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Greg Sandford
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New England artist working in soft pastel
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Greg Sandford @gregsandford.bsky.social · Mar 15
Dozing Off
24 x 20
Soft pastel on wood panel
#art #blueskyart #pastel #softpastel #painting
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@jennylsq.bsky.social I feel like the question songs you just nerdily listed on the radio are all pretty high energy. Here’s one that fits both those criteria: “Where’d You Go?” By the Bosstones!
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Longfellow & Storrow

Ink on paper

#art #blueskyart #usk #urbansketching #boston #uskboston #bostonart #storrowdrive
October 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Sketch of Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA

#art #sketch #blueskyart #lobsterpot #provincetown #provincetownart #usk #urbansketching
Ink sketch of the crosswalk in front of the Lobster Pot on Commercial Street in Provincetown, MA.
October 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Who here is old enough to know what she’s doing? 🤔

Soft pastel on sanded paper
16”x12”

#art #blueskyart #nostalgia #pastel #softpastel
Pastel painting of a woman in high heels and a green dress standing at a vintage machine of some sorts. The machine also seems to have high heels.
September 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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PJM & Forsythia Clippings No.3
8 x 8 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #forsythia #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowerspainting #stilllife #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel still life painting of flower clippings on a dining room table.
August 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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PJM & Forsythia Clippings No.2
8 x 8 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #forsythia #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowerspainting #stilllife #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel painting of forsythia and PJM flower clippings in a small glass milk jar on my dining room table.
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Woods Hole Skyline
11”x11” soft pastel on sanded paper

#art #blueskyart #pastel #blueskyartshow #skyline
Colorful pastel painting of rooftop skyline in Woods Hole, MA
August 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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PJM & Forsythia Clippings No.1
8 x 8 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #forsythia #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowerspainting #stilllife #art #painting #blueskyart
A colorful soft pastel painting of flower clippings in a short vase on a dining room table with cast shadow.
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Some value sketches of flower cuttings in small vases on my dining room table. #art #blueskyart #drawing #sketching
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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JFK & Dump Truck
Ink on paper
#art #blueskyart #sketch #urbansketching #manchesternh #manchvegas
July 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Holy Trinity Cathedral
12 x 9 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #newenglandart #manchesternh #manchesternhart #churchpainting #art #blueskyart
July 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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West Island Tower
14 x 11 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #newenglandart #westislandfairhaven #fairhavenma #fairhavenmassachusetts #ww2tower #beachart #art #blueskyart
Soft pastel painting of the blue and white striped tower at the beach in West Island, Fairhaven, MA
July 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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A Glance Down That Street
12 x 7.5 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #urbanlandscape #softpastelpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #pastel #pastelpainting #streetscapepainting #urbanpainting #cityscapepainting #newenglandart #art #blueskyart #boston #newengland #vernaculararchitecture
Soft pastel painting of a New England street - in green and blue hues.
July 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Manchester NH street scene
#art #blueskyart #urbansketching
Black and white line sketch of JFK coliseum in Manchester NH
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Pitcher Bouquet
10 x 8 soft pastel on sanded paper
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#softpastel #softpastelpainting #pastel #pastelpainting #flowersmakemehappy #thebeautyofpastel #art #blueskyart #flowers
May 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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organized my pastels in a new box. #art #colors #blueskyart
Photo of a colorful box of soft pastels.
May 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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View from Hôtel Le Rayon Vert No. 3
12 x 12 soft pastel on prepared wood panel

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#softpastel #urbanlandscape #softpastelpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #urbanpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #streetscapepainting #urbanpainting #cityscapepainting #cityscapepaintings #etretat
Colorful pastel painting of rooftops in the French town of Etretat
April 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Pine Street Inn
Ink sketch paper
#art #drawing #sketch #blueskyart
Pen and ink line drawing of Pine Street Inn tower in Boston
April 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Recent ink sketch of rooftops in Woods Hole @whoi.edu
Abstracted black and white ink sketch of rooftops in Woods Hole, MA.
March 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Back of graffiti alley near H-Mart Cambridge MA

#art #streetscape #urbanlandscape #cityscape #sketch @uskboston.bsky.social
Black and white line sketch of a city scene
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Dozing Off
24 x 20
Soft pastel on wood panel
#art #blueskyart #pastel #softpastel #painting
March 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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@caitlinlarkin.bsky.social I have a favorite Beatles lyric… “You say it’s your birthday! It’s my birthday too yeah!” Every year my twin sister and I call each other up and sing it over the phone.
March 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Off Bridge Street Bridge
12 x 12 soft pastel on prepared wood panel
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#softpastel #urbanlandscape #softpastelpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #urbanpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #streetscapepainting #urbanpainting #cityscapepainting #cityscapepaintings #manchesternh #manchesternhart
Soft pastel painting of mill buildings as seen off the Bridge Street bridge in Manchester NH.
March 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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French Ave Dusking
12 x 16 soft pastel on sanded paper

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#softpastel #urbanlandscape #softpastelpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #urbanpastel #pastel #pastelpainting #streetscapepainting #urbanpainting #cityscapepainting #cityscapepaintings #brocktonart #brocktonma #tripledecker
Colorful soft pastel painting of a New England city street with three family (triple decker) apartments at dusk with a darkening sky and peach colored clouds.
February 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM