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Inspired by nature is the prompt for #mARTch today. Cumberland Island National Seashore offered this and of course I painted it. 11 x 14 in oils. #cumberlandisland #nationalparks #georgia #wildhorses #horses #painting #oilpainting #artonbluesky #artsky

My domination of the national egg market has begun. With this egg I shall CRUSH MY ENEMIES! Or have it for breakfast tomorrow whichever comes first. 🦆 #eggs #duckeggs #marketmanipulation #crushingenemies #breakfast

Jewel is the prompt for #mARTch today. Here's the finest #jewelry in all the land heaped on this queen. 9 x 12 in. Oils. #fashion #tiara #painting #artonbluesky #artsky #oilpainting

Based downtown Kansas City mural. #kansascity #missouri #strongwomen #based

Shades of green for #mARTch today. This is the view from the parking lot of Saltwater Cowboys, a restaurant outside St. Augustine, FL. 11 x 14 in. Oils. #staugustine #florida #intracoastalwaterway #saltmarsh #oilpainting #painting

Once again, ducks are the answer to a stupid news cycle that never ends. Go stare at some. Throw peas for peace. 🦆🦆🦆

Phat Bollard with the #songoftheday. An endearing tribute to the good taste of the ultra wealthy. Catchy as hell. Alternative folk, 2015. #phatbollard #patbollard #folkmusic #millionaires #billionaires

This is how the #chemistry department rolls on the top floor of the W. C. Morris building. Chemistry wasn't placed there for safety reasons per usual but to lord over the much larger #biology department. #universityofcentralmissouri #ucm #gomules #womeninstem #professors #academicsky

First day of #Martch is #selfportrait. This is me trying to illustrate #hyperfocus, one of the ways my neurodivergence manifests itself. As exhilarating as it is exhausting. 11 x 14 in. Oils. #oilpainting #painting #neurodivergent #artonbluesky #artsky

Took advantage of the warm weather to clear out last year's weeds and stalks. Turn around and there's a crew of supervisors. Unnecessary in my opinion. 🌱🦆 #gardening #zone6 #ducks #duckpics #hugelkultur #permaculture

Sharing this #drawing I did a few years ago to see if I could render smoke and fog with #markers. 5 x 7 in. #trains #steamengine #engine #artshare #artonbluesky #artsky

Magenta for the #Februarty prompt today. Here's my one artwork with #magenta in it. #Markers 5 x 7 in. #lilypad #powellgardens

Beams of Heaven as the #songoftheday treated with incredible skill by this #amateur church #choir at Beth Eden Baptist Church in #Chicago. Released 1974. One of my favorite recordings. #gospelmusic #wootenchoralensemble #charlestindley

Just my weekly friendly reminder that #writing #Wikipedia articles can be a positive way to help defend facts. I wrote both of these and about 50 others. Ask me anything about getting started. #libraries #sayamensomebody #raycharles #blackhistorymonth #blacksky

#Februarty and #artyear. Here's the reading room at the Katy Depot in #Sedalia, MO. 12 x 16 in. oils. #katydepot #libraries #readingroom #oilpainting #painting

Daily #drawing #markers and #microns 5 x 7 in. Would you rather go in, exit, or remain outside eating a sandwich? #doors #doorway #arch #sandwiches

#Bonobo and #letherette with the #songoftheday. Very groovy downtempo #remix of #theavalanches that I find hypnotic. Lyrics make no sense I don't care. Enjoy. #listentothis #musicsky

#Februarty is pointing out all the things I don't do in art. The prompt today is socks. I have zero artworks with socks in them. But here's this. Reference shot taken in #antiques shop near Clinton, MO. 11 x 14 in. Oils. #painting #artonbluesky #oilpainting #artsky #kettle #vintage #missouri

Daily #drawing #markers and #microns 5 x 7 in. Earth to earth. 💀 #truck #pickuptruck #abandoned #abandonedporn #artonbluesky #artsky

Waiting for Smith with the #songoftheday. Another one I've played more than a hundred times. I'm not into super #positive hippy trippy happy music unless it's incredibly good then I definitely am. #Indie #folk, released 2024. #waitingforsmith #listentothis #indiemusic

Rough... again? as a prompt for #Februarty? I painted this #tobacco #barn and remember taking great pains to make sure the boards looked rough and weathered. 9 x 12 in oils. Reference shot taken in #Amherst MA. #oilpainting #painting #artonbluesky #artyear

Duck o'clock. 🦆

Daily #drawing #markers and #microns 5 x 7 in. Birds aren't real. Nor trees or physical structures. #artonbluesky #turret #birdsarentreal #birds #autumn #fallcolors

#Farmland divided into plots all divided by a river, for #Februarty today. 5 x 7 in, #markers. A visual representation of a flyover state. #missouri #farmland #aerialview #flyoverstate

Daily #drawing of great #architecture. This is an urban wizard's house being held together by #wishes and #magic. #diy #shanty #corrugatedmetal

