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The show Nocturnal Worlds is up at Waterstone Gallery! Folks in Portland can see it today and the Opening Reception is tomorrow. I installed my sleeping brainwaves in a gallery along with portraits with hypnograms for deep sleep, dreams and insomnia. #Portland #sciart #sleep

Invitation with figure swarmed by wide-eyed moths.

Invite reads:

KINDRA CRICK
NOCTURNAL WORLDS
FIRST THURSDAY OPENING
October 1, 5 - 8pm

Waterstone Gallery

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Eva Lake @evalake.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I will have a show opening October 1st at the Portland Arts Collective. "We Had Faces" #collage #feministart #analog #artonpaper

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🐡 #sciart

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 23/09/2026

My brother was in town and took some photos of me in my studio. The first is what I should use for my artist portrait… but the second brain toss shot is more fun, right?

Woman with crossed arms in front of two figurative paintings.

Woman tossing a painted brain in front of paintings.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 22/09/2026

‘Madagascar Bullseye Moth’ mixed media on panel A silk moth for #SciArtSeptember day 22 : #silk Native to the island of Madagascar, this beauty flashes two bright magenta eyespots to startle predators. Part of an installation for my Nocturnal Worlds show opening Oct. 1 #moth 🌿

A mixed media painting of a brightly colored Madagascar Bullseye Moth with uncanny eye spots against a deep blue sky.

Part of a larger art installation which can be partly seen as black brush strokes behind the painting.

#art

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 22/09/2026

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bookswain.bsky.social @bookswain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m all over the map this morning so here’s a map: “A Combined View of the Principal Mountains & Rivers of the World” drawn by J. W. Colton and published by J. H. Colton in 1852. My copy is a scarce, poster-sized stand alone issue. Hand watercolored.

A map with mountains depicted in three dimensions in pastel colors. Rivers are flowing down from the top edge, the longest to shorted left to right.

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H L Birdsong @smidgeonpress.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This print is still available, for a steal! My little love-note to spring in the Pacific Northwest and one of our most iconic forest flowers. The tan of the paper is a bit warmer & prettier than it looks in the pic on the website. Photo from the proofing process, when I was testing green inks.

Three test prints in different green inks on tan paper, laid out on a cutting mat that’s black with white grid lines. The largest test print on the left is still quite wet across the top, showing that the sizing has started to break down because the paper is old

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 20/09/2026

Although not strictly time travel, there are delightful people who in their presence bring you back to moments and trigger memories through stories that transport you back to bygone versions of yourself. Never miss an opportunity to celebrate with old friends.

Polaroids capturing decades old friends gathering to celebrate joining the half-a-century club.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 19/09/2026

What happens when you ask about the droid at the planetarium…

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The #SciArtSeptember 🧪prompt is almond-shaped. Did you know that amygdala literally means almond-shaped? I didn’t, but now we both do. I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped feature, the paired nuclear complex

As described I used a (open source) brain MRI to make a cyanotype print and embellished it with metallic gold to show the almond-shaped amygdala, the paired nuclear complex present. It’s labelled “Amygdala” in gold and signed Ele Willoughby, 2026.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 18/09/2026

Greetings from taxidermy land. 👋

Taxidermy head of a large moose on a wooden wall.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 17/09/2026

The last print in the edition of ‘While Sleeping’ sold. Thank you to the lovely collector and Waterstone Gallery! #sciart #intaglio #printmaking

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 16/09/2026

If your city was a holiday, which one would it be? Portland, Oregon would most definitely be Halloween 👻 #portland

A brick wall with hanging flower baskets and a looming giant ghostly figure looking over the wall.

Halloween decorations up at a blue house in mid-September

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 16/09/2026

Sneak peek at the cover of my new artist’s book. 🧠 #sciart #artistbook

Book with a pale blue brain on the cover laying on top of a cutting board with tools around it.

#art

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 16/09/2026

Sneak peek at the cover of my new artist’s book. 🧠 #sciart #artistbook

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 13/09/2026

Attempting to use my typewriter for some text for an artist book which will contain directions on how to lucid dream. Getting the alignment has been one heck of a learning curve. Using paper from a very old lab notebook. #sleep #luciddreams

Typewriter with “How to Lucid Dream” typed out in blue ink

Grid lab paper with descending text that says “Wake up Early and Go Back to Bed” several times down the page.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 11/09/2026

‘Try to Love the Questions’ block print, gold ink and graphite on old geologic map An anatomical valentine for #SciArtSeptember day 11 : #heart #maps #printmaking

A decades-old geological map with fantastic colors with various tones of pink and red as a background for a block print in deep maroon of my anatomical valentine.

There are notes in graphite and on top of this map of mineral deposits I added gold pigment ink.

by Kindra Crick

#Art

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 11/09/2026

Alright, time to see if we can make some magic using a huge roll of kozo paper. ✨ Experimenting should be fun 🤩

Hand holding a large roll of Kozo paper on the ground.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 11/09/2026

‘Try to Love the Questions’ block print, gold ink and graphite on old geologic map An anatomical valentine for #SciArtSeptember day 11 : #heart #maps #printmaking

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 11/09/2026

Progress on the background for this Comet moth. #sciart #moth 🌿

Painting of a Comet moth (Argema mittrei) with bright yellow wings and peering eye spots against a dark blue background

#art #painting

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 10/09/2026

It’s world suicide day. I was reviewing Dr. Carr’s ‘Nightmare Obscura’ which points out the strong link between nightmares (bad dreams that wake you) and suicidal ideation & attempts. There are treatments for nightmares that improve one’s quality of life. This was news to me and worth sharing.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 10/09/2026

A Comit moth against a deep blue background for #sciartSeptember : woad - which is a deep indigo. Still a work in progress and will be part of my swarm of moths with unique eye-spots. #moth #entomology 🌿

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 01/09/2026

So excited! Nocturnal Worlds, my show at Waterstone Gallery, opens Oct 1 For >year, I’ve recorded my brainwaves while asleep & kept a sleep diary I transformed nighttime data of deep sleep, dreams & insomnia into paintings and prints to explore the mysterious inner world of sleep. #sciart #pdxart

Image of an upside down figure with eyes closed and moths with staring eye spots swarming her auburn hair. At the bottom there is a hypnogram of sleep data.

