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"Portrait Of Joan Miró." Acrylic and pastel. #art #artsky #painting #blueskyart #painter Born in 1893, Miró was a hard to classify Catalan artist whose work had a distinct, unifying style. He often suffered from mental health issues.

To be perfectly honest, if I don’t have a gigantic, overly-ambitious project to work on, I absolutely lose my mind. 😂 #art #artsky #painter #painting #blueskyart

The Depths #art #nature #ocean

Glowing Outcrop 28x22" Acrylic on canvas 2025

"Portrait Of Sally Mann." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1951, Mann is an American photographer known for her intimate family portraits and landscape photography. A truly incredible artist.

I fully appreciate the benefits of digital art. But there is nothing like the sensuousness of real paint. Sometimes a paint stroke can be as thrilling as running your fingers down a lover's back. It's physical. And it's spiritual. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart

Untitled, acrylic on canvas. I'm curious what this reminds you of or makes you feel.

"Portrait Of Egon Schiele." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1890, Schiele was an Austrian painter known for his raw, sometimes grotesque and sexually charged works that rapturously pushed the limits of what was acceptable in art at the time.

“Star-Crossed.” Acrylic and chalk. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Did this in the Spring. Can’t wait to paint outside again. 😊

"Portrait Of Marguerite Humeau." Acrylic and pastel. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1986, Humeau is a French artist whose work is often inspired by the biological sciences, using cutting edge technology to bring her visions to life.

"Portrait of Willem de Kooning." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1904, de Kooning was an abstract expressionist known for his "action" or "gestural" painting focusing on the painter's motion as a form of expression.

Living room gouache on a book page #BlueSkyArtShow #angles #painting #art #peaceful

I started painting when I was 46. It's never too late to begin again. ❤️ #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart

"Portrait Of Elaine de Kooning." Acrylic and pastel. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1918, de Kooning was an Abstract Expressionist married to her fellow painter Willem de Kooning, who often prioritized her husband's career over her own. She was a brilliant and beautiful woman.

Jean-Michel Basquiat : Self-Portrait as a Heel, 1982 acrylic, oilstick on canvas Robert Miller Gallery, NY

"Ninth Street Women," by Mary Gabriel, is a biography of the female Abstract Expressionists who were so important to the movement but also often forgotten. I started listening to the audio book a few years ago, but didn't finish it. #art #artsky #painting #painters #blueskyart #books

"Portrait Of Harriet Hosmer." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1830, Hosmer was an American sculptor known for her neoclassical works. She was the most famous female sculptor of her time, and had relationships with women.

"Portrait Of Ana Segovia." Acrylic and pastel. #art #artsky #painting #blueskyart #painter Born in 1991, Segovia is a trans Mexican painter whose work interrogates cultural narratives about masculinity through a lens of outrageous color.

"Robot Sitting Anxiously In Waiting Room." Acrylic on canvas. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Did this three years ago. One of my early paintings and one of the most popular when I post it. In a couple weeks, it will be cool enough to paint outside again, and I plan to get messy. 😃

"Portrait Of stanley brouwn." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artist #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in Suriname in 1935, brouwn was a famously reclusive Dutch conceptual artist whose work attempted to remove the presence of a creator, where the viewer was the work.

"Salome With The Head Of John the Baptist." Acrylic and digital collage. #art #artsky #painting #digitalart #disney Did this a couple years ago. Seems relevant. 🫤

"Portrait Of Angelica Kauffman." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1741, Kauffman was a Swiss painter who made her career in London and Rome, and is best known for her history painting, which was considered the highest form of painting at the time.

"Portrait Of Chöying Dorje." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1604, Chöying Dorje was the 10th Karmapa of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, and an immensely gifted artist and sculptor.

"Portrait Of Edmonia Lewis." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1844, and orphaned at the age of 9, Lewis was an African-American and Native-American sculptor who spent most of her career in Rome.

