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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Conjuring some ethereal bodyscapes with my friend Shelbi. Smokey vibes and rich shadows make me happy.

Smoke curls around a nude woman drenched in shadows, only part of her body lit. She is in repose, her curves highlighted.

A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Back from #ShutterFest and bringing some beautiful darkness. This paint session with Jennifer Abate turned out better than I imagined. How do you challenge yourself as an artist? How do you push your work in collaboration? #photography #fineart #bodypaint #gothic #nude #artnude

Clawing out of her cocoon, black ink oozing, she eyes you hungrily. Hair of fire and eyes of black, you'll give yourself willingly.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We're in for a two-fer today, this time with a Patreon post about Hearts & Parts with @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social Check it out and read about how this set came together and just what the hell we were thinking. #artsky #photography #fetish #kink #erotica #fineart www.patreon.com/FoolishEndea...

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Taking a break from the doom and gloom inside my head to publish a piece on my favorite band for y'all today While we're at it, go check out the Kickstarter for their farewell album. Link at the end of my post open.substack.com/pub/foolishe... #whiskeycrew #writing #substack #music #murderbydeath

An image of the band known as Murder by Death playing at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Made some updates to my Patreon today, including some new tiers for folks interested in saving up for art sessions. Follow along for free, or kick in at the base tier if you want to support the art. www.patreon.com/FoolishEndea... #supportindie #indieartist #photography #patreon #smallbusiness

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Two of Swords represents a difficult choice, a crossroads, and blockage. Literal or metaphorical, we find ourselves presented with difficult choices. How do you make these choices? Where do you seek wisdom? Is it from within or without? #photography #tarot #art #artsky #photosky

A woman kneels in snow, her eyes covered, swords crossed.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I make things, create things. I crave challenge and impossible projects. My cup runneth over... The Wanderer's Tarot presents the Ace of Cups. #photography #tarot #occult #art #artsky #photosky #fantasy #stilllife #cups

Crimson gauze spills from a metal chalice, resting on the rocks on a riverbank.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

You know what else y'all get today? Aside from migrating my random thoughts back to this space, I mean... A pic of me, mostly self-portrait but assisted by @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social who pushed buttons and made me laugh. #headshot #portrait #photography #self-portrait

A shaggy, burnt out middle aged goth punk artist grind voraciously as his charming and gorgeous friend spouts hilarity from the other side of the camera.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Remiss in sharing art, because I've been fighting off doom and depression through overwork. But here I give you the Two of Swords, part of my ongoing #Tarot series: A stalemate, a crossroads, put between difficult choices. #fantasy #photography #art #photosky #portraits

A woman kneels in snow, shrouded in black, two swords crossed before her.

The two of swords represents difficult decisions, a stalemate or blocked path. It is as much about our own barriers as the struggles we face in the world.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

One of my favorite humans, @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social , asked if I'd help her with some product photos for her new jewelry mine and of course I said yes. So we played around on my new set with her gorgeous designs in a little Victorian #portrait session. #photography #gothic

On a white bed, surrounded by foliage, this unearthly creature sits resplendent in contemplation. Her expression is serene, as sun streams in through sheer white curtains. Her dress fans out around her, a beautiful heirloom honored by the goddess it adorns.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I wanted to share one of my favorite collaborations - "Dear One." From an annual visual arts-poetry collab & a harebrained need to put antlers on a top hat, some art happened. #photography #conceptualportraits #bts #makingof #poetry #writingcommunity #substack open.substack.com/pub/foolishe...

A woman leans against a tree, hooves braced in rest. She gazes up to the sky, antlers jutting from her top hat. She is clad in a pink nightie and black tights.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Another from Denver (also posted elsewhere in my feed)

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Denver, CO #r/50501 #feb5 #USprotests Feb 5, 2025 - A united and diverse crowd marches on Denver's Capitol in the thousands, energized, chanting and even dancing. "Those that burn crosses are the same that hold office"

Anti-Trump/Musk coup protesters march on Denver's Capitol building to peacefully demonstrate against the ongoing atrocities committed by a treasonous and cruel government. A Canadian and Trans flag fly beside an American flag which reads "Those that burn crosses are the same that hold office"

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Ugly crying through my last round of photo edits from the Stanley....

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Here for the details lately. Nice to step in close for these moments, instead of pulling back for a wider composition. Only mildly obsessed with this lighting right now. #photography #boudoir #boudoirphotography #photosky

A detail shot of a woman smelling a rose, her lips painted red and Monroe piercing visible. The lighting is simple, the background black around her.

Details of a woman's hand at her collar, her nails painted, jewelery glinting in the light. A string of pearls is taut around her neck.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Tis the season for weirdo graphics to advertise #boudoir sessions Thanks @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social for the blood that keeps on giving #photography #nfsw #denver

Roses are red, blood is too, let's book a session perfect for you...

Two high contrast boudoir photos with low key lighting

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I was painting variations on this 3D printed demon mask for a while. I've also made a crown of antler (real ones!) and some other projects.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Good morning from Estes Park, CO! Though the world may be a terrible and terrifying place, it's still nice to take some moments. #workingvacation #behindthescenes #foolishendeavors #murderbydeath

A view of the Stanley Hotel grounds and distant Rockies under bright blue skies and morning sun.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

In just a few days I'll be up at the Stanley Hotel, palling with ghosts and all my best Whiskey Crew people. Oh and seeing (and getting photos of) Murder by Death. For four nights in a row. Can't believe this is our 9th year going to this show. #concerts #concertphotography #murderbydeath

On the stage in the ballroom at the Stanley Hotel, the band Murder by Death plays to a packed house. While singer Adam Turla howls his beautiful songs, a projection of him hovers on the wall.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

How about a video clip of some of my favorite shots from 2024? Already have big plans for 2025. See the details over on IG www.instagram.com/reel/DEc8fPO... #photography #horrorart #conceptualportraits #portraits #darkart #tarot

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy New Year's, SkyPeople! This is the only place I can show off this bloody fabulous set with @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social and I have to say, it's one of my top five shoots of all time. Pure liquid hotness. Peep ALT TEXT #photography #horror #horrorart #nsfw #nsfwsky #spicy #nudephotography

A pale demon in a gas mask smears blood on herself, reveling in her beauty, in herself. She is liberated from your gaze, embraced in self love.

Surrounding her are the darkest shadows, a singular source of light making her blood glisten along the curves of her body and tangle the shadows that hide her center.

"Around here," she whispers through the mask. "We love hearts and parts..."

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

New tattoo day, courtesy of Mo Malone and Proper Tramps Tattoo Society here in Longmont. I'm gonna match ink with all my Murder by Death Whiskey Crew folks, but this Matt Harvey skull is totally worth it. Whiskey Crew is best crew. Murder by Death's the best band.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Location scouting today for a shoot in January, snow willing. This was one of my favorite spots to hike before wildfire burned through it in 2020. Trying to make art there to reconcile the new landscape. #landscapes #wildfire #railroad #photography #behindthescenes #onlocation

The aftermath of a wildfire in Boulder County, four years later.

The remnants of a railroad office, now a feature in an open space in Boulder County

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

A return to "traditional" values, but who decides which tradition? A 'Murica Gothic, y'all. Tad & Riley killed this set. No she's not really pregnant. #photography #fineart #conceptualportraits #portraits #artsky #photosky

A twist on the classic American Gothic, a woman in a classic homemaker dress rests a hand on her pregnant belly. A man in a button down shirt and jeans stares possessively at her belly, hunting rifle in one hand and bright red hat slanted over his eyes.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

A merry whatever winter holiday you celebrate. May you be surrounded by loved ones, found and chosen, and may you find light in the darkness.

A black Christmas tree in detail, highlighting both a Santa-clad Crimson Ghost and a Malort ornament

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I'll close out #ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 with a photo of a sign, though I may have posted this before elsewhere. Christmas Eve is for ghosts after all. Behind the Stanley Hotel, covered in fresh snow during a January blizzard. How iconic. Hold onto your ghosts. #photography #snow #signs

Snow falls on a sign, neon lighting a dark sky and glowing eerily... "The people you love become ghosts inside of you and like this you keep them alive"

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Almost do the end, y'all! Hard to believe this is #ArtAdventCalendar day 23! Footprints in the sand today, courtesy of the ever-popular and surreal Great Sand Dunes National Park. #photograph #nature #nationalparks #landscapes #fineart

A black and white image of sunrise creeping along the sands of Colorado's Great Sand Dunes National Park. Even early in the morning, footprints break up the rippling dunes.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Poking through my external for #ArtAdventCalendar offerings, I found #zoo photos from a trip to Brookfield. So for day 22(!), I give you #stilllife in the shape of #frog (peep the ALT TEXT) #animals #wildlife #photography #nature

A very chubby green tree frog sits, a little amphibious Buddha on a branch. The skin glistens and leaves drip, a picture of moist serenity.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Tonight I'm working a party very late and I have to remember how to people late at night. In a club. At least I have my camera. For #ArtAdventCalendar day 21 (!) I present a sign. A reminder. And I get to see these two tonight, which is prime. #photography #signs #portrait #editorial

A black and white image, two women pose around a neon sign. They are lit only by the sign, which reads "All we have is now"

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

On this Winter Solstice, and Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar, I gift to you "Persephone in Snow" Haley wanted to put together a session based on the Persephone myth, and her return in spring. It just so happened that it was a very snowy spring. #photography #portrait #fantasy #fineart

The Goddess Persephone exults in the snow, as the world prepares itself for renewal. She dances, her arms outstretched upward, face down and eyes closed. Upon her head is a crown of black branches and brilliant red flowers. Behind her, a frozen river and the snowy earth.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 19, a summer time vista from the top of Guanella Pass. Surrounded by mighty peaks, where snow clings even in the deep of summer. #landscape #photography #fineart

An alpine tundra in the height of its bloom, rich and verdant. Guanella Pass in Colorado is around 12,000ft elevation and a remarkable place to visit when accessible.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

As a reward for making it all the way to the bottom of this handy guide, have some bloody weird hotness courtesy of myself and @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social Be sure to scope ALT TEXT! #photography #nfsw #horror #erotica

Low key lighting illuminates the pale curves of a woman, the rest of her lost in deep shadow. Her hands are covered in (fake) blood, caressing her hip and rib in a bloody mess.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

From here, you can manage your muted tags, block lists and all that jazz. Plus enable adult content in a somewhat granular fashion.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Click the cheeseburger menu, then go to settings.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

From the main screen, on mobile...