#Februarty fish, water, I don't know. Here's a sea turtle. I wish I was with it underwater. Oils, 30 x 40 in. #painting #artonbluesky #seaturtle #turts #squishinturts #perchance

#Turquoise is the prompt for #Februarty. Here's an alligator lizard I drew a few years ago. #Markers 5 x 7 in. #alligatorlizard #reptiles #eldorado #cityofgold #drawing #artonbluesky

#Februarty pick of the day with #artyear. No theme, so here's Forest Park in St. Louis. Spent an afternoon there and got great pics. 12 x 16 in. Oils. #stlouis #forestpark #missouri #painting #bandstand

My weekly PSA. If you want to do something positive, consider #writing #Wikipedia articles. I've written 50 total including these 2. Facts need defending. Ask me anything about getting started. #blackhistorymonth #blacksky #libraries #florida #rosewood #hbcu

Daily #drawing #markers and #microns, 5 x 7 in. Maybe it's a transportation center so people in rural #Missouri can #travel quickly to 7 predetermined destinations. And maybe that's in a #foggy #marsh. I don't know. I just draw things. #interdimensional #artonbluesky

Daily #drawing #markers and #microns, 5 x 7 in. Certified fact my art is way better with my glasses off. Those of you with perfect vision, I don't know if you're getting the full experience. #gothic #crypt #trees #spring

Rough is the stuff for the #Februarty prompt today. Here's someone going through it. I hope you're not going through it today. Oils, 30 x 40 in. #painting #artonbluesky

Beautiful work here. I'd never seen it before today. Hope you like it too.

Daily #drawing #markers and #microns 5 x 7 in. Sometimes you put your hand somewhere and you get a handful of blue tongued skins. That's the way the universe works. #skink #bluetongueskink #reptiles #tiliqua #blueys #artonbluesky

Big and small for the #Februarty prompt today. Big #sky, big #prairie, little farm house. 9 x 12 in. Oils. #painting #artonbluesky #missouri #farmhouse

Solomon Burke with the #songoftheday. This song often pops into my head when the anxiety gets too much. #R&B, 1968. Nina Simone recorded it too. Her version is always great. #solomonburke #billytaylor

Daily #drawing, #markers and #microns, 5 x 7 in. This cat has had it with life today. Mood. #cats #catsky #blueskyartshow #catseyes

Monochrome for the #blueskyartshow today. I don't do a lot of monochrome. Not sure if I should start. 22 x 28 in, oils. #painting #artonbluesky #artonbluesky #aquarium #underwater

Daily #drawing, #markers and #microns, 5 x 7 in. For the water. And the light. #artonbluesky #ocean #staircase

I wrote this article in 2009 because it needed a better treatment. #Trans people were there wtf. I feel like the woman being hauled out of the bar looking at the crowd asking "Why don't you guys do something?" Write #wikipedia articles. Facts need defending. #writing #stonewall #lgbt

Love and pairs for #Februarty today, the day of #love and stuff. Here's a small #chapel framed by a pair of flowering trees, at Powell Gardens outside #KansasCity. 12 x 16 in. Oils. #painting #artonbluesky #powellgardens #spring #crabapple

Daily #drawing, #markers and #microns, 5 x 7in. I like #light. It is good. 🦆 #design #sunshine

Dr. B got hold of a cool collection of "When you're dead inside but still love plants" #stickers. This is but a fraction. We are wealthy in #skeleton plant stickers. Eat it, billionaires. 🌱 #gardening #garden #macabre

The prompt for #Februarty today is fish, but here's a sea turtle in this #painting and many people don't notice it. I asked a friend to pose for me after a visit to #Canaveral NS where a #biologist saved a struggling hatchling in a lagoon. Oils 30 x 40 in. #seaturtles #florida #artonbluesky

I went shopping for #newmusic and did I know I was going to get a song called Crablice and Quaaludes? No. I heard it before I saw the title. #Songoftheday, enjoy. Released 2024, alt rock. #theboltcutters #donheffington #listentothis #musicsky

Winter shot of our #garden area and hoop house. This was a few years ago. We've since built a #composting system in that weedy area in the center. Since we're in an ice storm this is what it looks like today. 🌱 #gardening #missouri #homestead #lgbtfarmers #zone6

Orange is that prompt of the day for #Februarty. I shared those clementines a few days ago but this #painting of the #amtrak station in #Sedalia, MO will save me! The architect of the station saw me at an art fair and bought it. Oils, 12 x 16 in. #missouri #artonbluesky #trainstation #trains

Daily #drawing, 5 x 7 in. Soft light but strong shadows. #Markers and #microns. #piano #grandpiano #artonbluesky

#Marisela with the #songoftheday, a #Mexican gem from 1990. I add songs to my collection anywhere I find them. I found this in a vid showing a couple arguing and the woman is so upset she undresses on the street. Pop ballad en Español. Muy bonita. #publicfreakout #listentothis #musicsky