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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats

@melmitchelljackson.bsky.social

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Adventure Art for ALL through Retreats! Painter Hiker Educator Short Films & Video Essays

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Popping on to share a few shots from the studio lately. Oil paintings and watercolors of the Oakland Redwood forest and Eastern Sierra Mountains.

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Went out to paint the poppies at Shell Ridge today. Felt so good to be outside and study the colors from life. Looking forward to doing this again soon!

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Day 4 and Day 5 of #pleinairpril Acryla Gouache in a mixed media sketchbook.

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#pleinairpril day 1: two studies of the Poppies and Lupine at Shell Ridge on Mt. Diablo. Gouache and colored pencil in a talens art creation sketchbook!

Gouache painting of a single orange poppy blowing in the wind with lupine surrounding it in purple and pink. Leaves and blades of grass peak through.

A Western Bluebird sits on a rusted out wheelbarrow drawn in colored pencil. Whispy poppies and lupine blow in the grassy background

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Absolutely ready for Miyazaki to turn into the angry earth spirit in Princess Mononoke to consume AI image generators whole. We. Have. Had. Enough.

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It lives!! My zine on how to have a go bag is in proofreading and editing stages. So excited to get this out there, assemble it, and start raising funds for folks impacted by the LA fires.

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Need some inspiration for something you can do today to piss off a billionaire? You too, can remove all Meta apps from your phone! This shot will be the opener or ending of my next video essay on YouTube about leaving Instagram for clarity and creativity

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Went hiking in the Redwoods during the pouring rain. The mist felt out of a fantasy world today!

green toned fog layers between tall redwood trees. in the foreground is a darker redwood and bay laurel tree surrounded by intense dark greens

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Finished some proper documentation of a few recent adventure oil paintings inspired by hikes in Northern California.

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Having loads of fun painting mushrooms to keep my spirits up. It’s wild to think about everything underneath the surface of a forest that we can’t see. #nature #oilpainting #landscapepainting

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Mel Mitchell-Jackson | Persistent Bloom Retreats @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Welp, Meta's content moderation policy is about to turn threads into a verifiable dumpster fire so I guess I am starting from scratch again! Hi, I'm Mel and I'm an adventure artist. That means I hike all the time and turn the inspiration I collect thru sketches & photos into paintings

gouache painting of a grouping of granite boulders in joshua tree national park at sunset.

oil painting of a rusted out jeep shell covered in coyote brush and ferns

a sketchbook spread of two watercolor paintings. one of chifrijo, a costa rican pork dish and a quetzal bird in bright green foliage

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