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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 01/10/2026

Lino micro-cutting challenge. I decided to try a linocut of this before moving to drypoint but didn’t realize just how small the line work is at 5”x7”.

A 5"x7" sheet of grey linoleum with a red (mostly) contour line drawing of a group of reindeer on it. The reindeer are about 3" tall at most. Some areas of dark are added to suggest the darker areas of the reindeers' fur.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026

The cool/fun/embarrassing thing about hand making stuff is how imperfections happen almost in spite of one’s efforts to be perfect. (This is a big oopsie imperfection that needs to be fixed but still a good example.)

A three-color lino cut print of a dragon emerging from fire, its wings spread and its mouth open spewing fire around a small ceramic jug. The image is printed in a deep, mustard yellow and a dark red and black. The yellow and black layers are almost right in their registration (alignment) but the red is very “off”. The image is intended for a poster for the Fall run of the local anagama kiln. Letterpress type will be applied above and below the image.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 20/09/2026

Chauncey begged to go outside, presumably for a walk. Yet, here we are now.

A tan and black pekingese dog lays on its side sleeping soundly on the somewhat damp driveway just a few feet from the door it just exited to get outside. It wears a teal harness and lead that seem a tad bit superfluous.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 31/08/2026

This book, if you can find it, has some good exercises and technique practices. I still use some of these with my students.

The cover of a large book entitled Pen & Ink Book subtitled Materials and Techniques for Today’s Artist by Jos. A. Smith. The cover image is of a mix of splattered ink and a variety of ink line styles with a few dip pens and a brush on top.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 27/08/2026

Guess I basically missed International Dog Day. Oh well. Have a mix of old art of dogs I’ve done down thru the years.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 23/08/2026

Post your album cover kitties A. When Xena was tired of the boys in the band and released her first solo album B. Scamp’s original album of neo-soul love songs

A picture of a tabby cat sitting with her front paws draped over the back of a brown leather chair as she stares with smoldering anger directly into the camera.

A tuxedo cat lounges back on a red and white striped blanket folded on a yellow armchair with a white floral pattern. He stares out at the viewer with a slight forward tilt to his head and heavy eyelids.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 13/08/2026

Looking back at old ideas for inspiration? affirmation? Adopt a Cryptid. I was inspired by the adoption ads we ran when I worked at the local shelter.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 26/07/2026

I would never have thought to use the term “pegging” in that way

A screenshot of an image search for “Horse Rider With Lance” showing an image of a horserider galloping with a lance with the caption “1,032 Pegging Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images”

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 20/07/2026

Morning arms workout – squeezing the water out of cabbage

A large silver bowl is filled with diced purple and green cabbage which has been lightly salted and squeezed to remove water content in the first step of making fresh coleslaw.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 11/07/2026

He loves his shelf and will not let me replace it with a longer one.

A long tuxedo cat lays sleeping, stretched across a short wooden shelf. His lower half hangs off one end of the shelf. His head is resting on one paw while the other forepaw is extended out.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 13/06/2026

To add my time travel skill set, I’ve been learning to carve letters in stone. At least now my gravestone won’t be too expensive.

A rectangular slab of light grey limestone stands at an angle on an old wooden work table with two small carbide steel chisels laying in front it. On the stone are two letters with deeply incised “v” cuts. The first letter is a capital H with small serifs and a crossbar that swoops out of the first leg and out over the second leg of the h. The second letter is a lowercase j with a wide angled top and a thin curved bottom. Both are very imprecisely carved showing many imperfections.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 02/06/2026

Argh, day one I’m already behind… #Junicorn well, a sea unicorn sketch

A pencil sketch of a horse with a fish-like back half to its body and a single, curved, spiraling horn eztending from its forehead just in front of its ears. The horse’s forelegs are raised as if it is rearing and its fish tail is curving around towaards its front.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 01/06/2026

Another weekend, another broom style learned (but far from perfected).

A hand-made straw broom with a wood handle standing beside the trunk of a tree. The broom is untrimmmed and shaggy. It is shaped in a hawk-tail style with the outer edges of the straw sticking out further from handle than the center. Running up the center of the straw at the point where each new pair of straw bundles is attached are half inch windings of variegated burgundy/red/pink thread. Up where the handle enters the straw bundle there is a two inch section of the same thread with individual straw woven in.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 28/04/2026

Adding to my “But Can I Get Work Doing It” toolkit, I have started learning how to do dry stone wall building.

