“Celestial Storm” Ariel Ayres 2026 New year, new piece! Time to embark on a flight of whimsy and wonder while toppling the despots, protecting the dolls, and flipping off JKR 🫶✨🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Who’s in? (No AI. No, not interesting in selling as NFT.) #sacramentoart #acrylicpainting #queerart #fdt #california

The Journey of Hope reception was phenomenal — thank you to Stop Stigma Sac for putting this incredible event together ♥️♥️♥️♥️ #stopstigmasac #sacramentoart #downtownsacramento #sacramento #california #journeyofhope

Thrilled to participate in Journey of Hope, presented by Sac County Division of Behavioral Health Services Honor real life stories of living with mental health challenges portrayed through art 3810 Broadway, Sacramento capsity.com Exhibit: Oct. 10-12 & 17-19 @ 1-5 pm Reception: Oct. 4 @ 1-3 pm

Texas Constable Stacy Suits testified against the state's anti-trans bathroom bill: “We’re not interested in being the potty police” #NOH8

Had so much fun with this lively, lovely group at our All American Summer Paint & Sip! An extra big thanks to the generous staff at Brewsters Burgers for hosting us and providing food and drinks! 🍔✨ Link in bio 🔗 #lincolnca #auburnca #placer #placercounty #visitplacer #paintandsip

Loved instructing an “Under the Stars” Paint Night for this sweet family! Everyone’s work came out great but the kiddos really took home the ribbon ✨🏕️ #theartistworkshop #arielayres #broomxbrush #lincolnca #downtownlincoln #placercounty #placer #sacramentoevents

“Under the Stars” Paint & Sip tonight at The Artist Workshop! #placerca #camping #acrylicpainting #paintnsip #lincolnca

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This isn’t a war. It’s a genocide. Over 54,000 people in Gaza killed. The EU still rewards Israel with a 16B€/year trade deal. We can help suspend it — sign the petition now! share.myvoice-mychoice.org/s/TzNKPy6p

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Let’s talk about yesterday. During a Department of Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles led by Secretary Kristi Noem, Senator Alex Padilla (D‑CA) was forcibly removed, forced face-down on the ground, and handcuffed by federal agents. Here’s what to know:

Sounds gay, I’m in! Really, I’ve got work showing in this awesome tattoo gallery — come celebrate diversity with us! #sacramento #pridemonth #sacramentoart #queerart

I’m instructing this awesome Paint & Sip at The Artist Workshop next Wednesday from 6-8 pm! Let’s paint together 🎨 click for details book.squareup.com/classes/k7px... #placercounty #paintnsip #lincolnca #sacramento #rocklin #roseville #granitebay

I was lucky enough to instruct this glow-in-the-dark Paint Night for a group of awesome, creative kiddos yesterday 🎨✨ Can’t wait for the next one! See @theartistworkshop on Facebook / Instagram for updates #lincolnca #visitplacer #kidsclasses #summer #painting #paintnight

Look at her 😍 “Ode to June” 4x4” oil Ariel Ayres 2025 #oilpainting #summer #sacramento #queerart

I instructed a Paint n Sip last night on a farm, and let me tell you, there were *so* *many* *goats* — BABY goats Find me at The Art Workshop in Lincoln 🎨🖌️ #lincolnca #placer #acrylicpainting #paintnight #paintnsip

Get your copy of The Shallot Volume 4, Issue #1 ~ “The Elements” ~ today! This one feels like a cotton candy daydream ☁️ Thank you to the Editor and creative team at The Layered Onion for all that you do, you’re all lovely, lovely human beings 🥰 Link in bio 🔗 #acrylicpainting #sacramentoartist

Reminds me of days long past but not yet forgotten 😌 4x4” oil Ariel Ayres #oilpainting #vacation #sacramentoart

I will be displaying work at Sacred Nine Tattoo this summer! So excited to celebrate the vibrance of our community 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈 Friday June 6th 4pm-9pm 🌈 Sacred Nine Tattoo Studio 🌈 Queer art, tasty treats, and a gay ol’ time #sacramento #sacramentopride #womanownedbusiness #queerfriendly #pridemonth2025

Do a barrel roll (or something). work in progress 8x8” oil Ariel Ayres ‘25 #oilpainting #moonlight

