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Darcy Melton
@darcymeltonfineart.com
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Oil painter.
Savannah born, Italy based.
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Darcy Melton @darcymeltonfineart.com · Mar 1
I’m hoping to finish the grisaille on this piece today with a good 6+ hours in the studio.
I find it hard to get myself in the studio before noon. What is your most productive work time?

#oilpainting #art #inthestudio #figurepainting #artistsofbluesky #artists #artoftheday
A large painting sits on an easel on the corner of an artist’s studio. It’s an unfinished painting of a woman seated in a chair with a hand to her forehead. The figure is painted in grayscale on a red background.
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Point of view painting from this calm and magical spot. Thunder rumbled through and bees buzzed happily around me as sheep and cows roamed through the fields.

#oilpainting #pleinair #pleinairpainting #landscapepainting #paintingitaly #painter
The shadow of an artist falls on an easel with a landscape painting on it. At the bottom of the image, a portion of the artists palette is visible. Behind the easel is a large open field with mountains in the background. An artist’s easel sits in a field surrounded by mountains. On the easel is a landscape painting and the artist’s palette.
July 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Plein air painting in the valley! I had to dodge a lot of fun bugs and spiders for this one 😅

#oilpainting #pleinairpainting #landscapepainting #art #fineart #traditionalart
An oil painting of a landscape. In the background is a beige building in front of large mountains and a blue sky. In the foreground is a large grassy field. To the right a path is barely visible, it is lined with trees. Between the oath and the field is a large tree with yellow and green leaves. An artists field easel sits in the foreground with an unfinished painting on it. In the background is a field, a building, trees, and mountains.
July 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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I took my time with this piece and focused on keeping it loose. At the very end, I added a few veins and crisp edges to the leaves.
My artists who paint loose, do you find it hard to not go straight into the details from the first stroke?
#oilpainting #traditionalart #art #painting #stilllife
An oil painting of a large green cabbage on a neutral beige background. Detail 1 from an oil painting of a large green cabbage on a neutral beige background. This detail shows the left side of the cabbage and the vein details of the leaves as well as deep shadows. Detail 2 from an oil painting of a large green cabbage on a neutral beige background. This detail shows the right side of the cabbage with vein details on the leaves and a large highlight on the front of the cabbage. Detail 3 from an oil painting of a large green cabbage on a neutral beige background. This detail shows the front of the cabbage. Two leaves surrounding the head of the cabbage peal away to show a lime green highlight in the center.
July 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Testing out a new filming set-up. We rigged the top of a tripod to the arm of a podcast mic… let’s see how it goes 😅

#oilpainting #painting #artistlife #artprocess #traditionalpainting
In the background is an unfinished painting of fruit sitting on an easel along side an artists palette with paint on it. Coming from the easel into the foreground is an attachment coming for a phone so that the artist can film the painting process.
June 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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New episode: Honest Downsides To Living In Italy! We’ve talked about beautiful destinations and how to get visas, but we want to give you a full picture. Here are some of the pitfalls of living in Italy.

#travel #travelpodcast #podcast #podcasts #travelblog #traveltips #italytravel #worldtravel
Text reads, “New episode! Honest Downsides To Living In Italy.” Under the text is an image of Italian buildings in Florence lit by later afternoon Sun.
May 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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While Georgia is named after a King, we already decided that we will not be ruled by one.

#NoKings #KingGeorgeTheSecond #Savannah #coastalgeorgia #SavannahGA
May 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Our message couldn’t be any clearer.

We the people are the protectors of Democracy.

#savannah #GA01 #coastaldemocracy
May 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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It’s Saturday which means it’s #BlueSkyArtShow day! Excited to see everyone’s #green art 🌱

Cabbage
Oil on panel
30x40 cm
2025

#art #oilpainting #painting #stilllife #painter #stilllifeart #artistsofbluesky #traditionalart #traditionalpainting #oilpainter
An oil painting of a green cabbage on a neutral beige/gray background. The painting is realistic.
May 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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New episode! Want to live in Italy? Let’s talk about the Golden Visa, Elective Residency Visa, and Birthright Citizenship. Check out all of our episodes about visiting and living in Italy wherever you listen to podcasts!

