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Nick Abadzis @nickabadzis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Publication Day Nerves - a little interview vid on Substack that you can watch here (link below) on the making of our #book about #racism, #antiracism #belonging and not, about day and night, the moon and the sun, and a lot more besides. #comics #memoir open.substack.com/pub/nickabad...

The book being flicked through - a screengrab

The cover of My Beloved Other (c) Nick Abadzis & Angela Watson 2026, all rights reserved.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Windows reveal moments in time, these are a few of my window Watercolours, Fishguard in South West Wales, Nice South of France, Southampton and finally my Dad’s bedroom in Swansea. My father’s painting displays his artistic abilities, the Peacock feather the detail, the figure in the shower. #art

#art#watercolour #watercolor#fishguard #painting #window #garethperry #2026 #©️garethperry2026

#art#watercolour #watercolor#nice #france #painting #window #garethperry #2026 #©️garethperry2026

#art#watercolour #watercolor#southampton #painting #window #garethperry #2026 #©️garethperry2026

#art#watercolour #watercolor#swansea #dad #alanperry #painting #window #garethperry #2026 #©️garethperry2026

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy 1970-1971 by David Hockney is one of my favorite Paintings. The light, the detail, the composition. I was amazed. Almost a photograph and yet not. I saw it in a Sunday magazine and it instantly became one of my favorite paintings. Such a great loss to art.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This is Hector, a Texas Great Blue Heron, he was sitting patiently on the banks of Trinity in Fort Worth. There were a number of other Great Blue’s. I assume they were waiting for their Annual General Meeting to start. High on the agenda was annual fish quota and Trump’s disastrous Tariffs.

©️garethperry 2026 #greatblueheron #fortworthart #watercolor #tariff #trump #hector #art #fortworth #painting #fishquotas

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 09/01/2026

She smiles at the man who shoots her and says she isn't mad at him. Clearly initiates the effort to leave when the aggressive agents arrive. The question now (not that this was in question) isn't who's telling the truth. It's when DHS had this video and knew that what they were saying was a lie.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Another of my father’s many memories and stories. This is from a time gone past in Terrace Road where I grew up. To set the scene, there is fierce storm the night before and somehow water has got into the ceiling from a hole in the roof and the following is my father’s description of what unfurled:

After the Deluge
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All night long, rain rattling above their heads on roof and windowpane, on their dreams and their dreamlessness and in the morning: silence and a strange, parched stillness. He lay studying the small rectangle of shadows in the portable TV: the mirror with grey-rosed wallpaper in, grey shelves, grey books ; the shrunken bed with him and her in it, grey and foetal, ten thousand fathoms deep...Through the gap in the blinds, treetops waved outside, signalling in: face-making leaves and branches with sky holes in and empty sockets of eyes: live leaves next to the curtains' still ones - a moving mass of chlorophyll and light and photosynthesis.
The periscope hands of the Civic Centre clock tower had stopped. The tide was hill-high, the rows of rooftops, stepping stones leading down to and under it.
Small, infinitesimal sounds returned: the breeze outside and the sound of her snore and something that wasn't there before: a slow, rhythmic pat pat pat...He tried to home in on it, at first thinking it might be the drainpipe outside or the guttering. Then there were two sounds: a pit and a pat in unison. Something struck the carpet.
He looked up. Towards the foot of the bed and over the bookcase were two bulges in the ceiling paper a single drop of water welled at the bottom of each. He lay a moment, mesmerized, watching first one drop fall then the other, first one drop then the other...Then he galvanized into action, rolled out of bed, rushed downstairs and got two saucepans. Only a few old paperbacks had got wet, he was relieved to find when he returned, and the carpet was a bit squelchy, but other than that -. He aligned the saucepans directly under the drips, removed the books, put an old towel down on the damp patch and got back into bed. The pitterpats clanked on cold steel. He lay awake, counting the seconds between clank and clank, unable to go back to sleep for the din. His wife had begun to stir - a small hammer tap-tapping on the cast-iron wom…

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Tooty at twenty(read the Alt text for short story) Art and story by Alan Perry ©️2026 #alanperry #tooty #art #companion

Tooty at Twenty

‘The cat has had enough,' is winding down' you say as, for the fourth or fifth day in a row, she seeks out some new hiding place away from humankind: first under the bed then in the airing cupboard, then a sideboard drawer.
Today it's somewhere else again. A strange place to go and die - in the small, round darkness of the Hotpoint, among all those knickers, bras and underpants. Maybe she wants to go back to the womb, to complete the cycle - like worn-out clothes that always return freshly warm and new.

Turning in, you remind me she's
for the Vet tomorrow - 'And whatever you do don't shut the Hotpoint door. Just like you to forget and spin-dry her.' All the same, I fall asleep in the big armchair
watching the Late Night Film. When I come to I haven't forgotten her - tucked in her little pod, hatch half-open. I switch on the kitchen light to make sure but it's still night in there.
I have to go down on all fours to listen to the blackness, to tell by her tiny purr she's still alive...

...and there she is light years away
Floating in space behind a towel: cataleptic, a ravaged ball of fur imperceptibly breathing still.
My mind at rest, I inadvertently close the door on her then quickly open it again. I put out Kit-e-Kat and water on the cold stone tiles then climb the stairs. Tonight, we'll sleep through her pain again, each in our own hermetic dark as we orbit together for one last time - compañeros of a score of years - space-trekkers in the long slow spin towards morning.

Poem and illustration Alan Perry

(Tooty is the one in the foreground, Dad, Mum, Cleo and Gypsy all captured by my dad in their front room)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation. I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Begs the question, which South American Country is next? Which country has the biggest Oil reserves? Or maybe Greenland is on the radar? Or maybe Mexico? Was congressional approval sought before Putin like tactics were employed?

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Boxing Day Drawings from my dad from days gone passed. Cat on Hot Slate roof - 26th Dec. 2011 (mixed media on paper) and ‘Night Flight over Swansea Bay -26th Dec 2014 (mixed media on paper) ©️Alan Perry 2025 #alanperry #welshartist #swanseaartist #poet #writer #dad #boxingday #art #welsh

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

This is one of my favorite pieces by my father. My father looking back at the viewer, with familiar objects on his desk, the oil lamp, the binoculars (featured in a Perkins story) and the two cats; Tooty and Cleo. The setting was our front room looking out to a stormy night over Swansea bay.

This is one of my favorite pieces by my father. I was twenty one when he drew this. My father looking back at the viewer, with familiar objects on his desk, the oil lamp, the binoculars (featured in a Perkins story) and the two cats; Tooty and Cleo. Tooty is the older black and white cate scraping at the window to be let in. The setting was our front room looking out to a stormy night over Swansea bay. Here my dad would sit with his art materials, a can of beer and either write or create wonderful artwork like this.
(©️2025 Stormy Night/Alan Perry circa 1987/pen and ink on A3 paper) #alanperry #swanseaartist #swansea #welsh #welshartist #welshpoet #welshwriter

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Experimenting with Colour the other night. Using my watercolour palette to paint this doodle. ©️2025 Gareth Perry #colour #paint #Garethperry

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Happy Dada Christmas (by my Dad Alan Perry 1985 and updated 2012) ©️Alan Perry 2025 #dada #christmas #alanperry #swanseaartist #welshartist

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Amen Carter museum of American Art Fort Worth Watercolor and Pen on watercolor paper 300gsm cold press ©️Gareth Perry 2025 #amencarter #fortworth #fortworthart #garethperry #art #fwart #fwartist #prunella

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

‘Prunella’ my feathered friend taking a breather while checking out whether there is anything for lunch. And in Watercolor form

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

One of my dad’s many paintings of Swansea bay. Looking out across the snow covered rooftop’s of Mount Pleasant disappearing across the Sandfields and into the bay. I used to wake up as a kid, wishing for snow for Xmas to see this Scene. #Swansea #AlanPerry #Mountpleasant #Art #Painting

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Came across this beautiful Watercolour painting. The artist was unknown, which is a shame. I love the way they captured the expression and the colour and rendition is superb. Just a simple painting but not, a master class in Watercolour. #cat #watercolor #watercolour #painting

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2025

"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

This came up on my Dad’s Facebook memory feed. His college day’s on a Rag Parade. They were all dressed as Spartacus (Kirk Douglas’ movie must have been popular at this time) and chained together. Dad wrote the poem below as a tribute to two of his former college friends that had passed away.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Cancelled Hulu and Disney, for Cancelling Jimmy Kimmel

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Wow - Jean E Carroll wins against Trumps appeal. Not only does Trump owe Jean E Carroll over $83 million dollars in Damages - it is official the ruling that Donald Trump is guilty of sexual assault still stands. The only President of the United States also guilty of sexually assaulting a woman.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My Dad Posted this years ago. Every now and again I come across his post that strikes a chord in my memory. Dad was a great swimmer, he always had this knack of being able to lie prone still and just float effortessly. We would look on with envy. #Dad #Poetry #welshpoet #welshartist #AlanPerry

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Quick Watercolour - Cleo in blue #cleoinblue #bliecat©️2025GarethPerry #watercolor #art #fwartist #garethperry

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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Janh1 @janh1.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Morning folks 😊 ☕️ It’s sunny Monday! Lovely to see a bit of blue back. Have a good day 🌸

View of the South Gower coast to Mumbles Head and the old coastguard station shining white in the sun. Blue sea with white surf breaking on the rocks and mostly blue sky with cloud in the distance.

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Swansea city Train station this morning at 8am. Quick sketch while waiting for the 8.21am to Paddington. Thought it would be good practice to try to draw the complex roof ©️GarethPerry2025 #swanseacitystation #quicksketch #pleinair #rough #sketch #art #drawing #pencil #swanseaartist #fortworthartist

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

More Painting Watercolour of the Rhossili and Llangennith bay. Did a pencil sketch plein air drawing with my mum during my visit. Now using some watercolours to add colour ©️GarethPerry2025 #llangennith #rhossili #pleinair #watercolour #sketch #art #drawing #pencil #swanseaartist #fortworthartist

Rhossili and Llangennith bay plein air drawing/watercolour

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Painting Watercolour of the Mumbles from Bracelet bay. Did a pencil sketch plein air drawing with my mum during my visit to Swansea. Now using some watercolours to add colour ©️GarethPerry2025 #swansea #mumbles #pleinair #watercolour #sketch #art #drawing #pencil #swanseaartist #fortworthartist

Painting watercolour on Train to Paddington

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

After a wonderful meal at the Beach House Oxwich, spent a few hour of prime time sketching Oxwich bay and Rhossili/Llangennith bay with me mum. #JeanPerry #Art #BeachHouseOxwich #Oxwich #Pleinairsketch #Pencil #2025 #Beautifulday

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

A few additional amendments now the paint is dry (new vs original). I wanted the flowers to be more prominent and more detail in the foreground. As well as adding yellow flowers across the field. #art #painting #oilpainting #fwart #fwpainter #oilpaints #pleinair #pleinairpainting #©️2025 #benbrook

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Gareth Perry @garethperry.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Historic Fort Worth had their open gardens event today. 6 properties in Fort Worth opened their doors/gardens for the paying public to see. I was one of the designated artists attending and painted this 20x24” oil painting. #historicfortworth #painting #art #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #fwartist

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Good morning! See if you can spot the seal. Here are your 3 minutes of peace & calm. #OceanDevotion

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