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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Been a little quiet here on the art front as I'm going through some other major life shifts right now, but I am thrilled to be participating in this year's Emerging Artists program through the The Guild of Artists & Artisans! Great to meet so many diverse folks on the same path on Monday!

Collage of photos of the program kick off meeting for the 2025 Emerging Artists program through the Guild of Artists and Artisans at the Gutman Gallery on Monday, april 21, 2025.

The Emerging Artists program helps prepare Artists to be prepared to exhibit at art fairs and festivals and helps with learning all aspects of the business of art.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland Mixed media miniature replica . . . #leprechaunpub #rois8ndubh #galway #miniatures

Miniature replica of the rosheen dove (black rose) pub in Galway, Ireland.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Check out the bottom of the list at the link below! Been quiet here as I'm scrambling to finish a few new pieces for this weekend! If you're around A2, come out on Saturday for the art and the tunes! mainstreetannarbor.org/blog/2025/3/...

Artist Pop Up and Traditional Irish Music Performance, Saturday, March 15 11am-5pm. Gutman Gallery. 118 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Cooley's House Ennistimon. Co. Clare, Ireland Mixed Media (XPS foam, wood, metal, acrylic and watercolor, etc) Scratch built and hand painted. #miniatures #diorama #replica #model #3dart #scratchbuilt #irishpub #cooleyshouse #ennistimon #countyclare #ireland

5x7 replica of the front of Cooley's House pub in Ennistimon, County Clare, Ireland.

Stone walls in the backdrop made from XPS foam. Pub facade made of various craft sticks and small moulding with scratch made details in the windows and a hand painted sign.

Closeup of the window of the pub featuring handpainted watercolor posters, a scratch built fiddle in its case and other signs and decor.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Here's a couple more that won't count towards #100tinypaintings, but are part of the same work as the tiny framed watercolors I posted the other day. It's almost ready to roll off the bench! And props to anyone who recognizes the source.... ;)

Tiny acrylic painting of a fiddle and bow on a yellow background surrounded by blue molding. A penny sits next to it for comparison. The fiddle looks to be about the right size for Lincoln to play!

Tiny acrylic painting of a button accordion on a yellow background surrounded by blue moulding. A penny sits next to it for size comparison.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

#100tinypaintings challenge. 7/100 "Assisi Sunset" Assist, Umbria, Italy Watercolors on 140lb Arches 3.5"x2.5" #tinyart #watercolor #aceo #artcards #sunset #Assisi #assisiitaly #umbria

Art card watercolor painting of a Sunset shining through a tower in Assisi, italy.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

100tinypaintings challenge. 5/100 First Raindrops in Paris Paris, France Watercolors on 140lb Arches 3.5"x2.5" #tinyart #watercolor #aceo #artcards #paris #France #raindrops #eiffeltower

Tiny watercolor painting of raindrops on a window. Out of focus in the background, the eiffel tower can be seen rising above the parisian rooftops and trees.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Hanging out selling stall signs, prints, and tack at the 4H Tack Sale at the Washtenaw County Farm Council Grounds till 2pm today! #annarbor #saline #equestrianart #customsigns #tacksale #stallsigns #commissionportraits #handcrafted #buylocal

Booth display highlighting custom stall sign examples

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

#100tinypaintings challenge. 4/100 Connemara Rainbow Kylemore Lough, Co Galway, Ireland Watercolors on 140lb Arches 3.5"x2.5" #tinyart #watercolor #ireland #connemara #lanscape #rainbow#aceo #artcards

Small watercolor painting of a rainbow over Kylemore Lough and the Connemara landscape in Cou ty Galway, Ireland

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

#100tinypaintings challenge. 3/100 Inis Oírr Twilight Inis Oírr, Co Galway, Ireland Peerless Watercolors on 140lb Arches 3.5"x2.5" #tinyart #watercolor #ireland #aranislands #inisoirr #inisheer #connemara #aceo #artcards

Art card watercolor depicting a twilight sunset over Galway Bay and the distant mountains of Connemara as seen from the Aran Island of Inis Oírr.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

#100tinypaintings challenge. 2/100. Tricolor Altiplano Atacama Desert, Chile Peerless Watercolors on 140lb Arches 3.5"x2.5" . #tinyart #watercolor #Chile #aceo #artcards

3.5x2.5 watercolor painting depicting the layered terrain of the altiplano, or high plain, of the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. A volcano looms in the distance, bluish purple, giving way to a brown midground, and in front a vibrant yellow-green grass field. Two vicuñas graze in the foreground.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Delivered this lovely portrait sign to Nicole and Noah this week! Nicole won the bid for the sign in the silent auction at the The Eventing Association of Michigan banquet back in the fall! Thank you Nicole for supporting TEAM with your bid! #michiganeventing #customsigns #pyrography #acrylic

Acrylic painted portrait of a horse in a wooden sign

Wooden handmade stall sign with pyrography lettering and an acrylic painted portrait of a horse. At the top it reads "TRANQUILLITAS", the horsee full name. In the middle, in a delicate script font it reads "Noah", his barn name. Underneath it reads "Loved by Nicole"

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Arch Rock Graphite pencil on 5x7 postcard *original is also available. PM for details* #pencilart #archrock #mackinacisland #puremichugan #localartist #michiganartist tristan-pruss.pixels.com/featured/arc...

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Arch Rock by Tristan Pruss

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 03/02/2025

I wholeheartedly support the cause behind boycotting American businesses to protest the tariffs. That said, please be cautious of extending that same reasoning to small businesses and creators. Many did not want or choose what is happening, and will be struggling with these changes as well.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Delivering a new round of hand-made stall signs this week! First two up: 'Chase' living up to his 'Bold' name, and Rocket Man 'Riggs' with the Right Stuff! #customsigns #pyrography #equestrian #horses #MadeInMichigan

Wooden stall sign which reads the horse's show name "Bold Chase" across the top. In the middle, his barn name "Chase" is displayed in a sleek, Bold, cursive font that gives way to a stylized illustration of a horse at full gallup. The owner's name at the bottom of the sign had been obscured for privacy.

Wooden stall sign which reads the name "Rocket Man" across the top. In the middle, his barn name "Riggs" is displayed in a bold, serif font with a star in the eye of the letter "R". A silhouette of a jumping horse and rider is to the left of "Riggs". The owner's name at the bottom of the sign had been obscured for privacy.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Been quiet here lately, but I've got a number of new things coming down the pipe soon! Here's a little teaser of one new series of projects I'm excited about!

A slab of pink XPS foam with some wooden trim and the starting outline of a scribed stone facade. What will it be? Follow this space to find out!

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

V2 of Mini Irish Session: Flute has been selected to be part of the Anything Goes show at the Gutman Gallery until 2/22! (Pictured here is v1) Opening this Friday for anyone local! Link in comments.

Anything Goes. Fifth annual all-media exhibition. Jan 17-feb 22. Opening reception: January 16, 4 to 6 pm. Gutman Gallery, 118 North fourth Avenue. Ann arbor, michigan.

Miniature model of a wooden Irish flute, resting on a stool on a section of rustic pub flooring. On the floor next to the stool sits a pint of Guinness. Both awaiting their owners' return.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

#tinyarttuesday (for another 40 min!) Outsized Influences: Remote Graphite pencil + white gel pen 2x2 OI was a series of tiny macro drawings of small everyday items that have a disproportionately large influence in our lives. What does this one represent to you? #art #tinyart #pencilart

A tiny black and white drawing of the closeup of a TV remote, showing the Power, Input and Next buttons.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

From my personal acct. Tldr; not a fan of Zuck and his policy changes, but a network like that is the people on it and their contributions. I hope we can make FB be the place we want it to be in spite of those policies. I'm growing things here, but not leaving there just yet. Be the change...

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Well look what made the front window at the Gutman Gallery! THE GAME (Timeless) Watercolor, 7.5x10 It's one of three of my pieces currently available in the shop! Link in comments #goblue #michiganfootball #annarbor #Michigan #watercolor #art #buylocalart #gutmangallery #theguild #antiquecar

Photo of "THE GAME (Timless)", a watercolor painting of a vintage car with a block M, amidst a gameday crowd in Ann Arbor, on display in the front window of the Gutman Gallery in Kerrytown.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

How it started/how it's going. Knew i should've left the legs alone until later in the process, but couldn't help myself. #Oops #tinyart #tinysculpture #michaelangelo #david #startingover

Photo showing the early passes of a tiny reproduction of Michaelangelos David, carved out of a white lumber pencil.

