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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Starting a new art project, picking up on something I began a few years ago. "The Uglies" The critters that don't usually get included in the cute wildlife art. More to come!!

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

..and the minor corrections have been approved to the exam board so it's finally final (even though I was told at the viva I had passed) 🎉 It's been a long and at times challenging journey but thanks to the support of two wonderful supervisors and two demanding but fair examiners, I got there!! 🎊

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Coming in March! A new book co-authored with Michael Benton, from University of Bristol published by Princeton University Press - available for pre-order. (With thanks to Riley Black and Steve Brusatte 😊❤️🦕🦖) #dinosaurs #dinosaurart #palaeontology #historyofscience #palaeoart

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

And... I've finished the thesis. Done. 😮 It's only taken me 9 YEARS (including my little detour via the NHS).😱 It's about to be dispatched into the ether, at the mercy of the Gods. (Or two examiners.) 🦖 Maybe I'll finally have the time, space, and energy to go back to painting...🎨 Watch this space!

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Wishing you all a peaceful Winter Solstice today (at 3.03pm GMT) and a prosperous new year.. ☀️

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

And on the subject of "act writing"... Calvin gets the hang of it 😳🤔😆😂😂

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

@junecasagrande.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Reading the excellent "It Was the Best of Sentences.." I've been a writer for over 30 years and FINALLY understand the nuts and bolts! Thank you! Got to the part about prepositional phrases. I'm sure you'll have seen this.. On a well-known news website..

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

USA - if #Trump wants to be compared to a king, think our Henry VIII. Fat, bloated, self-opinionated, ruthless, arrogant, power-crazy. Touchy, hypersensitive, disloyal. Think six wives, Cardinal Wolsley, Thomas Cromwell. Loyal advisors, upset him, beheaded. #ElonMusk Just sayin'..

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Is the best way for Americans to deal with this nonsensical birthday military parade on Sunday is to just.. Not turn up. No one there. No one for troops to use the "big force" on. No one for him to rage about or threaten.. Just an indifferent silence. That would so sting his vanity..

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"Steel River: Walking the Tees - A Journey Through Nature in a Human World" Now available in hardback, audiobook (with superb voice of John Telfer) and Kindle, with illustrations by me!!

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

And today is Twin Peaks Day.. ❤️

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

New book coming soon by Steve Nicholls published by Head of Zeus Books with photographs by Steve and illustrations by me!

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

As we're coming up to the great Celtic festival of Imbolc this weekend, here's a little painting to celebrate.. the return of the light, the first glimmers of spring, the emergence of the first flowers - and, at last, the sun is becoming more bold. Blessings to all..

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

New book alert!!! (I wrote the chapter on Winsor McCay and Gertie the Dinosaurus) 😊

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Traditional Boxing Day visit to WWT Slimbridge - apart from nearly losing my fingers when hand feeding some hungry geese 😱😳🪿, it was very pleasant sitting in the hide with pen and sketchbook..

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

'Portrait of Dexter', coloured pencils on paper, approx A3. #dog #colourpencils #labrador

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

At 920am on Sat morning, the Winter Solstice. The New Year. The shortest day, the longest night. I think that there are many of us who'll be glad to see the back of 2024 for all sorts of reasons. Here's a small painting I made to celebrate.. It's called "The Shortest Day..", watercolour approx A5

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I haven't been as productive as I'd like this year. Poleaxed by sepsis in June, 10 weeks in hospital followed by a long recovery, I'm just beginning to use drawing as a process to help me heal..

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

My girl... "Skye" Pencil on paper, approx A4

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hello to my new followers.. I draw and paint mostly animals (especially horses) but I love industrial landscapes so here's one of Teesside in watercolour🎨

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Great to see so many friends coming over from the dark side😀 This is more me as an artist 🎨✏️ (with the occasional quip) so here's one of my favourite drawings, "The Song"

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Jock the Silverback gorilla from Bristol Zoo.. Pastel on black paper.

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VickyCoules @vickycoules.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

"Memory and Thought" - a portrait in graphite as a tribute to someone I loved and who seemed so right to represent Odin.

Monochrome portrait in graphite, face of Odin with two ravens.

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