A section of stone wall about 20 feet long Runs up a gentle slope between two fields on the farm at the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. The wall is constructed in a dry stone technique with slabs of limestone laid horizontally on each other using no mortar to hold them together. Instead friction and gravity keep the whole wall in place. A row of vertical stones, called copes, caps the wall.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 15/04/2026

No really, I am paying attention. Wait, what’d he just say? I love drawing the backs of heads during meetings.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 13/04/2026

Nat Myers played an amazing set opening for Fantastic Negrito at Zanzabar in Louisville last night. If you love country blues you should definitely check him out.

Nat Myers sits alone on a stage, playing a left-handed resonator guitar and singing. He is wearing a grey shirt open showing a white t-shirt underneath, black trousers, well-worn leather boots, and a grey trucker cap tilted rakishly.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 12/04/2026

The Anagama kiln is finally fully loaded. Loading it was a fascinating (and a little nerve-racking) mix of Tetris and reverse Jenga.

The Anagama kiln is an in-ground, wood-fired kiln about 35 feet long with a large chimney at one end and a doorway at the other constructed of fire brick and masonry. Along both sides are porthole openings which allow stokers to maintain the fire by adding wood. The kiln is under a metal roofed ahed with large stacks of firewood lining the open sides of the shed.

Looking in through the opening of the kiln, a man sits in front of shelves stacked with a neatly arranged jumble of ceramic pieces of wildly varying sizes and shapes. The arched door of the kiln is open as pieces are still being loaded in but will be bricked mostly closed (except for air holes) when the loading is done.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 28/03/2026

There are several but I remember this one from the late 70s

A red book cover with a title in yellow: UFOs Satanic Terror. Above this is text saying: Foreword by Dr. Clifford Wilson, author of Crash Go The Chariots. At the bottom right is the author’s name, Basil Tyson.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 14/03/2026

Broom making style #2: turkey tail. Working my way up to witch’s brooms

A handwoven turkey tail broom with hemp string. The broom consists of eight small bundles of broom straw (a type of sorghum straw) that are wrapped in successive stair step pattern that are bent out to create a fan spray similar to a bird’s tail.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 09/03/2026

Scored a couple of $4 finds at the thrift store. Both in surprisingly great shape.

The cover of an album by the slide guitar/guitar/banjo/mandolin/bouzouki/oud/zither/basically any string instrument player, David Lindley entitled Mr. Dave. It shows Dave in his inimitable style of white patent leather loafers, jaguar print trousers, a long-sleeved shirt with a paint splotch pattern and a pair of graduated shades. His long, lanky hair hangs down while he tilts his head smiling. Next to this is an inset head snd shoulders photo of him in the same shirt and a jacket making a sort of L gesture while giving a wry but wisdom-filled look at the viewer.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 07/03/2026

Actually had a chance to a bit of Visual Passage’s Drawing Hive. [Lived group drawing from reference pics.] This week was these monkeys who, to me, look like they’re singing.

A pencil sketch of three small monkeys playing musical instruments. In the foreground left the monkey looks directly at viewer appearing to sing while playing an acoustic guitar. On the right and just behind is the bass player wearing a tshirt with the anarchy symbol on it. This monkey is also singing and staring at the viewer. In the center and far behind is the drummer behind a drum set looking off into space as it keeps the beat

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 06/03/2026

And what is it you seek of your king?

A tuxedo cat sits on its haunches reclining on a puffy armchair, it’s legs draped casually on the armrest. It stares directly into the camera a languid, indulgent look upon its face.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 03/03/2026

Raining frogs (i’ve got frogs on the brain it seems)

A pencil sketch of frogs falling from the sky, their legs outstretched, bodies at different angles with an umbrella and a person looking up aghast from beneath another umbrella await them (the frogs) below.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 03/03/2026

No really I’m paying attention in class

A tiny sketch of a toad’s head and neck wearing a wing-collared shirt and a bowtie with a fancy cigarette holder sticking out of its mouth. Sketched while trying to focus on my teacher’s discussion of the Finnish plu-perfect.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 02/03/2026

A few frog/toad sketches to warm up today

Pencil sketches of a Fowler’s toad and an American toad seen from above and to the side. The Fowler’s toad is very tired of being stared at and all me. The American toad looks surprised.

A pair of pencil sketches in a small sketchbook of a Green frog and a Northern Leopard frog. They are both seen from above and slightly to the side and are looking to the left.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 01/03/2026

Like a dog, I’m easily distracted by a stick

A small pencil sketch of a fallen tree extending out over a reservoir. Most of its bark is missing and the wood has been weathered grey by the sun.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 18/02/2026

For 35 minutes this little dude has been standing in the same spot staring at the door and I’n beginning to think this is some sort of omen

A small American Robin stands on a concrete walk, its head turned so it stares directly at the viewer. An American Robin is a medium-sized plump songbird with a round deep rust orange (similar to burnt sienna) with dark grey hood and wings and a yellow to tan beak.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 14/01/2026

That would be a lot of gumbo. My first thought was actually if they’re woody but these are not the okra I grew up on.

