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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

The Blob A short story The blob floated mindlessly in the darkness. It had no eyes, or senses, save the ability to touch. To feel. It had no explicit conscious thoughts as such. But, driven by impulse, it knew what it wanted. It wanted to live. open.substack.com/pub/paulcarn...

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The Blob

A short story

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the nature journaling course with Natural History Society at the Hancock Museum. Just getting to see their collection has been amazing. Mine is based on 16th century botanists William Turner & Leonard Fuchs, & Victorian illustrators Margaret Dickinson & Sarah Dickson.

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I’m beginning a garden journal which will reflect the flowers and plants throughout the year, as reminder to me of the wonderful joy to come. #art #gardening #flowers #plants

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

😱 “A world at 2.6C means global disaster,” said Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics. “That all means the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe, drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa, lethal heat and humidity.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds

Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Channeling my orange vibes today

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I really enjoyed attending an art journaling course at @northeastnature_ the Natural History Museum in Newcastle today. I chose to do #fungi and there were some great artists there doing some fabulous work.

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Rather pleased with this new painting. Foxglove #painting #art #watercolour

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

My new watercolour is developing nicely! Lots to do yet though #watercolour #art #painting

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

After finishing this painting I applied a wash over the whole thing, to calm it down and soften it. I wanted to fuse the petals into each other to make them softer. #watercolour #painting #art #flowers #flowerart

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Finished this quite complex piece which I loved doing. I enjoyed creating the blooms in the paint which I wanted to give it an ethereal effect. #watercolour #painting #art

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It felt cold in the studio today! I may be moving indoors soon. Today’s offering was tricky. The rose was the softest of peaches & so delicate. This is the enormous challenge of painting flowers. It’s very hard to mix the colour & even harder to model form whilst maintaining the delicate softness.

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Watercolour Sunday 🎨🖌️🖼️

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

A few watercolours I’ve been doing. I’m just finding my feet with it all again really. Huge learning curve but good fun!

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Sun Fly #art #insect #insectart #colour #pattern I’m enjoying doing these colourful series of drawings based on the fantastic insects I’ve spotted in my garden this year. I’m inspired by interior design, wallpaper patterns and colour swatches. As though an insect has flown into your posh living room

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I’ve been collecting bug photos & wildflowers in my garden this year since I devoted part of it to wildlife. Reckon it’s going well. #wildlife #nature

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Some crow drawings of mine. Pencil and graphite on paper. Hope you like them ❤️ 🎨🖼️👨‍🎨 #crows #art #drawing #goths #ravens

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I discovered it is a lion skull. So there.

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A new science post from me about bioelectricity- the creative life force within all living, and some not so living, matter. #science #sciencejournalism #bioelectricity paulcarneyarts.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/b...

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

In joy and in sadness, flowers are our constant friend 🌸🌺🌷🌹🌻🌼 #art #flower #artists #artoftheday Beautiful prints available from www.paulcarneyarts.com

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

#FossilFriday Replica of the remarkable partial skeleton of H. floresiensis from Liang Bua, Flores, estimated height just over 1 metre. The skeleton is now dated to about 75,000 years old. NHM Human Evolution exhibition.

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Unidentified skull. I painted this from a photo I took in a natural history museum but didn't record what it was. Does anyone know? Those fangs look huge! A dog or wolf perhaps? #skull #art

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Unidentified skull. I painted this from a photo I took in a natural history museum but didn't record what it was. Does anyone know? Those fangs look huge! A dog or wolf perhaps? #skull #art

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This beautiful stone cross really caught my eye in the latest episode of Digging for Britain. Drawing it was a real joy #drawingdiggingforbritain @richardosgood.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @jeaned70.bsky.social

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I loved this coin from the Leiston medieval hoard depicting Harold 1st so much I had to draw it!#drawingdiggingforbritain

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Early post for tonight’s episode of Digging for Britain. Don’t show Keith your teeth! I just loved this image when I saw it. @richardosgood.bsky.social #DrawingDiggingForBritain

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I came off X last year (with 8,000 followers) because Musk allowed all the trolls back on. Now Zuckerberg is doing the same on Facebook it might just be time for me to quit. Free speech my ass! These are not real people voicing their opinions, they r orchestrated political campaigns & disinformation

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

My offering for episode 1. The moment of discovery. The first light on a face for over a thousand years. Gives me goosebumps #drawingdiggingforbritain @richardosgood.bsky.social

Drawing of a skull unearthed by archaeologist

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The Arthrobot Scriptures is the new novel by Paul Carney. A humorous sci-fi romp with robots, mutant ravens and dystopian themes. Available from Amazon books #novel #books #writing #scifi #scifibooks #scififantasybooks #chinesescifi

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Here’s my latest blog post about life after death! Entitled Where Do We Go When We Die, this post is a long and detailed exposé about the various theories about death and the afterlife from philosophy, religion & spirituality. #death #afterlife paulcarneyarts.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/w...

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Where do we go when we die?

Spirits; 0% proof I’ve been thinking quite a lot about spirits lately, and what happens to us when we die. Unfortunately for me, the spirits are the out of body kind, not the alcoholic kind, …

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Here’s a pencil drawing I did in the mid nineties. Hope you like. #art #guitar #snake

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

AI - an artists friend, not foe! A new blog post from me, examining artificial intelligence in art and design. Find out what Botticelli and Leonardo have to do with it on my Wordpress site paulcarneyarts.wordpress.com/2024/12/29/a... #artificialintelligence #art #arteducation

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Happy Christmas to one and all from me, Paul Carney and my merry band of arthrobots. Buy the new novel from Amazon and get the present of a lifetime!

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Paul Carney @paulcarneyarts.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Happy Christmas to one and all from me, Paul Carney and my merry band of arthrobots. Buy the new novel from Amazon and get the present of a lifetime!

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