I’ve been busy. So if I may… This is a painting recently finished, 42x42 inches, oil on canvas, when dry, it will be varnished… @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare

1978, Spring, “A Great and Generous Friend” 40” x 40” @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare

“Rolling Fog”, oils 14x10 inches, 1990ish. @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky

Another, from my youth, when Viet Nam and the draft were high in our thoughts, also a metaphor re our current worries. “Stress”, 1969. #art @bsky.art

During COVID l worked on a bunch of 3D graphics for an ePub. Here’s an example, “title page chapter 7”. @bsky.art #Digital3DArt

Taking a break from doom scrolling, I call this one (just finished) “T-Rex”. #art @bsky.art #pastels

This:

2019, Testing an iPad app. Digital Brush. I call this one, “Dinner”. @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare

Sanity change of pace…. Spider Pants, oils on canvas, 42x32 inches, 2015 @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare

Here's a couple of images people can use for the Feb 28 Friday Purchasing Blackout:

2005 working in the mountains in Colorado, and driving to work in a blizzard (I was from Florida- I didn’t know any better). I stopped at an overlook, and quick-sketched this site. I returned on a misty day and finished it. Blizzard, pastels, 21 x15 in. @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare

Is this what we want? #art @bsky.art #political

Just for fun!!! First time I posed this it got compressed, too blurry. So I deleted. I compressed this one myself. So, if it looks good after uploading, it will stay. Otherwise, not. @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare #animation #3Danimation

1988-ish, oil on canvas, 42w x32h inches, “Where’s my martini?” Oops, I forgot these: @bsky.art #art #artlover #artsky #artshare

1988-ish, oil on canvas, 42w x32h inches, “Where’s my martini?”

this is the type of question you’d expect from an aged uncle, not a henchman mucking around in the code that runs the US govt

So I worked on the torso shading to pull it all together. Am not sure how much a casual view will notice the difference, but for me it’s more in tune with the natural flow of the dancer’s form. #art @bsky.art

Very current, as I am finishing this...as soon as I pull the bone shading together. Pastels 19x24 inches #art @bsky.art

You engineers need to get a clue, you will be going to jail for a long time once the coup is over and gone. Quoted from: “The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. None have responded to requests for comment from WIRED.”

On Leadership Where is our fearless leader? Afraid to come out and tell us, What a great man he is? During this tragic moment? He has the best brain. He has the best words. Where is his best hidden? Today.

Forwards in time to: “Iridescent Peeps”, oils, palette knife, 1987-ish. #art @bsky.art

Most appropriate for today, again going back in time, from the 1970 Sins of War: Control. Sketch & Painting. #art @bsky.art

Big project finally finished. Oops. Delayed a week - had to switch ISP due to their lack of customer service. Meanwhile, again going back in time, from the Viet Nam angst years, 1970 Sins of War: Power. Sketch & Painting. #art @bsky.art

Late posting -> big project finally finished. Meanwhile, going back in time, from the Viet Nam angst years, 1970 Sins of War: Greed. Sketch & Painting. #art @bsky.art

I try to post once every three or four days. An iPad sketch from 2017, while testing an app: “Stretching Bronze” #art @bsky.art #digitalart

2010, I worked in Dover, NH for some time. While there I used to pass this old abandoned house every day. One winter, after a big snow storm, I stopped and sketched this. It was cold and took two days to complete - quickly - you know, cold.

Early morning fog, 1986, Maine Coastal Estuary #art @bsky.art #painting

External post test… www.piratesmoon.com/portfolio/ca...

“Dancing On The Grid” oils, 2023. #art @bsky.art

Last year,2023 late December, in Spain, I sketched a friend’s child, Alejandro. #art @bsky.art

I vary the chronology of posts. This, from my youth, when Viet Nam was high in our thoughts, may just also be a metaphor re our current worries. “The Administration”, 1970. #art @bsky.art

I posted a video animation as a test (19 sec, 24fps). Result, too blurry and slow - so I removed it. It’s probably better to link videos, at least currently.

This is an iPhone finger-painting. There is no precision sketching with a finger, the best is rough, 2019. #art @bsky.art

iPad sketch. I occasionally attend portrait sessions at a local Art Guild. This was in July, 2019. #art @bsky.art I keep forgetting to add tags…so reposting.

Another throwback, 1980. Seriously, I just post Art. I reply to questions I have experience with. #art @bsky.art #painting

I also sketch on an iPad. #art #drawing @bsky.art

When we were young. #art @bsky.art

Another commission from current days. #art @bsky.art

Another from the way-back…1982 at the cabin. #art @bsky.art

A recent commission being varnished. “On the Rocks”. @bsky.art

I'm trying to figure out how to use BlueSky. I'm not a journalist, political analyst, scientist (unless you include code), or many other "ists". So what can I add to a social media town hall? I never kept a journal of my work, I simply created and sold it. Here's a painting from 1974. @bsky.art