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Julian May

@julianmay.bsky.social
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Messing about with pencils and paint. (Ex-Slade, ex-postie, ex-model maker) Essex, UK www.behance.net/jmay

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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous - have we gone backwards a generation?! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hateful decision! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/li...
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Essex libraries should be for everyone!
Did you hear that Essex's Reform council have banned libraries from "promoting" LGBTQ+ events and materials? It's outrageous! Sign the petition now to make them scrap this hate-filled decision!
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Daisuke Tomokiyo (Japanese, born 1983) Mico, 2013 Oil on canvas 10 x 12 cm Private collection #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Saskia W. @saskiawezenaar.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026
Aron Wiesenfeld (1972) is an American painter renowned for enigmatic work. His figures in solitary landscapes capture a sense of departure and of leaving innocence behind. Decidedly contemporary, the scenes are redolent of disaffected youth, alienated from society and adrift in magical environments.
This image shows the artwork "Bonny Doon" from 2017 by American artist Aron Wiesenfeld.
The painting is an oil on canvas and depicts a young woman running through a dark forest.

The title refers to a small town in the hills of Santa Cruz, California, known for its mysterious atmosphere and dense redwood forests.
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Another weird picture: 'A Sole In A Bathtub' by Domenico Gnoli. #weirdart #artsky
In a filling bathtub, there is a large flatfish with a woman's face on its side.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
For an act of resistance to the tyranny of algorithms, try the Marginalian newsletter—undistracted notes on the search for meaning, free, ad-free, AI-free, fully human since 2006, made of feeling and time: themarginalian.org/newsletter
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Peder Severin Krøyer (Danish, 1851–1909) "The Artist, His Wife, and the Writer Otto Benzon," 1893 Oil on wood 39.2 x 50 cm #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Gerda Tirén, Girl on a Sofa, c.1900
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Michèle Brown MA - Earth Painter 〓〓 @earthpainter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Making monoprints today #michelebrownart #michelebrownearthpainter #monoprinting #printmaking #landscapeart
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Book Cover of the Day:
The
KINSHIP
of
NATURE
Bliss Carman
Green cover, gold lettering and decoration of foliage.
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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Plugheads Outing #art #drawing #blueskyart
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Paul Watson @lazaruscorporation.co.uk · 17/03/2026
New blog post: Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artist...
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Mycelium Parish News and some thoughts on community
The new issue of Mycelium Parish News (copies are still available on Etsy - details in that last link) arrived on my doormat this morning, full of the interesting things that James Burt and Dan Sumpti...
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
English botanist & photographer Anna Atkins (b. #OTD in 1799) is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph. #WomenInSTEM #photography #cyanotype
A cyanotype photogram made by Atkins which was part of her 1843 book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions
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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Ronald Lampit is also one of my favourite Ladybird artists. Anglo-Saxons clearing forest from Our Land in the Making Book 1 (1966) Used as a textbook in my primary school. Lampit’s illustrations helped to engage my interest in history.
In the foreground two men in peasant garb chop down trees. In the background a team of white oxen pull a plough and people at work in the fields. An Anglo-Saxon settlement - a great hall and several huts. Rolling hills in the distance.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Roots and the meaning of life www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/15/r...
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Roots and the Meaning of Life
They are so far out of sight for us, creatures of the upper world, that we don’t readily think of them. But as soon as we do, as soon as we plunge the mind into the cold dark hummus to which …
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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Ron Francis (Australian, b.1954) "Russell William's Tree," 2015 Oil on canvas
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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Oskar Bergman (Swedish painter, 1879 - 1963) Birch trees in spring, 1933.
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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Human forest (Certified: no AI was used in the creation of this drawing) #art #drawing #trees #forest #roots #mycelium
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Self-Portrait (1871) by British artist, Marie Spartali Stillman (1844-1927), often referred to as "the forgotten Pre-Raphaelite". Drawing, charcoal and white chalk on paper 64 x 52 cm Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, USA #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
If you haven't seen Ren's 'Vincent's Tail - Starry Night' yet, head over to YouTube URGENTLY
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955) Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was too often boiled to oblivion.
'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955)
Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was too often boiled to oblivion.
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
Frederick Walker, Philip in Church, engraved by Swain, 1862 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…
Presented by Harold Hartley 1925
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
Frederick Walker, Philip in Church, 1862 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…
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Catherine Gogerty @catherinegogerty.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
A corpse road 'coffin road', 'lyke way' or 'lych way'. Was a route on which a coffin would be taken to burial, to prevent the dead returning the routes would often cross water, as it was believed a spirit could not cross running water, painting - Frank Holl
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
I was going to repost this painting from the collection of Leeds Art Gallery on All Souls Day but sadly I forgot. 'I am the resurrection and the life' (A Village Funeral) Frank Holl (1845–1888) is a super piece of work. Courtesy of Leeds Museums and Galleries.
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shanshine @shanroe.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
art done by paul rumsey
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 17/11/2023
Paul Rumsey
Graphite drawing of a minotaur in a straightjacket
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
'A Fly Fisherman.' (1879) Although James Hayllar is principally remembered as a tutor to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais, he was a superb draughtsman and produced many memorable portraits and observations of Victorian life.
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John Constable RA @johnconstablera.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
The Road to Grassington by Richard Eurich 1971 Oil on Board (Sold at auction 2011)
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ivalent @ivalent.bsky.social · 12/05/2024
Richard Eurich
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John Constable RA @johnconstablera.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
York Festival Triptych by Richard Eurich RA 1956 Oil on Canvas (Private Collection) Commissioned by the Lord Mayor of York in 1954. The central 'panel' of the triptych shows a medieval mystery play in progress across a bridge, with Noah in his ark together with his family.
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Tate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Charles Shannon, The Modeller, 1891 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont…
Presented by Edward Marsh 1909
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. ‘Wellington boots’ (And another lovely bit of painting from artist Harry Wingfield)
A photo-realistic illustration of two shiny, damp Wellington boots on a muddy kitchen floor, as if the owner has just come in from a walk
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 23 ‘Skating by Moonlight’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt
An aerial view looking down over a broad, winter landscape dotted with trees. In the mid ground is a frozen pond.
All the figures are in silhouette.
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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Time ran out on this one but I hope its recipient at least perceives a naive charm.
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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Last night BBCFour repeated Mark Gatiss's adaptation of the M.R. James Ghost Story for Christmas 'The Mezzotint', so that'll be back on the iPlayer. Here's that thread I threatened recounting the bits n' bobs I made for it...
Some doodus holding up the titular haunted mezzotint print. A manor house at night with a full moon in the sky.
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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Uh-oh....
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Long Victorian @longvictorian.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Decorating the Christmas tree (1898) by Marcel Rieder (French artist, lived 1862-1942). A woman reaches up to add the final touches to the tree, a glowing lamp in her hand. Cosy scene, the world feels at peace. 🎄
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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Painting by Zaitsev Igor Nikolayevich (Russian, born 1967) "The Christmas Tree", 1996. Oil on Canvas, 104 x 100 cm.
Realist Painting by Zaitsev Igor Nikolayevich (Russian, born 1967)
"The Christmas Tree", 1996. Oil on Canvas, 104 x 100 cm.
 An elderly woman in a turquoise floral print dress is sat on a settee preparing decorations to hang on her Christmas tree beside her is a mound of baubles. Behind her the wall has many framed pictures, presumably of family.
The settee is covered in a multi coloured and patterned throw.
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Jan de Laat @jandl.eurosky.social · 20/10/2024
Richard Roland Holst (1868-1938) - Helga’s Intree, 1893 Litho op papier "Prent geïnspireerd op de IJslandse saga van Gunnlaug Slangentong. In de saga dingen zowel Gunnlaug Slangentong en Raven de Skald om de hand van Helga. Beide mannen vinden uiteindelijk de dood.", RijksMuseum
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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Gustav Klimt’s drawings ~ sketches and studies ~ form an interesting contrast to his more famous finished paintings. Here’s a woman in a hat / young girl / woman looking up / boy looking over a wall
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Jan de Laat @jandl.eurosky.social · 27/12/2023
Kenne Grégoire (1951) - Nico Dijkshoorn, 2019 acryl op linnen.
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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 30/06/2024
Cat under the Table — Kenne Grégoire , 2014, acrylic on linen
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Jan de Laat @jandl.eurosky.social · 04/12/2023
Kenne Grégoire (1951) - 'Sterrenhemel', 2011 acryl op paneel
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John Constable RA @johnconstablera.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
Huntingfield Church. From a book called "In the Country" ”by David Gentleman c. 2013
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Kichen
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Julian May @julianmay.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The Slade and the new wing, University College, London. From 'The Graphic' 26 Feb. 1881
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