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David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer
@dkmackinnon.bsky.social
Fine-art #photographer in #ottawa who occasionally does #costuming (mostly #leather or #chainmaille) and body art (mostly acrylic and metallic #tape).
Website: www.dkmackinnon.ca
Instagram/Facebook: @d.k.mackinnon
Mastodon/Cara: @dkmackinnon
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I created a fine-art nude and travelling model starter pack. Feel free to suggest people to add to it.

#starterpack #photography #modelphotography #fineartphotography

go.bsky.app/Ln8q8Qe
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This piece will be at Cline House Gallery for their Annual Juried Show from Jan 29th to Feb 28th. Vernissage 29th January 2026.

#art #fungi #oilpainting #sculpture
Oil paint on board
Castilene and water soluble encaustic paint on wood

#artadventcalendar #painting #wax #sculpture #botanicalart
January 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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“Japan and Canada are two of the world’s safest places statistically when it comes to violent crime.”

Canada named second safest country in the world from violent crime
Canada named second safest country in the world from violent crime
Canada has been named the second safest country in the world in relation to violent crime.
cultmtl.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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I have a lot of paintings to finish at the studio. So I started another. #wip #underpainting #oilpainting #bones
January 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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This little cluster of chanterelles just won the 3D Art Sculpture category in the North American Mycological Association competition. #fungi #botanicalart #mushrooms #wax #sculpute

On view at Gallery 200 (Ottawa) until the start of March.
January 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
From the Naked in the House challenge with model @kalopsiahhh.bsky.social, coordinated by @modeladventurer.bsky.social, and background art by event host and artist Vanessa McKernan. #Photography #Nude #ArtNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky #FineArtPhotography #ArtisticNude
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Godzilla, Daniel Nash
January 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday January 17, 2026
The theme is #One

This week is a focus on art with a focus on the singular. Show off any piece that just has one of something

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#art #artists #supportartists #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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Ahhhh! My pineapple plant is growing a pineapple!
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Finished up this silly painting. Oil paint on canvas. #painting #sciart #pigeonsky #pigeon #oilpainting #realism
January 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Another image from the Naked in the House challenge featuring the talented @kalopsiahhh.bsky.social, coordinated by @modeladventurer.bsky.social, and hosted by artist Vanessa McKernan. #Photography #Nude #ArtNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky #FineArtPhotography #ArtisticNude
January 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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‪Join the #BlueSkyArtShow
Saturday January 10, 2026
The theme is #Vibrant

Dig deep in those archives and show us your colors!

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#art #artists #supportartists #makeart #photgraphy #drawing #painting #sketching
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Guys! Guys! This is SO cool. This is a time lapse from the Chandra X-ray Observatory of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant over 25 years!
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time
Astronomers May Have Unlocked the Reason for Betelgeuse’s Bizarre Dimming
Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time.
www.scientificamerican.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Mary Somerville - the person for whom the word scientist was coined by William Whewell in his 1834. She was a polymath, an intellectual tour de force at a time when teaching women to read and write let alone think deeply was frowned upon or ignored ⚒️🧪🌊
www.geological-digressions.com/mary-somervi...
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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January 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
In November I took part in a local Naked in the House challenge coordinated by @modeladventurer.bsky.social. The model was the talented Kalopsia (IG: @kalopsiahhh). #Photography #NakedInTheHouse #Nude #ArtNude #NudeArt #FineArtNude #PhotographersOfBluesky #FineArtPhotography #ArtisticNude
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
It's that time of year again, when we review the best of the year. Here are my top 9 posts in Instagram from 2025. I would like to thank all the models I worked with this year and look forward to a productive and creative 2026. #topnine #topnine2025 #photography #photographer #photographersofbluesky
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM