Alison J Taylor
@alisontaylorbc.bsky.social
I'm an artist and web developer living in BC, Canada (on the traditional land of the shishalh people). I love art, cats, chocolate, European pastries, painting and gardening, and I'm passionate about preserving the biodiversity of life on Earth.
I really like how the fabrics are rendered at the bottom of this drawing. Great line work.
#artadventcalendar day 24
Merry Christmas Eve! I'll see y'all in an indeterminate amount of days
#art
Merry Christmas Eve! I'll see y'all in an indeterminate amount of days
#art
December 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I really like how the fabrics are rendered at the bottom of this drawing. Great line work.
Took me a few moments before I noticed the subtle face hidden in the rocks!
Last day of #ArtAdventCalendar !!
Had a great time doing this challenge, was awesome finding so many new artists
Congrats to everyone who participated :))
#art #illustration #fantasyart #BRart
Had a great time doing this challenge, was awesome finding so many new artists
Congrats to everyone who participated :))
#art #illustration #fantasyart #BRart
December 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Took me a few moments before I noticed the subtle face hidden in the rocks!
A striking black and white photo of Glasgow. I love strong light-dark contrasts in art. Makes for a dramatic visual.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 25:
"You're Never Really Alone"
One of my absolute favorite photos I've ever taken, a lucky street shot in Glasgow. Merry Christmas!
"You're Never Really Alone"
One of my absolute favorite photos I've ever taken, a lucky street shot in Glasgow. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
A striking black and white photo of Glasgow. I love strong light-dark contrasts in art. Makes for a dramatic visual.
Day 24 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
An abstract that I call "Still a Ray of Hope". (I hope that's still true in these days of advancing climate change.) The white bit is unpainted canvas and the painting wraps around the edges. Size 24 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas.
An abstract that I call "Still a Ray of Hope". (I hope that's still true in these days of advancing climate change.) The white bit is unpainted canvas and the painting wraps around the edges. Size 24 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas.
December 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Day 24 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
An abstract that I call "Still a Ray of Hope". (I hope that's still true in these days of advancing climate change.) The white bit is unpainted canvas and the painting wraps around the edges. Size 24 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas.
An abstract that I call "Still a Ray of Hope". (I hope that's still true in these days of advancing climate change.) The white bit is unpainted canvas and the painting wraps around the edges. Size 24 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas.
Day 23 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
My art school graduation project (years ago): a painting of a pedestrian pier in the town near my home. I've removed the hand railings for a more streamlined composition. Something like 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas.
My art school graduation project (years ago): a painting of a pedestrian pier in the town near my home. I've removed the hand railings for a more streamlined composition. Something like 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas.
December 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Day 23 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
My art school graduation project (years ago): a painting of a pedestrian pier in the town near my home. I've removed the hand railings for a more streamlined composition. Something like 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas.
My art school graduation project (years ago): a painting of a pedestrian pier in the town near my home. I've removed the hand railings for a more streamlined composition. Something like 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas.
It's amazing how things can be rendered so accurately with solid areas of patterned paper. I love the dog's expression on this.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 (see, I'm doing it): A sweet local doggo named Daikon. 7"x9" maybe??, November 2022
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It's amazing how things can be rendered so accurately with solid areas of patterned paper. I love the dog's expression on this.
I like how the papers, paint and stitching are combined to make this mixed media artwork on canvas.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 22: My first mixed media art from almost 10 years ago, where I repurchased a canvas and I stitched actual embroidery thread! It was fun!
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I like how the papers, paint and stitching are combined to make this mixed media artwork on canvas.
Hard to believe these aren't real tree trunks! Especially that one on the right. At first I thought it was a reference photo...
A project I'm hugely proud of are these concrete trees. Center pole is a telephone pole, branches a friend welded from bed frames. But the rest is concrete textured with a drywall screw and painted with concrete stain. They look even better in person
#artAdventCalendar #nature #artsky
#artAdventCalendar #nature #artsky
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Hard to believe these aren't real tree trunks! Especially that one on the right. At first I thought it was a reference photo...
Very cool photo. Great colours, lighting and unique subject matter.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23:
"Reborn"
A struggling plant growing out of the engine bay of a rusted-out Dodge Royal.
"Reborn"
A struggling plant growing out of the engine bay of a rusted-out Dodge Royal.
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Very cool photo. Great colours, lighting and unique subject matter.
Day 22 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
A 6 x 6 inch painting of a creek rushing down rocks. Oil on canvas. This is one of a set of three paintings of creeks and rocks with the same size, colours and style.
A 6 x 6 inch painting of a creek rushing down rocks. Oil on canvas. This is one of a set of three paintings of creeks and rocks with the same size, colours and style.
December 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Day 22 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
A 6 x 6 inch painting of a creek rushing down rocks. Oil on canvas. This is one of a set of three paintings of creeks and rocks with the same size, colours and style.
A 6 x 6 inch painting of a creek rushing down rocks. Oil on canvas. This is one of a set of three paintings of creeks and rocks with the same size, colours and style.
Day 21 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
Another painting of a BC Ferries funnel, created back when I was taking the ferry to and from art school. This one is more graphic in style than the one I shared earlier this month. Something like 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas.
Another painting of a BC Ferries funnel, created back when I was taking the ferry to and from art school. This one is more graphic in style than the one I shared earlier this month. Something like 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas.
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Day 21 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
Another painting of a BC Ferries funnel, created back when I was taking the ferry to and from art school. This one is more graphic in style than the one I shared earlier this month. Something like 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas.
