Eilidh
@adriftbelowwaves.bsky.social
Late Gen X old soul. Books/art/film and historical whatnots enjoyer. Environmentalist and animal advocate. Intermittent archivist trying to hold on to truth in an increasingly fake world.
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Elena Sokolova (Russian-Dutch, b.1958)
"Christmas Window,"
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 9.4 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Christmas Window,"
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 9.4 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Elena Sokolova (Russian-Dutch, b.1958)
"Christmas Window,"
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 9.4 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Christmas Window,"
Oil on canvas
11.8 x 9.4 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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#FestiveSeason
Ratty and Mole Walking Home at Christmas (2020), illustration for Wind in the Willows by British artist, Chris Dunn (date of birth unlisted).
Watercolour and gouache
24 x 31 cm, 9 x 12 in approx
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Ratty and Mole Walking Home at Christmas (2020), illustration for Wind in the Willows by British artist, Chris Dunn (date of birth unlisted).
Watercolour and gouache
24 x 31 cm, 9 x 12 in approx
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
#FestiveSeason
Ratty and Mole Walking Home at Christmas (2020), illustration for Wind in the Willows by British artist, Chris Dunn (date of birth unlisted).
Watercolour and gouache
24 x 31 cm, 9 x 12 in approx
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Ratty and Mole Walking Home at Christmas (2020), illustration for Wind in the Willows by British artist, Chris Dunn (date of birth unlisted).
Watercolour and gouache
24 x 31 cm, 9 x 12 in approx
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Merry Christmas, Wiener Werkstätte, 1910.
December 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Merry Christmas, Wiener Werkstätte, 1910.
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Paul Evans (British Artist, born 1950)
"Winter Light", 2022.
Ink and Acrylic, 28 × 28 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Winter Light", 2022.
Ink and Acrylic, 28 × 28 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Paul Evans (British Artist, born 1950)
"Winter Light", 2022.
Ink and Acrylic, 28 × 28 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Winter Light", 2022.
Ink and Acrylic, 28 × 28 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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#FestiveSeason
Richard Claremont, Australian, 1965
Across the Valley, 2025
Oil painting
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Richard Claremont, Australian, 1965
Across the Valley, 2025
Oil painting
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
#FestiveSeason
Richard Claremont, Australian, 1965
Across the Valley, 2025
Oil painting
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Richard Claremont, Australian, 1965
Across the Valley, 2025
Oil painting
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Jacqueline Osborn (British Artist, born 1960)
"Table in the Corner", 2014.
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 18 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Table in the Corner", 2014.
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 18 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Jacqueline Osborn (British Artist, born 1960)
"Table in the Corner", 2014.
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 18 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Table in the Corner", 2014.
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 18 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Current reading, in part due to yet another great @backlisted.bsky.social recommendation. I am one chapter in and already drawn in by the mixture of dark humour and heartbreaking poignancy. This will be be a good'un! #booksky 📚
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Current reading, in part due to yet another great @backlisted.bsky.social recommendation. I am one chapter in and already drawn in by the mixture of dark humour and heartbreaking poignancy. This will be be a good'un! #booksky 📚
Another favourite! (cf. skeets passim)
December 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Another favourite! (cf. skeets passim)
These are insanely good. Whimsy + talent is the best combination! You should check out the whole of this thread - this is just one of my favourites. 😍😍
December 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
These are insanely good. Whimsy + talent is the best combination! You should check out the whole of this thread - this is just one of my favourites. 😍😍
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Derek Buckner (American, b.1970)
"Interior," 2021
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Interior," 2021
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Derek Buckner (American, b.1970)
"Interior," 2021
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Interior," 2021
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Maria Chepeleva (Ukrainian Artist, born 1985)
"Her First Snow", 2015.
Oil on Canvas, 60 x 70 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#catlover
"Her First Snow", 2015.
Oil on Canvas, 60 x 70 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#catlover
December 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Maria Chepeleva (Ukrainian Artist, born 1985)
"Her First Snow", 2015.
Oil on Canvas, 60 x 70 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#catlover
"Her First Snow", 2015.
Oil on Canvas, 60 x 70 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#catlover
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A sweet little gem of a commission: The late, great, Shelley Duvall in the role she was born to play.
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A sweet little gem of a commission: The late, great, Shelley Duvall in the role she was born to play.
