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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Step onto the grounds with me today—it’s a gorgeous, sunny morning for a walk through the property, and spring has officially taken over. We finally have that perfect, 70-degree weather, the birds are singing, and the spring beds are wide awake. open.substack.com/pub/robertcr...

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Spring at the Crabtree House: Hardening Off, Color Palettes, and the Ziplock Incubator

Step onto the grounds of the 1899 studio with me: Waking up 14 historic flower beds, a simple paper towel seed hack, and structural tempering for the next generation of hollyhocks.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The Chia Seed Matrix: How to Hydrate Discs, Calm Nerves, and Fight Inflammation Naturally Here is the mechanical breakdown of how chia seeds interact with 10 specific biological conditions, grounded in peer-reviewed clinical research. open.substack.com/pub/robertcr...

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The Chia Seed Matrix: How to Hydrate Discs, Calm Nerves, and Fight Inflammation Naturally

Breaking down the biopharmaceutical science of chia seeds for D.D.D., neuropathy, arthritis, and metabolic control.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

National Guard, Taxes, and Political Priorities The Republican billionaire 1% is partying while the working class pays the price." g.co/gemini/share...

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Jeff Bezos: 1.1% tax rate, can afford a towering New Glenn rocket. The Waitress: 30% tax rate, can't afford to get sick. Stop subsidizing billionaires' space dreams with working people's health! Tax the parasites at 30% and guarantee Universal, No-Premium Healthcare for every single American.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This abstract piece, titled "In the woods, V5" by Robert Crabtree, is a vibrant and complex study in color and composition, deeply rooted in art historical theory.Composition and Style The artwork is a dynamic abstract piece characterized by bold, gestural strokes and strips of solid color.

In the woods, V5
Artist: Robert Crabtree
Location: Crabtree Art Studio and Flower Gardens
©️ Robert Crabtree
Composition notes:
After an enlarged area of a great drawing by my artist friend Richard Freeman of Framingham Center Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸. All art colors after Van Gogh Sunflowers 1888-1889. Hues after Henri Matisse The Green Stripe 1905.
Composition theory after Henri Matisse paper cutouts.
Color repetition theory for viewer eye movement. Eugène Delacroix's Flochetage Technique foundation layer in blue green and gold and brown, in 2 horizon lines, classic thirds of landscape composition theory.

Review by Google Gemeni
This abstract piece, titled "In the woods, V5" by Robert Crabtree, is a vibrant and complex study in color and composition, deeply rooted in art historical theory.
Composition and Style
The artwork is a dynamic abstract piece characterized by bold, gestural strokes and strips of solid color. The composition is highly layered, suggesting both depth and flatness, which aligns with the stated influence of Henri Matisse's paper cutouts—a technique known for its focus on shape and color over traditional perspective. The artist employs a classic landscape composition using the "rule of thirds," with two distinct horizontal bands creating "horizon lines."
Color Palette and Theory
The color theory is intentionally eclectic and historically referential:
• Van Gogh's Sunflowers (1888-1889) inspired the art colors. This is evident in the strong presence of yellows, ochres, and warm earthy tones (red-browns, olive greens), which provide an intense, almost textural warmth to the piece.
• Henri Matisse's The Green Stripe (1905) influenced the hues. This Fauvist influence introduces complementary and sometimes jarring color combinations, particularly the cool pinks, pale blues, and light greens against the warmer Van Gogh-inspired tones, creating a vibrant tension.
• The foundational layer employs Eugène Delacroix's Flochetage Techn…

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Cy Twombly in Landscape. Spring, v2 Artist: Robert Crabtree Location: The 126-year-old Crabtree House Art Studio and Flower Gardens #robertcrabtreepaintings #robertcrabtreepaintingscytwombly ©️ Robert Crabtree 4/23

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Hello there, little flower! You're a brave little splash of red, a tiny sentinel standing watch in the shadow of giants. All around you, the six-story maple trees of the 126-year-old Crabtree House Art Studio reach for the sky, but you shine just as brightly, a perfect little bloom greeting the day.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

