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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 01/10/2026

Phantom Narrative V opens tonight at Carroll Community College in Westminster, MD, reception from 4-7pm. I'm just so excited to show these works I've been hiding in my studio for years.

close up crop of a realistic oil painting of a human skull with a navy bandana with three white stars tied like a blindfold around the eye sockets and a pair of rolled up white socks in it's mouth.

close up crop of a realistic oil painting of a bison skull with a dead sparrow on top. Oak leaves, ferns, calla lilies, and a magnolia flower surround the skull.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 29/09/2026

Phantom Narrative V Carroll Community College Gallery in the Scott Center Winchester, MD Opening reception: October 1, 2026 / 4-7 pm Group Exhibition runs October 1 - December 5, 2025

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 29/09/2026

At a huge 48x48", "fleeting" is the largest painting I've created and explores mortality through time. This is the first time and probably last it will be shown. Read the full narrative here: www.mercer-vernon.com/narrative-sk... #sciart #narrativeart #painting #art

four feet by four feet oil painting of a large hornets nest hanging from a leafless branch. A squirrel small hangs to the left of the nest and black bird is taking flight off the branch on the far right preparing to fly right and exit the painting.

Vintage black and white photo of the artist working on the painting at the easel. circa 2016

A close up cropped detail of the thick textural paint of the hornets next with a paint brush in front for scale.

cropped photo that shows three parts of the artist's working process for this painting. Left, a small painted color study, upper right, a line drawing sketch of the composition, bottom, journal entry 'thoughts on the life cycle of a hornet colony"

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵5/5 … there is hope for a beautiful new beginning. Phantom Narrative is a biennial international group exhibition showcasing the work of artists who explore unseen forces, ephemeral experiences, and dark folklore. www.mercer-vernon.com/art-exhibition-and-events for more information.

Graphic has text of the exhibition name centered at top: PHANTOM NARRATIVE V

Center is the full image of a realistic still life oil painting of an old worn small tree stump with thick broken exposed roots in a bright direct light.

To the right is a human skull facing to the right and out of the painting in the show of the stump.

On the upper left side of the stump hangs a small button buck deer skull.

Protruding to the left is a snarled root with a wooly bear caterpillar perched on the very end.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵4/5 The three objects in this painting symbolically represent three tenses of fall: fell, felled, falling. While there are many interpretations of an inevitable or symbolic fall, the wooly bear caterpillar gives hope that not all falls lead to an undesired ending, that with a little perseverance,

Cropped detail of a realistic still life oil painting. Detail shows a wooly bear caterpillar perched on the very end of an old worn tree root protruding from a worn tree stump with large exposed thick root branches that is cropped out of the frame.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵3/5 I’m beyond excited to show five of these paintings in Phantom Narrative V at Carroll Community College in the Gallery at the Scott Center, which opens this coming Thursday, October 1st, 2026. This painting is titled “all falls are not the end” and is an 18x24 inch oil painting.

Cropped detail of a realistic still life oil painting. Detail shows a human skull facing out of the painting to the right in the shadow of a small worn tree stump that is. Cropped out of the painting.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵 2/5 Different bodies of work, interconnected pathways exploring a deeper process to understand the human condition.

Cropped detail of a realistic still life oil painting. Detail shows a worn tree stump with large exposed thick root branches. A small button buck deer skull rests of the left upper side of the stump.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/09/2026

🧵1/5 In 5 days… It’s been a long time since I’ve spoken of my skull and bone work. Meaningful work that explores impermanence, memory, and mortality, which balances my floral works that explore growth, renewal, and interdependence. #art #painting #narrative #sciart #skull #caterpillar

Cropped detail of a realistic still life oil painting. Detail shows a human skull lower right facing out of the painting in the shadow of a small worn tree stump with large exposed thick root branches. A small button buck deer skull rests of the left upper side of the stump.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 23/09/2026

These almost black Chocolate Cherry Sunflowers didn't make it into my garden this year, but having this painting in the studio made up for it. She goes up for auction tomorrow at Creative York’s Art in Residence Event. "Midday in the Garden" 24x20 oil & graphite Info: www.mercer-vernon.com

The artist holding her large oil painting of dark chocolate brown sunflowers.

Image of a large oil painting of chocolate brown sunflowers in various stages of blooming. A black capped chickadee sits atop a flower gone to seed on the far right, while a daddy long legs hunts an ant tucked amongst the leaves.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 26/05/2026

Remembering those who bravery, courage, and sacrifice gave us the the freedoms we have today. 🇺🇸🕊️ www.instagram.com/p/DYwezxyFCu...

A photo by instagram account PABUCKETLIST of a Valley Forge Memorial.

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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 25/04/2026

I really freakin’ appreciate this comment ☺️🌸🐝

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 25/04/2026

This pastel variety of zinnias truly is. Thank you!

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 24/04/2026

The only way I can manage the anxiety of all that is going on is to paint. Need a break, too? Zoom in on the details and get lost for a few minutes. Grew these in my garden. From seed to painting. 🌸 #art #painting #flowers #zinnias #garden #sciart #floralpainting #joy @bsky.art #botanicalart

Botanical style oil pans of a clear glass vase with a large bouquet of pastel colored zinnias in shades of white, pink, peach, salmon, and yellow.

One open bloom lies on the ground to the right of the vase. Two small open white zinnias extend above the bouquet on the right and a butterfly drawn in graphite approaches them.

A bee, drawn in graphite, approaches from the lower left to a white downturned zinnia.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 24/04/2026

Can congress call for an audit of the treasury? Is there even anything left?

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 20/04/2026

The framers never considered that a party or congress could be hijacked and bent to the will of their worst nightmare.

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Y.O.L.O.0311 @yolo0311.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 03/04/2026

Grateful for American Women Artists. “If Summer was a Flower” is a conversation filled with joy and love and awe. Thankful for this award. SOLD by Red Raven Art Co at my ‘Joy in the Garden’ show last spring. #sunflowers #floralpainting #art #sciart

cropped view of sunflower oil painting showing two open sunflowers and a tiger swallowtail butterfly (drawn in graphite) in the upper right.

full botanical style oil painting of three sunflower stems arranged in a pyramid shape. The leaves draping down. Several insects, drawn in graphite populate the composition. A bumblebee flies in from the left, and a tiger swallowtail butterfly from the upper right. A daddy longs legs sits atop a leaf, stalking a nearby ant.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 03/04/2026

HTF someone needs to turn on parental controls on his phone.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 18/03/2026

It’s worth it though. I’ve had shingles 10 times, they’re horrible.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 18/03/2026

The shingles shot was rough. First shot was the worst though. I was down for 3 days, but I’m very sensitive to vaccines.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 15/03/2026

Thank you, I thought that too. If it wasn’t part of a larger work I would have left it!

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 15/03/2026

My daughter would have loved that at that age!!

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 15/03/2026

Sunday. Painting and resetting to brace for another week of batshit newsfeed of happenings. #art #painting #flowers #floralart #zinnias #sciart

Close up of work in progress white zinnia flowers on a gray toned background. Oil on aluminum composite material.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 13/03/2026

Can we please standardize narrating asinine hand gestures to punctuate the absurdity of these idiotic statements. (I say while making a hand chop motion)

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 28/02/2026

Soon the gray of winter will be replaced with saturated colors. Thank goodness. For now, I’m #painting #flowers—because there is joy in each delicate petal—and we do need that, right? #floralpaintings #findingjoy #botanicalartist

Photo of artists easel with a small botanical style oil panel in progress of white and burgundy cosmos.

Overlaid text reads:

*inside voice*
Just keep painting,
Just keep painting.

(Me trying to manage my anxiety after waking up and scrolling the news feed for the 404th day)

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 20/02/2026

Need a doomscrolling break? Let me introduce you to Max, an American Kestrel, I recently painted from life. He’s a terrifying falcon (no he’s not, he’s adorable). #art #kestrel #bird #painting #sciart www.instagram.com/reel/DU2KsqS...

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 14/02/2026

“All we can control In this silly and wildly perfect life, is the love that we choose to give out without any regard to ever getting it back in return.” ~ Tyler Knott Gregson Four floral paintings that feel like love. #love #flowers #floralpainting #sciart #botanicalart

Cropped image of a blooming blush peony and bud with a bee approaching from the upper right

Two white cosmo flowers and one burgundy cosmo bud. A bee is approaching from the left and an ant crawls up the middle stem

An oil painting of five magnolia flowers. One is fully open. The other four are buds in various stages of blooming. A bee, center, approaches the wide open blossom.

A painting of Three arching tulip stems in various stages of blooming. One wide open pink tulip hangs low in the center, above, a half open tulip bends toward the center as a bee approaches

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 12/02/2026

4/4 I’ve put more information on my website. There may be no flowers outside right now, but there is still beauty, spend a little time out in nature to remind yourself it’s there. www.mercer-vernon.com/art-exhibiti...

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Of Mark & Meaning | American Women Artists — Christine Mercer-Vernon Fine Art

Of Mark & Meaning: American Women Artists  will be exhibited in Clarksville, TN from February 13, 2026 – April 26, 2026.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 12/02/2026

Opening tomorrow, February 13th, the show will run through April 26th. Spending time with art reduces anxiety, depression, and stress. This exhibition is absolutely beautiful and filled with work that will inspire and renew your spirit. 3/4 #joy #findingjoy #nature

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 12/02/2026

Which makes me all the more grateful that this celebration of spring has traveled all the way to the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center, in Tennessee, for the American Women Artists “Of Mark & Meaning” exhibition. 2/4 #floralpainting #botanicalart

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 12/02/2026

There’s a lot that feels heavy right now and to be honest, I’ve found it difficult to step up to the easel without feeling guilty. But these past two weeks I’ve been planning flowers for the summer and thinking about what I wanted to paint, and feeling the need to create.. 🧵 1/4 #art #sciart

photo of the artist holding a painting of 3 white daffodils and 3 snowdrops painted in a botanical style in a black floater frame.

photo of a botanical style oil painting of three white daffodils and three snowdrops. There are three daffodil buds that have not opened. Crawling up two stems are small black ants. A cabbage butterfly is resting on a closed bud in the upper left and from the right a bumble bee is approaching the tallest center flower. The insects are all draw in graphite.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 03/02/2026

“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world…” — Robin Wall Kimmerer 🦋 A quiet moment in the studio from last summer. Observing, drawing, paying attention. #art #sciart #floralpainting #flowers #sunflowers #butterfly #joy

Looking across the artist’s drawing table, in the foreground is a small sketchbook with a tiger swallowtail butterfly drawn in graphite. The actual butterfly lies in a green dish center of image. Above cropped and extended out of frame is a painting of yellow sunflowers that the butterfly will be added to. To the right, cropped and extended out of a frame is a small craft container with multiple compartments holding the artist’s bug collection.

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Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ) ❤️‍🔥 @amandamakepeace.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Folks, please don’t tell artists they shouldn’t be making or selling their art right now. For many, it’s how they pay the bills. Art is vital during times like this. ALL ART. Whether it’s a protest sign or a book cover or just a beautiful drawing. It’s part of the heart of humanity.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 30/01/2026

As an artist who has been struggling to work or even post, I really needed to hear this. 🤍

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The Trump regime is smearing this man - Alex Pretti - as a “domestic terrorist.” We can’t let them get away with it. Alex Pretti was a patriotic American - far more so than the ICE agent who murdered him on the streets of Minneapolis today. Far more so than Trump, Stephen Miller, or any of them.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 06/01/2026

If you don't live near Lancaster,PA, the painting and entire show can be viewed online: redravenartcompany.com/january-2026...

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January 2026, Group Themed Show, Taking Chances - Red Raven Art Company

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 06/01/2026

Need a doomscrolling break? This was painted for a thematic group show called Taking Chances. It was a lovely change of pace to be a little freer with paint! See it in person through end of January at Red Raven Art Co. in Lancaster, PA. #art #sciart #floralart #painting #flowers #sunflowers #joy

Photo of an art panel with the artist using a ruler and charcoal pencil to draw the lines of the harmonic armature directly on to the panel. There is a text panel overlay that reads “It’s been a long time since I covered an entire panel with paint, so I decided to start like I normally would and drew out the harmonic armature.”

Photo of the art panel on the easel with orange lines of the drawing for a painting partially sketched out over the harmonic armature. The artist’s hand and paintbrush are in motion sketching directly on to the panel. The text panel overlay reads “My brain needs structure, and the armature allows me to create dynamic compositions that don’t feel as predictable as the rule of thirds.”

Close up of the painting, further along in the process. The large center of a sunflower can be seen and some of the outer panels. The artist’s hand can be seen entering the frame, upper right, holding a paintbrush and painting final details on a bee. The text panel overlay reads “Pushing paint around was fun, but the most surreal moment for me was painting a bee since I normally draw my insects in graphite.”

Image of the artist holding the completed painting that is framed in black floater frame. She is mostly cropped out of frame so the focus is on the painting. The painting is of a large sunflower with a smaller sunflower behind it to the left. The centers are a muted yellow ochre with pale off white petals. The text overlay reads “This painting is so different from my other work, but it felt good and I had a lot of fun.”

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 05/01/2026

Why does a new year always feel so good? I've reorganized & cleaned the studio, updated my #Notion workspace, & I'm finalizing my 1st quarter painting plan. What all do you do to start off a new year? (looked at this #iris #painting yesterday, and I can’t wait for irises to bloom again)

Christine is standing at the easel painting a large floral oil painting of purple irises. Her palette of mixed oil colors and brushes can be seen in the foreground.

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 01/01/2026

As #2025 slips away, i want to express #gratitude to all of you who find joy in the work I find joy in creating. Thank you to the galleries that have willingly shown my #paintings to the world. I wish every one of you a 2026 that is full of #joy and wonder and time spent outside in #nature.

A village image of favorite floral paintings and a few highlight images of magazine features and exhibitions

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Christine Mercer-Vernon| Floral Art @mercer-vernon.com · 25/12/2025

Thank you all for being here, you’re all magical flowers. Wishing you all a lovely holiday, and hope you are celebrating in whatever way makes you happiest. 🎄🎁💚❤️🤍

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dr. e. katherine @actualkatherine.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14: for @keristars.bsky.social, here's me in orange. (Self-portrait based on a selfie in my pijamas + new earrings on Xmas Eve.) 8"ish x 10"ish, December 2020

Photo of a cut-paper artwork that depicts: a person with short light brown hair and big blue eyeglasses, in an orange tank top and earrings. The person is pictured at a kind of diagonal angle, on a plain white background.

Same art piece as in previous pic, being held up in the artist's hand so you can see how small it is. (Pretty small.)

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