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Jay Troyer

@gr8flbluejay.bsky.social
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Don't ask me nothin' about nothin' l just might tell you the truth - Bob Dylan Indiana wants me Lord, I can't go back there - R. Dean Taylor 'I am a pilgrim and a stranger, Passing through this wearisome land' - Traditional

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chocolatefire.bsky.social @chocolatefire.bsky.social · 6h
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 5h
Thank you so much, Rosanna. I so appreciate your thoughts.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 5h
Lizzy Ansingh, Dutch (1875-1959), Heksenkeuken I: The Witches' Sabbath, 1916, oil on panel, 64.4 x 79.5 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 6h
William McGregor Paxton, American (1869-1941), The New Necklace, 1910, oil on canvas, 91.8 x 73.0 cm, MFA Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 6h
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch (1853-1890), Mountains at Saint-Rémy, 1889, oil on canvas, 72.8 x 92 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, New York USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 6h
Hilda Palafox, Mexican (1982- ), ¿A dónde llegará?, 2022, oil on linen, framed: 49.72 x 37.87 x 1.57 in, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 6h
Diane Arbus, American (1923-1971), Lady bartender at home with a souvenir dog, New Orleans, 1964, printed later, photograph, gelatin silver print, 36 x 35.5 cm, The Met, New York City, New York, USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 6h
Tamara Łempicka, Polish (1898-1980), Trompe-l'oeil au Botticelli, c 1946, oil on wood panel, 40.5 x 30.5 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 6h
Yamamoto Kanae, Japanese (1882-1946), Signs of Autumn at the Foot of Mount Tokko, 1926, oil, Municipal Museum Kanae Yamamoto, Ueda, Japan
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
Sandra Kraskin, American (1944- ), Amish Intersection, from the portfolio 1976, 10 x 10 Ten Prints by Ten Women, screenprint on paper, sheet: 20.16 x 20.16 cm, edition of 100, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
Pierre Pirajean (Pira sculpture), French (1954- ), The Drinking Giraffe, 1999, bronze, 15.8 x 23.6 in, limited edition, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
Romare Bearden, American (1911-1988), Untitled (Two Figures), c 1945-48, watercolor and ink on paper, 62.2 x 46.4 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
Arthur Rackham, English (1867-1939), 'Wild and shy and monstrous creatures ranged in her plains and forests,‘ illustration for Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens, 1920
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
Paul Heber-Percy, British (1970- ), Deborah Levy (Portrait of Deborah Levy), 2022, acrylic on canvas, 53.2 x 43.2 cm, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 7h
Philip Henry Gosse, English (1810-1888), Plumose Anemone, from The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea, 1854, color lithograph
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 8h
Jasper Francis Cropsey, American (1823-1900), October, 1887, 1887, oil on canvas, 81.3 x 118 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 8h
I been on a mountain top observing from a cloud Been in the hearts of workers milling with the crowd My tears are shed for freedom and equality of means My blood and perspiration oil the gears of your machine" Down the road again Down the road again -Mickey Hart, et al, / Robert Hunter
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 8h
Down the road to Union Station running through the fog I thought saw Joe Hill last night grinning like a dog "l understand they did you in for everyone to see" He smiled - shook his head -"that's a lie" said he >
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chocolatefire.bsky.social @chocolatefire.bsky.social · 9h
AGREED! The French, Spanish, and Albanians have mortgages, rents, and utilities to pay too, you know.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 9h
Indiana
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 22h
Thank you, my friend!
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 23h
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Enrico Ariis AKA Gino Koltz @ariiscomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#AI
Conceptual AI art
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 06/10/2026
H’as spoken like a traitor, and shall answer As traitors do.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It is viscerally evocative. Quite
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fascinating, if gruesome, story. Thanks for mentioning this.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hans Leinberger (attributed), German (active 1511-1530), Figure of Death (Memento Mori), 1520s, boxwood, 34 x 11 x 11 cm, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tullio Crali, Italian (1910-2000), Aerei Sulla Cittá, 1929, pencil and watercolor on paper, 35 x 27.5 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Cameroonian (1962- ), Coulisses de la Féminité 3, 2019 photo mounted on antireflex plexiglas, 97 x 97 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Raphael, Italian (1483-1520), The Elephant Hanno, 1516, pen and brownish black ink over traces of black chalk, with white highlights, on greyish brown paper, 27.9 x 28.5 cm, Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Paula Turmina, Brazilian (1991- ), Sinking in, 2024, oil on linen, 125 x 30 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kingsley Parker, American (1947- ), Watch Dogs: 1300 hrs, 1986, etching, 62.2 x 55.2 cm, limited edition, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Man Ray, American-French (1890-1976), Érotique-Voilée (Méret Oppenheim), 1933, photograph, gelatin silver print, 29.2 x 22.7 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
6 October 1913 – 15 November 1985 Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss (1913-1985), Squirrel, 1960-69, glass mug, plastic foam, and fur, 22.9 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm, edition of 100, MoMA, New York City, New York, USA
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Carl Blechen, German (1798-1840), Gebirgsschlucht im Winter, 1825, oil on canvas, 98 x 127 cm, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Simon Palmer, British (1956- ), An Ancient Right of Way, watercolor, ink and gouache on paper, 80 x 59.5 cm
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Cy Twombly, American (1928-2011), Spoleto Festival, 1980, mixed media collage, 39 3/4 x 27 7/8 in
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ludwig Dettmann, German (1865-1944), Couple in Landscape, 1910, oil on canvas, 73 x 102 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
6 October 1887 - 27 August 1965 Le Corbusier, Swiss-French (1887-1965), Icône, 1963, mahogany, 53 x 35 x 20 cm, Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, France
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Roger Brown, American (1941-1997), The Jim and Tammy Show, 1987, color lithograph on wove paper, sheet: 55.25 x 81.92 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
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International Times @internationaltimes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
R. Crumb Thanks to Kevin Studyvin
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Franklin Carmichael (Canada, 1890-1945) : Autumn on the Hill, 1934 Oil on canvas The youngest founding member of the Group of 7, he was celebrated for his ability to capture the vast beauty of the wilderness. This work exemplifies his style, blending rich graphic design patterns with fine art. 👇👇
Vibrant Seasonal Palette: 
The painting features a dramatic contrast between the brilliant yellow, gold, and fiery red trees of the foreground against the cool, rolling blue and purple ridges of the background mountains.

Graphic Expression: 
Reflecting Carmichael’s background in commercial design, the trees and landscape elements are stylized with crisp contours and structured forms rather than loose, impressionistic brushstrokes.

Focus on the La Cloche Region: 
Like many of his later works from the 1930s, this painting captures the unique quartzite peaks and rolling hills of Northern Ontario, a region that profoundly inspired his late-career art.
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You're welcome!
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
William Merritt Chase, American (1849-1916), A Study (The Artist's Wife), 1892, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.64 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
John Bauer, Swedish (1882-1918), illustration for "Pojken och Tomtemössan" by Vilhälm Nordin in "Bland tomtar och troll", 1910
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Edouard Léon Cortès, French (1882-1969), Omnibus on the Place de la Madeleine, oil on canvas, 45.7 x 53.3 cm, private collection
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kasimir Malevich, Russian (1878-1935), Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension, 1915, oil on canvas, original: 71 x 44.5 cm, present: 70.2 x 44.1 cm, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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