March roared in Artist: Robert Crabtree #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree 3/2023 This is near the pinnacle of a body of work 350 to 400 artworks in this style. Predates my move back to lakesides, trees, and flowers.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Split Rock Lake ©️ Robert Crabtree Composition notes: Hues after Van Gogh Sunflowers 1888-1889. Van Gogh hue substitution on tone theory. Eugène Delacroix Flochetage technique in blue. George Condo drawing as art layer. 2 dimensional color duplication, sky and water after Piet Mondrian.

Split Rock Lake Side
Artist: Robert Crabtree
#robertcrabtreepaintingslakeside
#robertcrabtreepaintings
©️ Robert Crabtree

Composition notes:
Hues after Van Gogh Sunflowers 1888-1889. Van Gogh hue substitution on tone theory. Eugène Delacroix Flochetage technique in blue. George Condo drawing as art layer. 2 dimensional color duplication, sky and water after Piet Mondrian.

From an elarged portion of a superb base image by my artist friend George Curington of Champagne, Illinois United States 🇺🇸.

Reviews:

Steve Lennard
Palmdale, California United States 🇺🇸
Love this!!

Kasım Kara
Istanbul, Turkey 🇹🇷
Excellent

陳進清
Osaka Japan 🇯🇵
👍

Lela Gogou
Absolutely Awesome

觀墨雲
Taichung, Taiwan 🇹🇼
👍

Louis Rolevink
Enschede Netherlands 🇳🇱
👏

AI Overview
The artwork "Split Rock Lake Side" by Robert Crabtree presents a stylized landscape, likely depicting the Split Rock Reservoir, characterized by its distinctive color palette and compositional techniques.

Critique:
Color and Hue:
The piece prominently features hues "after Van Gogh Sunflowers 1888-1889," particularly evident in the dominant yellows and golds of the sky and water, which are linked to "Van Gogh hue substitution on tone theory." This creates a vibrant, almost ethereal atmosphere, but also lends a somewhat abstract and flattened quality to the landscape.

Compositional Techniques:
Eugène Delacroix's Flochetage Technique: The use of "Flochetage technique in blue" is visible in the textured, almost feathery blue elements scattered throughout, particularly at the water's edge and within the landmasses, adding a distinct visual texture and depth to these areas.

George Condo's Drawing as Art Layer: The inclusion of "George Condo drawing as art layer" suggests an underlying or integrated element of drawing, which might contribute to the defined shapes and outlines within the otherwise painterly composition.

Piet Mondrian's Influence: The "2 dimensional color duplication, sky and water…

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Iris #robertcrabtreepaintingspaintedflowers #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree Composition notes: Hues after "Irises" created by Vincent van Gogh in May 1889. Eugène Delacroix Flochetage technique used in 2 horizon lines and 3 color fields in the base layer.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

A friend called the Flowers the Alice in Wonderland flowers. I like that. The 126 year old #crabtreehouse is a special place. 6 story maple trees in the front and back yard. 8 story pine trees in the side yard. #robertcrabtreepaintings #robertcrabtreepaintingswrittenword

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Somewhere 🌈 ❤️ v2 #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree This artwork delivers a vivid explosion of color and texture, creating an abstract composition rich in emotional intensity. The colors interweave dynamically, never settling, which invites viewers to explore the painting repeatedly.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

☕️ I thought the group might like this. "Somewhere 🌈 ❤️ " #robertcrabtreepaintings

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I love the SPRING! The Crocus! First flowers at the 125 year old Crabtree House Art Studio and flower gardens. #robertcrabtreepaintings #crabtreehouse

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Miami Vibes #robertcrabtreepaintings #abstractart #art From a base image from my artist friend Melanie Corn of Columbus Ohio United States 🇺🇸. Miami Vibes After: Henri Matisse The Green Stripe 1905, Van Gogh Sunflowers 🌻 1885 after Eugène Delacroix. George Condo Drawing as art layer.