Haven’t been creating as much lately but here’s a sketch for my Journey of Hope (Stop Stigma Sac) assignment ✌️☀️🌳 #mentalhealth #sketch #love

In progress and pissed about it 🙃 11x14” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2025 #acrylicpainting #arttherapy #queerart

Mark my words: the moment humanity lets its guard down, the geese will be on us like 🫰that🫰 Ariel Ayres 2014 #photography #animals

Remember that time I went to a spooky old house I found on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere? There were shockingly few chainsaw-wielding maniacs. 3/5 stars. Ariel Ayres 2014 #photography #urbex

Anybody here play D&D or am I going to have to swindle you all into it by myself? 36x48” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #dnd

Ready to put myself in a basket and fly away — who’s in? 3x3” watercolor Ariel Ayres 2024 #watercolor #hotairballoon #travel

Mark my words: I’ll shut right the hell up when the fascists do 🤷🏻‍♀️ Until then? 📢🖕 For the rest of you, here’s a skeleton celebrating trans joy, because I love trans people and trans joy makes the world a better place. “Frolic” 4x4” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #dansemacabre

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Such an honor! Thank you @viridinelit.bsky.social and congrats to my fellow contributors 🥰

If this is your vibe, we should be friends 🎃👻 4x4” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2023 #acrylicpainting #sacramento #halloween

I’ve been painting over the pages of a hardcover copy of a Bullshit Gaiman book. It was that or skipping a few month’s rent, obtaining a Passport to fly across the pond, and throwing it right at his mouth. This was quicker. #acrylicpainting #booksky #catharsis

Nightmares would be a lot more fun if all the antagonists were swapped out for power-hungry sheet ghosts with no motivation to actually follow through on terrorizing me for four to eight hours. 1.25x2” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #queerart #art

I like how lighthouses are seen as these beacons of hope when in actuality, they’re literally encircled by massive, jagged rocks. They’re warnings. 0.25x0.5” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #queerart #sacramento #california

Today’s a chameleon-on-a-broomstick-in-space kind of day, ya know? 🍀 .5x1” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #sacramento #california #micro

His Dark Materials die-hards: what’s your daemon’s settled form? Flight of Familiars 12x24” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #booksky #sacramento #california #queerart #auroraborealis

Fly me to the MOOn, let me play among the stars and let me see what Spring is like on Jupiter and Mars 🛸👽🐄 0.5x1” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #ufo #extraterrestrial #acrylic #queerart #sacramento #california

It’s amazing really, impossible to comprehend how many things you can accomplish by just being brave enough to hit the snooze button a third time 😌 9x12” acrylic, palette knife Ariel Ayres 2021 #acrylic #sacramento #california #queerart #acrylicpainting #paletteknife

Turns out my sleep paralysis demon’s pretty chill once you get past the existential terror and unsolicited shit talking 4x4” acrylic, palette knife Ariel Ayres 2023 #garden #acrylic #acrylicpainting #sacramento #california #queerart

I’ve been honored with two more publications! One international, courtesy of @viridinelit.bsky.social, and the other here in the U.S. with @layeredonion.bsky.social — keep an eye out for updates! #california #art #impressionism #queerart

I like little (seemingly) captainless boats, what can I say? It’s all about intrigue🕵️‍♀️⛵️ 3x4” watercolor Ariel Ayres 2024 #watercolor #adventure #sacramento #california #queerart

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Sweethearts 🥰 12x12” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #sacramento #queerart #california

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Not sure I’ve fully introduced myself here yet, so why not at 7:50 on a Friday? Hi, I’m Ariel! I paint what I feel (sometimes that’s beautiful, sometimes it’s ghastly). I paint because I have to. For mind, body, and soul. It keeps the demons at bay and forces me to leave the house once in a while.

Palette knife pentagon piece — in progress. There’s going to be a boat somewhere out there, I’m certain of that. Maybe more than one boat… Lotsa boats. 8x8” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2025 #sacramento #california #acrylicpainting #queerart #lostatsea

Do they dare have a picnic beside the Spooky Old Tree? Yes, they daaaaare. 🧺🥖🍇🧀 “Mourning” 8x10” acrylic Ariel Ayres 2024 #acrylicpainting #california #sacramento #queerart #art

Living in the U.S. right now feels a lot like screaming into a tin can. #slavaukraini