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Eyefish in their native habitat of chaotic skywater. Green, blue and black with yellow and orange.

Eyefish in their native habitat of chaotic skywater. Green, blue and black with yellow and orange.

Flimflam
#art #humanart #abstract

4 days ago 12 1 0 0
Image: a one-panel cartoon.
Top title: “SPECTRUM” in large, striped letters, “by A Girl Named Earl” written sideways 
Panel: A big faucet with the word “CAPITALISM” is pouring out water. Seven people are in the water, barely keeping their heads above the waterline while an eighth person who is already sinking only has one hand raised up, fingers outstretched for help. One of the people in the water has a word balloon and is saying, “What is the world COMING TO? It’s like nobody wants to TREAD WATER anymore!”
Bottom caption: Steeped

Image: a one-panel cartoon. Top title: “SPECTRUM” in large, striped letters, “by A Girl Named Earl” written sideways Panel: A big faucet with the word “CAPITALISM” is pouring out water. Seven people are in the water, barely keeping their heads above the waterline while an eighth person who is already sinking only has one hand raised up, fingers outstretched for help. One of the people in the water has a word balloon and is saying, “What is the world COMING TO? It’s like nobody wants to TREAD WATER anymore!” Bottom caption: Steeped

💦💦💦💦💦💦💦🚰
(And not a drop to drink.)

4 days ago 3 1 0 0
An abstract landscape with fog and faces. Mostly green and grey.

An abstract landscape with fog and faces. Mostly green and grey.

Charmed I'm sure
#art #abstract #humanart

6 days ago 23 3 0 0
A two panel cartoon arranged vertically, meant to be a play on the popular "buttons" meme, where the guy is trying to choose between two options and sweating about which button to push. 

In this variation, the buttons are at the top and colored in red, as usual, with a finger poised as if trying to figure out which one to push. The words above the left button read: "Save the planet and its people." The words above the right button read: "Save the systems that got us here."

In the bottom panel, instead of the usual character shown in the buttons meme, it is a cartoon drawing of Uncle Sam with the top hat and stars and blue coat and red bow tie. He is sweating and holding a handkerchief up toward his hat. There are red stripes as part of the background, and he is clearly sitting in the control seat.

(Words along the side of the cartoon, in small letters, read: "a man named sam, by a girl named earl")

A two panel cartoon arranged vertically, meant to be a play on the popular "buttons" meme, where the guy is trying to choose between two options and sweating about which button to push.  In this variation, the buttons are at the top and colored in red, as usual, with a finger poised as if trying to figure out which one to push. The words above the left button read: "Save the planet and its people." The words above the right button read: "Save the systems that got us here." In the bottom panel, instead of the usual character shown in the buttons meme, it is a cartoon drawing of Uncle Sam with the top hat and stars and blue coat and red bow tie. He is sweating and holding a handkerchief up toward his hat. There are red stripes as part of the background, and he is clearly sitting in the control seat. (Words along the side of the cartoon, in small letters, read: "a man named sam, by a girl named earl")

Decisions, decisions.

1 week ago 9 5 0 0
A green bell pepper with carrots, snakes, and faces. Green, purple, orange, and white. Belle may be moving from one continent to another.

A green bell pepper with carrots, snakes, and faces. Green, purple, orange, and white. Belle may be moving from one continent to another.

Belle
#art #humanart

1 week ago 11 0 0 0
An abstract painting featuring textured, organic shapes in shades of cornflower blue and earthy brown set against a creamy, off-white background. The central focus is a large, rounded blue form that appears to balance atop smaller, rectangular shapes below. Delicate, scribbled pencil lines and faint cursive text are etched into the background, adding a layer of subtle, sketch-like detail to the heavy impasto textures.