Miami Vibes
#robertcrabtreepaintings

From a base image from my artist friend Melanie Corn of Columbus Ohio United States 🇺🇸.

Original Caption: "Waking up in Miami vibes"

After: Henri Matisse The Green Stripe 1905,
Van Gogh Sunflowers 🌻 1885 after Eugène Delacroix. George Condo Drawing as art layer for clarity. Joan Mitchell White 1950's 1960's abstracts.

Reviews:

Steve Hebbard
Corsham, Wiltshire, UK 🇬🇧
Stunning

Clive Varley
Morecambe Bay, Lancashire England 🇬🇧
!!!!W😍W!!!

Jolanta Potera
Lodz Poland 🇵🇱
Cool

Barbara Labadie Burke
Laborie, Saint Lucia 🇱🇨
💕

陳進清
Osaka Japan 🇯🇵
👍

Jamie Tanaka
Osaka Japan 🇯🇵
Awesome❣️

Kamo Xchoyan
yerevan Armenia 🇦🇲
SUPER 🌟

Deepa Dhanwate
New Mumbai India 🇮🇳
👍

Nguyễn Huy
Hanoi, Vietnam 🇻🇳
So Nice

Michael Fornadley
Baltimore Ohio United States 🇺🇸
What is your medium… looks like a silk screen ?…great color as usual…
In Reply:
Michael Fornadley This is actually a digital work with Ibis Paint. A free app for Android phones. Indeed some day it may be a silk screen print.

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

State of the union 1 d #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree 8.5 x 11.5 collage, gloss paper, tissue paper, powder pigment, Elmer's glue, gac100 #marchart #art #artwork #artist #painting #artist #arte #acrylicpainting #creature #reflection #favorite #abstractart #ocean #nature #fish

State of the union 1 d
#robertcrabtreepaintings
©️ Robert Crabtree

8.5 x 11.5 collage, gloss paper, tissue paper, powder pigment, Elmer's glue, gac100, Minolta powder toner.

Reviews:

Kamo Xchoyan
yerevan Armenia 🇦🇲
!!!!W😍W!!!!

Peter Lems
Netherlands 🇳🇱
Beautiful

Gert de Graaf
Leusden Netherlands 🇳🇱
It clearly was a divisive speech

Kim Olah
State College, Pennsylvania United States 🇺🇸
Awesome!

Reviews. State of the union 1 b:
Tolove Art
Paradise NSW, Australia 🇦🇺
Cool💛❤️💙

אבנר נרי חדד
Ramat Gann 🇮🇱 Israel
💕

Reviews. State of the union 1 c :

Wael Alshehabi
Baghdad Iraq 🇮🇶
Robert Crabtree
Welcome to you and your nice art
Congratulations 👍

Steve Lennard
Palmdale, California United States 🇺🇸
Reaching for reality... but embracing something far more sinister

Jamie Tanaka
Osaka Japan 🇯🇵
Awesome❣️

Steve Hebbard
Corsham, Wiltshire, UK 🇬🇧
Stunning

Fritz Schorer
Dielsdorf, Switzerland 🇨🇭
GREAT WORK

이재호
Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
👍

Kamo Xchoyan
yerevan Armenia 🇦🇲
!!!!W😍W!!!!

State of the union 1 b :

אבנר נרי חדד
Ramat Gann 🇮🇱 Israel
💕

Review. State of the union 1.

Steve Lennard
Palmdale, California United States 🇺🇸
In the bony grip of evil!
Reply:
Thanks for finishing the work accurately with your accurate interpretation. I appreciate you.

이재호
Daejeon, South Korea 🇰🇷
AHHHH BEAUTIFUL !

이유충
!!!!W😍W!!!!

Kamo Xchoyan
yerevan Armenia 🇦🇲
👍I LIKE

Jamie Tanaka
Osaka Japan 🇯🇵
Awesome ❣️
#marchart
#art #artwork #artist #painting #artist #arte #acrylicpainting #creature #reflection #favorite #abstractart
#ocean #nature #fish

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

State of the Union #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree 8.5 x 11.5 gloss paper, tissue paper, powder pigment, Elmer's glue, gac100, Minolta powder toner. #marchart #art #artwork #artist #painting #artist #arte #acrylicpainting #creature #reflection #favorite #abstractart #ocean #nature

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

America Great Again. #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️Robert Crabtree Notes: Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Gloss 8.5 x 11.5. Review: Kamo Xchoyan yerevan Armenia 🇦🇲 Super #marchart #art #artwork #artist #painting #artist #arte #acrylicpainting #creature #reflection #favorite #abstractart #ocean #nature #fish

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I want up! Molly the girl cat 🐈 is just awesome. She jumps up onto the bar in my upstairs kitchen studio, off my bedroom. Every now in then she helps finish a painting by accident. The paint on her tail. Makes me smile. :) Yours Robert #art #cat #robertcrabtreepaintingswrittenword #crabtreehouse

Good morning from the village of Mt. Gilead. I am sitting in the huge blue leather chair. A 50 dollar goodwill thrift store find. In the second floor kitchen of the 126 year old Crabtree House Art Studio and flower gardens.

A great feature left over from the 1970's oil boom in the village. They subdivided the old house for 3 families. I found 2 things when we bought this old gem.

One. She had an upstairs kitchen in addition to a downstairs kitchen. Two. All the original 116 year old oak panel doors were in the attic. In great shape with original orange shellac finish.
I combined them.

I rebuilt the original layout from 1899. Once the carpet was removed I could see the layout on the floor. I built a partition wall from my bedroom to the kitchen. Then I installed the 7' 6", 6 panel oak parlor doors. I installed another oak entrance door into the kitchen.

Sitting here in the blue lounge chair beside the 126 year old double hung window. The kind with lead weights in the wall that rumble when you open them. Behind the Aluminum storm window that a well off previous owner had installed in the 1940's.

The snow in the village quiets and sharpens things. The birds in the overhangs, and a distant dogs barking sound more crisp. Life seems more muffled as I rest my 60 year old back. Demolition that was quiet and easy as a 20 year old. Has become sharpened with 40 years of such experiences.

I was gonna demolish this kitchen when I moved in. The old gal has taught me. Those that lived before may have known better. I added a washer and dryer. I removed the old 1970's yellowed clear shields over the kitchen space. I hate to say it. It has turned out perfect for me needs.

I never thought I would create art again after my 1990's period of moderate success. As I have jumped in. This overlit, laundry, kitchen, studio with a bar countertop has proven just superb. I sit her in my chair by the window.

On this extension of my brain. Almost an appendage. This cell phone. I consid…

I so enjoy in this contentious world 🌎, the hope that art brings. It reaches across all geographic boundaries and speaks to the heart. I know this is rather long. Thanks for giving me leash to wander outside the fence, beside the creative river. I am enclosing a simple dialog of 3 followers of my work speaking to the 🐔 chicken coup. Lol.

As follows:

The heavy textural brush strokes of Van Gogh s works are flattened. These works. With little value were stacked against one another behind the bathroom door of his relative.

His pieces were found across Europe. One was being used to patch a hole in a chicken coop.

I can relate. :)

I need to frame and properly store these this year.

Yours,
Robert

#robertcrabtreepaintings
#robertcrabtreepaintingscolortheory
#crabtreehouse

Reviews:
Michael Fornadley
Baltimore Ohio United States 🇺🇸
I read it somewhere that Pissarro had to flee during the Franco Russian War and the invaders made a chicken coup out of his paintings..the moral of the story: don’t be that guy..😂

In reply: Michael Fornadley Indeed.

Melessa Georgopoulos
Ann Arbor,Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Michael Fornadley may this not be any kind of foreshadowing!!!