Another painting of a BC Ferries funnel, created back when I was taking the ferry to and from art school. This one is more graphic in style than the one I shared earlier this month. Something like 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas.
What a sweet portrait of this primate. The quality of light is beautiful.
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
What a sweet portrait of this primate. The quality of light is beautiful.
What an evocative clay sculpture. I wonder what it will look like once the glaze firing is complete?
#ArtAdventCalendar
Portrait head in clay, glazed but not yet fired
Portrait head in clay, glazed but not yet fired
December 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
What an evocative clay sculpture. I wonder what it will look like once the glaze firing is complete?
I'm really taken with how the hair is rendered in this lovely pencil drawing.
“Beverly, my choir mate” pencil drawing by Andy Knight
@knight54.bsky.social
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Day 22
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Day 22
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I'm really taken with how the hair is rendered in this lovely pencil drawing.
What a dramatic photo! This looks like an interesting park to visit.
Day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar
Chimney Bluffs State Park on a cold November day 2025
#NYSPark #erosion #Sandduneerosion #MotherNature taking back
Chimney Bluffs State Park on a cold November day 2025
#NYSPark #erosion #Sandduneerosion #MotherNature taking back
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
What a dramatic photo! This looks like an interesting park to visit.
Day 20 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
A small painting of an imaginary hillside with a few remaining tall evergreen trees. About 7 x 5 inches. Oil on canvas.
A small painting of an imaginary hillside with a few remaining tall evergreen trees. About 7 x 5 inches. Oil on canvas.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Day 20 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
A small painting of an imaginary hillside with a few remaining tall evergreen trees. About 7 x 5 inches. Oil on canvas.
A small painting of an imaginary hillside with a few remaining tall evergreen trees. About 7 x 5 inches. Oil on canvas.
Day 19 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
This is "Helping Out". 7 x 5 inches oil on canvas. Shown framed and sitting on concrete steps.
This is "Helping Out". 7 x 5 inches oil on canvas. Shown framed and sitting on concrete steps.
December 22, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Day 19 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
This is "Helping Out". 7 x 5 inches oil on canvas. Shown framed and sitting on concrete steps.
This is "Helping Out". 7 x 5 inches oil on canvas. Shown framed and sitting on concrete steps.
Day 18 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
An older painting of an imaginary mountain range. I grew up on the slopes of mountains on the North Shore of Vancouver BC. This painting harks back to those. Oil on canvas-covered board. Something like 11 x 14 inches.
An older painting of an imaginary mountain range. I grew up on the slopes of mountains on the North Shore of Vancouver BC. This painting harks back to those. Oil on canvas-covered board. Something like 11 x 14 inches.
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Day 18 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
An older painting of an imaginary mountain range. I grew up on the slopes of mountains on the North Shore of Vancouver BC. This painting harks back to those. Oil on canvas-covered board. Something like 11 x 14 inches.
An older painting of an imaginary mountain range. I grew up on the slopes of mountains on the North Shore of Vancouver BC. This painting harks back to those. Oil on canvas-covered board. Something like 11 x 14 inches.
Beautiful photo of a beautiful place...
December 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Beautiful photo of a beautiful place...
Which is the real one, indeed! That felted creation is amazingly accurate. (And very cute, with the tongue hanging out.)
Day 19 #ArtAdventCalendar so a piece of 3D art for you today but which is the real one? #dogs #terrier #dogminiatures #scottishartist #needlefelt
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Which is the real one, indeed! That felted creation is amazingly accurate. (And very cute, with the tongue hanging out.)
This painting is so cute!
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This painting is so cute!
What a gorgeous rendering of this sheep. It amazes me what people can do with graphite and an eraser.
December 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
What a gorgeous rendering of this sheep. It amazes me what people can do with graphite and an eraser.
Day 17 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
Oil paint on canvas, with a glossy medium. About 16 x 20 inches. I called it "Deep Beneath the Soil". Made it years ago, and was delighted when it sold through the local gallery's members show. Still one that I love.
Oil paint on canvas, with a glossy medium. About 16 x 20 inches. I called it "Deep Beneath the Soil". Made it years ago, and was delighted when it sold through the local gallery's members show. Still one that I love.
December 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Day 17 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
Oil paint on canvas, with a glossy medium. About 16 x 20 inches. I called it "Deep Beneath the Soil". Made it years ago, and was delighted when it sold through the local gallery's members show. Still one that I love.
Oil paint on canvas, with a glossy medium. About 16 x 20 inches. I called it "Deep Beneath the Soil". Made it years ago, and was delighted when it sold through the local gallery's members show. Still one that I love.
Day 16 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
This painting came out of a week long workshop where, for one project, we were encouraged to paint a 'map' of something. I choose a local marina. There are orange docks, white boats and a blue line representing the edge of the shore.
This painting came out of a week long workshop where, for one project, we were encouraged to paint a 'map' of something. I choose a local marina. There are orange docks, white boats and a blue line representing the edge of the shore.
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Day 16 of the 2025 #artadventcalendar.
This painting came out of a week long workshop where, for one project, we were encouraged to paint a 'map' of something. I choose a local marina. There are orange docks, white boats and a blue line representing the edge of the shore.
This painting came out of a week long workshop where, for one project, we were encouraged to paint a 'map' of something. I choose a local marina. There are orange docks, white boats and a blue line representing the edge of the shore.
Look at how this painting glows! Some day I'd like to try pastels.
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Look at how this painting glows! Some day I'd like to try pastels.