An abstract painting featuring textured, organic shapes in shades of cornflower blue and earthy brown set against a creamy, off-white background. The central focus is a large, rounded blue form that appears to balance atop smaller, rectangular shapes below. Delicate, scribbled pencil lines and faint cursive text are etched into the background, adding a layer of subtle, sketch-like detail to the heavy impasto textures.

Elaine Smith
@elainesart.bsky.social

Balancing Teacups For Posterity

Acrylic, mixed media on stretched canvas

36″ x 24″ x 1.5″

elainesartspace.ca/product/bala...

1 week ago 26 3 0 0
Old work in a new guise

Old work in a new guise

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Old work in a new guise

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1 week ago 11 3 0 0
A blob with thick appendages, face full of ghosts and demands. Grey, with white and light blue on black background. Rising or sinking, the blob guards a sketchy stairway.

A blob with thick appendages, face full of ghosts and demands. Grey, with white and light blue on black background. Rising or sinking, the blob guards a sketchy stairway.

Do not feed
#art #humanart #abstract

1 week ago 11 1 0 0
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Two young faces. One seems over-embossed, the other barely there and burning. Dark green on light green with tan and flames.

Two young faces. One seems over-embossed, the other barely there and burning. Dark green on light green with tan and flames.

Scorch

2 weeks ago 24 2 0 0
Teal, moss, chartreuse, yellow, gold, black, and white abstract sort of a landscape. High and low areas full of weird, hiding creatures and ghosts.  Intuitive/automatic drawing.

Teal, moss, chartreuse, yellow, gold, black, and white abstract sort of a landscape. High and low areas full of weird, hiding creatures and ghosts. Intuitive/automatic drawing.

Andscape 4
#art #humanart #abstract #landscape

2 weeks ago 19 1 0 0
Abstract panel in quarters. A stained and grafittied wall. Is this the place? For story, read counterclockwise from bottom left or from light to dark. Mustard yellow, brown, grey, black, orange.

Abstract panel in quarters. A stained and grafittied wall. Is this the place? For story, read counterclockwise from bottom left or from light to dark. Mustard yellow, brown, grey, black, orange.

Speakeasy
#art #abstract #humanart

3 weeks ago 28 4 0 0
Piles of stuff including buildings, small appliances, empty boxes, a spatula, a hamster wheel, costumes, scales, a lamp, a bicycle, stairs, and a clock. Ghosts and goblins rummage through it all.

Piles of stuff including buildings, small appliances, empty boxes, a spatula, a hamster wheel, costumes, scales, a lamp, a bicycle, stairs, and a clock. Ghosts and goblins rummage through it all.

Square Bazaar
#art #abstract #humanart

3 weeks ago 24 3 1 0
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Green Bell Pepper

Watercolor on paper

#watercolor #art

3 weeks ago 7 1 0 0
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#Artcontemplations #drawing #design #contemporaryart #original #graphics #art #artist #contemporary #abstract

3 weeks ago 4 1 0 0
A page full of sketches of elsen and burnts. The top row shows several pastel burnts and a regular burnt, the rightmost having a pastel burnt about to bite a regular elsen's head. The bottom half of sketches are mostly nervous regular elsen including one getting their head bitten by a spectre, a headless elsen, and an elsen with a lab coat holding another seemingly dead elsen.

A page full of sketches of elsen and burnts. The top row shows several pastel burnts and a regular burnt, the rightmost having a pastel burnt about to bite a regular elsen's head. The bottom half of sketches are mostly nervous regular elsen including one getting their head bitten by a spectre, a headless elsen, and an elsen with a lab coat holding another seemingly dead elsen.

Some random elsen and burnts :)
#offgame #art

3 weeks ago 26 11 0 0
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March 20, 2026

#abstract #abstractart #art #artcollector #artist #artgallery #gallery #dailyart #dailypainting #digitalart #digitalpaint #fineart #paintings #procreate #artlover #patreon #patreonart #modernart #ipadart #contemporaryart #outsiderart

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3 weeks ago 42 2 1 0
Abstract digital figurative.

