"A Cat's Life - Wonder" Art by Gerard du Bois #MenWithCats

Happy winter holidays, however and with whomever you celebrate (or don’t). I’ve been pretty quiet lately, settling into winter (although it’s still quite warm where I live…). I hope to resume my larger creative #art projects come January 💟

A new brush for @procreate.com is up and free for a limited time! Fluid Glaze is an extremely fun watercolor brush that loves a light touch. I have spent HOURS in #Procreate just noodling, can't stop, won't stop. Get it at www.patreon.com/posts/procre... or mute #zhillybrushes, you grinch. <3

Last light shadows on the opposite wall. Happy solstice to all.

Field edge on a rainy rainy walk. 3 second iPhone exposure, while shining a torch on the raindrops turns them into a shower of Neutrinos, passing through the earth on the shortest day. (Three photos - same view - combined)

i have hope because i see impossible things happen every day.

Sometimes it’s useful to zoom out a bit 🕵🏻‍♀️ #art #arttherapy #sketchbook #abstract #bskyart

#abstract #zen #zentangle #blackandwhite #sharpie #triangle #circle #dots

The latest, with an air of “holly jolly.” #art #abstractart #abstract #arttherapy #sketchbook

Our native species in Borikén are so important, it's why I make art about them. So moving forward, a portion of the proceeds from my Sapo Concho mug will go to the Puerto Rican Crested Toad Conservancy 🐸 I ship to US, PR, & Canada & it is included in the price 📬

One line transformed into many lines and colors a couple weeks later ➰➰➰ Ink and watercolor pencil on cotton paper #art #bskyart #arttherapy #sketchbook #watercolor #abstract

The nights are long, The stars are bright, Hear the bell's song, It's Krampus Night!

I love the intersection between poetry and science. Here we have the physics of the heart balancing between knowing and unknowing, love and loss, presence and disappearance. Every line hums with quiet wonder and the ache of trying to hold what won’t stay still. #poetry #poemoftheday

Green is as finished as she is going to get 🌿🐢 (currently untitled) I’ll be taking a break from these paintings to catch up on some personal things, but I have more of this monochromatic series in mind for the new year. Acrylic & ink on canvas 💚

Super cool tree topper!!! 🎄⭐️ Check out their thread to see the transformation 🤯👇

Happy December 🌲 Here’s a 4 inch poinsettia I painted in 2022. #art #bskyart #painting #december #arttherapy

Approx 20hrs on the road in 3 days during holiday traffic. Rushed home a day early due to a broken lock and my 3 cats trapped inside. Needless to say this has been a strange “Thanksgiving weekend.” I’m tired and in pain but I’m grateful for my cats, my mom, my partner and friends.

Please considering funneling your dollars towards artists like Toro who makes beautiful art and has so many options to make great unique and thoughtful gifts for family and friends 💜 #smallbusinesssaturday #indigenousart #supportlivingartists

strangely these days brighter the light darker in shadows temptation offered choose the higher good or write more karma #art #abstract #painting #humanart #shadow #light #poetry

Ooh I never get tagged so I guess here goes nothin’! Art train 🚂 🚂 💨 Below are some of my abstract works created in 2025 🎨 Tagging - @destinytoro.com @justysnail.bsky.social @chroma-vibe.com @bryanminnich.bsky.social @markmakingmarks.bsky.social (But only if ya wanna 🎶🫶)

Close up of the latest from my sketchbook - a combination of regular watercolor paint and watercolor pencils. Can you spot the difference? #art #bskyart #bsktartist #abstract #watercolor #painting #sketchbook

Me IRL Putting on some final touches, my hand smears black paint across finished regions 🤦🏻‍♀️ At least I didn’t drop the paintbrush I was holding in my mouth? (I have done that in the past though…) #art #bskyart #bskyartist #painting

Back to green 🐢 I get bored at this point in the process. The bones are there, but she still needs lots of fine-tuned tailoring. I let her hang for a week or so, and now I’m getting back into it. Sharing more of the process lately because it’s a misconception to believe all artists move quickly 🤓

Just finished up my 2025 Gift Guide including 🖤new🖤 Gift Cards that will be available through Día de Reyes AND a section of other artists to shop with this season! Please share with folks who want to do their holiday shopping with artists and small businesses!! We really need the support this year.

5/6 weeks later, I *finally* knocked out chapter 5 😮‍💨 #writing #booksky #storytelling #fiction

New essay just posted. Please consider checking out my new blog if you’re into personal essays and talking about deeper topics ✍️ 🖤🩶🤍 #blogs #bskywriters #writing #storytelling #essays medium.com/@jasminemgeo...

In the past couple weeks, I’ve socialized in person more than I have in several years. The fatigue is unreal. 😶‍🌫️🫩

She is iron burnt, Paper scorched, A glimmer of loss, Faint figure in mist, Moth wing and dust, Story mistold, Fae and wisp, Widdershin and corner, Something to believe in, To carry a wish, Firefly or sprite, Believing in possibles, Gripping onto wonder, Not letting go. #blueskyrelay iron/glimmer

Soothing an Aching Heart ❤️‍🩹 #art #bskyart #bskyartist #painting #drawing #arttherapy #sketchbook #abstract #blueskyart

➰🔳🐚〰️an absence of being〰️🐚 🔳➰ #art #bskyart #drawing #astract #arttherapy #sketchbook #blueskyartist

Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like. in no particular order & by no means exhaustive: 1. Baking 2. Mountains 3. Books 4. Coffee 5. Cats 6. Biscuits and gravy 7. Birds 8. Playing cards 9. Herbal tea 10. Fountain pens

The process 🐢 #art #painting #workinprogress #bskyart

Golden hour streaks across my sketchbook. The days are getting shorter awfully fast 🌅 #watercolor #inkdrawing #abstract #bskyart #arttherapy #art

👁️ (vision is a filter) 🚨 #art #abstract #arttherapy #sketchbook #bskyart #blueskyart #abstractart #bskyartist

#blueskyartshow #evening Luna Fête, New Orleans. It typically happens around this time of year - a weekend of night festivaling filled with lights, music, food, art, and comraderie. The festival was cancelled this year due to budget cuts ☹️.

An old wolf trots towards your campfire. -2022

Here’s all my digital flower studies I’ve completed thus far 💐 #art #bskyart #bskyartist #wildflowers

I'm a disabled artist in Puerto Rico, and this is the last week to order a pet commission with a print or canvas to receive it in time for the holidays 🖤 destinytoro.com/ko-fi

•something green• 🌿🐢🌳📗🍵💚 Moving on from feelings of perpetual blue-dom, and finally completing my backlog of wildflower re-iterations (which took me 3 months), my current WIP is green - fertile, alive, heart chakra, love, nature. Ironic as we are moving into dark months, but hey it works for me 🐸

Gentianella quinquefolia, commonly referred to as “agueweed,” is native to eastern N.America. Found in roadsides, wet fields, bogs & wet woods, it can grow up to 2’ tall with flower clusters. Preferring cool weather, it grows better in the mountains. #wildflowers #illustration #digitalart #bskyart

🌊Some Kind of Blue 🌊 Spent the past few months in a depressive state. Figured I might as well paint about it. Ink and acrylic on canvas. #bskyart #blueskyart #bskyartist #abstractart #painting #neurographic #arttherapy #art

Last night I dreamt I was in the high school I would have attended if I still lived with my mother. I kept getting lost on campus, the walls and floors would shift like Hogwarts, and everyone kept referring to me as Anthony Hopkins. 🤨

Something blue 🌀🔹🔵🔹🌀 Setting the scene for a new series in progress. #art #abstractart #mixedmedia #painting #arttherapy #neurographicart #ink

My father visited me this weekend after sunset on Royal Street. A long red robe, a mostly finished canvas painting. A stranger smoking a cigarette standing next to the painter. Together we sang just one line: “Curtis Loew was the finest picker to ever play the blues.” 🖤

Halloween angels, St Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans

Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.

Close up of my most recent sketchbook completion Moving at a snail’s 🐌 pace during the latter end of this month 🥱 #art #abstractart #bskyart #blueskyart #sketchbook #arttherapy #neurographicart #watercolor