A pile of Chinese okra at a vegetable stand in the grocery store. These okra are each about 12 inches long, green, and covered in raised ridges about 1/8th of the circumference apart.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 12/01/2026

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you.”

Eerie magazine #120 showing a humanoid robot fight with one figure standing in the center above all others. Its jointed arms are raised holding the torn-off arm of another robot double-fisted like a baseball bat/club ready to swing down on a robot to to its right. Headlines on the left and right of the figure read: “The World’s Most Exciting Fantasy Heroes!” and “Zud Kamish, Hero of the Milky Way! The Mist! Haggarth!”

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 09/01/2026

Kinda reminds me of the Questing Beast

A pencil drawing of the Questing Beast, a chimeric creature from Arthurian legend. The beast has a spotted body like a leopard but with hooves and a long snake neck and head. The beast is running in the foreground as it looks back over its shoulder over a stream to where its pursuers, on horseback, appear through a clearing in the woods.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 09/01/2026

A little further on this. Not sure about the floral detail on the fabric. Will sleep on it. Definitely need to go back in if I keep it. So much effort for a $20 painting. [That’s what every work in the Tiny Art show goes for.] I love our little art center.

The same 6” oil painting of a tuxedo cat on a yellow wingback armchair. A little more subtle tonal and color variation has been added to the cat to sculpt the face and back. A silhouette floral pattern in white has been added to the fabric of the chair.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 08/01/2026

Lunch break. A little more work on this. Need to finish it so I can submit it to the Tiny Art fundraiser.

A 6” square image on wood board of a black-and-white cat smushed in the corner of a yellow armchair deeply asleep. The image is still somewhat loosely brushed in with oil paints but has a little more detail and color variation. The chair is depicted with a mix of tonal and chromatic variations around the same Cadmium Yellow Pale (similar to the sun on a cloudless day). The cat’s black areas are very loosely brushed in with a mix of burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and a touch of viridian green. The chair now shows more dimensional form and the effects of light and shadows. The cat shows subtle sculpturing through changes in the color of its fur and the direction of some brushstrokes.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 08/01/2026

It is just a blob at the moment. Hopefully, it will become a ceramic water cup. Instead of a tight pencil underdrawing, I laid the composition out in loose strokes.

The Waterseller if Seville by Diego Velazquez (Uffizi, Florence).
From the Wikipedia page:

The subject of the painting is the waterseller, a common trade for the lower classes in 17th century Seville. The jars and victuals recall bodegón paintings. The seller has two customers: a young boy (possibly painted from the same model as used for the boys in The Lunch and Old Woman Cooking Eggs), and a young man in the background shadows, (time has caused him to fade somewhat; he is clearer in the Uffizi version).
In the foreground sit the seller's gigantic pots of water, glistening with splashes of water. So large and rounded, they almost protrude out of the painting into the observer's space. The seller hands a freshly poured glass of water to the boy. In it sits a fig, a perfumer intended to make the water taste fresher (something still done in Seville today).

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 07/01/2026

Some of my works in progress on my easel these days. I’ve returned to that Waterseller copy trying to learn something from the Masters. Pet portraits are, hopefully, becoming a revenue source. We shall see.

A group of paintings on various substrates (wood, canvas) are arranged on an easel in front of a bookcase. The paints are (left to right) a small 6” image of a tuxedo cat sleeping on a yellow, winged armchair, a head and shoulders image of a tabby cat looking very serious (the underdrawing is showing as only the background has any paint on it and thar is a loose wash of yellow and brown), a primed canvas with a pencil drawing of a Pekingese dog siiting with its back to the viewer, looking over its shoulder at us, These pictures are leaning and partially covering on a larger canvas with a partially painted copy of Diego Velazquez’s The Waterseller. On the ledge of the easel sit a jar of thinning agent with brushes standing in it, and some miscellsneous jars of oil and mediums.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 07/01/2026

Oki doki, basic color forms are blocked in. Let’s see where this goes.

A 6” square image on wood board of a black-and-white cat smushed in the corner of a yellow armchair deeply asleep. The image is very loosely brushed in with oil paints. The chair is depicted with a mix of tonal and chromatic variations around the same Cadmium Yellow Pale (similar to the sun on a cloudless day). The cat’s black areas are very loosely brushed in with a mix of burnt umber, ultramarine blue, and a touch of viridian green. This will be a painted version of the previously sketched cat.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 05/01/2026

A quick sketch of Scamp sleeping (and a tiny snowy day doodle)

A loose, messy pencil drawing of a black and white cat asleep in a light-colored armchair. The cat is slumped in the corner, its body curled on the seat while its head is pressed upright against the wing. Its tail drapes over the front of the cushion going out of frame at the bottom. Behind the cat is a rolled woolen blanket with an alternating color and white stripe pattern.
Above this image is a stick figure doodle of some children returning from sledding. One is dragging a flexible flyer sled, while another carries a saucer. A dog walks beside them Behind them another child carries another sled.
Watching them approach is an adult who is paused while shoveling the driveway.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 25/12/2025

Back in Kentucky! Happy holidays from the Ale8-1 bottle tree!

A christmas tree made of green glass soda/pop bottles standing on their necks. The labels on the bottles say Ale8-1. Interspersed between all the green glass are clear glass bottles with red labels.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas from warm and sunny Colorado!

A small Norway Pine sapling stands at the edge of a rocky trail in the woods. Hanging from its thin, twiggy branches are Christmas ball ornaments of shiny red, green, yellow, and white. The ground around the tree is very dry with just a few sparse patches of snow back in the woods in the shadows of larger trees. The tree is in light shadow with bright beams of sunlight visible on the ground.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 23/12/2025

Eduardo Robledo makes linocut and screen print images that mix animals, characters, and plants that reflect the history and folklore of his family’s life in Mexico.

A black lino cut print of a large crocodile with a parade of animals and characters on its back. From left to right, a skeleton figure with a horn nose and its pointy tongue sticking out holds a lantern, behind it is a basket of cobs of corn. Next is a devil figure holding a fish on a string that floats above the corn. Next is a chameleon playing maracas and a skeleton playing a gourd, a skeleton stands hands on hips, then one holds a basket on its head. Next a skeleton carries a large basket of calla lilies with the help of another who pushes against its back. Next a reindeer-headed skeleton with maracas and a winged skeleton playing guitar flying above. Then a fish with legs and two more skeletons.

“Cazadores de sueños” A black ink lino cut print with a group of skeletons at the bottom. From left to right, the first skeleton pushes the second which jumps holding a fishing pole and line, then a skeleton rides an unicycle while holding up a large butterfly net. Next to that is a skeleton standing arms spread while its head is raised and it is spouting the menagerie of creatures above. On its right, the last skeleton stands holding another butterfly net looking at the floating menagerie. The creatures floating above are a fish with a skeleton playing a guitar sitting in it like a boat, an armadillo playing sax, a turkey with a candle in its back, an octopus with a hot air balloon head, a heron flower basket, a chameleon with wings, and a small octopus and frog.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 23/12/2025

Anyone in Denver should check out the art exhibits at the Botanic Gardens. Jazz Holmes mixes vibrant paint, collage, glitter, and rhinestones in images that celebrate her culture and family. 1/2

A colorful portrait of three Creole women holding chickens before a background of enlarged vegetables, including onion, carrot, and leek). The women are dressed in colorful robes (?) of green, red, and plum and orange. The robes are studded with matching color rhinestones. The title is Tchoupitoulas referencing the dish Pollo Tchoupitoulas.

A portrait of a brown-skinned woman in a billowy top with a deep, emerald green bodice and red sleeves with blue polka dots. The bodice is painted and the sleeves are collaged from the wrappers of Cracker Jacks prizes. She is holding a ziploc bag filled with something light brown in her left hand. Her right hand is raised with her pinky lightly touching her teeth. Her long hair hangs down in a flat tan silhouette. Behind her is a pale blue background filled with oversized flowers and leaves.

A two-panel painting with an overall yellow coloration. Two women stand back to back looking out at the viewer as they hold two enormous crawfish. Behind them are giant pepper plants with blossoms. The women wear black pants and yellow sleeveless tops.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 22/12/2025

A reluctant subject at the Denver Botanic Gardens

An Eastern Fox Squirrel sitting atop a large grey rock looking back over its shoulder at the viewer with a Why Are You Bothering Me?! face.

The colorful rust orange and tan backside and fluffy tail of an Eastern Red Squirrel atop a large grey rock trying to get away from the paparazzi.

One last image of the same Eastern Fox Squirrel now looking back at the viewer with fierce intensity thinking another nice day in the gardens spoiled.

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Dave Clarke @daverclarke.myatproto.social · 22/12/2025

A wee painting from days long gone by

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