- FOR SALE AS NFT -
Deets on website.

Abstract digital figurative. - FOR SALE AS NFT - Deets on website.

┤BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION├

Not enough love for this one 😕

#abstractart #contemporaryart #outsiderart

3 weeks ago 23 2 1 0
Completely painted over now.

Easy come, easy go.

Completely painted over now. Easy come, easy go.

Deleted realms continue to taunt me with their arrogant impermanence.

#abstract #painting #outsiderart

1 month ago 21 4 0 0
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Fun little array from my last sketchbook. Ink on paper,
2025

1 month ago 9 1 0 0
abstracted image with large yellow face with green metallic around eyes and blue lips at L; green radiating ovals at bottom; two horizontal rows of multicolored buildings and blue bands at top; squares and circles of various colors at L; metallic gold linear repeat of same image in ULC in margin

abstracted image with large yellow face with green metallic around eyes and blue lips at L; green radiating ovals at bottom; two horizontal rows of multicolored buildings and blue bands at top; squares and circles of various colors at L; metallic gold linear repeat of same image in ULC in margin

Irinaland over the Balkans https://collections.artsmia.org/art/104796/

3 weeks ago 5 1 0 0
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"dj
Vijay
no jd
okie"
what's in those cluster sparkly things

3 weeks ago 10 1 0 0
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Blue JRR Tolkien

Watercolor on paper

#watercolor #painting #jrrtolkien

3 weeks ago 5 1 0 0
ouch ouch ouch.

ouch ouch ouch.

well, it’s almost friday i guess.

3 weeks ago 2 1 0 0
A stylized illustration of a leaking box of human brains labeled as damaged goods.

A stylized illustration of a leaking box of human brains labeled as damaged goods.

I still struggle w/ perception as to what kind of #artist I am. It’s a repeating question that prompts many changes & shifts in my work. However, the incessant & unrelenting nature of social media continues to complicate & exacerbate that struggle. #art #life #illustration #cartoon #painting #dada

3 weeks ago 32 2 4 0
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お絵描きです^ ^

#painting #abstract #artwork

4 weeks ago 61 3 0 0
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to overpaint or not to overpaint #painting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting

4 months ago 24 5 0 0
A photo of The Importance of Being Feeble-Minded.

A photo of The Importance of Being Feeble-Minded.

Photo taken by Naomi Shihab Nye, who also blurbed The Importance of Being Feeble-Minded. I'm loving each opportunity to visit with students around this collection and see all their enthusiasm and curiosity!

3 weeks ago 1 1 0 0
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Punkstyle Natalie Portman #pinup #model #sketch #artnaïf #portrait #illustration #fauvism #green

3 weeks ago 3 1 0 0
This looks swampish to me. Reptile shapes and textures, murky greens and grey bordering a body of water. Lots of creatures hiding but they haven't done anything wrong. 

Q: What about the green, roughly hexagonal shape near the water? Is that an apple? A gem? Maybe a pod to collect the wrongly imprisoned and shuttle them to a better place.

This looks swampish to me. Reptile shapes and textures, murky greens and grey bordering a body of water. Lots of creatures hiding but they haven't done anything wrong. Q: What about the green, roughly hexagonal shape near the water? Is that an apple? A gem? Maybe a pod to collect the wrongly imprisoned and shuttle them to a better place.

Spite
#art #abstract #humanart #swamp

3 weeks ago 20 0 0 0
Abstrract in dark colors, mostly greens and blues. The central figure looks like a cocktail glass with legs and a surprised facial expression. Surounding figures may include stars, planets, faces, bottles, glasses, and memories.

Abstrract in dark colors, mostly greens and blues. The central figure looks like a cocktail glass with legs and a surprised facial expression. Surounding figures may include stars, planets, faces, bottles, glasses, and memories.

Spoon fed
#art #abstract #humanart

3 weeks ago 22 2 0 0