Portrait of Tarsila do Amaral. Born in 1886, Tarsila do Amaral was a Brazilian Modernist painter best known for her surreal depictions of the female body. A fascinating artist. #art #artsky #painting #painter #humanart #traditionalart

#ShinrinYoku #walking #art #acrylicOnCanvas #painter

“Evening In The Palace Of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick The Great In The Age Of Enlightenment,” by James R. Gains. #books #booksky #literature #history #bach #music I started reading this a few years ago, but didn’t finish it. In my younger years, creating music was a big part of my life.

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Portrait of Canaletto. Born in 1697, Giovanni Antonio Canal was an Italian landscape painter best known for his luminous depictions of Venice. #art #artsky #painting #painter #humanart #traditionalart #canaletto

Pesci and Rozycka celebrate Pesci's birthday eating Mcdonalds. 💙🎣🌙 Today is my headcanon birthday for Pesci, being he doesn't have a canon birthday, he's a Pisces to me. Happy birthday my goodest good boy. You are special and amazing, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

"Picnic." #art #artsky #drawing #charcoal #traditionalart #humanart This is a mix of charcoal and black acrylic paint. I'm not putting much thought into these. Just trying to get better at it. Not sure why I want to work in black and white. 🤣

"Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction," by Marina Warner. #books #booksky #literature #fairytale These books are good primers when you're interested in a subject. They give you good leads to follow.

"The Cashier." Charcoal on paper. #art #artsky #drawing #charcoal #traditionalart #humanart Did this today. It's a learning process. 😀

Well, I finally got my hands on the first copy of the new edition. It's not perfect, but I like it. #books #booksky #literature #shortstories #shortstory #indiewriter #selfpublishing If you're interested, check it out... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

"Happy Hour." Charcoal on paper. #art #artsky #charcoal #traditionalart #humanart #drawing I did this outside today. The weather has been really nice. I think I'm gonna worry less about painting and focus just on drawing, maybe.

"Clio, Muse Of History." Pastel and acrylic on canvas. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #humanart I did this in the Fall. One of my favorite paintings of last year. I miss painting outside at my easel. One of these days soon, I'm gonna paint on it again.

Portrait of Xiao Lu. Born in 1962, Xiao Lu is a Chinese performance and installation artist best known for unexpectedly firing a gun at her own art at an opening in Beijing four months before the Tiananmen Square massacre. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #humanart

"Nervous Conditions," by Tsitsi Dangarembga. #books #literature #booksky #novel #fiction Born in 1959, Dangarembga is a Zimbabwean writer. This novel is a coming of age story about a Zimbabwean schoolgirl.

"The Touch Of The Muse." #art #artsky #painting #painter #humanart #traditionalart Did this in the fall. I like tall paintings. 😂

"Mono Face." #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #humanart This is an experiment I did today while I was listening to an audiobook. Believe it or not, I've been thinking a lot about making monochromatic art. 😳

Real-nonsense ( see the original post below). #art #painting

"Watchful." Pastel and acrylic on canvas. #painter #painting #art #artsky #traditionalart #humanart Did this in the fall outside when the weather cooled down.

Portrait of Kazimir Malevich. Born in 1879, Malevich was a Russian painter of the avant-garde known for his bold experimentations with shape and color, most notably in his “Black Square“ painting. #art #artsky #traditionalart #painting #painter #malevich

“Metamorphoses,” by Ovid. #book #booksky #poetry #epic #literature #ovid I read this about ten years ago, but it’s time to read it again. This Penguin Deluxe edition is really high quality.

"The Milkmaid (after Vermeer.)" #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart I did this study in the fall. It turned out better than I expected but I screwed up the foreshortening on her left arm and hand. I don't have a lot of advice to give, but I think drawing by sight is an essential skill.

Portrait of Wangechi Mutu. Born in 1972, Mutu is a Kenyan artist best known for her collage paintings, which examine beauty and power dynamics, as well as the traumas of the Black female body. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #wangechimutu

"Columbus In Chains." Pastel and acrylic on canvas. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart I did this in the summer I think. I based it on an illustration I found, but I'm couldn't figure out who the artist was.

Portrait of Eva Gonzalès. Born in 1847, Gonzalès was a French Impressionist painter known for her portraits of women, but her career was cut short when she died in childbirth at the age of 36. #art #artsky #painting #painter #impressionism #traditionalart

"Above." Pastel and acrylic on paper. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart Here's another hand painting I did in the fall. I like this one, but right after I finished it, I realized it only had four fingers. 🤣

Portrait of Saul Leiter. Born in 1923, Leiter was an American photographer and painter known for his painterly, sometimes almost abstract street photography. A very inspirational artist. #art #artsky #artist #painting #painter #traditionalart #photography

“The Book Of Imaginary Beings,” by Jorge Luis Borges. This is a fun book I’ve been meaning to read for a while. Born in 1899, Borges was an Argentinian writer known for his encyclopedic knowledge and mind-bending short fiction. #literature #books #booksky #borges

Portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola. Born in 1532, Anguissola was an Italian Renaissance painter, a contemporary of Michelangelo, and one of the most respected female artists of her time. She lived to the ripe old age of 93. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart

This is my favorite Far Side cartoon. It's stupid, but I love it. I still clearly remember the moment I first saw it in the newspaper in my parents' home in Delaware when I was a kid. 🤣 #cartoon #funny #dogs #farside

"Gallery." #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart I did this in the Fall. I haven't painted in a few weeks. But sometimes I close my eyes and imagine brushstrokes. I'm just not sure what to paint. A lot of my creativity is being funneled elsewhere right now. 😀

Portrait of Ibrahim Mahama. Born in 1987, Mahama is a Ghanian artist known for his monumental sculptures and installations that examine the traumatic legacies of colonialism. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart

"Billy Budd," by Herman Melville. #books #booksky #literature #melville I've had the urge to read this again for a while. I'm also a big fan of French director Clair Denis' "Beau Travail," which is a loose adaptation. I have this nagging fantasy of doing some kind of visual interpretation of it.

Portrait of Jordan Casteel. Born in 1989, Casteel is an American artist known for her naturalistic figurative paintings of family, friends, and strangers who live around her in Harlem. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #jordancasteel

"The Usher (after Edward Hopper)." #art #artsky #painting #painting #traditionalart This is one of my favorite paintings from last year. It exceeded my expectations, and I want to paint full figures in scenes, I just am not quite there yet. 😊 This is based on an Edward Hopper painting.

Portrait of Johannes Vermeer. Born in 1632, Vermeer was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age known for his exquisitely rendered portrayals of middle-class life and his nuanced and expert understanding of light and shadow. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #vermeer

Self Portrait With Coffee, 2/17/2026. A 48"x 60" acrylic painting, Created in 1994.

Portrait of Sally Man. Born in 1951, Mann is an American photographer known for her large format landscapes and candid family photos. An incredible American artist. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #photography #sallymann

"Paradais," by Fernanda Melchor. Melchor is a Mexican journalist who also writes fiction. I read her first novel, "Hurricane Season," which was... disturbing. But also very good. This is a short novel I picked up at Barnes and Noble the other day. #books #literature #writing #booksky

Portrait of Joan Miró. Born in 1893, Miró was a Catalan painter and sculptor known for his endlessly inventive abstract and representative visions in his attempt flip the table of established painting. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #joanmiro

"The Grace Of Prometheus." #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart I painted this in the fall. I dedicated a lot of time last year to painting hands so I would get better at it, and I have made progress. But hands are difficult. 🤣

Portrait of Marguerite Humeau. Born in 1986, Humeau is a French artist whose work is often inspired by biology and typically uses experimental materials and technologies to achieve her vision. #art #artsky #painting #painter #blueskyart #traditionalart #margueritehumeau

"Center Stage." #photography #photographer #art #artsky #flower #nature #abstract #abstractphotography Light is nuts. 😂

Portrait of Egon Schiele. Born in 1890, Schiele was an Austrian painter known for his contorted, often sexually explicit figures. This dude had problems. 🥴 #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #egonschiele

"The Rabbit Sage." #photography #photographer #art #artsky #rabbit #abstract #abstractphotography

Portrait of Elaine de Kooning. Born in 1918, de Kooning was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and art critic. She was married to Willem de Kooning. A brilliant, beautiful woman. #art #artsky #painting #painter #traditionalart #elainedekooning

"Tired But Sexy." #photography #photographer #art #artsky #nature #flower #abstract #abstractphotography

view from the window oil stick with acrylic and markers on collaged papers, 16x11"

Portrait of Willem de Kooning. Born in 1904, de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist painter and a titan of post-world war 2 contemporary art. #art #artsky #painting #painter #tradtionalart

2025 O. Henry Prize short stories, edited by Edward P. Jones. Jones is actually one of my favorite living writers, his short stories greatly influenced my Earhart book. I don’t think he’s published anything for a while though. #books #literature #writers #shortstories

"Peekaboo." #photography #photographer #nature #flower #art #artsky #abstract #abstractphotography