Photo showing a later stage of the tiny reproduction of michaelangelo's David, showing the roughly formed sculpture, snapped at the knees.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

#TinyArtTuesday Little Big Apple Graphite pencil, 2x2 Part of the Little Big World series, celebrating tiny drawings of "Big" things. #tinyart #pencilart #newyorkcity #empirestatebuilding #nyc

Tiny pencil drawing of the empire state building and myc skyline

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

On set in Tunisia Two tone watercolor on sepia cold press Painted from a photo from the Lucasfilm archives. A behind the scenes look at the filming of the "Look sir, droids!" scene on Tatooine. #art #starwars #behindthescenes #tattooine #Tunisia #watercolor #twotone #vintage

A panoramic watercolor painted using only two colors on a sepia background, depicting a film crew on location in Tunisia filming a scene from Star Wars (1977). A camera and crew are seen to the left, while two actors in Stormtrooper costumes are to the right. More stormtroopers actors are off in the far background, and writer/director George Lucas can be seen near the foreground actors.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Oliver Custom Stall Sign Pyrography and Acrylic on wood Getting ready to crank out a new batch of stall signs, but here's one from last summer that I really liked. #horse #horseart #equestrian #equestrianart #customstallsign #acrylic #pyrography #handmade #eventing #dressage #hunterjumper

Closeup of a wooden stall sign for a horse named Oliver. His name is burned in a decorative script, and to the left is an acrylic portrait of him. The bottom reads "Loved by Sarah"

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Zingerman's Roadshow Pencil, 4x7 Sort of an IYKYK. Close up of the Spartan trailer that serves as the quick eats & take out window for Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor. #pencilart #annarbor #Michigan #zingermans

Black and white pencil drawing of an aluminum vintage camper that has been repurposed as a take out window at Zingerman's Roadhouse. The viewpoint is a closeup of the metalwork on the back corner and one of the taillights, drawn from a photo taken while waiting in the line to pick up breakfast one morning. Stained weathering on the aluminum and crusty rivets are intermixed with stickers reading, "coffee", "you are beautiful", and "this is jess"

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Process shots of probably my best piece to date, Twilight on High Street at the Holidays, from a photo I took on my last trip to Galway. Check out the alt text on the last one for a description of the final step! #art #watercolor #ink #artisticprocess #wip #galway #Ireland #latinquarter

Initial Pencil sketch, starting to ink the lines.

Fully inked. Color added on the left side of the street, the sky, and some underpainting on the street.

Whole scene has been colored, but street still needs more darkening. Overhead lights have started to be illuminated.

The final scene. The last step that brought it all together was a classic "happy accident". I spritzer the street area with some water to wet on wet some more shading into the street but was ghastly at how much the other foreground elements, including all the people, started to run and bleed. I thought I'd ruined it, but I set out to minimize the damage, clean it up, and in the end, found that the softening that step provided really made the whole thing work so much better than it had before! I'm not sure if could replicate that technique again if I tried, but I'm so happy with how it turned out on this piece.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Hon. James L. Oberstar Loading up at the ore dock in Marquette, MI, summer of 2022 Pencil, 4x7 . . . #pencilart #greatlakes #freighter #laker #oreboat #upnorthMI #puremichigan #Marquette #yooper

Black and white pencil drawing of the great lakes freighter, m/v Honorable James L. Oberstar, taking on a load at the ore dock in Marquette, Michigan. The view is directly head on, and taken from a close vantage point with low vegetation along the shore in the foreground.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Nollaig shona duit! ¡Feliz Navidad! Wesołych Świąt! Frohe Weihnachten! Веселого Різдва!Zalak Vitteya Ajjalani Neaka! Tenye wa Yuletim xush! #merrychristmas #christmas2024

