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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Recently, for *obvious reasons*, I've been thinking about what it means when anxiety and sadness are caused not by individual predispositions, but by the state of the world itself. This led me to early 19th-c. France and the notion of "mal du siècle" (sickness of the century) aeon.co/essays/young...

Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise
By Emily Herring

On a painting of young 19th-century men looking drunk and sad around a table with cigarettes and drinks

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Haven't had much time to paint this year and now am finally get it back to it. Here's a new one. Vistas - 16x20 Acrylic.

An abstract painting featuring vibrant colors with mixed green, blue, and purple hues. The composition suggests a landscape, with bold brush strokes creating depth and texture across mountains and water.

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Ashley Winn @ashleywinn.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

“Entering the Cave” was accepted into the South Eastern Pastel Society’s juried exhibition, All About Pastel, and will be on display at the Alpharetta Arts Center in Alpharetta, GA until April 30. Stop by if you’re around! #artshow #artyear #makersmartch #pattern #rockformation #cave #softpastel

A 9x12” soft pastel painting of rock formations at the mouth of a cave.

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I’m excited to be part of the artprintsla fundraiser! fundraiser. Over 50 artists have donated their artwork to raise money for those affected by the fires in Los Angeles. The fundraiser will continue until March 2025. Be sure to check it out! www.artprintsla.com

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Art Prints LA

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Sheri Ponzi @sherip.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

painting the world i want to live in. soft. ease-filled. magical. pink. mysterious. and sometimes sparkly. #ArtYear #art #painting #watercolor #abstract #mixedmedia #whimsicalart

soft abstract with pinks, greens, and gold sparkles. watercolor and pencils.

abstract landscape with reds/pinks/yellowy greens

abstract landscape with reds/pinks/yellowy greens and soft dots/lines of gel pen

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 07/01/2025

☂️ if you see this post, repost with your purple art ☂️

Blue and purple ink painting with brain images and half-legible text

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I'm grateful for the #ArtAdventCalendar! A big thank you for all the likes and shares! An extra big thank you to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing! What a joy to see all the amazing artwork and community out there! For Day 24 I'm posting a work in progress - stuck on where to go next.

Abstract painting with warm browns and vivid turquoise, suggesting a rocky landscape with streams or water.

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SAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 23/12/2024

Day 22 #ArtAdventCalendar We're almost at the end of the Art Advent Calendar! This has been really fun to participate in and I just want to say: Thank You, for all the love & support 😃💕 📸 Melody the Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture 🐙 #Art #SciArt #MarineLife #Cephalopods #TradArt #Wildlife

Artwork, sculpture of a Caribbean Reef Octopus being held up by the artist's hand.

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GallantArt @gallantart.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Another fun experiment with light, shadow and translucency. #ArtAdventCalendar #art #stilllife

Oranges on a table. Some are sliced with light shining through and some leaves

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Day 22 of #ArtAdventCalendar Evening Enters. 40x40 Acrylic Painted in 2024. #AbstractArt #painting

The top portion of the canvas is dominated by deep blue tones with areas of dark brown and black swirling across it, resembling a sky or atmosphere. The center of the image includes patches of lighter blue, green, and white, creating a sense of movement or flow that suggests water or ice. The brown area continues along the right side of the painting, contrasting against a darker blue section on the lower half.

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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

December 22nd "Cooked 3" (crab) Thread painting -hand embroidery artwork #ArtAdventCalendar #art

Hand embroidered cooked crab on a jade green background

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Martin Cooke @martincooke.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Kind of Blue (2024) Acrylic paint and texture medium on board 25 x 35 cm #ArtAdventCalendar #AbstractArt #AbstractPainting #Liquitex #Jazz #MilesDavis

Four distinct broad sweeps of blue carve out grooves over a vibrant flat orange base.

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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

December 21st "Pink French Fancy" Thread painting - hand embroidery artwork #ArtAdventCalendar

Hand embroidered pink French Fancy cake in case on a white satin background

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Ready for the light to come back! Here is a raven for #ArtAdventCalendar in watercolor and ink.

Drawing of a raven’s head and shoulders, in ink with watercolor under painting to give it blue and purple highlights

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar 48x30 Acrylic Painted in 2022. #AbstractArt #landscape #painting. I didn't name this one which always seems tricky to me.

The image is an abstract painting of a mountainous landscape. The composition features a wide range of colors, including blues, greens, browns, and oranges. In the foreground, vibrant green fields are interspersed with winding brown paths and deep blue water bodies. The middle ground showcases abstract depictions of mountains, incorporating shades of blue, teal, and purple. The background is a soft, muted blend of pastel colors—light pinks and lavenders.

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GallantArt @gallantart.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A painting of roses from my garden. I think I’m as proud of growing them, as I am of painting them. #ArtAdventCalendar #art

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

For Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting I did of a sunset in Riondel. I’ve spent a lot of summer evenings here and never get tired of it. Sunset from Riondel 30” x 24” Acrylic on Canvas

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Steve Cobbin 'Cobbart' @stevecobbin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#ArtAdventCalendar no.20 Another Dartmoor doodle. Wind blasted trees near Combstone Tor.. from about 5 years ago. Just before the lightning started!

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 19/12/2024

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Seascape Study 2" oil on Arches oil paper, 7"x5" (2021) (Sold). A moody, wintry seascape painted in a limited palette of gray tones, dark blues, and whites.

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Veronica Ory @veronicaory.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Happy Thursday and please enjoy this avocado for #ArtAdventCalendar today. #watercolor on paper

Watercolor sketch of avocado, cut in half, in strong lighting, on a turquoise background.

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Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Happy #ArtAdventCalendar day 19! Today, I offer up a painting I did that explores the intersection of bioluminescence and virus/antibiotic research. I am a fan of science (and cures for things.) #sciart

An acrylic on canvas painting with the ocean on the left (where bioluminescence was discovered) and flowers and a lab rat in the foreground. The flowers represent the life cycle. The rat represents research. On the left is a brief explanation of how bioluminescence is used in lab research to hunt for the cures to different diseases.

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar #AbstractArt #landscape 30 x30 Acrylic and charcoal. Paintied in 2023

abstract landscape painting featuring bold colors. The composition consists of overlapping shapes and forms in varying hues. Dominant colors include shades of red, pink, green brown and blue.

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Larissa Rackl @larissasart.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar One of my favourite trees in one of my favourite parks

A fountain pen drawing in black ink on white paper. It’s a tree that looks old and gnarly, many of its branches are intertwined and seem to form knots almost and the leaves are hanging down in long tresses.

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar #AbstractArt Dog Gone. Acrylic 36 x48 painted in 2020

The image is an abstract painting featuring bold and vibrant colors. The composition consists of overlapping shapes and forms in varying hues. Dominant colors include shades of red, orange, brown, blue, and turquoise. There is a contrast between dark and light areas, with the darker sections primarily in the lower left and right corners, progressing to lighter tones towards the center.

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Steve Tompkins @handle.invalid · 18/12/2024

March gale on South Uist. Another study of Hebridean atmospherics, with the horizon appearing and disappearing as squalls fly in off the Atlantic. Watercolour on Two Rivers paper 300x200mm #Watercolour #Watercolor #Landscapepainting #ArtAdventCalendar

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Katie Feather @thefreckledfeather.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Hoping this piece will bring some color to your feeds today. Created in Procreate with AquaReal brushes #ArtAdventCalendar #art #commissions

A cheerful pattern of bright yellow lemons and green leaves on a dark blue background. Some of the lemons are whole, some are cut into halves or quarters.

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Hravn @hravn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

And now for something completely different (for day17 of #artadventcalendar ) A 2-d #needlefelted #totoro I made for a friend. I put it in a little frame before giving it to her. #art #felting

A needle-felted gray totoro and a chibi blue totoro (holding a leaf over his head). On a black felt background.

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

For Day 17 #ArtAdventCalendar a quickly drawn figure. Finger paint and charcoal.22x27

The image is of an abstract painting framed in a light wooden frame with a white mat board surrounding the artwork. The painting depicts a figure in dynamic motion, characterized by bold brushstrokes that suggest movement and energy. The figure is portrayed in black and brown against a lighter background. The overall composition is vertical, with the figure appearing to be leaning or twisting.

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Paul Miller @paintingsomerset.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I enjoy using pen and ink and have the patience for some larger pieces. This was a hedgerow close to our house. I love the intricacy and depth of this kind of subject #ArtAdventCalendar

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Martin Cooke @martincooke.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Tango (2023) Acrylic ink on canvas 50 x 80cm (private collection, UK) #ArtAdventCalendar #Liquitex #AbstractPainting

Highly-abstracted representation of dancers, largely in red and green acrylic ink and their mixture, applied with a dropper and scrap of card

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Day 16 of #ArtAdventCalendar #AcrylicPainting #AbstractArt Dream a little dream. 36x36 Acylic painted in 2024

Abstract landscape painting with blue, green, and pink flowing shapes.

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Sue Zipkin @suezipkin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Hard to believe it's already the 15th day of #ArtAdventCalendar #Abstractlandscape #art #artistsofbluesky Art found at: sue-zipkin.pixels.com/featured/abs...

This is a colorful abstract painting depicting a tranquil waterscape. The artwork features a serene body of water in vibrant turquoise hues occupying the bottom half of the composition. The upper portion of the image showcases an expressive, multicolored sky with shades of purple, yellow, pink, green, and white, creating a dynamic and dreamlike atmosphere. Distant landmasses with green and dark earthy tones stretch across the horizon, contrasting with the bright sky and water. The texture of the brushstrokes is visible, adding depth and movement to the scene.

In the bottom right corner, the artist's name, Sue Zipkin, and a circular stamp.

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JulRue @julrue.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Day 15 #ArtAdventCalendar Misty 36x36 Acylic painted in 2015

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Becky Grambo 🍁 @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is a quilt top called Dutchman’s Puzzle by Missouri Star. I had a serious “flying geese”—the triangles set in white—learning curve! 🤬🤣 I love working with batiks, especially ironing them and smelling the residual wax. The vibrant colours lift my heart! #ArtAdventCalendar

Quilt top showing bright batik triangles arranged in pairs on a white background to form pinwheels. Blocks are separated by a variegated orange sashing and turquoise cornerstones. Border is the same turquoise.

Close up of the quilt on the left showing the “flying geese” that make up the pinwheels.

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Lynn Rosskamp @lynnprints.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

For day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar I have one of my most beloved images, a jackrabbit that was inspired by Albrecht Durer. The background is a spit bite aquatint technique that I quite enjoy as it gives a watercolor effect. This one was my first piece to be shown in a museum and I kept the wall tag.

An etching of a jackrabbit printed in a purple black ink

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 14/12/2024

Ammonite Hands Pencil sketch. #ArtAdventCalendar # 13 (catching up) 🐡🎨

A faint sketch on warm-toned paper. A larger ridged ammonite shell with a male hand coming out intsead of a mollusc; a more delicate striped nautilus shell with a delicate female hand coming out. Some other scratchy background marks for bubbles and coral, but super messy and faint.

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John Clark @johneclark.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 A natural edge bowl filled with turned cedar spheres. The wood for the bowl came from a tree that fell in my back yard. No clue on the species. The cedar spheres smell great and get used for Christmas tree decorations. #woodturning

A wooden natural edge bowl filled with turned cedar spheres.

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Kat Loveland - Creative @katlovelandvo.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

All three of the #ornaments I made for ppl this year. #artadventcalendar

Quail with angel wings and garland and a halo

Godzilla with an elf shirt, a Xmas light decorated Eiffel tower

Two reindeer, one with mistletoe on the antlers kissing the other one on the cheek

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Emily Tull SGFA @artbyemilytull.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

December 13th "Fairy bird - Wren" Thread painting -hand embroidery artwork #ArtAdventCalendar #birds

Hand embroidery artwork of a Wren bird on a bramble branch

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Paul Horsman @cphartist.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

It’s Friday everyone. Are we all done our Christmas shopping? Only one more full week of work for me and then I get some time off. I havent done a lot of winter paintings but these ones were based on photos I took of the Walterdale Bridge outside in -35C a few years ago. #ArtAdventCalendar #yegarts

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 13/12/2024

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Sea Dream 5" oil on Arches oil paper, 3"x3" (2024). Tiny, moody, atmospheric seascape with a hint of earth tones at the coast.

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