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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

If you see this QRP with your animal painting 🐾🎨 I draw cats far & away the most frequently. But I've been sharing a lot of cats recently so I thought I’d share some other animal art that I haven't posted here on Bluesky yet #art #artsky #animals #pig #78tarot #orangutan #lifeofpi #dog #bird

Page of Pentacles for the 78 Tarot Animal deck - Red-orange pig rooting with her nose in the dirt, at the base of an oak tree. It is very early Spring with snowdrop flowers emerging from patches of melting snow. An acorn with a pentacle on it is laying nearby.

Life of Pi - My entry for an illustration contest to work on an illustrated copy of the book. Scared and sad looking orangutan (named Orange Juice) floating on a net bag full of bunches of bananas in the middle of the ocean. Some spiders have also taken refuge on the makeshift raft.

Goldie in the Snow - Smiling Yellow Lab dog rolling around on his back in the snow

Bluebird of Happiness - A bright bluebird perched on a mustard plant, singing. There are yellow rays of light shining out around his head.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Absolutely love the Thursday Night Art Show! Here's some of my cat artwork, "Curiosity." If you'd like to see more of my work follow me here on Bluesky!

"Curiosity" - Orange cat in a late summer or early autumn garden, shown from behind, looking into the dark undergrowth

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Thanks so much for the art share! Here are some of my starry skies

"Luna" - Face of a black cat in a galaxy of stars with crescent moons and stars in her eyes

"Midnight Iris" - Purple Iris framed by an arched window, inside the window is a bright blue daylight sky and outside the window frame is a starry purple night sky

"Moonlight Masquerade" - A woman with dark hair wearing a mask made up of the starry night sky around her looks up at a full moon

"Last Leaf" - Stained Glass styled ink and watercolour artwork - An almost bare tree with one orange leaf falling, in front of large full moon and a distant, slightly creepy Victorian House

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #Hope - #GeorgeFredericWatts 20 of 20:

Painting that shows a lone blindfolded female figure sitting on a globe, playing a lyre that has only a single string remaining. The background is almost blank, its only visible feature a single star.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #FlamingJune - #SirFredericLeighton 19 of 20:

Sleeping woman wearing a peach chiffon dress, curled up in a large chair

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters "The Execution of #LadyJaneGrey” - Paul #Delaroche 18 of 20:

Painting depicts Lady Jane Grey in white, blindfolded and kneeling, feeling out in front of her for the spot to place her head. An older man guides her hand while two mourning women collapse and look away and the executioner looks on, axe in hand.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters "The #Astronomer" - Johannes #Vermeer 17 of 20:

The painting shows an astronomer looking at a globe in the light from a nearby window. The room is in yellow brown colours and his robes are deep blue.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters “View of Toledo” - #ElGreco 16 of 20:

Mannerist landscape of a city up on a hill, surrounded by lush green trees and plants with a very dramatic partly cloudy sky overhead. The painting/brushstrokes have a very velvety quality

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters “Child with Cat (Julie Manet)” - Pierre-Auguste #Renoir Happy #Caturday! 15 of 20:

Painting of a smiling girl holding a very happy looking cat

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters Jean-Auguste-Dominique #Ingres - “Grand Odalisque" 14 of 20:

Nude woman reclining on a blue couch, shown from behind. She is looking back over her shoulder directly at the viewer. She is holding a peacock feather duster.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I thought everyone could probably use a cuddle this week. And if you’d like to see more of my art you can follow me here on Bluesky

"Yin & Yang" - Two kittens curled up together, sleeping - a black and white tuxedo cat and a brown tabby

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #GeorgesdeLaTour - “Magdalene with Two Flames” 🔥 🔥 13 of 20:

This painting shows Mary Magdalene illuminated by a candle, sitting in a meditative pose in front of a mirror. Resting on her lap is a skull.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #Venus and #Mars - Sandro #Botticelli

Venus and Mars recline in a forest setting, surrounded by playful baby satyrs.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #egyptian #ancientegypt The #Nefertiti Bust - #Thutmose

Bust of Nefertiti - very life-like painted limestone sculpture of the head of the beautiful and elegant royal Egyptian woman, Nefertiti, with a blue headdress/crown - 3/4 full view

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters "Springtime of Life" - Camille Corot 10 of 20:

Painting of a young woman in a pale pink dress trimmed in black walking along a wooded path, collecting wildflowers in her skirts. The landscape and skies surrounding her looks grey and cloudy like rain is approaching.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #psyche #cupid #valentinesday Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss - Antonio Canova 9 of 20:

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss - Dynamic white marble statue of Cupid reviving Psyche with a kiss

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentines Day to all those in love with love! Remember that the best gifts and gestures are those that come from the heart 💘 #Timelapse #WorkInProgress detail of my #KnightOfCups #art #tarotsky #artsky #tarot #valentines