Watercolor and ink painting depicting Dublin's bustling Grafton Street at Night during the holidays. Shoppers fill the streets, illuminated by lights everywhere, including a banner proclaiming 'nollaig shona duit'--Happy Christmas to you, in Irish gaelic.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Sketching while holding a trunk sale at the Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor this past Saturday. Ink, pencil, soapstone pencil and white gel pen on a piece of particle board #urbansketching #multimedia #annarbor #Michigan #kerrytown #gutmangallery

Sketch using various black and white media on a brown piece of particle board depicting the view from my table during a Trunk sale at the Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Hangin out, selling some art! Trunk show today till 5pm at Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor for anyone nearby! #artsale #buylocalart #annarbor #michigan

Table of art sale stuff at Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Doing a thing tomorrow, for anyone who's in the Ann Arbor area! It's also the last day of the Holiday Winter Market at the gallery, so a great chance to nab some last minute gifts! #art #artsale #artmarket #buylocalart #annarbor #Michigan #lastsaturdaybeforechristmas

Artist Trunk show featuring Cheryl Chidester, Tristan Pruss and Isabella de la Mora. Saturday December 21, 11 am to 5 pm. Gutman Gallery. Www.gutmangallery.com

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

#tinyarttuesday! Another in the "Little Big World" series--tiny drawings of "big" things... Little Big Ben Graphite, 2"x2" #tinyart #Graphite #bigben #London #England #travel #drawing

A detailed, tiny pencil drawing of London's Elizabeth Tower, housing the famous "Big Ben".

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Me: I don't do cat art... Also me: let's chat. Le Chat Noire Graphite and charcoal on postcard

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Tips for breaking out of a slump when you just don't feel any creative inspiration or drive? #art #creativeprocess #artistsblock

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Self portrait! Me when I was about 5 with one of our champion borzoi! #art #selfie #pencilart #kidwithdog #akc #borzoi

Black and white pencil drawing of a young boy, kneeling on the ground beside a borzoi dog. The dog's head is pointed up in the air as it looks back to the boy, who is looking back down at his pal and smiling. This is based on a photo of me when I was about five, with one of our Borzois, AKC Champion, Tremara's Hamlet.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Things that violate righty-tighty, lefty-loosey rule: Water brushes and toilet handles. What else ya got? #artistproblems #plumberproblems

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Miniature Irish session Mixed media 3x4x3ish. These are on display through Friday at the Midwest Minatures Museum in Grand Haven, MI! The flute took 1st place in this year's art show there! #miniatures #musicalinstruments #irishtraditionalmusic #Ireland #mindwestminiaturesmuseum #grandhavenMI

A tiny black wooden flute with silver trim rests on a stool on a section of rustic wood flooring depicting a scene from a traditional Irish music session. A small pint of Guinness sits on the floor next to the pint.

A tiny fiddle and matching bow rest on a stool on a section of rustic wood flooring depicting a scene from a traditional Irish music session.

A tiny bodhran -- an Irish frame drum -- rests against a stool on a section of rustic wood flooring depicting a scene from a traditional Irish music session. There is a small stick, called a tipper, on the stool next to it.

A tiny set of uilleann (pronounced ILLin) pipes -- a type Irish bagpipe -- rests on a stool on a section of rustic wood flooring depicting a scene from a traditional Irish music session. This is a complex instrument with a chanter and a stock including three drones and three regulators, which each have a series of metal keys on them. On the floor next to the stool is a set of bellows that are used to inflate the bag by strapping it around the player's torso. Using one elbow to operate the bellows and the other to control the bag pressure (while playing melody on the chanter and accompanying chords on the regulators with the wrist) is what earned this instrument the name 'uilleann' pipes, meaning 'elbow' pipes.

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Tristy Makes @tristymakes.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

It's #tinyarttuesday! This is another from my "Little Big World" series... tiny drawings of "big" things. In this case the Mackinac Bridge, aka the "Big Mac". Little Big Mac Graphite, 2"x2" #art #tinyart #pencilart #mackinacbridge #Michigan #upnorth #puremichigan

2 inch by 2 inch black and white pencil drawing of the Mackinac Bridge, which links Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. At a total length of 5 miles, it is one of the longest suspension bridges in the US.

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