I’m sewing again, this time for a four year old. Sketched out the concept and then drafted some basic pattern pieces.

Cats don’t understand personal space. #CatsOfBluesky

I haven’t been painting for awhile because I was focusing on other projects, but here’s one of the cupcakes I made for a local queer youth group. #QueerJoy #QueerArt

But her emails…

"No store is going to ask the fundamental question: why? Not in the way that culture does" The last sentence of an evocative paragraph, in a thought-provoking essay. I read with a sense of nostalgia for something that may not have ever actually existed.

Something something, leopards eating faces, something something…

Cat is not impressed with my project. #CatsOfBluesky #WorkInProgress #AnimalArt #NoAI

They burn our books, destroy the records of our science, medicine, engineering, etc; then turn around and teach our children, "obviously you were savages we have no record of you doing anything," all while they use the knowledge they stole from us www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...

Another work in progress cat painting. #AnimalArt #CatsOfBluesky #WorkInProgress #QueerArtist

if not hell, why hell-shaped

Work in progress. Acrylic on canvas board. #QueerArt #painting #NoAI #Cats #AnimalArt

Alright #JanuARTy peeps. I made a typo yesterday so here is the corrected graphic; now with color coding for odd day challenges. On even numbered days it’s #FebruARTy On odd numbered days spread your wings and fly across the great blue sky to the listed challenge 💙

Near Redwater, Alberta in the early 2000s

I know I’m not a great artist. I’m mediocre and derivative *at best*, and honestly? That’s the point. I started painting at 50. I didn’t go to art school. Hell, I didn’t even go to high school. But I’m sharing my shit with you because art matters. Even bad art. Make bad art with confidence.

Third painting of 2025. This is the finished piece of the post I made a few days ago, talking about imposter syndrome. Forest Raven Acrylic on paper

USA has ~600K undocumented Canadian & European immigrants How many CAN/EURO students is ICE raiding at schools? •0 How many CAN/EURO babies ripped from parents? •0 How many CAN/EURO people thrown in Camps? •0 It was never about “protecting our borders”—it was about protecting white supremacy.

Starting another little painting today. At this stage imposter syndrome is loudly insisting that there’s no way I can make anything of these blobs and I’m wasting my time. Let’s see how this goes. #ArtInProgress #NoAI #QueerArt #BirdArt

Finished this little bear today. Bedtime Acrylic on paper 2025 #QueerArt #NoAI #Painting #AnimalArt

When Mister Rogers said “look for the helpers” he was talking to children. We’re not children anymore. Stop looking and start being.

For most of my life, I’ve thought there were WAY too many books and movies whose sole message was “WW2 was a really big deal & Nazis are unredeemable monsters.” But now I’m thinking there REALLY weren’t enough.

Work in progress Bedtime Acrylic on paper 2025

That abortions are an essential part of healthcare.

Dear Modern Humans, You thought you were so much smarter than people from the Middle Ages. But you're not. Why do you think the dark ages lasted so long? It was because of greedy, insane despots who crushed progress and dangerous thoughts. It won't end until you rise up and overthrow them all.

Artist packs are being updated again. If you would like to join please post your art below and repost this <3 Art / Illustration Starter Pack 1 (NO AI) go.bsky.app/PLvhrhT Art / Illustration Starter Pack 2 (NO AI) go.bsky.app/EhAroo6 #art #artist #artistsky #illustrator #noai #antiai #drawing

Work still in progress. Sketched in the pigeons today. #wip #workinprogress #januarty #oilpainting #pigeons

#JanuArty Day 17: Furniture One of my first paintings, done in craft paint with a child’s paintbrush. I knew it wasn’t going to look like I wanted it to, so this was a “concept” painting with the intention of repainting when I got good enough. The Courtship of Dorothea 2022

I’m looking to find more Queer Artists and pages who celebrate Queer Art. Repost if you are either! Looking forward to filling my feed with other artists. #queerart #queer #queerartist #gay #gayart #art #lgbtq #gayartist #artist #digitalart #lgbtqia #contemporaryart #gayartwork #artwork #transart

I haven’t painted in months, but seeing everyone else’s amazing art in the #ArtAdventCalendar and #januArty prompts has inspired me to pick up a brush again. Here is my first painting of 2025. #BirdArt #WildlifeArt #QueerArt

#JanuArty Day 16: Clothing Ribbon skirt I made for my wife. Wife drew the Celtic raven featured on the centre ribbon. #sewing #QueerArt

#JanuArty Day 15: Animal Here’s a little sketchbook pencil drawing from 2022.

#Januarty #Januarty2025 Animal Jumping in mid-month. I spent several years painting wildlife - especially bears. This is Lowbush Surprise 8x8x1.5” Oil on cradled birch panel - Available through my website #CanArtist

Painted more critters today to complete the 2 page spread. #painting #Januarty #watercolor #sketchbook

“her consent was enthusiastic” say the men who have always had enthusiastic women because fear is easy to disguise with a smile and predators never had to learn discernment

#JanuArty Day 14: Plant A sketch of some lettuce leaves.

Day 14 #januarty Plant Snow Drops. It’s a delicate little flowering plant but, probably one of the bravest too. The weather usually hasn’t turned to spring and there’s still a likely chance of snow. Drawn on a recycled cereal box #pen&ink #doodle #snowdrops #springiscoming #art #recycledmaterials

#JanuArty Day 13: Tool A drawing exercise from my sketchbook.

#Januarty #Artshare Day 13|tool Wooden thread spools! These were custom made for me. This textile illustration was created entirely by hand. I cut out tiny scraps & hand embroidered them into place. Dyed silk floss. #collage #fabriccollage #embroidery #bear #stitched @bsky.art #sewing #quilt #art

Trying to organize the tool cupboard but all the storage bins on the Canadian Tire website are sized by volume. I don’t know how many wrenches are in a litre. None of the math problems in junior high prepared me for this.

Day 11- Triangle #JanuArty #Art #Watercolor #Ink I have two for today. Three would have been the perfect number but who wants to be perfect? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Both kinda sum up how the atmosphere is feeling for me. I gotta find some grass to touch. (Not that kind, reprobate!)🤨

#JanuArty Combining day 11’s theme of “Triangle” with day 12’s “Pink” with this portrait of one of our cats. Cat ears are triangles, right? Cat Is Ignoring You and Wants You To Know It 2024 Acrylic on canvas panel

#JanuArty Day 10: Blue Had to dig back into my old paintings to find something to fit the prompt. I guess I don’t do a lot of blue. Craft paint on canvas board.

Day 9 #januarty Texture I love creating the impression of texture on a 2d painting. Theres an obvious texture difference between the leaves & plants on the ground, the mushroom and the forest- all painted with light and dark 8x8” canvas, acrylic paint, artist:Stephanie Bergeron #fungus #mushrooms

Allen’s Hummingbird #Januarty Day 4: Texture #watercolor #birds 🪶