Show me a picture that captures your essence

I haven’t been too plugged in lately, so I missed that Mary Lovelace O’Neal died last month. “Being unruly is my nature.” is a quote of hers that lives in its own little spot in mind. I can’t possibly begin to choose a favorite painting of hers to post. Just go look at all of them 🖤

After almost 2.5 years of observing, the item I’ve noticed sells out most at my lil supermercado is guayaba paste. I just imagine all the homes making lil guayaba treats probably.

I love when I come on here after not being on for awhile and immediately see an AI generated art post with a bazillion likes while real art has like 4 likes. Can you folks please stop lapping up AI slop?

I have new original canvases and paper prints coming soon!! If you'd like to know when they're released & get early access, sign up for my newsletter at destinytoro.com 🖤

June's newsletter is in your inbox! BMC members: I'm sending out stickers instead of an oracle card mini-print for this mail drop! These will get sent by the end of the month 🖤 Learn more about Borikén Mail Club here: borikenmailclub.com

My friend Haley Brown (who is not on Bluesky) just updated her shop with new stickers as well as her zines, oracle deck, and mail club 🖤 She has such a sweet style, you should check her out!

Belly is very vocal and chatty. Every time I touch her (or look at her or say something to her or just exist near her), she has something to say. So last year for her bday, I animated what I think some of her vocalizations sound like!

Happy birthday to my girl Belly!! 🎂🖤 here’s some cat birthday morning treat asmr to celebrate :)

Please help keep this fantastic Indigenous artist, who is disabled, keep herself & her family safely housed. Mutual aid is everything right now. WE are all we have. It is a privilege to help each other survive the world’s madness. Thank you. 🌺🌺🌺

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Have you ever had a hard time explaining your invisible illness symptoms to someone? Lorraine and I will lead you through some creative ways to help describe your own symptomatology! This Thursday, May 28.

This is the last week to grab anything that is currently in my shop! On the 1st, I'm removing everything in preparation for an update I'm working on 🖤

Using art to navigate grief is such a gift to us humans. My cousin was in a tragic accident this week and passed yesterday. I spent the day making this piece while holding her in my heart, letting her story settle into each part of it, saying goodbye from afar. Descansa en paz, prima 🖤

Regular reminder if you want to follow a feed of art on Bluesky with NO generative AI slop, the SciArt Feed is for you. Just skilled people doing interesting work:

Modern Eden Gallery's Art Auction is now live on their site! I have some paintings included. Click each painting in the link to see the starting bid. They're set low so you could get a great deal. www.moderneden.com/search?q=amy... #art #painting #surrealism #nature #animals #contemporaryart

This is on repeat while I paint today 🖤

At the end of this month, I'm archiving everything currently in the shop to make room for some new offerings. So, if you've had your eye on something there, grab it while it's still available!

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introduce yourself with 10 bands / musicians you've seen live Al Green Godspeed You! Black Emperor Radiohead Tony Conrad Jello Biafra Talking Heads Dead Prez Animal Collective Aesop Rock Herbie Hancock

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Quote repost your art that has stars.

✧✦ Quote repost your art that has stars ✦✧

I've been pretty quiet on here lately because I've been working on a lot of things behind the scenes, including a big shop update and this sweet commission of Maple 🖤

Slightly diminish a book: House of Leaf

A new collection of friends, some made of paper and some of clay but all of them would like to have a home with you. www.erikarier.com

Happy Gotcha Day, Mama! One of my favorite things about her is waking up to the various arrangements of treats she “hunted” for me during the night 🖤

Join the Borikén Mail Club this month to get May's postcard mailed to you from Puerto Rico in our next Mail Drop 🖤 Not in PR or U.S.? You can join from any country that receives USPS letter mail 💌 Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com #art #illustration #indigenousArt #bsnm

Día 2 de postear un barrio random de Puerto Rico Municipio: Orocovis Barrio: Ala de la Piedra Dato interesante: el famosísimo Chorro de Doña Juana se encuentra aquí

I was taking some reference photos of the yagrumo tree in my backyard and my neighbor Tempurrra said, catch me on the catwalk please 📸💅

This photo of Mama was taken 4 years ago today! She just showed up one day & decided this planter was her bed. A week after this photo- making sure she wasn't chipped or lost, then finding out she was a pregnant teen- I officially adopted her. 2.5 weeks later, Belly was born 🖤 My sweet girlies.

1/ The music history of NW Louisiana has a few flashy moments but a lot of it is filled with quiet legends who shaped & influenced music without fame. And I just found out that one of those legends- Buddy Flett- passed away this weekend. He was my neighbor for years. I got to play fiddle with

#OnThisDay, May 11, 1930, Pedro Albizu Campos was elected president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party (PNPR). Under his leadership, the party fought for Puerto Rico’s independence, advocating for national sovereignty and cultural preservation while challenging U.S. control.

Tourists doing violence to local fauna deserve an.. appropriate.. response in return. Play it on every flight 👏

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My girlie turns 4 years old this month! 🖤 In this household, we celebrate birthdays for a whole month, so Belly’s celebration has already begun. She was just the cutest lil kitten.

The international ai haters union has now translated I Am An AI Hater into Spanish! Thank you to @nsmckinnon.bsky.social (with editing support from @bugsybanana.bsky.social) Sólo siendo humano se puede odiar.

By the way if you are ever having a day that you don’t have the spoons for writing ALT there are people around to help you with that! -

Join the Borikén Mail Club this month to get May's postcard mailed to you from Puerto Rico in our next Mail Drop 🖤 Not in PR or U.S.? You can join from any country that receives USPS letter mail 💌 Learn more & join here: borikenmailclub.com #art #illustration #indigenousArt #bsnm

My brain tonight: “Moonbacklit.. Backmoonlit.. Moonlitbacklit?” 🌝

Artists! Quote this post with something watery.

➕➕ #SelfPortraitSunday ➕➕ 📍 New Orleans, 2015

The fundraising for a quick baby capybara photography trip begins! Enough people indicated interest that I hope we can fund it successfully. The best estimate I have of minimum cost is $800 for four days of driving and car camping + two nights of somewhere to stay. Details in the thread.

Share an idea you never finished ..have *yet* to finish! It's a years old personal piece, I'm still processing the events surrounding it, but still intend on making an animation from it.

I snot-nosed cried through most of the Peaky Blinders movie, but I didn't know why Tommy saying "I am a horse" made me burst into tears. On a rewatch of the show, in S2E2, he says, "I am a horse." Curly says, "If you were a horse, they'd shoot you." Hearts remembering what brains don't is wild.

Ok, because of my printer emergency before my double header art book fair next weekend, I’m having a 20% off flash sale in my shop. Use code: PRINTERSOS THROUGH 5/5 11:59pm www.erikarier.com

Belly hopes you have a nice #caturday 🖤

For the night owls: This is going out in 12 hours! 🖤

Today is the last day to get the coquí postcard in the next Mail Drop!! Join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