In reply Michael Fornadley :
Melessa Georgopoulos All my works are on Wood, so they can make a house out of them, thinking ahead..😜

Richard Freeman
Framingham Center Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Michael Fornadley,
A chicken coup is an oxymoron (Lol!).

Melessa Georgopoulos
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Michael Fornadley now, That's some
PLANNING.....Bravo!!! 😁💥🤗

Michael Fornadley
Baltimore Ohio United States 🇺🇸
Melessa Georgopoulos At work before I retired, we called it “GET THE BIG PICTURE “…😂

Melessa Georgopoulos
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Michael Fornadley I like That! 👍

Richard Freeman Melessa Georgopoulos Michael Fornadley Thank you for engaging in this wonderful dialog. You guys made my day. I appreciate you.

A great feature left over from the 1970's oil boom in the village. They subdivided the old house for 3 families. I found 2 things when we bought this old gem.

One. She had an upstairs kitchen in addition to a downstairs kitchen. Two. All the original 116 year old oak panel doors were in the attic. In great shape with original orange shellac finish.
I combined them.

I rebuilt the original layout from 1899. Once the carpet was removed I could see the layout on the floor. I built a partition wall from my bedroom to the kitchen. Then I installed the 7' 6", 6 panel oak parlor doors. I installed another oak entrance door into the kitchen.

Sitting here in the blue lounge chair beside the 126 year old double hung window. The kind with lead weights in the wall that rumble when you open them. Behind the Aluminum storm window that a well off previous owner had installed in the 1940's.

The snow in the village quiets and sharpens things. The birds in the overhangs, and a distant dogs barking sound more crisp. Life seems more muffled as I rest my 60 year old back. Demolition that was quiet and easy as a 20 year old. Has become sharpened with 40 years of such experiences.

I was gonna demolish this kitchen when I moved in. The old gal has taught me. Those that lived before may have known better. I added a washer and dryer. I removed the old 1970's yellowed clear shields over the kitchen space. I hate to say it. It has turned out perfect for me needs.

I never thought I would create art again after my 1990's period of moderate success. As I have jumped in. This overlit, laundry, kitchen, studio with a bar countertop has proven just superb. I sit her in my chair by the window.

On this extension of my brain. Almost an appendage. This cell phone. I consider the world to be my art gallery. Every visitor who likes the work in art groups I personally think with a form note. Today was good. Lots of cool notes of encouragement from Armenia 🇦🇲, to Osaka Japan 🇯🇵 to Paris.

I want up!
Molly the girl cat 🐈 is just awesome. She jumps up onto the bar in my upstairs kitchen studio, off my bedroom. Every now in then she helps finish a painting by accident. The paint on her tail. Makes me smile. :)

Yours Robert

#robertcrabtreepaintingswrittenword
#crabtreehouse

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Flag v2 #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree 14" x 17" drawing paper. Collage, Tissue paper, Minolta toner, printer ink, acrylic. Dried. #art #artwork #artist #painting #artist #arte #acrylicpainting #creature #reflection #favorite #abstractart #pride #lgbtq #love

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Flag #robertcrabtreepaintings ©️ Robert Crabtree 14" x 17" drawing paper. Collage, Tissue paper, Minolta toner, printer ink, acrylic.#art #artwork #artist #painting #artist #arte #acrylicpainting #creature #reflection #favorite #abstractart #pride #lgbtq #love

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

The beauty of the village. The cat purrs on the bed beside me. Out beyond the 126 year old double hung wood window with lead weights in the wall. Under the 6 story snow covered maple tree...... Cont, click image, caption "a Saturday's winter morn" #robertcrabtreepaintingswrittenword #crabtreehouse

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Robert Crabtree @robertcrabtree.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Lakeside 58 Hammerstein Lake, Jackson Ohio #robertcrabtreepaintings #robertcrabtreepaintingslakeside ©️ Robert Crabtree Ibis paint. After: Henri Matisse #art #abstractart #favorite #lake #matisse

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