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Susan Davis Cushing

@sdcushing.bsky.social
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#EastCoastKin Arts Collective member #BlueBrew Coffeehouse Host, founder #BlueBrewBooks Host, founder Relentless arts and photography advocate. Eclectic and inveterate sharer. Retired arts administrator. Former dancer. Bookish. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTQ+ friendly

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Owl Attacking a Bat, by Horaku, early to mid-19th century
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Walter Ernest Spradbery (British, 1889–1969) Haresfoot Woods, Berkhamsted
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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Oleanders Vincent van Gogh
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Poetry #Art #Autumn Golden bright those flickering flames Aspen grove was all ablaze. Sun kissed leaves as summer wanes Blanket hills these autumn days. - Bri Edwards 🎨 Joseph Henry Sharp
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe : Blue and Green Music, 1919-21 Oil on canvas 58.4 × 48.3 cm | 23.0 × 19 in The Art Institute of Chicago This abstract piece captures the artistic concept of synesthesia: the translation of auditory experiences like music into visual compositions for the eye. More info 👇👇
 Created during her influential New York years while living with photographer Alfred Stieglitz, the painting belongs to a series of works where O'Keeffe actively experimented with rhythmic abstraction. She was heavily inspired by the theories of Russian Expressionist painter Wassily Kandinsky, specifically his 1912 treatise Concerning the Spiritual in Art. Kandinsky argued that visual artists should emulate music to achieve pure emotional and spiritual expression free from literal objects. Reflecting on this creative liberation, O'Keeffe famously noted:

"I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way—things that I had no words for."

Bands of deep blue, rich black, and vibrant green extend diagonally from the bottom. They are juxtaposed against rippling white and pale blue forms that float like fluid waves, blowing petals, or leaves.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
André Brasilier Chevaux dans la Vallée en automne, 2012 Oil on canvas
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Poetry #Art #Autumn Now there are greater waters That Frenchmen all hold dear— The Rhone, with many daughters, That runs so icy clear - Christopher Morley (1890 –1957) 🎨 Felix Vallotton 1922
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Moise Kisling : Still Life with Pansies in a Vase, 1918 Oil on canvas
A colorful bouquet of pansies srranged in a blue vase against a contrasting background.
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Rain Hayes @rainhayes.com · 23/09/2026
Various forms of and angles on Milkweed, photographed under UV light. As nature intended. #naturephotography #flowerphotography
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Harvest Light' by Laura Holden, contemporary artist from Somerset in the UK, inspired by folklore #WomensArt 🌞
Photo looking up at a silver metalic radiating sun with a face, on a pole.  against a blue sun
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Colour etching by Japanese artist and poet Keiko Minami (1911-2004) #WomensArt
Print featuring a stylised tree with round shape and coloured circular fruit under which a bird with blue wings and black head
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” - Aesop Girl playing with cat - Albert Anker - 1887
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ᴄʜᴀʀʟᴇʏ★ᴘɪʀᴏᴛʜ @charlespiroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gustave Caillebotte Fruit Display in Front of a Shop, 1882 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Poetry #Art #Stargazing Then there seem'd A music in the sphere, to charm away The serpent sorrows gnawing at my heart, Till, one by one, they dropp'd their demon hold, And left me, all alone with contemplation, Like thee, to love the stars. - John Howard Payne 🎨 unknown
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Georgia O'Keeffe : Trees in Autumn, 1920-21 Oil on canvas | 25.25 × 20.25 Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe Further description in the alt text 👇
The composition features a vibrant, large orange-red tree set against purple-white hills and a blue sky. 

It includes splashes of yellow on the left side and a green fir tree on the right.

