I'm feeling the thawing energy of spring. Here's a sketchbook page to spread the joy.

#sketchbook #figurestudy #pencildrawing #drawing #amdownsart #graphite #artmodel #anatomy

The Force Runs Strong In Your Family. Pass On What You Have Learned." --Yoda, Return of the Jedi

#starwars #jedi #blackcat #rebellionsarebuiltonhope #nerdlife #anewhope #catlove

I'm finally moving ahead with my HEMA plans after my shoulder reconstruction nearly two years ago. I worked so hard to recover my range of motion, I deserve a sword.

#HEMA #swords #bucketlist #historicalfencing #goals

Rage baking to save the proletariat or something. I've been sick this week and I'm exhausted. I added blue sugar on top to remind me that being unhinged is a delicious option.

#pie #baking #copingskills #blueberrycherry #bakedgoods #bluesugar #tired

Screenshot of QueerAF newsletter that reads: Dark money is fuelling anti-trans speakers and rhetoric in the UK. A new investigation tracks some of it back to Russian oil profits. A new investigation by the Good Law Project has revealed profits from Russian oil are being funnelled, via Hungary, into platforms enabling anti-trans speakers to spread transphobic rhetoric.

Profits from Russian oil are being funnelled into platforms enabling anti-trans speakers to spread transphobic rhetoric, an investigation by @mccoolingtons.bsky.social of @goodlawproject.bsky.social reveals 👇

Understand more: www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...

I've been sick all weekend. Here's some Minnesota-friendly protest content. Tater tot hotdish is a sacred MN tradition.

#hotdish #iceout #minneapolis #resist #tatertots #minnesota #protest #illustration #amdownsart

The latest cartoon by Matt

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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

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You totes need something new for your TBR, right? Or maybe a friend does. Support this indie author and order some quality stories about found families, queer characters, and nifty worlds full of magic -- and take advantage of this Blurb deal Sunday through Tuesday night.

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"Saints of No God" watercolor on paper. 2024.

The virtual market Love You To Death continues today! Head over to my shop for 10% with code DARKSOME - prints of Beezus here included www.dorywhynot.com/shop #watercolor

"The First Good Night's Sleep"
11 x 14 inches, ink on bristol board

#art #inkdrawing #eve #illustration #amdownsart #snake #artist #sleep #apples

One way or another there must be a reckoning for this great evil

Tengwar for my Tolkien nerds. Use as you like.

#fuckICE #tengwar #jrrtolkien #resist #artistisresistance #defundICE #minneapolis #LOTR #fortheshire

Vance Urges Minnesotans To Help ICE 'Find A Sex Offender'—And Everyone's Thinking The Same Thing

Who's going to tell him?

I am past 'retrain ICE.' I am past 'reform ICE.' I am past 'abolish ICE.'

I am at 'imprison ICE.'

A little something to express how I'm feeling today. It's been a hard day in Minnesota.

#minnesotastrong #mn #minneapolis #resist #ice #fascism #artisresistance #midwest #gtfo

Everyone involved should stand trial with Ross as accomplices

People don't make their soup in a cauldron over an open fire under a full moon with the sound of wolves in the distance anymore, and honestly, I think that’s a shame.

PSA: Don't forget to check your outdoor vents during a deep freeze!
Use any tools available to GET THE ICE OUT.

#ice #snow #minnesota #ICEOUTNOW #PSA #solidarity #arcticblast #subzero #winter #householdtips #minneapolis

Some Minnesotan solidarity with my immigrant neighbors. I'm the grandchild of immigrants. We all do better when we all do better. Also, ICE sucks.

#minnesota #immigrants #chingalamigra #solidarity #artisresistance #lovethyneighbor #minneapolis

The most popular sled at today’s Art Sledding event in Minneapolis.

Sign held up with handwritten text: "If they are going to shoot us and then call us fucking bitches, then we need to be bigger fucking bitches"

A favorite sign from today's NYC protest march

Raging against the machine with all the whimsy in my troubled Minnesotan heart by drawing soft, retro clown pin-ups.

#retroart #clown #pin-up #cute #whimsy #pasteldrawing #clowncore #amdownsart

If we can’t enjoy a bottle of Cabernet together by the fireplace in an abandoned Victorian mansion under a full moon on a cold winter’s night with the sound of wolves in the distance whilst we wax poetic about our hopes, dreams, and people we want to haunt in the afterlife, then what’s the point?

Make it viral.

I organized decades-old cans of chemicals in my parents' basement. The hazardous waste center opens in spring.

I'm still making art, but focusing on real life messes that require my compassion and help.

#hoarding #parents #organizing #housekeeping #cleanup #family #love

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

I'm committing to spending weekends at my parents' home to help organize and clean up decades of accumulated memories. The woodshop is my first target because I want to build so many things.

#woodshop #woodworking #cleaning #housekeeping #hoarding #organizing #DIY #bandsaw #drillpress

Our next exhibition!
January 16th and 17th 5-10pm!
20 artists spent 2025 making art everyday, this is the collection of their work!