#podcasts #italy #italytrip #traveltips #travel #travelpodcast #italytravel
An image overlaid with text. The text reads “How to live in Italy: golden visa, elective residency visa, birthright citizenship.” The image in the background is an Italian olive grove on a sunny day.
April 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I painted this #limegreen vase last spring, when the weather was still chilly, but the days were getting sunnier. Happy as ever to be seeing the first signs of spring again! Also loving all the nature I’m seeing today in #acoloradaypril! 🌞💛

#oilpainting #oilpainter #stilllife #art #painting #spring
A painting of a large lime green vase with a handle. Inside the vase are several sprigs with green leaves. The vase sits on a wood table and the wall is a gray-blue. A gray shadow of the vase is cast on the wall.
April 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Happy #BlueSkyArtShow day! I think these beauties fit today’s theme, #peaceful
I live in a small medieval village near the countryside where I occasionally get to see these lovely sheep 🐑🤍

#oilpainting #art #oilpainter #sheep #painting
An oil painting of two sheep in the countryside. A tall brown sheep stands behind a smaller white sheep in high grass. In the distance are mountains.
April 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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💥 Savannah, GA
🥊 April 19th - Nationwide Day to Fight Back
#April19 #Protest #CoastalResistance #GA #coastalGA #SavannahGA #SavannahGeorgia
April 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Little milk pitcher for today’s color #gray for #acoloradaypril 🩶

Oil on wood panel
8x10 in
2024

#oilpainting #oilpainter #painting #blueskyartists #art #stilllifeart #stillifepainting #art
Oil painting of a milk pitcher. The pitcher as well as the background are shades of white and gray. The pitcher sits on a white table and has a bright highlight on it’s right side near the handle.
April 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Everything we could fit in one episode about this incredible 7,000 year old cave city, Matera!
Listen now wherever you listen to podcasts!

#travel #traveling #italy #travelitaly #podcast #podcasts #travelshows #travelpodast #travellovers #traveltips #travelblog #travelblogger #italy #italia
Text over an image of the city of Matera, Italy. The image is of the Sassi di Matera which is made of 7,000 year old cave dwellings. The text reads “the most beautiful city in Italy you might not have heard of: Matera.”
April 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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#Handsoff Rally and March in #Savannah #CG4D #savannahresistance #coastaldemocracy

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April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Another marsh-scape for the #grass theme for #smArtist 🌾 Love the marshes and rivers of my hometown #savannahga

#scape #savannah #savannahartists #savannahart #landscapepainting #marshpainting #oilpainting #oilpainter #painting #blueskyartists
A landscape oil painting of marsh and a river running through it in Savannah, Georgia.
April 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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So excited to find two new art feeds on Bluesky and today I have a piece that fits both themes! Day 5 #grass for #smartist and #blue for #acoloradaypril

Love meeting fellow #blueskyartists 💛

#art #blueskyart #oilpainting #oilpainters #landscapepainting #marsh #landscapepainters #painting
An oil painting of a March with a river running through it.
April 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Check out our new episode! This was a fun one and it was so long it became a two-parter! ✈️ ➡️ 🇮🇹🍝
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It’s a two-parter!!! How to travel with someone else: a partner, a friend, family, new friends on solo trips, the list goes on. We’ve got all the tips on communication and setting expectations for your trip!

#travel #solotravel #podcast #italy #italytravel #travelpodcast #travelgoals #traveltips
Two Caucasian people (a woman and man) pose smiling for a photo. To the right of the image is an orange graphic with lighter text that reads “Tips for traveling with someone else.”
April 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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First pass on this beautiful cabbage!

Oil on panel
20x30 cm

#oilpainting #oilpaintings #oilpainter
#painting #paintings #painters #bskyart #art #contemporaryart #traditionalart
On the left is a painting of a cabbage on an artist’s easel. To the right is a real cabbage on a white stand.
April 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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I’m stoked with how this quick study came out! I like the background unfinished with the orange-red tone showing, but I can’t decide if it’s too distracting.

What do y’all think? Keep the orange-red or paint the background neutral/gray to unify it?

#oilpainting #oilpaintings #painting #art
A small 6x8 inch still-life painting in oil of an apple with a slice cut out and an apple slice. A slice of green apple sits to the left of the rest of the apple which is to the right. The background is modeled tones of blue and gray over a bright orange-red underpainting. A detail of the apple slice from the previous image. A detail from the first image, an apple with a slice taken out.
April 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Finishing touches on this limited palette still-life! It was fun, but challenging to get back to my artistic roots using only 4 colors: ultramarine blue, burnt Siena, cadmium yellow, and titanium white!

#oilpainting #stilllifepainting #art #artist #artofbluesky #bskyart #painting #painter
March 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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This is my first #blueskyartshow! I hope this piece, featuring an #arch detail, is appropriate for the theme today. This piece, called “Farfalla” 🦋, recently sold at a local art gallery in #savannahga!

#oilpainting #portraitpainting #artist #artists #blue #painting #paintings #art
An oil painting of a blonde Caucasian man wearing a white shirt and blue sash. The painting is square and the figure is visible from the shoulders up, he is turned at a quarter angle looking to the right of the painting. The background is a deep blue arch with a light blue frame around it. There are four orange butterflies in the painting, three resting on the figure and one clinging to the underside of the arch.
March 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM