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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 3h

Toronto from a friend's balcony tonight. Looking splendid.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Chester and Wally contemplating a sunbeam.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think I've still got a couple paintings of Paris left in me, so here's the interior of the Petit Palais. All curves, receding with perspective. Ack. There's a studio shot, too, with some of the pieces I'm prepping for. One more Paris biew, and one circular, one rectangular, for two portraits.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A new painting finished! January Morning, Ann Street 16 x 24 inches (40.7 x 60 cm) Oil On Canvas 2026

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A list of Ai-posting profiles to block. Don't post Ai, people. It's a political project masquerading as a participatory one, and it rots the brain and corrodes connection. bsky.app/profile/eons...

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

At the brand-new Biidaasige Park, Toronto. The harbour views are fantastic.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Toronto, Today, From The Water Taxi At Centre Island.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I thought this painting was finished in April - or, I wanted it to be. But it still needed work, particularly in the lighting and marrying the details. Anyway. I think it's done now. 'In Roman And Williams' Oil On Canvas 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm) 2026

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Finally. A new painting finished. This one, I thought, would take me a few weeks. It took most of the summer. So it goes. 'Great Windmill Street And Shaftesbury Avenue, London.' Oil On Canvas 24" x 36" (60 x 90cm) 2025

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Canadian art being sold to the U.S. may face a %50 tariffs price hike. As if the degradations of Ai, the dissolution of arts networks and societies, the closing of galleries and the general cost of living hasn't made making art difficult enough already. www.carfac.ca/en/news/new-...

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Potential New U.S. Tariffs and Their Impact on the Visual Arts — CARFAC

Potential New U.S. Tariffs and Their Impact on the Visual Arts The United States has announced that a new set of tariffs would be applied to selected imports from Canada at 12:01 a.m. EST on August ...

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Living in wee Kitchener, Ontario, I haven't been painting as many figurative works. I think I should probably start to change that: after all, people really are the most fascinating thing around. Ken (All Gear All The Time) Oil On Canvas 20 x 30" 2025 At O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque, Ontario.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Rest In Peace, Mr. Myers. Thanks for everything.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A portrait I did in 2008, in Toronto. Then, I was working the local gay bars, my gallery was just around the corner, and all were close by my home. A great setup. It was such a pleasure painting my co-workers, local varmints and prurient partners. :) "David" Oil On Canvas approx 24x30" sold

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Three views of Paris I did in 2025. "April Morning, Rue St. Vincent" Oil on canvas 16"x24" -"Near The Bateau Lavoir" Oil on prepared wood panel 16x24" -"Boulevard Magenta" Oil On Canvas approx 16"x24" Available at the O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque, ON, Canada.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Three small paintings of Paris I did in 2025. Each are 8 x 10", in oils, on a properly prepared wood panel. -Morning, Place de Clichy -Restaurant Le Train Bleu -Early Morning, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre. Each for sale at O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I miss visiting New York City. After Toronto as a child, NYC was my first great love. It's mythical, deeply optimistic. The current awful situation in the U.S. forbids visiting, but that's no slur against NYC. It's a great city: formed before the US existed, it's one city that might also outlast it.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Just like the title says. Looking East in Manhattan, in the golden slant of light, on a late January afternoon. "From Chambers And West Broadway" 5 x 3' (150 x 90cm) Oil On Canvas 2024 For Sale at O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque, ON

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Three little copies I did, of early modernist works that I love. I really do love early modernism, which was so optimistic about the future, before two world wars tarnished that forever. Copying is nothing to crow about. But, the action - as a tribute and exercise - does contains personal pleasure.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A quick little oil sketch of San Francisco. It's a bit rough, but I like it. "San Francisco Treat" Oil On Panel 12 x 12" (30x30cm) 2024 For sale at O'Connor Gallery, Gananoque, Ontario.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Two rather different views from New York City. The first one is a view from within Louise Nevelson Park in NYC's financial district. It's a direct tribute on a frosty morning: I love her work! The second one is all reflections in frames in reflections, from inside Manhattan's Skyscraper Museum.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Best Bond villain, wrong answers only.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to bluesky.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/07/2026

"The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming." —Oscar Wilde

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Argh. Details, details. Getting there...

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Why won't my paintings just finish themselves.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I woke up late, to this orange light and atmosphere, from wildfire smoke in Kitchener, Ontario. Normally this would be bright, blue-skied and sunny. I felt like I'd woken up in a sci-fi novel. A frightening one.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Doggy Fountain by Claude Cormier. Berczy Park, Toronto.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I adored this movie when it came out, clunky plot and all. It was astonishingly new in subject and terminology. It was beyond futuristic. It looked like nothing else before it. We're so swamped in digital effluvia now, it's hard to convey what an exhilarating visual treat this was when it came out.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"If you're in outer space / don't feel out of place / 'cause there are thousands of others like you. Others like you / Others like you !" 'There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)' - The B-52's

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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

IT'S TOMORROW, ALL! 😃🇨🇦😁

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Remember! Reporting and blocking accounts that use GenAi is better than a duty: it's a pleasure. They can happily be reported as: -Scam -Spam -Ai slop -Image theft -Misinformation Because they are, by their nature, those things. Enjoy! Blockity-block-block! Destroy! ❤️

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Oh! Happy Pride, Everybody. ❤️

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Nice to see the Prime Minister walking in Toronto's Pride Parade, today. 🏳️‍🌈

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Happy CN Tower Day! This building meant the world to me growing up. Fresh from a small town when I first saw it, along with Toronto's gleaming new 70's skyline, it seemed as if an impossibly glamorous future was at hand. Aspirational! Happy 50th, CN Tower. ❤️

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Havin' a relax with Wally and Chester.

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James Huctwith @dainty-bastard.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In Victoria Park. Kitchener, Ontario.

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