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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#artwork #acrylic I don’t really like painting birds but I was commissioned to paint this barn owl so how could I refuse ? A4 acrylic on canvas. Btw still waiting to have my aorta re-plumbed!

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

First part of our project to decarbonise our Village Hall. 26 panels currently pushing 9.5kw into the system. Goodbye electricity bills saving our charity a fortune!

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

#art #acrylic Did this, ‘’At the water’s edge” whilst spending three days supervising a quick exhibition of our art group in the Village Hall. A3 acrylic on canvas.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Can you help please (UK)? I’m looking for a specialist company that can offer secondary glazing for this 3m x 3m window in East Yorkshire. I am aware of ‘Bronze’ in Sheffield. This window is located in our village hall, not a church. Thanks.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

‘When worlds collide’, acrylic on canvas A3, this image slightly cropped. Just needs a varnish.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Another venture into monochrome. Posca pen on acrylic background, A4.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Another fantasy landscape, A3 slightly cropped image, acrylic on canvas. Not my best work but I do have a lot on my mind at the moment.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Just a personal update. I do have wip artwork but, again, I’m still up to my armpits in medical investigations and liasing with builders and making applications for grants. In the meantime still rolling along.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It may be sometime before I can post art work. Not only have I got a £72K project to oversee the refurbishment of our village hall which is swallowing up time, I also have to have a replacement aorta fitted as mine has a swelling which may burst at some point. Thank goodness for our ‘free’ NHS.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

#balloonpainting Experiment ballon painting by my 8 year old granddaughter. Best Christmas present yet!

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

#art #acrylic The last of my series of Monochrome Girls. A4 acrylic on canvas. Learned a lot doing these.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Oops, that should read ‘Bodyscape’ please can we have an edit function?

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

#acrylic #art ‘Bodyscpe’ acrylic on canvas A4. Now in a private collection. The spots are an effect of side lighting which I couldn’t eliminate. Season’s greetings to all.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

#acrylic ‘Mary’, acrylic on canvas,A4 image slightly cropped. My riggger brush is my favourite. I do like the simplicity of this one.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

#art #acrylic ‘Drip’ ,cyan, white and ultramarine A3 acrylic on canvas. A quick return to one I sold a copy of years ago.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

#art #acrylic ‘Chitrangada Singh’ done as a practice piece. I chose this for the fabric, the hair and the skin tones. For once I was very happy with the result. A4 on canvas (this image slightly cropped).NFS

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

#art #acrylic One mostly from my head and a half remembered scene. A3 acrylic on canvas.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#art #acrylic Another fantasy landscape which took me an age to do. I’ve got a major non-art project on and I was only managing an hour a week. Acrylic on canvas 50cm x 20cm.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

#art #acrylic ‘Holderness Hedgerow’ acrylic on canvas A3. Holderness, where I live, is very flat. In places only the hedgerows stand up to be seen.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

#art #acrylic ‘Spanish Steps’ somewhere in northern Spain from my own photo. Now in a private collection. Acrylic on canvas A4.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

2K followers! Thank you for your support. As I’ve said before I won’t get into politics here, even though I’m a political animal. I will just keep posting artworks to, hopefully, brighten up your day. Look after yourselves.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

‘From the cliff top’, hot wax encaustic image, 15cm x 12 cm, on card.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

#art #acrylic Another from my series of ‘ Monochrome Girls’, acrylic on canvas, A4 size.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#art #acrylic Let me introduce the family bear, Fluffy T Bear, a very early work. Acrylic on canvas with sgraffito for the texture. Fluffy has a very full life, has his own FB page and just had to have his portrait painted.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

#watercolour #art My current wip is going to take some time, so in the meantime another of my late wife’s watercolours. From a photo taken at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Not an exhibit but a strange door in a cliff face.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I’m not sure how Blue Sky will handle this image, but here is the full series of my recent post.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I was taking down an exhibition when I noticed a teenager staring at this. “Do you like it?” I asked. “ Yes,” she said, “the colours, the mystery.” So I took it down and gave her it. Why not? I don’t need the money and if I can bring joy to someone I will. Actually it turned out to be her birthday.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#art #acrylic ‘Girl Paddling’. From a couple of years ago. My first attempt at white fabric. Quite pleased with the outcome. Acrylic on canvas. 50cm x 20cm (20”x8”).

