm
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today's Birthday Boy: Zach Trenholm
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's Birthday Boy is James Slater, guitarist extraordinaire. Celebrate in style by buying his music:
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
jamieslaterjazz.bandcamp.com/album/augmen...
Recommended: Murder on Flight 502, a 1975 Aaron Spelling made-for-TV catastrophe. Scores on points to be one of the worst movies ever made. Sonny Bono gets top billing, if that gives you any indication of its greatness.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Recommended: Murder on Flight 502, a 1975 Aaron Spelling made-for-TV catastrophe. Scores on points to be one of the worst movies ever made. Sonny Bono gets top billing, if that gives you any indication of its greatness.
Camilla Wikland. Posted at the suggestion from the Peanut Gallery that portraits should include kitty cats.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Camilla Wikland. Posted at the suggestion from the Peanut Gallery that portraits should include kitty cats.
Coming soon: Solid reinforcement for your perpetual doldrums.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Coming soon: Solid reinforcement for your perpetual doldrums.
Portraits of wee youngins are tricky business. Ten years later, they've shaved their heads, pierced their lips, and tattooed poo emojis on their foreheads.
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Portraits of wee youngins are tricky business. Ten years later, they've shaved their heads, pierced their lips, and tattooed poo emojis on their foreheads.
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
Better to capture them, as this eager client did, when they're still precious and impressionable.
www.ashleyholt.com/commission-i...
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ms. Rand suggests that you do not resist your capitalistic impulses. So many desirable commodities can be yours:
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November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ms. Rand suggests that you do not resist your capitalistic impulses. So many desirable commodities can be yours:
www.etsy.com/shop/AshleyH...
www.etsy.com/shop/AshleyH...
Larry Fine in the Münster Museum for Art and Culture.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Larry Fine in the Münster Museum for Art and Culture.
My Art Guys pennies, collected at their Spoleto exhibition a lifetime ago.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My Art Guys pennies, collected at their Spoleto exhibition a lifetime ago.
Watching fashion shows on YouTube and feeling homesick.
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Watching fashion shows on YouTube and feeling homesick.