Painted during her time at Lake George, New York, the artwork captures the brilliant autumn colors of the region.
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Paul Welsh @paulwelsh89.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Janet Fish Painted Flowers - April, 1975
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
View from a Canal Bridge (1998) by British artist, Simon Palmer (born in 1956). Ink, watercolour, and gouache All the hallmarks of Simon Palmer are present here: the outsized trees; the carpet of leaves; the far horizon glimpsed through a bridge. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
© Henry Glavin. 'Healthy Oak.' Acrylic on panel, 2022. 55 x 45 inches.
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
© Eva Pietzcker. 'Crescent Lake,' 2011. Japanese woodblock print. 24 × 24 cm.
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
© Sergiu Ciochină. 'Sunlit Passage.' Oil on board, 2024. 35 × 50 cm.
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
© David Berg. 'Autumn Lingers but Winter is certain.' Reduction linocut, 2023. 18 × 24 cm.
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Ben Martell @benjmartell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Big ol’ visitor outside the cabin this am.
Bull moose. 🫎
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Ben Martell @benjmartell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Had a fantastic week in the high country.
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joseph Stella (1877-1946) : Tree, Cactus, Moon, c. 1928 Gouache on paper 40-5/8 × 26-1/2 in | 104.1 × 68.6 cm Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, NC Further description in the alt text 👇
Features a strong central axis that mimics the layout of a traditional religious altarpiece or a crucifix, blending natural imagery (the tree, cactus, and moon) with spiritual overtones.
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Franz Marc : The First Animals, 1913 Gouache and pencil on paper 39 x× 46.7 cm | 15 × 18 in Further description in the alt text 👇
The artwork features stylized, bold depictions of animals, primarily horses, rendered through geometric planes and sharp angles.

Color Symbolism:
Marc used bright, vivid colors to show emotion and spirituality rather than real life. He often used blue to mean spiritual and calm feelings, and red to mean heavy earth and energy.

View of Nature: 
Marc believed that animals were purer and more connected to the universe than humans. He painted them to show a spiritual harmony in nature.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yamaguchi Kayo (1899-1984) Black panther, 1954.
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Dawn" and "Night" by Detroit-based artist Micah Ulrich
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara, 1949. Coloured Woodblock.
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Susan Davis Cushing @sdcushing.bsky.social · 19h
Hey-ho! It’s #NationalCoffeeDay!
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National Coffee Day Celebration
Alt: National Coffee Day Celebration
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Morning folks! Have a great Tuesday 🌞
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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Dancers on the beach, #Belgium.’ #Photography by Unknown (1931).
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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Wild geese in the rain.’ Japanese #textile #art. L’ art pour tous: encyclopédie de l'art industriel et décoratif, March 31, 1875 (via University of Heidelberg).
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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Sunshine, Drawing Room.' (1905) Vilhelm Hammershøi’s interiors are his most popular pictures, and they have defined public perception of his achievements as an artist. Although he was working in the era of Picasso, Matisse and Duchamp, he has more in common with Vermeer.
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Maria Alves @blue-dreamer953.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bom dia 🌻🍂🍁☕
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"At the very moment we encounter stones in our path, flowers are being planted further ahead. Those who give up do not see them." - William Shakespeare
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Window, Autumn Nora Collyer 1974
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Colin See-Paynton (b.1946, UK) Out of the Woods, oil on canvas.
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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ArtNouveau #Architecture #CasaBatilo #Barcelona
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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Architecture #FrankGehry Dancing House #Prague
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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Architecture #WalterBurleyGriffin "The Salter House"
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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 23h
#Photography #Monochrome #Architecture #EzraStoller
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twistopherrobin.bsky.social @twistopherrobin.bsky.social · 23h
#Art #RichardEurich
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 23h
Pierre de Clausade (French, 1910-1976)
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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 23h
© Masao Idō. 'White String Falls.' Woodblock print, 1989. 20.5 × 14 inches.
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 23h
youtu.be/Ury--e09gf4?...
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Needless To Say @needlesstosay.bsky.social · 22h
Warren Criswell - Conjunction
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Adela @adelapazos.bsky.social · 22h
In The End 📷 Nikiforos Pittaras #monochrome #bnwphoto #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #blackandwhitephotography #bwlovers #noiretblanc #blancoynegro #monotone #bnw_captures #monochromephotography #streetphotography #conceptual #minimalphotography #portrait
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 22h
John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836–1893) "October Gold", 1889. Oil on Canvas, 59 × 44.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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OLAMBRILLAS @olambrillas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Polarización 134
©️ Cristian Berga
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 22h
Rick Bond (Canadian Artist, born 1946) "Aspens", Acrylic on Canvas, 20 × 16 inches. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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