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

#art #acrylic Another delve into the archives. This is one of a series where the objects in the box relate to the main image. The background is copper coloured. I think I titled it ‘Five Candles’. Acrylic on canvas.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

#art #acrylic Finally finished. Abstract Landscape’Rain over the Hills’. Acrylic on linen, 12”x16” (30x40 cm). I’d always fancied painting on linen but it took a while to find some pre-framed, I’m not totally sure I’ll go back to it. Two other wip are now looking at me expectantly.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

#art#acrylic Yesterday I was sorting out the dreaded ‘cupboard under the stairs’ when I came across this. Twenty years ago, when I retired, I took up painting, this was my very first effort and the learning process started right away. Still learning.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#art #acrylic ‘A little slice of Hedon’. Hedon is a small historic town just east of Hull. I was early for an appointment so had a wander and recorded this. Acrylic on canvas, 8”x20”.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

#art #acrylic ‘Christine’. I don’t know the name of the model but she has a strong resemblance to my teenage girlfriend Christine. Acrylic on canvas A4

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1.6K followers! Thank you. I know some of you follow due to me liking a political post. While I’m concerned about the horrible things going on in the world I won’t comment. I will attempt, through art, to spread a little light, colour and love into your lives from my own tiny little corner of the UK

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I have three works in progress at the moment so another from the ark. I used a pizza cutter for the stems. Acrylic on canvas, 24”x18” image slightly cropped. ‘Petal fall’.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Occasionally I get a request for something needed yesterday. Fluorescent paint doesn’t come through too well in photos but I managed this in half an hour for a friend. Acrylic on canvas A4.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

# art #acrylic Back from my trip, so while I catch up on the washing, cleaning and gardening, here is another of my series of monochrome girls. You might recognise her. A4 acrylic on canvas.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

#art #watercolour As a general rule I don’t do watercolour, I find it difficult to plan the work before starting . However, a simple sketch on canvas before I depart on a much awaited road trip.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

#art #acrylics #grumpyartist Self portrait, looking very grumpy, not really showing my happy side on this. This was back in the day when I had more hair. Acrylic on canvas A3.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

#art #acrylic My current wip is giving me a little grief so I decided to throw some paint down and take up my palette knife for some fun. Abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 40cm

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

My current wip is going to take some time so here is one from the ark. View of part of the Humber Bridge Country Park, an ex-quarry. As I recall this was from a photo I took on my birthday.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

True story. The gallery took down the Leonardo and put mine up. Makes a good tale to tell. ‘November’ acrylic on canvas A3. Sold two versions of this.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#art #acrylic As a gardener I’m always amazed, and sometimes slightly unhappy (weeds), with the way ‘Life will find a Way’, acrylic on canvas, A3.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

#art #acrylic Abstract seascape, ‘Approaching Storm’, acrylic on canvas, 20” (52cm) x 8” (21cm). My visitors had gone out for the afternoon so I took the opportunity to get this finished.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

#art #acrylic Another limited palette of green and yellow with a little white. Acrylic washes on canvas A3. One branch of the family is descending for Easter so my ‘studio’ will have to revert to being a kitchen table for a while.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

#art #collage I was persuaded to do this, much against my better judgement. Collage or mixed media? Acrylic paint, cut outs from magazine, real stones, sand, drinking straw, foil, white card, and, of course, lollypop sticks. Took ages, never again! A3 on canvas.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Friday I would be painting but the sun is warm and the garden needs me. A bunch of veg planted, stuff out of greenhouse hardening off. This is a corner from last year.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

#art #acrylic One from the archive. Our local church, St Mary’s, from a photo I took in the late 1970’s, this painting was done in 2011 when I was still finding my painter’s feet. Due to the building of new barns this view is no longer quite the same. A3, acrylic on canvas.

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Gribbledyke @gribbledyke.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#art #gouache My first use of gouache a bit of an experiment and I still struggle with noses! Well worth exploring this medium. A4 gouache on canvas.

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