Bungalow Collection Inspired by the Chinese Temple In The Clouds or Temple On The Mountain paintings. #digitalart #digitalpainting #artist #DigitalArtist #painting #streetart #graffitiart #contemporaryart #art #artwork #abstractart #fineart #abstractpainting #blueskyart

For #SleepySep 's #dreamcatcher prompt I thought I would let my subconscious do a bit of doodling. I'll get back to my landscapes now 😅 #art #abstract #painting

“What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.” Alice Walker

"Portrait Of Arshile Gorky." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painter #painting #blueskyart Born in 1904, Gorky was an influential Armenian-American painter whose work could be seen as a bridge between Cézanne and Abstract Expressionism. He had a very sad life.

"Portrait Of Cathy Josefowitz." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1956, Josefowitz was a Swiss-American artist and dancer whose work was often inspired by choreography. She died in 2014 of cancer at the age of 58.

"The Interaction Of Color," by Josef Albers. I can't recommend this book enough. It's mind-blowing. Albers was part of the Bauhaus school and dedicated his life to experimenting with color and sharing his findings. An amazing book. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart

I don't know how long I'm going to do these artist portraits and I'm not sure how many I have already done. But I'm not satisfied, and they're still fun. 😀

"Portrait Of Francis Picabia." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1879, Picabia was a French painter who worked in a variety of avant-garde styles and mediums before finally following his own, dense and florid vision uninfluenced by outside trends.

#BlueSkyArt #Painting #Montana Fence Line.(acrylic, oil pastels on 11x14” paper)

I love fiber art, but I would never have the patience to make it. I love the chaos of painting, I love the freedom of not being able to erase mistakes. ☺️ It‘s been such a relief. 😀 #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart

"Nähbild 5", Detail, 2010 #fiberart #fibreart #textileart #textilkunst

"Portrait Of Tanya Aguiñiga." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1978, Aguiñiga is an American artist and activist known for her craft-oriented works and audacious, grueling performance art. It's hard to draw a smiling person. 🤣

"Portrait Of Stanley Spencer." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #blueskyart #painter Born in 1891, Spencer was a British painter known for his depictions of WW1 and unconventional religious themes.

Chorus for a Canterbury cathedral side street My walk into town

"Portrait Of Magdalena Abakanowicz." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1930, Abakanowicz was a Polish sculptor best known for her textile works, which can be both majestic and earthy.

Had an idea to do a gray minimalist painting but the colors shouted, “no way” and I wound up here. #abstract#abstractart#blueskyart chroma-vibe.com

"Portrait Of Michael Armitage." Pastel and acrylic. #blueskyart #art #artsky #painting #painter Born in Kenya in 1984, Armitage is a British painter who combines subtle storytelling with Western European and East African motifs. I like this painter a lot.

If posterity remembers me for anything, I want them to remember me for this. 🤣 #art #artsky #scifi #comic #pkd

"Portrait Of Rosalba Carriera." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1673, Carriera was an earthshaking Italian painter who pioneered the use of pastels and helped popularize the rococo art style across Europe.

"Portrait Of Sascha Schneider." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #blueskyart #painter Born in 1870, Schneider was a German artist whose works combined esoteric subject matter with the eroticization of the male body.

Played with charcoal for the first time #art #charcoal #blueskyartshow #doodle

Beneath the rubble © 2025, By Duane Kirby Jensen 9 x 12 Ink, and acrylic on Yupo Medium

"Portrait Of Paula Rego." Pastel and acrylic. #painting #painter #art #artsky #blueskyart Born in 1935, Rego was an immensely successful Portuguese artist best known for her pastel works often inspired by folk tales.

Can’t stop thinking about how a traditional Chinese painter was talking about interpolation and how so many artists could benefit from thinking about interpolation like at all

"Portrait Of Piero della Francesca." Pastel and acrylic. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart Born in 1415, Piero was an Early Renaissance Italian painter who combined geometry, perspective, and narrative to create exquisite compositions.