They are!

So interesting, thanks!

textured acrylic painting, gestural strokes, bright colours, varnished layerings, a young woman with an umbrella, spring rain, picturesque valley with white-blossomed orchards, terracotta-roofs, tangled lines, soft edges, negative space, strong visual flow --ar 7:5 --p --stylize 300 --v 8.1

A variant from yesterday's "young woman with an umbrella" prompt #synthart

And this is why pandas are called 熊猫 - xióngmāo in Mandarin Chinese, i.e. BEAR CATS 🐼

The Art of Falling

"I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats"

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

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#cats #catsofbluesky #caturday

Happy #catiurday with this catto by Serbian artist Endre Penovác. Also, I'm back from hospital, surgery was ok and life is good 💜

Photo: a baby chameleon rests atop a red flower against a green and yellow backdrop. Source: Mehmet Karaca, Kapıçam Nature Park, Turkiye, Wiki Loves Earth 2024.

A baby Mediterranean chameleon

📸 Mehmet Karaca,
Kapıçam Nature Park, Türkiye
Wiki Loves Earth 2024

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My flower painting ☀️

Not fair!

a group of people are riding in a car with a barbie doll in the back seat . ALT: a group of people are riding in a car with a barbie doll in the back seat .

“Come on Barbie let's go party”

Absolutely!

Tailor Bird sews leaves together with plant fibre to form its nest!

Mostly plein air, then the rest is invented from (a somewhat romanticized) memory. Like all convincing stories.
10”x8” oil

Painting of a tabby cat in a summer meadow. Surrounded by dandelions and other flowers.

Cat in the Summer Meadow, Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939).

One day you’re gonna run off with the grocery guy, Gonzo! Oh, how things change 🧡

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Beautiful!

This is not a painting - its thd view from beneath an ancient pedunculate oak. Its over 400 years old
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P.S. Love you, Gongonzo

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You look shorter, mighty gonzo 😁🥺🧡

Tree branches on the left and the sun on the center right, late afternoon, sky in shades of light orange.

"I have seen the truth; I have seen and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the power of living on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Them back paws 🥹

Alas! If only it were just the tech industry

gooder and gooder 👏🏼