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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Dreamy sunsets and whales. More of this please! If I can't have it for real, making them on canvas will have to do #oilpainting #finwhale

An oil painting of a sunset viewed through a ship's porthole, where a whale surfaces in the foreground

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's finally done! This painting has had me just about tearing my hair out by the end and also been about 3 years (of mostly it sitting about) in the making. One of those I'm glad to see the finish line of.

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Help me attend the European Cetacean Society Conference in Dundee in April! I've made prints of these two paintings and I am selling them to help me cover my hotel, ticket, food, and travel. If I can sell a total of 25, I'll be golden! Preorder em here: Pintofangrybees.com

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Sub 2 hour painting done while sitting in a voice chat with some pals. 10/10 method for getting paintings out of your system.

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Harbour porpoise in a Scottish sea loch. Based on a sighting I had a couple of years ago while conducting some kayak based fieldwork!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Going over this unfinished acrylic painting with oils. It's sat for like 2.5 years gathering dust but I'm finally back at it! Oils are so much more fun

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Sharing my honours project research at #UKIRSC26 . Great fun!!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I did dolphins in oil paint at last yeyyyy!!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Thank you!! It's nice to be sharing stuff again as well!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I've been attending a local art class recently as a way of getting out the house while recovering from a long term illness. I've been enjoying keeping it all offline, but I thought I'd share this as it was my second time ever with oil paints and I'm pretty happy!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thank you!! I wasnt sure the concept would work but I think it has!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Bow riding bottlenose dolphins from below

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

For some reason I felt the need to paint a sad Risso's dolphin

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Harbour porpoises cruising past an offshore wind farm. Getting the perspective right in this one was surprisingly challenging.

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Have another painting with common dolphins! Can't get enough of them tbh

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

I havent yet! I'm tempted to do a limited print run if there's enough interest though!!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Dropping in to share a painting I've recently finished. I've been pretty unwell for a few months now but felt inspired by both being out with HWDT last year and completing my honours project on common dolphins. Hopefully I'll get back out on the sea soon!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I think it might be because the mountains aren't casting any sort of shadow or reflection? I struggle with water as well a lot, so I've no idea how you'd include them but that's what my gut says. Gorgeous lighting though!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Manx sheerwaters in the Celtic Sea looking fairly unbothered by some very energetic common dolphins for #superseabirdsunday

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I had an absolutely fantastic day out at the Scottish Marine Forum 2025! It was full of fascinating talks and so many wonderful people, and I even spotted some of my pins and stickers on the water bottles and bags of attendees! Thanks @strandings.bsky.social and WDC for a great day out.

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Awesome to see my photo being used to advertise talks at my uni! I submitted this to a photo competition (sadly no winnings) but it's nice to see it out in the world all the same!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Happy #superseabirdsunday from a Skomer puffin with some seaweed and a stick

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Hahaha truly some weirdly little guys

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

There's just something about hourglass dolphins being in Cephalorynchus that just feels wrong. Not for any scientific reasons. All vibes.🤣 But I'm so glad to see the duskies and white sideds being suggested in their own group!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Have a harbour porpoise photo dump, in case you required more porpoises in your day #marinelife 🦑

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Oh man I used to get asked if I'd done my first solo flight yet...when I was the flying instructor in charge that day

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This was one big reason I ended up leaving aviation and going into marine science. But I'm nervous I'll be dealing with this kind of sexism and discrimination again before long 😭

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A juvenile kittiewake getting mugged by a skua in the Minch for #superseabirdsunday ,from a couple of years ago

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A reverse Google search suggests they got it from Shutterstock, and I've seen media outlets do this before. Shutterstock is just over run with AI slop and people don't seem to see it which is baffling! I don't get how you can miss that that's not a dolphin!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

@haystravel.bsky.social using AI slop in their travel brochures. Please consider doing some research and using images of actual Ganges River dolphins than whatever this is!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My head is full of common dolphins just now (to block out * gestures at everything*), so here's a favourite of my common dolphin photos.

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Puffin among the bluebells on Skomer last year for #superseabirdsunday . I'm going back again this year!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The full Dall's porpoise painting. I don't know if I'll ever match the immaculate vibes of this one

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

A curious young gannet for #superseabirdsunday . This bird followed the ship I was surveying from for a good while before arriving into Lisbon last year

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A sketchbook page of belugas from a while back, this was from the life drawing class held with Little White and Little Grey of the Beluga Sanctuary in Iceland

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I've been following along with #birbfest2025 in my sketchbook, but only now got round to posting what I've done so far. Enjoy a dump of birbs! #birbfest

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Seeing 30+ bottlenose dolphins feeding by the beach when I was 7, spending 12 hours straight seeing common dolphins from a cruise ship, making eye contact with a bottlenose dolphin in Wales, Sowerby's beaked whales near the Azores, my first fin whales!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Calico swordtail for this week's #sundayfishsketch . They're apparently lucky fish to keep!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Northern lights on the first day of 2025, and my first time seeing them without any doubt!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

More common dolphins! This time with coloured pencils.

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Lazy day off drawing common dolphins in pencil, while my Hector's dolphin watches on #sciart #marinelife 🦑

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I've not had my shops open for a few months but new EU regs mean that I won't be able to ship to the EU at all when I do reopen sometime next year. A decent chunk of my income will now be gone because of Brexit. Hooray.

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MASTS @mastscot.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Set sail for the weekend with the MASTS #FridayEmail . This week’s feature the Culture Collection of #Algae and #Protozoa mark 20 years of growth at the SAMS. Plus the #FeaturedPhoto comes from @pintofangrybees.bsky.social of a Puffin. See thread for an overview: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/friday...

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Unique algae collection marks 20 years of growth at SAMS The Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP), housed at Scottish Association For Marine Science in Oban, celebrates 20 years as one of t...

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

That's super helpful, thank you!

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

What's required to volunteer for this? The site only says where volunteers are required

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AJ @pintofangrybees.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Absolutley cracking morning out in the hills, and all accessed by public transport as well!

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