KINDRA CRICK NOCTURNAL WORLDS
October 2026
Waterstone Gallery, PDX

#art #artopening #pdx

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 02/09/2026

Don’t paint with greens all that often. Working on this Oleander Hawk Moth today in the studio. It has some impressive #malachite tones. It’s part of an installation which is slowly coming together. A work in process for now. #SciArtSeptember #moth 🌿

Green Oleander Hawk moth on paper mounted to board.

#art #mixedmedia

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 31/08/2026

Progress on this one. One gets to a point where a piece needs a name. Current working title is ‘Haunted Reverie’ This reoccurring dream involves a fallen bird I tried to rescue. I kept trying to change the ending. Almost finished. #sciart #sleep

A sleeping woman against a night sky. In her hair are two birds - one fully rendered and broken. The other a phantom singing a nighttime song. Four hands reaching towards the fallen bird.

At the bottom is a sleep hypnogram noting the various stages of sleep.

#art #mixedmedia #wip

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s a big month for #SciComm with #SciArtSeptember & the #MinCup26! Share your #sciart for any of the daily prompts & follow the hashtag or sciart feed to fill your feed with science art! Check out the minerals & argue/vote for your favourites in the annual Mineral Cup round robin cage match! 🧪🐡

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 31/08/2026

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 26/08/2026

Uh, I don’t know how this happened. My youngest has informed me that our beta fish has disappeared from our 5 gallon tank. How is this possible? Gone. No body

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 23/08/2026

A sketch at noon and the last shot I took last night. Been working on this painting in my head for quite a while. It’s one of my ‘Dream’ paintings. I’m enjoying watching it emerge on the canvas. #wip #mixedmedia

Pencil drawing of hands reaching for a wounded bird’s body inside a figure’s hair who we see sleeping at the top of the image.

#art #drawing

Hands the color of a night sky reaching for a wounded bird’s body inside a figure’s hair who we see sleeping at the top of the image. A second bright yellow bird who seems un-rendered watches with a dark speech bubble over them.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 21/08/2026

You never forget your first Total Eclipse! Mine was August 21, 2017 - 9 years ago. Who else remembers their first time reaching Totality? 🔊 Sound on for full effect #eclipse #totaleclipse

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 21/08/2026

Good morning! Pick a dahlia to describe how you’re feeling today.

Dahlia with dark magenta center with an array of petals that shift from yellow to deep pink.

#bloomscrolling

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 12/08/2026

Oof, now I remember why I don’t go through this box of maps often. It’s haunted. Not in a supernatural way. A number of these maps came from a college friend who was a park ranger. Some maps contain her field study notes. She died by suicide a decade ago. Still can’t wrap my head around that 😞

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 11/08/2026

In the middle of looking through my collection of geological survey maps for one to cut up and found this. A Geological Survey of Mt. St. Helens from 1958. Decades before it blew its top! 🗻💥 (Not sure who Mr. And Ms Nash are. But, their stamp is in the bottom right.) #maps #cartography

Geological Survey Map from 1958 of Mt. St. Helens which famously blew its top off in 1981.

Geological Survey Map from 1958 of Mt. St. Helens which famously blew its top off in 1981. A stamp of Mr. And Mrs. Thomas A Bash is in the bottom right.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 08/08/2026

Artist Louise Bourgeois created a series of over 200 mixed media works on paper created during her nights of insomnia. A number of works have spirals. The “doom loops” of rumination in images and sometimes words. I reference her work in my sleep series that includes insomnia. #sciart #insomnia

Works by artist Louise Bourgeois which are part of a series of over 200 mixed media works on paper created during her nights of insomnia.

A grid of 12 red, black and blue swirls

#art

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 08/08/2026

Well Hello, Summer Chanterelles! #fungifriends 🍄‍🟫

Chanterelle’s growing out of the forest duff.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 07/08/2026

‘Try to Love the Questions’ block print, gold ink and graphite on old geologic map 23” x 19.5” framed On view at Waterstone Gallery this month. #maps #sciart

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 07/08/2026

‘Try to Love the Questions’ block print, gold ink and graphite on old geologic map 23” x 19.5” framed On view at Waterstone Gallery this month. #maps #sciart

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 05/08/2026

I’ve been mulling over how to set up an installation for an exhibition in October. Had the ‘what I want it to look like’ figured out. What was missing was feeling satisfied with the materials/ execution that I’d been thinking I’d use. As I was pricing out the materials a thought emerged…

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 04/08/2026

We knew this was coming. The reality just sucks. They are evacuating Mt. Hood Meadows now. My kiddo is being sent home from camp today because the air quality is so poor.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 04/08/2026

Smoke filtered light casting a tangerine hue on the wall this morning. AQI 99 #wildfire

Tangerine light on the bathroom wall with a shadow of a hand.

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 03/08/2026

At a stopping point yesterday when I realized my painting was staring back at me. #wip #sciart #moths

Progress image of a painting of a figure with swarming moths. There are eye spots on the wings that are noticeably human.

#art #painting

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 04/08/2026

Can we not allow people to bet on disasters already?

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 03/08/2026

At a stopping point yesterday when I realized my painting was staring back at me. #wip #sciart #moths

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