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Wallace Polsom, “The Anxiety of Influence” (13 Nov 2016), paper collage, 19.1 x 23.5 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/1531412...
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Wallace Polsom, “The Anxiety of Influence” (13 Nov 2016), paper collage, 19.1 x 23.5 cm | wallacepolsom.com/post/1531412...
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Frits Thaulow - Night (1880s)
Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter renowned for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter renowned for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Frits Thaulow - Night (1880s)
Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter renowned for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Frits Thaulow (20 October 1847 – 5 November 1906) was a Norwegian Impressionist painter renowned for his naturalistic depictions of landscape.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
At this time of year, like so many people, I feel myself withdrawing into those cozy, glowing, twilight spaces. Places where everything is simple and warm and contained. The kind that you remember, or perhaps imagined, from childhood.
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
At this time of year, like so many people, I feel myself withdrawing into those cozy, glowing, twilight spaces. Places where everything is simple and warm and contained. The kind that you remember, or perhaps imagined, from childhood.
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Bryan Larsen, born in 1975 in Salt Lake City Utah
A Guest In The Garden -
24 x 40 inches - oil on panel
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
A Guest In The Garden -
24 x 40 inches - oil on panel
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Bryan Larsen, born in 1975 in Salt Lake City Utah
A Guest In The Garden -
24 x 40 inches - oil on panel
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
A Guest In The Garden -
24 x 40 inches - oil on panel
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Christiane Vleugels (Belgian, b.1963)
"Bitter Sweet," n.d.
Oil on Belgian linen
140 x 160 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Bitter Sweet," n.d.
Oil on Belgian linen
140 x 160 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Christiane Vleugels (Belgian, b.1963)
"Bitter Sweet," n.d.
Oil on Belgian linen
140 x 160 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Bitter Sweet," n.d.
Oil on Belgian linen
140 x 160 cm
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Grasshopper, 1935
M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898 - 1972)
wood engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898 - 1972)
wood engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Grasshopper, 1935
M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898 - 1972)
wood engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
M.C. Escher (Dutch, 1898 - 1972)
wood engraving
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Carol Collette (Canadian Artist, born 1945)
"Clear Winter Night", 2023.
Etching with Watercolor, 7 × 7 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Clear Winter Night", 2023.
Etching with Watercolor, 7 × 7 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Carol Collette (Canadian Artist, born 1945)
"Clear Winter Night", 2023.
Etching with Watercolor, 7 × 7 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Clear Winter Night", 2023.
Etching with Watercolor, 7 × 7 inches.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Oil on canvas, 110 x 140 cm, 2025
September 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Oil on canvas, 110 x 140 cm, 2025
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‘The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s nice…to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside. Then the cold and the storms and the darkness can do their worst.’ ~ Moominvalley in Nov, Tove Jansson. 🖼️ Tove Jansson
December 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
‘The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s nice…to store up your warmth and your thoughts and burrow yourself into a deep hole inside. Then the cold and the storms and the darkness can do their worst.’ ~ Moominvalley in Nov, Tove Jansson. 🖼️ Tove Jansson
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Tokuhiro Kawai (Japanese, born 1971)
Ode to Sleep, 2025
Oil tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
54.2 x 83 cm
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Ode to Sleep, 2025
Oil tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
54.2 x 83 cm
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Tokuhiro Kawai (Japanese, born 1971)
Ode to Sleep, 2025
Oil tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
54.2 x 83 cm
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Ode to Sleep, 2025
Oil tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
54.2 x 83 cm
Private collection
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Mark Laguë (Canadian, b.1964)
"42nd Street Night Reflections,"
Oil on panel
36 x 24 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"42nd Street Night Reflections,"
Oil on panel
36 x 24 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Mark Laguë (Canadian, b.1964)
"42nd Street Night Reflections,"
Oil on panel
36 x 24 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"42nd Street Night Reflections,"
Oil on panel
36 x 24 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Saul Leiter (American, 1923-2013)
Snow, 1960
Photograph: C-print
13.5 x 9 inches
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Snow, 1960
Photograph: C-print
13.5 x 9 inches
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Saul Leiter (American, 1923-2013)
Snow, 1960
Photograph: C-print
13.5 x 9 inches
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Snow, 1960
Photograph: C-print
13.5 x 9 inches
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt