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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 09/10/2026

Since pulling my work off-line, I've been contacted by 2 local galleries. So, now I have my first/solo show April 2027 in The Gallery at The Palms!

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 02/09/2026

I think this might be termed a parasocial pencil-box share... I noted the 651 in yours and had to...

A cardboard box containing pencils, graphite crayons, sharpeners, erasers, blending felt.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 31/08/2026

George! Graphite on Paper - 8 x 10 inches - 2026 @billthoo.bsky.social's Best Friend (Hope you don't mind, Bill, I've been wanting to draw George for a while!) More at xxyxxy.com/available/Dr... #graphiteOnPaper

Graphite Sketch of a tidy little white dog.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 18/08/2026

Lecture More at: xxyxxy.com/available/Dr...

Graphite sketch of two men, their faces turned; one is lecturing the other.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 16/08/2026

Inopportune Explanation Graphite on Paper - 8 x 10 inches - 2026 xxyxxy.com/available/Dr... #graphiteOnPaper

Graphite sketch of a man explaining something to another man in an audience fixated on some performance.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 13/08/2026

A local friend is an aspiring painter. He's absurdly affordable, and would be absolutely stoked to paint a landscape from your original image! If you want to support someone who could really use it, and get a painting out of it, check out his site: yourpaintedimages.com #gouache #painting

A gouache painting of an early morning desert sunrise.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 13/06/2026

I'm pretty sure this is the same tank from What We Do In The Shadows, isn't it? readysetrecycle.net/advert/a-gre...

A large, rather steam-punk-y tank that could fit a body.

What I think is the same tank in Season 6 Episode 2 of What We Do in the Shadows.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 19/05/2026

Tiny Donuts Graphite on Paper - 8 x 10 inches - 2026 #graphiteOnPaper

A graphite sketch of the trunks of three men drinking coffee and eating donuts.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 12/05/2026

Night Man Graphite on Paper - 8 x 10 inches #graphiteOnPaper

A man in a field of black. All but his head, shirtfront and hands are visible.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 07/05/2026

Curious, Old Fashioned Graphite on Paper - 7x10 inches - 2026 #graphiteOnPaper

Graphite sketch of an old man in a vest and glasses, somewhat backlit.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 04/05/2026

American Economic Theory Graphite on paper - 7x10inches - 2026 #graphiteOnPaper

Graphite sketch of a billionaire laughing all the way to the bank.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 30/04/2026

Ghosts Graphite on paper - 7x10 inches - 2026 #graphiteOnPaper

A graphite sketch of nine dark figures in robes; their faces erased blank.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 28/04/2026

It means a lot to me. Seriously. Oh, and today's drawing is really aimed at an audience of 2. I thought I'd try my hand at a more familiar face for you.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 27/04/2026

Barred Black Acrylic on 5 x 7 inch birch panel xxyxxy.com This one is thanks to @fishfeast.bsky.social who snagged me me some of these birch panels from the wishlist (www.dickblick.com/lists/wishli...). Jon, your material support means so much! #zebra #finch #painting

An acrylic painting of a male zebra finch on a textured red background.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 13/04/2026

Polite Inquiry Acrylic on 8 x 8 inch birch panel xxyxxy.com #faun #zebra #finch #painting

An acrylic painting of a faun female zebra finch on a textured red background.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 12/04/2026

Since you guys collectively rebuffed my paintings of the president's moist lips, and the vice-president's self-righteous index finger, I'm taking a more 'wall-friendly' direction with new works. Fine Afternoon Acrylic on 8 x 8 inch birch panel.

An acrylic painting of a female zebra finch with a color mutation on a green background.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 12/04/2026

A decade ago, Danielle and I kept an aviary of finches. Our favorites were the Zebra's for their honking vocalizations and sweet personalities. I've decided to paint some, so keep an eye out! This lady is hanging out at xxyxxy.com presently. Also new: frames! #zebraFinch #painting

An acrylic painting of a female zebra finch on a textured red background.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 10/02/2026

Odd little thing for today's xxyxxy.com drop. #odd #ceramic #desk #creature

A small red ceramic creature with a red body, green polka dots, and a head of tentacles.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 09/02/2026

Axinomancer Acrylic on birch panel. 5 x 7 x 7/8 inch. Just popped up, xxyxxy.com #face #painting

A painting of a purple bald man looking off through a blue field, panel right.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 05/02/2026

If you're the type of person who would buy such a thing, thank god I've found you! To the rest, I apologize. Called simply, "Pit," it's acrylic on 6x6 inch birch panel, and the original is available on xxyxxy.com #repulsive #mouth #painting

A painting of some tiring, fatuous mouth.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 31/01/2026

Yet another weird little ceramic desk creature for you; because, in the great big scheme of things, and weighing everything, why not? You can find it as of this posting at xxyxxy.com #weird #little #ceramic #desk #creature

A small red ceramic creature with an orange body and a head of red plates.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 24/01/2026

Eventuation Acrylic on 4 x 6 x 7/8 inch birch panel Available as of posting at xxyxxy.com #painting #abstract

A light blue, crimson, and sage abstract landscape. Perhaps a hillside.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 08/01/2026

Culmen 7 x 5 x 7/8 inch, acrylic on Birch Panel. Available as of posting at xxyxxy.com #painting #forsale

A warm abstract landscape with a green swath receding, perhaps into the sky.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 01/01/2026

I'm excited to announce the availability my most recent book of poetry, and this one is full of my graphite illustrations! I would be most excited if you were to pop by and check it out. It's available exclusively on xxyxxy.com #poetry #graphiteOnPaper

An open book with a poem on one page and a sketch of clowns on the other.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 18/11/2025

rest. the heat takes it all away from you; a dry wind chuckles across the desert. xxyxxy.com #graphiteOnPaper #poetry #tetractys

A graphite sketch of a dragonfly at rest.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 12/11/2025

Just a hint of red #aurora down here in the southern california desert.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 30/10/2025

writing your legacy in suffering and tears in the language of your party platform xxyxxy.com #graphiteOnPaper #poetry #cinquain

A graphite sketch of a barbiefied, hard-right politician.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 18/10/2025

Ah that sucks, Laurence. I hope whatever the sitch is, it passes quickly! Here is an old photo of Olive a Christmas or two ago.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 08/10/2025

Current tools of the trade over at xxyxxy.com #graphiteCrayons #neccoWafers

A set of Lyra graphite crayons, sharpener, chunks of eraser, a paper towel, and an unopened roll of Necco wafers.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 06/10/2025

Recently subscribed to @mcsweeneys.net hard copy quarterly and holy smokes the quality is astoundingly good. That hardback cover is embroidered! The interior layout and design is impeccable! Made me a bit teary, tbh…

A copy of McSweeney’s quarterly with an elaborate, embroidered orange cover.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 13/09/2025

calls for the death of the criminals calls for the death of the homeless calls for the death of the weak calls for the death of us calls for the death squads calls for death camps calls for death calls for death xxyxxy.com

Graphite sketch of a fist raised over an open hand.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 11/08/2025

OMG! Best mail day ever thanks to @amyraehill! It's just a gorgeous piece, Amy! Thank you!!

A ceramic blue moon chalice by Amy Ray Hill

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 02/08/2025

Fantastic mail day! Thank you so much @planetaryartist.com!

A couple of art pieces, one abstract in ink, one representative in watercolor of an Oregon gorge.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 01/08/2025

Hey Tisha, thanks for running this! Here are some recent sketches I've been adding to my blog at xxyxxy.com

Graphite sketch of a tree in a desert wash, mountains in the distance.

Graphite sketch of a distant desert canyon mouth.

A graphite sketch of desert mountaintops partially obscured by a bush.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 25/06/2025

Thank you for the awesome mail day @rockyjunerose.bsky.social. Phenomenal postcards!

Colorful postcards by a talented artist.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 25/05/2025

his eyes went very strange discomposed snorting as the dybbuk wandered in then he stood and strode off who knows where Painting and study at xxyxxy.com #painting #poetry #dybbuk

A painted nocturnal view from a desert canyon looking out at a full moon rising over distant hills.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 21/05/2025

Your face, lit in a sly, nacreous reflection, the abyss of your eyes in the moonlight. Painting and small study at xxyxxy.com #painting #poetry #nacreous

A painted nocturnal desert scene: The view of a valley from the mountains above looking almost like a sea under the rising moon.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 04/05/2025

What a fantastic mail day! Thank you so much for the beautiful postcards and watercolor @amezri.bsky.social!

A cascade of delightful photo/digital art postcards, and a watercolor notecard.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 14/02/2025

A promise of water in the desert is, at times, all that can be relied on. Original painting available at: xxyxxy.com/items/uoWMd7F0 #painting #poetry #font #tetractys

A painting of a cool pool or puddle in a hot dark red vague landscape.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 12/12/2024

A flame is already combusting within us. Our lives, it inescapably devours. Original painting on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

A painting of a red desert cliff at night under a dark sky which caresses its edge with a bit of light, and a cool ridge in the foreground. On the cliff face, to the right there are three small fires emerging from dark creeping masses, the nature of which are mysterious.

A detail on the first image highlighting the three fires.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 07/12/2024

You come visit me, hang over me like the moon, your light a blessing. Original painting on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

A painting of what might be a moon over a desert cliff.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 05/12/2024

Perhaps of paramount importance, that brilliant signal from afar, but it's probably nothing. Just a bright light, gleaming for no more reason than the dim ones. Best not get riled up now. Original painting on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

A night painting of a light on a distant mountaintop. The side of a hill slopes in the foreground with orange-red patches illuminated.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 03/12/2024

You mentioned that one trail you'd not traveled. Let's find it, and take it until the end. Original tiny painting available at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

A tiny painting of a group of silhouettes walking up a hillside, another distant mountain glows orange in the distance under a dark blue sky.

A detail of the first image from an angle that shows how the reflective pigments in the distant mountain catch the light and glow.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 02/12/2024

Heated arguments might occur over which came first, this or that, and you can deny or concur depending on which you prefer: whether fowl or ovum begat. Original artwork on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

Painting of a moon, or sun, rising, or setting, behind a shadowed desert cliff. The sky a golden orange red, the cliff, a dark blue black.

A detail of the first image highlighting the moon... or sun...

Another detail of the first image, this time highlighting the reflective pigments in the sky which catch the light and glow.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 01/12/2024

Stormy afternoon clouds from another time..

Sunsetish. The sun breaking through fluffy storm clouds with wonderful radiating rays in a blue sky.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 29/11/2024

A devil sits down beside us, and we say, yes, take everything, all that we have. Become our king. There's nothing we need to discuss. We were aware you were coming. Original painting on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

An impression of a desert landscape in paint. A red hillside ascends on the right foreground, There is a light floating over the blue ground in a blue and gold sky.

A detail highlighting the hovering light in the background.

A detail of the first image highlighting the metallic pigments of the sky which catch the light intensely.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 28/11/2024

Full moon just now rising; the color of an egg. Soon to reveal our secrets in pale light. Painting on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

A painted impression of a desert landscape with a fill moon just barely rising over a dark mountain and valley.

A detail of the first image highlighting the rising moon.

A detail of the first image emphasizing the reflective pigment in the sky which catches the light.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 27/11/2024

Call me by our old name. The one we had down there, when we were set alight in the darkness. Painting SOLD xxyxxy.com #painting #poetry

A painting of a dark landscape. A hillside in the foreground partly occludes lights that hover over the surface receding into the distance. The sky is textured and a dark red.

A detail of the first image, highlighting a couple of the lights. You can just make out a small tail dropping from it.

A detail of the first image highlighting how the sky scatters light due to reflective pigments in the paint.

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Joel Pedersen @xxyxxy.com · 27/11/2024

At night, with the moon out and the day's details gone, somehow I can see more deeply. Here. Now. Original painting on offer at xxyxxy.com #poetry #painting

Painted impression of a desert landscape.

Detail of the first image highlighting brushstrokes and colors.

Detail of the first image highlighting how the reflective pigments in parts of the painting catch the light.

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