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It's fascinating to see what clicks with folks and what doesn't, but #ArtAdventCalendar is a delight in my feed. For Day 17, an abstraction. What glitters is not always gold or silver. What do you think this image is? #abstract #fineart #photography

A glittering mystery pile, presented in black and white. Art in abstraction, the image is actually a pile of metal shavings on a machining tool.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart..." Round here, we love hearts not parts. For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 17, I'm bringing you something so fresh, @hauntedhousewife.bsky.social still has the stains on her... #fineart #photography #horror #conceptualportraits #surrealism CW: Fake blood

Pale hands clutch a bloody heart, rivulets of fresh rich blood running down forearms. The background is fully dark, the light only reaching the arms and blood.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

For day 16! of #ArtAdventCalendar, I gift to you Lucy Boheme and this regal offering. By sheer coincidence, her pink look matched this studio set at Aglow. Maybe it was fated. #fineart #portraits #photography

A woman in a pink dress with matching stockings and shoes, adorned with ruffles and bows, sits on a pink couch, gold floral wallpaper behind her. She holds a pink and gold metal rose, admiring it contemplatively.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Still life in the key of weird. Practicing lighting for some extremely hot weirdness. #stillife #photography #horror #horrorphotography #horrorart #eroticart #eroticphotography

A still life style image with dramatic low-key lighting. A black rubber gasmask on a black background, resting with a machete and a bloody heart, light sharply with a red light.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Bringing in something more natural for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 15. I watched this succulent grow over the course of years, walking my daughter to school. It held fast every winter only to rise again in the spring. #fineart #blackandwhite #photography #nature

A black and white image of a succulent growing steadfast, clinging to the gap in bricks even through a long, hard winter.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This but make it uncomfortably sexy...

A prop machete, gas mask and a fake anatomical heart on a black sheet.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Need to keep it clean? SOS can help. Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar brings you another one of Riley and our American Dream session. How do you keep up appearances as the world falls apart? #fineart #photography #portrait #horror

A young woman in a pristine dress and apron poses with an SOS pad, the remnants of a bombed out bathroom. Her smile is bright but her soul is dying.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Happy Friday the 13th! And #ArtAdventCalendar day 13! I present to you The Devil, part of my ongoing #Tarot series. Background on my Substack. #fineart #photography #horror

The Tarot card, XV. The Devil. Representing our struggle with authority and rebellion, and the struggles with our basest impulse - lust, substances, anger, fear.

Featuring the Devil perched on a stage, a woman in a demon mask surrendering to them. The Devil holds a glass of whiskey and a cigarette.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Day 12 of #ArtAdventCalendar already? Madness! Sometimes I get to drive around and take pictures for local magazines and publications. This sunset was perfectly timed out at St. Vrain State Park, it was such a beautiful evening this past autumn. #landscapes #photography #fineart

A sunset at St. Vrain State Park in Longmont, CO. The clouds and trees perfectly reflected in the water below.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar, let's get a leg up! Maya and I were playing around with the tub and some elegant natural light boudoir in a studio in downtown Denver, I wanted a chance at this classic pose. #fineart #portrait #boudoir #photography

A pair of tattooed legs adorned with silver heels jut from a porcelain bathtub.

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Shamelessly stolen from Reddit. As for who this is for? Y'all already know who you are...

Spray painted on a concrete quarter pipe "goth bitches don't cure mommy issues, go to therapy."

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We made it to day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar, so how about a debut! She waits for her husband to return, just a good homemaker with a pie for her sweetie. So what if everything is crumbling around them? #fineart #portrait #photography #conceptualart

$A young woman in a vintage 50s style dress stands at a broken window, dead branches creeping up the sides of the frame. She holds a pie, an invitation perhaps. Shadows from the branches fracture her surreal and almost forced smile.$

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A Strange Fool @foolishendeavors.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Another #behindthescenes shot from yesterday. In this ruined house on the edge of Colorado, we wanted to reference these images from the 40s and 50s of that idyllic American Dream. Trying to keep up appearances as the world crumbles around us, planning for an impossible future.

Posing a styled shoot of a bride and groom inside the ruins of a dilapidated house. The concept is facing the truth of the American Dream, and how we try to keep up appearances as the world crumbles around us.

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