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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The stages of painting a gourd skull! These are so fun to paint. You can see and buy some for yourself and tour the 43 other fine artists at Art in the Arboretum, Oct 4th, Greensboro NC! [Painted with acrylics om am egg gourd] #skull #art #painting #artist #halloween #gourd #acrylic #wip

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Something spooky this way comes~ Painted egg gourd skulls, new at my upcoming events! -Moonfire Realms Fantasty Faire, Sept 26. Pinehurst, NC. - Art in the Arboretum, Oct 4th, Greensboro NC - GA Gourd Festival, Oct 23-25th, Griffin GA. #art #skull #gourd #halloween #creepy #painting

A line of egg gourds painted like skulls in a dimly lit barn

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My next event is Moonfire Realms fantasy fair and gala, September 26th in Pinehurst, NC! I'll be bringing alot of new mini critters! After that you can find me at Art in the Arboretum on Oct 4th, Greensboro NC. (Pictured are to be painted, made with epoxy clay on gourds) #gourd #art #sculpture

A montage of 4 images featuring tiny gourds with animals sculpted ontop of them out of grey epoxy clay. A boar, a wolf, and a frog. Made by Cara Bevan

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

More winners! The competition at the 84th annual NC Gourd Gathering had some great variety and entries this year too. My raccoon got alot of attention, everyone loves his little peets. Those hands will grab ya! #gourdart #raccoon #sculpture #artwork #artist

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I have new charm owls that I'll be bringing to the NC Gourd fest! The event is happening in Durham NC, August 29-30th. Check the NC Gourd Society website for info and to register! Also say hello to my new studio gremlin, Cheese! He'll be 6 months old in a couple weeks. #cat #art #owls #kitten #hi

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Now at The Piedmont Triad International Airport! My two Storytime sculptures will be on display through the year til July 2027. If you'll be flying through PTI go see them near departure door 3! #sculpture #drsuess #WildThings #art #artist

A monster sculpture inspired by "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. Art by Cara Bevan

A creature sculpture called "The Hoozals Sound the Call" by Cara Bevan, in a display case, with a book by Dr. Seuss.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"This is the Way", a Study in Maps, is currently on display at the Piedmont Craftsmen gallery! You can see my traveling cows there and many other creative works. Winston-Salem, NC #cow #art #gourd #maps #artwork #gallery #exhibit #sculpture #artist

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My website is updated with all of my new pieces except these up for grabs! Owls and cat heads are 25 and squirrel is 35. Shipping is extra. Message or comment to claim! I can provide more photos if needed. You can find my shop on my website, link's in my bio. 🍃 #ornament #owl #cat #art #forsale

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Mimic, monster, or fey~? Try woodburning on faux suede hats with fabric paint accents, it's fun! #woodburn #mimic #monster #hat #cowboy #dnd #creepy #art

Greeb faux suede hat with woodburned and painted leaves and eyeballs. Howdy~

Front side of a faux suede green hat with woodburned leaf design and blue eyeballs

Back side of a faux suede green hat with woodburned leaf design, thorny vines, and red eyeballs

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Made for Piedmont Craftsmen's gallery show with the theme of "Maps", here's my contribution with "'Til the Cows Come Home." See it at the gallery, at 601 N. Trade Street, Winstom-Salem NC, starting in June. Made of a gourd, wire, epoxy clay, and acrylic painted. 13" tall #art #gourd #cow #artist

A gourd sculpture of 3 cows under a tree, the gourd painted natural pasture and farmland

A gourd sculpture of 3 cow under a tree, the gourd painted natural pasture and farmland

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

SCREAM TIME! I'm taking a break from illustrating to get back to gourds. I'm teaching a gourd icecream class at The Gourd Gathering coming up in a month! May 27-31st at the Smokey Mountain Event Center, Waynesville NC. Register at gourdgathering.org #gourd #icecream #gourdart #art #sculpture

A collection of unpainted icecreams made from gourds and clay, showing a class that's going to be taught at The Gourd Gathering

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Frooooogs! The shows I currently have lined up! - The Gourd Gathering (May 25-27, Waynesville NC) - Starworks Invitational (June 12-13, Star NC) - Moonfire Realms Fantasy Faire (Sept 26, West End, NC) - Piedmont Craftsman Fair (Nov 19-21, Winston-Salem NC) #frogs #toad #gourd #art #sculpture

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Now announcing, "Planet W", a wacky alien adventure novel written by Joe Sasson! I illustrated the covers and the creature guide that follows 4 kids through the unknown. The link to the author's site is below. joeisaacsasson.com/planet-w-boo... #kidlit #novel #illustration #author #books #scbwi

A digitally illustrated book cover of novel "Planet W", written by Joe Sasson, featuring 4 kids looking out of a spaceship porthole towards a whimsical purple planet.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

My show "Hidden Messages and Fairy Tales" is ongoing until March 27th! Stop by before it's gone and it scatters like leaves on the wind~ Unsold art will be available online, some will be going to other shows. Piedmont Craftsmen gallery: 601 Trade St NW, Winston-Salem NC #art #gallery #sculpture

$"Hidden Messages and Fairy Tales" gallery show at the Piedmont Craftsman gallery, featuring screen printed silk fractals by David Wiinnikka-Lydon and gourd animal sculpture by Cara Bevan$ $"Hidden Messages and Fairy Tales" gallery show at the Piedmont Craftsman gallery, featuring screen printed silk fractals by David Wiinnikka-Lydon and gourd animal sculpture by Cara Bevan$ $"Hidden Messages and Fairy Tales" gallery show at the Piedmont Craftsman gallery, featuring screen printed silk fractals by David Wiinnikka-Lydon and gourd animal sculpture by Cara Bevan. Focus on the fish series, "Fish in a Forest", "Fish in the Desert", and "Full Aquarium"$ Gallery pieces made my gourds and epoxy clay titled "The Mother Tree" and "Pyrite Toad", by Cara Bevan

Gallery pieces made my gourds and epoxy clay titled "The Mother Tree" and "Pyrite Toad", by Cara Bevan

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Do you remember? Every bloom was a different version of us. Strength gained through the tears and fears, we've grown. "Remember" and my other show pieces are available on the Piedmont Craftsmen's website until March 27th! [11.5" tall, Mixed media gourds, paperclay, & epoxy clay. Acrylic painted.]

Sculpture of a raccoon with a quartz teardrop backed by foil. Belly is painted with various red overlapping flowers that signify different stages of life.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

This is one of my new classes offered at The Gourd Gathering, May 27-31st, Waynesville NC. Cat faces can be a real challenge to sculpt, but I'll show you my techniques and tips to make it easier. Classes are up on the gourd gathering website now. #apoxiesculpt #cats #sculpting #class #artwork

A trio of 3 cat sculptures, one painted like a siamese and 2 unpainted, to show the grey apoxie sculpt clay on a gourd. They're examples for a class being taught at a gourd festival.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This was where they belonged. Atleast, they thought they did. That’s strange – something changed. Was there less green before? They couldn’t quite put their fin on it. The trees whispered ‘adapt and survive’ on the wind and it felt right. "Fish in a Forest", 12in tall, mixed media gourd & clay.

Sculpture "Fish in a Forest" by Cara Bevan. A blue-eyed flounder covered in sculpted moss and plants, mounted on cedar driftwood, with a painting on its side of a forest with stone wall and human head. Derp view lol

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside! 😜 Stay warm everyone! I got a foot of snow, biggest snowfall in 35 years here. AAAAA. Little sasquatch is coming with me to my upcomimg art show! 💕 #sasquatch #bigfoot #snow #artdoll #art #artist

A baby sasquatch art doll made by Cara Bevan

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I hope everyone is staying warm! The chaos boar might help. She's the duality of nature, the inferno and freeze, chaos before the reset. "Chaos", boar sculpted with apoxie sculpt on a gourd. Painted with acrylics. She'll debut at my gallery show coming in February! #art #sculpture #fire #ice

Dual-sided boar, sculpted with clay ontop of a gourd. One side painted like a raging wildfire.

Dual-sided boar, sculpted with clay ontop of a gourd. One side painted like a snowy forest

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Find safety, Fight for it, Protect your Home 3 of my new pieces that'll be available at my upcoming gallery show, "Hidden Messages and Fairy Tales", at the Piedmont Craftsmen gallery. February 6 - March 27th. All made from gourds, epoxy clay, and acrylic painted. #gourd #art #fight #rat #artist

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Now announcing my upcoming show titled Hidden Messages and Fairy Tales. This exhibit will be at the Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery at 601 Trade St NW, Winston-Salem NC. The artist's reception will be February 7th, 4:30-6:30pm. Come see it if you're in the area! #gallery #artshow #art #artwork #artist

$Promotional poster featuring the fractal artwork of David Wiinikka-Lydon and whimsical animal sculpture of Cara Bevan, advertising their gallery show at the Piedmont Craftsman Gallery from Feb 6-March 27th$

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm painting my butt off and I remembered to take photos for once! This and more will be debuting at my upcoming gallery show (details to be announced!) "Another Time", 3.5" wide, made of a gourd, apoxie clay, and glass eyes. Painted with acrylics. #cat #art #artist #artwork #sculpture #siamese

A barn scene painted on the belly of a siamese cat, hand painted and sculpted by the artist. Angled to see the painting

A barn scene painted on the belly of a siamese cat, hand painted and sculpted by the artist

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Be angry and fight! (Sculpture for an upcoming show, to be painted) #art #artist #gourd #fight #resist #boar #wild

A sculpture of an angry red-eyed boar ontop of a gourd. Unpainted

A sculpture of an angry red-eyed boar ontop of a gourd. Closeup. Unpainted

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year to 2026 from all of the unfinished projects! Lets make this year the one we tighten our bootstraps and get shit done (and clean house and improve things lol). These and more are going to be completed for my February dual show at the Piedmont Craftsmen gallery. #art #sculpture #wip

A group of unpainted in-progress sculptures of various creatures, made from apoxie clay on gourds

Some unfinished sculptures, one a large racoon, one a bird, both made with apoxie clay on gourds. And a resin cast from an original sculpt that will become an art doll.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Giant sculpts are alot of work but man they're fun. Chonky raccoon in the making! Made of 2 gourds, wire, paperclay, and epoxy clay. Inlaid quartz cab, work in progress #raccoon #gourd #art #sculpture #chonky #animal #wip

Work in progress of a large raccoon sculpture, the butt

Work in progress of a large raccoon sculpture, the front not butt. Unfinished head and applied quartz crystal

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I have some mini #owl #ornaments available! They're 25ea plus 6 shipping. Comment or message to claim them. I'll edit this post to reflect what's sold. They're all #handmade, numbered and signed, one of a kind gourd sculptures. Custom glass eyes and handpainted with acrylics. #art #sculpture

A montage of 5 owl ornaments for sale: snowy owl with moon, snowy owl with sun, barred owl in center, barn owl with stars, and barn owl with a heart

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

A hyperfixation of me studying angry faces lead to my pathfinder character, Albemarle, doing his grumps. Don't piss off the paladin. 🤣 He might be short and huggable but he'll smite your ass lol. Drawn in clip studio paint with a pencil brush. #oc #pathfinder #tiefling #paladin #drawing #art

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

My shop is updated with some new goodies and I'm still working on more. Link in bio for my shop! #gourd #gourdart #art #artwork #artist #handmade #holiday #ornament #animal #animals

A group of small animals and ornaments all made from gourds and epoxy clay then hand painted with acrylics.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A peek of my unpainted show piece, "When the Moon Falls"! [Made of a gourd, apoxie sculpt, wood base, and glass eyes. Stone is moonstone. 11" tall] With a gourd dragon I still need to finish lol #art #artwork #artist #gourd #gourdart #owl #wip #handmade #apoxiesculpt

Preview picture of two sculptures. One a tall owl titled "When the Moon Falls", made of a gourd and epoxy clay and a wood base. And the other a dragon portrait also sculpted with clay on a gourd.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The Piedmont Craftsman fair is this weekend! My ornament cats will be there, I'll share more photos soon! The fair is at the Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem NC. Friday is vip night from 6-9pm, then Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday noon-5pm. #gourd #cat #cats #art #handmade #ornament #artist

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Guess what's coming back for the Piedmont Craftsmen Fair in 2 weeks! Mini clinging critters and new egg cats! I've been wanting to make more ornaments and clingers all year. I'll have squirrels, raccoon, opossum, cat, and fox. #gourd #art #ornament #handmade #artist #cat #owl #raccoon #sculpture

3 gourd ornaments, unpainted, with sculpted animals. A full body raccoon clinging on the left, a cat face in the middle, and an owl on the right.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🌹Share your OC and the plant you associate with them🌹 Albemarle has always been a bright and flowery character. As a redeemed barbarian turned paladin, the red dahlia fits him. Red dahlias symbolize inner strength, love, passion, commitment, and the persistence to overcome great challenges.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

The flounder makes me laugh every time. 🤣 I'm working on some big fish for next year's gallery show! (Gourds, epoxy clay, glass eyes, and devil claw seed pod spines) #art #gourd #handmade #fish #googlybloop

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

October has been crazy! I had 2 workshops, one for the NCAEA (North Carolina Art Educators Association) as a presenter and instructor for art teachers, and another for a grant sponsored teaching series to high schoolers. I felt like I did my gourdly duty sharing the fun that is gourds this month! 😁

Student sculpted bird made of a gourd and expoxy clay, painted with added faux fur

Gourd sculpted cat painted black with a santa hat

A gourd mask painted with acrylics and acrylic markers, green with a mandala eye

An acrylic painted gourd that looks like a white and black chicken with a flower around the birdhouse opening

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It's been a long time since I've painted a pet portrait! A lovely memorial piece for a return client. "Ballyhoo" 8x10" acrylic on wood. (C) After my '26 Feb show I might open commissions for paintings on a limited basis. #ragdoll #cat #art #painting #portrait #artist #omgsofluffyI'mgonnadie

A realistic acrylic painting of a ragdoll cat sitting on a cat tree and looking back at the viewer. She's very fluffy, I know you want to pet her

Framed acrylic painting of a tan and white cat named Ballyhoo, sitting on a cat tree and looking back at the viewer

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Mouse #2 for next year's show, "The Artist." The name will make sense once he's painted. 😉 [Made of 2 gourds, paperclay, and epoxy clay with glass eyes.] #art #sculpture #mouse #gourd #wip

A trio of photos of a mouse sculpted onto a gourd, held by the artist Cara Bevan, unpainted over a pile of leaves.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Sept 20th at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, come see the Storytime art show where I'll be doing an artist's talk! I'll be explaining my creative process and the inspiration behind my two pieces in the show, "Wild Things" and "The Hoozals Sound the Call". #art #arttalk #museum #gallery

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Me and my many projects now includes 16 sculptures for a dual show at the Piedmont Craftsmen gallery, February 2026. There's going to be some interesting story elements happening, especially with their paintings. 👀 [Made of a #gourd, paperclay, wire, and epoxy #clay with glass eyes] #wip #art #rat

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The NC Gourd Fest is hopping and we'll be here through Sunday! I won a few ribbons in the competition too! All are made with gourds, wire, epoxy clay, and acrylic painted or color penciled. #gourd #gourdart #gourdfestival #competition #firstplace #beetle #bug #art #artwork #artist #sculpture

