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Lauren Raye Snow

@laurenrayesnow.bsky.social
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Artist. Maker of Graven Images. World Fantasy & Chesley Award Finalist. Website: rayedraws.com IG: instagram.com/laurenrayesnow

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oh no @ili.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
happy Pride
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Happy World Goth Day. I paint how I live every day: gothically
me standing in front of my painting "Self-Portrait with Leonor's scorpion." I'm wearing a short black dress with long sleeves and black heeled boots and a black leather necklace. I have pale skin and no eyebrows and dark makeup and long dark hair.Me lighting some candles at my solo exhibition, EX VOTO. I'm wearing a long black dress with long black sleeves and a long white collar and a black leather harness wiht long black beads tucked up around it. I've got dark makeup on and there are church pews behind me and several paintings visible.THE LITTLE NUN. A young girl, dressed in a nun’s habit, stands alone in the desert, and night is falling. The last golden rays of sunlight linger on her cheek. Nopal cactus surrounds her, framing her black robes; the full moon rises behind her head. Two bats swoop low toward her.

The Little Nun is a painting I made after witnessing the many ways children are failed and abandoned, both in individual moments and in the gaping maw of monstrous systems. A child is forsaken to the wilderness, and darkness begins to creep in - what will happen to her? Two figures we associate with darkness and death are nearby - the bats - but this negative association is a cultural misunderstanding. San Antonio is home to the largest bat colony in the world, the Bracken Cave Preserve, and these creatures are important pollinators, as well as helping to control harmful bugs that damage crops and gardens. The sun has set, but the moon is full, and its light is luminous enough to make one’s way. Though the little nun seems alone, there is help nearby from unexpected places, if she can learn the wisdom of the night. Many children must, for their own survival.

The Little Nun was the altar piece of EX VOTO.ELLEN STUDY. Included in the greater body of work comprising EX VOTO are small alla prima studies. The subjects in these studies are heroines from gothic films. My orientation toward art-making is a capital R Romantic one - I am interested in exploring overwhelming emotion, foregrounding the human experience of being overtaken by forces beyond our control. One of my original pathways to discovering this artistic orientation was through Gothic cinema.

For my studies of gothic heroines, I page through thousands of frames in their respective films until I can identify just the right expression - a sunken eye, a stilled tongue. These ephemeral expressions are often found in key moments of despair or realization within the heroine’s narrative. Curating this moment and cropping the scene, I spend a session chewing on the heroine’s feeling with my brushes and paints.

ELLEN STUDY is taken from a frame in NOSFERATU (2024), directed by Robert Eggers.
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T. K. Rex @tkrex.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
My book is at the printers and also @shingai-be-like.bsky.social wrote me the most beautiful blurb gonna turn off the phone now and pretend like this is the only thing happening for the rest of the day 💖
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Jane Eyre (2011, Cary Fukanaga) | Nosferatu (2024, Robert Eggers)
A screencap from Jane Eyre (2011, Cary Fukanaga) of a closeup of Jane and Rochester, their faces in profile drawing close together, in the dark, lit from behindA screencap from Nosferatu (2024, Robert Eggers), of Ellen and Orlok, their faces in profile drawing close together, in the dark, lit from behind
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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 30/03/2026
"The color is repellent, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight." I made a "Yellow Wallpaper" piece back in 2017, but I re-read the story over the weekend and wanted to try again. Much happier with this version 🖤
illustration inspired by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman's 1891 short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" depicting a woman touching sickly yellow torn wallpaper on a wall while shadowy hands reach toward her. There is another tall shadow of a figure on the wall and both figures look toward the viewer.
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 25/03/2026
Just an update that we are slowly but surely inching our way to 50% funded! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
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support - The Ignyte Awards
We live in immensely difficult times and hope our supporters are utilizing their discretionary income to prioritize giving to causes which aid in our collective survival and the dismantling of oppress...
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Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Please don't even pirate it or hate-watch it this time, just let it go, starve the franchise of attention completely
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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
It is as if Rumi peered into the soul of imperialism a thousand yrs ago and wrote of it
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I haven't shared much about my art here on Bluesky for a while, but this week my solo exhibition will finally open after over a year of work.
a banner for my solo exhibition. There's a crop of my oil painting "The Little Nun," featuring a child nun, a sunset scene and a rising moon, mountains, cactus, and bats. It reads "Lauren Raye Snow: EX VOTO" Opening Reception First Friday, March 6th 7-10pm, Soft Opening First Thursday, March 5th 6-9pm. Both events are free and open to the public. At Flight Gallery, 112R Blue Star San Antonio, TX 78204. This event was made possible by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture.
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Jonathan Larsen @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 22/02/2026
ICE killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a U.S. citizen—and you likely haven’t heard about it because DHS has been covering it up for nearly a year. My heart breaks for his family, who deserve immediate answers and an independent investigation into his death. ICE will be held accountable.
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A Fatal ICE Shooting Occurred in Texas Months Before Renee Good’s Killing
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H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Den dänischen Maler Vilhelm Hammershoi ( 15. Mai 1864 - 13. Februar 1916) einen Vertreter des Symbolismus habe ich erst spät entdeckt, aber ich liebe seine Bildsprache. Bei seinen Porträts mag ich die Ruhe, die sie ausstrahlen, wobei die Bilder melancholische Züge haben
Man sieht eine Frau von hinten, sie trägt dunkle Kleidung und hat unter ihrem linken Arm eine Schale. Sie steht vor einem kleinen Schrank, auf dem eine Dose mit einem Deckel steht.Man sieht wiederum eine Frau von hinten, sie steht vor einem Tisch, auf dem gar nichts liegt, und rechts und links von ihr ist jeweils eine TürEine junge Frau, ganz in schwarz kleidet sitzt auf etwas, sie schaut zur Seite, und man sieht nur ihr junges Gesicht und die dunklen Haare
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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
If you think I can't write an analysis of a video game and also make it about my favorite insect, think again:
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Tithonus' Drone: Myth, Loss and Memory in Phoenix Springs - Unwinnable
What is the point of a memorial to the dead if there is no one to receive it?
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 27/01/2026
Here's a close-up of Phobos in this scene:
Space potato (Phobos) in front of the southern basal scarp of Olympus Mons.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
BASH: Why was an unarmed man shot multiple times by your Border Patrol agents? BOVINO: Dana, you don't know he was unarmed. I don't know he was unarmed. That's freeze frame adjudication. That's why we have an investigation. BASH: It's not a freeze frame
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed. www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
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KM is looking for work! @kellymerka.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So excited to make my debut in Unwinnable! I dug my claws into Phoenix Springs, analyzing it through the lens of the Tithonus myth and the life cycle of the humble cicada.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
If you read one thing today, it should be this Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ www.thetimes.com/article/01ba...
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Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’
Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior." latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
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Empire of Vice
In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
post-constitutional zombie nation full-throatedly embracing violence and murder, bringing chaos and destruction within our borders and around the world. disgusting, despicable
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
me: how do you stay looking so young? dorian gray: *shifts uncomfortably* essential oils
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I don't even go here but when my friend @kellymerka.bsky.social sent me a video clip of Herdling, I was immediately taken by its beautifully unique and textured score. Do yourself a favor by reading her full feature on this music over at @startmenu.bsky.social !
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 09/12/2025
To whom it may concern outofprint.com/products/dau...
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D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths Unisex T-Shirt
Men's/unisex D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths literary tee.
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
some progress on her (now vs then)
Oil painting WIP showing a woman with a crescent moon piercing her chest, painted in monochrome Oil painting WIP showing a woman with a crescent moon piercing her chest, painted in black and white on a pinky red wash
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
the sinking inevitable realization that Emerald Fennell would absolutely crush an Angela Carter adaptation
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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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ceej @ceej.online · 22/02/2024
gritting my teeth and commanding every muscle in my body to relax through sheer force of will
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Matt 🏳️‍🌈 @mspencerdraws.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
For anyone who liked my little Pride banner designs, they're up in my shop as stickers, with a few other designs and a smattering of other things! mspencerdraws.storenvy.com
A photo of a series of stickers laid out on a green cutting mat. The stickers include two fantasy/medieval styled Progress Pride designs (one a hanging banner one a waving flag), a golden fist clutching artists tools, a black and white hand with great nails holding a brush, and a unicorn-knight.
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself. Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
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Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Happy Monday, all girl choral NIN cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cg0...
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Kite Base - "Something I Can Never Have".
YouTube video by Kite Base
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met nearly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The Gothic manifesto for real.
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
A few paintings in process.
A block in grisaille in oil on a pinky background of a woman’s face with a crescent moon emerging through her chest and behind her head. An oil painting grisaille of a young girl with short hair and an old fashioned dress with a flame on the top of her head and a window behind her.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 05/11/2025
I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
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Phil Dore @philjdore.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland. It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.
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Col can make YOUR workplace exciting @colken.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
On this Halloween, a reminder that a sculptor included a Xenomorph gargoyle during the 1990s restoration of Paisley Abbey
A gargoyle on Paisley Abbey that looks suspiciously like a Xenomorph A gargoyle on Paisley Abbey that looks suspiciously like a Xenomorph
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
New profile picture because it has been two and a half years since I had short hair.
A headshot of a woman with a pale complexion and dark brown hair in front of paintings out of focus in the background. She is wearing a black ruched dress and a leather chain necklace choker and a black silk flower crown.A headshot of a woman with a dark brown bob haircut in a white turtleneck. She’s also wearing sword earrings, silver rings and two bangle bracelets.
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
It was my pleasure to paint and design these covers for @jeshonard.bsky.social and @marieparks.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🎨🎨
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GHOULISH BOOKS WILL KILL YOUR PARENTS @ghoulish.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Jess Hagemann’s second novel, MOTHER-EATING, is billed as a documentary because it’s written as a series of transcripts from the surviving members of a deranged cult. Today is its official publication date. Let us ALL eat cake to celebrate. Learn more here: ghoulish.rip/let-us-all-e...
jacket art for mother-eating
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Also me at my most gothic sitting right with Kristeva. I’m fascinated by the tensions among desire, attraction, repulsion, and disgust. What are we repulsed by and why? Who decides what is repulsive or attractive? What are the costs of not acknowledging what we find disgusting about ourselves?
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Thank you to Split Lip and Allison for doing the interview and letting me talk at length about horror and my ideas and influences. I'm happy it's something they are still reading! Also, hey feel free to buy Skin Thief! I am very proud of that book. And I hear its very very good from others. 😜
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Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“The boat strikes constitute murder,” Eugene R. Fidell told me. He used to be a JAG in the Coast Guard and is now at Yale Law School. The entire operation amounts to “treating the world as a free-fire zone,” he said.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/10/2025
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
this is absolutely monstrous and it is the result of the actions of a wicked government
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Lauren Raye Snow @laurenrayesnow.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I knew I recognized James Jean’s source image for his GDT’s Frankenstein poster. It’s taken from a 1740s mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d’Agoty. One of my favorite historical images.
Muscles of the back: partial dissection of a seated woman, showing the bones and muscles of the back and shoulder. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1745/1746James Jean poster for GDT’s Frankenstein
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