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

If you see this, post a Knight! Here’s the hardworking and steadfast Knight of Pentacles for my work-in-progress tarot deck #tarot #art #tarotsky

A humble knight clad in leather armour and helmet leading a donkey down a dirt road lined with thistles, ox-eye daisies, and allium. In the background is the branch of an oak tree with a crowing rooster in it

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters Portrait of #AnneOfCleves by #HansHolbein (It has recently been restored. I saw it before. Gorgeous then and now!) 8 of 20:

Pictures of Anne of Cleves portrait before and after restoration. Royal Germanic woman in a red gown with gold trim and lots of gold jewelry. Hands lightly clasped in front and looking directly out at the viewer.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters Vincent #VanGogh - “Still Life with Bible”

“Still Life with Bible” by Vincent Van Gogh - painting of a very large and imposing open Bible (a belonging of his recently deceased minister father) next to Vincent’s own small, well loved copy of Émile Zola's “La joie de vivre”

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #ArtemisiaGentileschi - “Judith and Her Maidservant” 6 of 20:

“Judith and Her Maidservant” by artist Artemisia Gentileschi - depicts part of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. Shows Judith’s maidservant wrapping Holofernes’s severed head in a bag, right after the murder. Judith keeps watch. Beautiful chiaroscuro and cast shadows from the candlelight

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #AlphonseMucha - #StainedGlass windows at #StVitusCathedral in Prague 5 of 20:

Alphonse Mucha - Stained glass windows at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague - large stained glass windows depicting St. Wenceslas as a young boy with St. Ludmila in the centre, surrounded by scenes of St. Cyril and St. Methodius. The goddess Slavia is also included near Jesus towards the top. Warmer coloured glass towards the centre draws focus there, with cooler blue tones in the glass as it moves towards the edges of the window. This effect also makes the window look like it's glowing even more than stained glass already does.

Alphonse Mucha - Stained glass windows at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague - detail of two women in pale teal and blue

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #TheNightmare - #HenriFuseli

“The Nightmare” by artist Henri Fuseli. It shows a woman in white fitfully sleeping and having a nightmare. In the shadows near her feet, hides a ghostly horse while an imp-like incubus crouches on her chest.

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

I heard something about a superb owl party and was wondering if I could show you mine… Please QP with your most superb owl art, I’d love to see your owls if you’ve got any!🦉 🎉 #art #artsky #owl

“Masque” - artwork of a 20s styled woman in a green feathered mask holding out a small owl in her gloved hands

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #Miranda - #TheTempest #JohnWilliamWaterhouse

“Miranda - The Tempest” by John William Waterhouse - painting respects a woman with auburn hair and a blue gown looking out over a stormy sea and a crashing ship

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #ChristinasWorld - #AndrewWyeth 2 of 20:

“Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth - painting of woman crawling through dry grass towards a farmhouse in the far distance

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Figured everyone could use some sunshine this week! This is my orange menace Ginger in one of his quieter moments and you can follow me here on Bluesky if you want to see more of my art

“Sunshine” - painting of an orange tabby cat curled up in a ball sleeping on a purple background

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Oooo, jumping in on this one! 20 days. 20 pieces of art. Post a work of art that has influenced or impacted you in some way. No explanations. Just art. #artsky #artskychallenge #art #artmatters #Opheila - #SirJohnEverettMillais 1 of 20:

“Ophelia” by Sir John Everett Millais - painting of a lifeless woman floating down a river surrounded by plant life

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Just thought I'd share a short time lapse of some detail work on my Ace of Cups. A gift, an awakening, and a heart overflowing with possibilities. #art #tarotsky #workinprogress #tarot #illustration #timelapse

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

This is Ezra (don’t be fooled by his cuteness, this is definitely a “bear trap”) and you can best keep up with my art here on Bluesky if you would like!

“Turn That Frown Upside-Down” - Maine Coon cat curled up playfully, showing his tummy

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks for the art share! This is gorgeous! I’m trying to steer clear of most of the other SM apps at the moment and build my account here, so all updates will be here if you want to see what I’m up to. (I’m currently working on a tarot deck.) Here’s some of my orange art:

“Sunshine” - orange cat curled up in a ball sleeping

“Camouflage (Orange)” - close up of a Monarch butterfly on a tiger lily flower

“Princess Irene” - orange tulip with wine coloured streaks

“Fortune Favours the Brave” - Valkyrie with a fiery winged headdress and and a raven tattoo

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Carye VanDerPol Mahoney • Artist & Illustrator @caryevdpm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Some more coloured pencil detail work on one of my tarot cards. Any guesses which card this might be? #tarotsky #tarot #art #timelapse #coloredpencil

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