A hercules beetle sculpture made from gourds and mixed media with two ribbons, a Best in Show and a Best in division

A collaborative gourd sculpture of an easter basket with treats with a first place blue ribbon

A gourd artwork made with colored pencils and epoxy clay sculpted lettering with a first place blue ribbon

A chunky rabbit sculpture with flowers painted on it with a second place red ribbon

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Debuting at the NC Gourd Festival, mini gourd parrots! I've been so busy prepping I've barely had time to photograph them. I'll have 11 parrots and the whole army of miniature critters with me! [Made of a spinner gourd and epoxy clay, painted with acrylics] #art #sculpture #parrot #artist #birbs

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The reception for Piedmont Craftsmen's Storytime gallery show was great! I highly recommend a visit. The show will be there until August and then it'll travel to Mount Airy! My Drm Seuss and Wild Things pieces will both be there~ #gallery #exhibit #artshow #story #stories #monster #art

Framed gallery announcement for The Piedmont Craftmen's show "Storytime", featuring the artist's work in a gold frame.

Sculpture of a monster with a roaring child on his head, inspired by "Where the Wild Things Are", currently in exhibit at the Piedmont Craftsman Gallery.

Sculpture of several creatures calling and holding a book, inspired by Dr Seuss, with a pottery pillbug. Currently in exhibit at the Piedmont Craftsman Gallery.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

My happy little barred owl is on its way to its forever home! He was alot of fun to make 💕 Now off to illustrate some books! [Owl is made from a gourd, wire, paperclay, and epoxy clay. Custom glass eyes, painted with acrylics. 7" tall. Mounted on a large cedar root.] #owl #owls #art #artist

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Art challenge: Draw your OC tiny (and lost in the void) Albemarle isn't sure what to do with himself LOL. [ #ocsky #oc #art ]

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

It's been a long time since I painted in 2D! "The Fates" was made for and sold at The Theater Art Gallery's annual benefit gala in May. I'm going to get back into painting some more soon. 11x4", acrylic on wood. #deathhead #moth #luna #acrylic #painting #art #fate #artist

Acrylic painting of a death head + luna moth mix, on a marbled brown, black, and orange background. Titled "The Fates", by Cara Bevan

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A 3D view of my big barred owl in progress! I started him in... Feb? Just now finishing him up 😅 [Made of a gourd, paperclay, and epoxy clay with glass eyes. Mounted on cedar root. To be painted] #owl #owls #sculpture #wip #art #artist #handmade #bsnm

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

If you see this, post a birb! My barred owl sculpture in progress (to be painted soon)

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

More hooties on my website ready for adoption! 🦉 Site link in bio. They're $65 each + shipping. #owl #owls #art #mini #miniature #sculpture

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Charm owls are now on my website! This is a new series and a class I taught. I'll be teaching them again at the NC Gourd fest. They're $25 each! Browse these and more! www.carabevan.com/shop [Made from a gourd, epoxy clay, custom glass eyes and painted with acrylics. 2-3 inches tall.]

A montage of ornament owls with charm symbols painted on their bellies. They're different kinds of owls and they're for sale on Cara Bevan's artist website for $25.

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C 🌿🏳️‍🌈🎨 @creativeverdancy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The difference of 11 years! Same beetle, same materials, just an evolution of technique. My new mini beetles are now available on my website! Link to my shop~ www.carabevan.com/shop #beetle #beetles #bug #insect #art #artwork #artist #handmade #ooak #gourd #gourdart

Two beetle sculptures side by side, the left from 2014 and simpler in design, and the right from 2025 much more detailed and accurate. The pair displaying and evolution in technique and skill by the artist, Cara Bevan. Beetles are red with stripes of black and pale yellow of the Red Leaf Beetle.

A montage of 9 beetle sculptures by Cara Bevan, displayed in order: Goliath, Jewel, Red Leaf, Hercules, Rainbow Scarab, Blue longhorn, Aurora Stag, Arizona Leaf, and Longhorn beetle.

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