June Flanagan
@juneflanagan.bsky.social
🍁 Botanist, environmental horticulturist, nature photographer, author/coauthor of 5 books for prairie plant enthusiasts and gardeners. Aspiring botanical illustrator.
🇨🇦 www.juneflanagan.ca
Nature inspires my inner artist. 🌿
🇨🇦 www.juneflanagan.ca
Nature inspires my inner artist. 🌿
Pinned
This is a good year to grow some of your own food. My Edible Plants book has everything you need to know to successfully grow tasty fruits, vegetables and herbs in our Canadian Prairie climate.
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Ghost pipes. 12 x12 in, water soluble encaustic on black prepped wood board. #artadventcalendar I actually saw the bee pollinating the flowers. It's easy to forget they are flowers.
#bloomsky #botanicalart
#bloomsky #botanicalart
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Ghost pipes. 12 x12 in, water soluble encaustic on black prepped wood board. #artadventcalendar I actually saw the bee pollinating the flowers. It's easy to forget they are flowers.
#bloomsky #botanicalart
#bloomsky #botanicalart
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How about my largest commission piece ever for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 6 morning.
Bison Valley
84x46 in 213x117cm
Oil on Canvas
2024
Bison Valley
84x46 in 213x117cm
Oil on Canvas
2024
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
How about my largest commission piece ever for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 6 morning.
Bison Valley
84x46 in 213x117cm
Oil on Canvas
2024
Bison Valley
84x46 in 213x117cm
Oil on Canvas
2024
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar
I experimented with two contrasting glazes on this wheel-thrown raku-fired vase: an iridescent metallic blue with flashes of red-violet on the body, and a shiny white crackle on the wide rim and interior.
I experimented with two contrasting glazes on this wheel-thrown raku-fired vase: an iridescent metallic blue with flashes of red-violet on the body, and a shiny white crackle on the wide rim and interior.
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Day 6 #ArtAdventCalendar
I experimented with two contrasting glazes on this wheel-thrown raku-fired vase: an iridescent metallic blue with flashes of red-violet on the body, and a shiny white crackle on the wide rim and interior.
I experimented with two contrasting glazes on this wheel-thrown raku-fired vase: an iridescent metallic blue with flashes of red-violet on the body, and a shiny white crackle on the wide rim and interior.
Reposted by June Flanagan
#ArtAdventCalendar, from 2022. This one took a while to render and I’m still proud of it. 🐡
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar, from 2022. This one took a while to render and I’m still proud of it. 🐡
Day 5 of #artAdventCalendar - For the Manufactured Ecosystems art show about the future of pollination 🧪🐡🐝 I looked at what nature-inspired technologies exist or are already proposed or that I could envision to pollinate plants, faced with a precipitous drop in pollinator numbers. But, I am also 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This lovely image is the definition of prairie spring. 💜
Early spring hillside (2024) #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This lovely image is the definition of prairie spring. 💜
This glaze and pattern!
I did an archaeology degree and stuff I've had on my head since then keeps creeping into my pots!
Labyrinth and spiral design, inspired by European prehistoric rock carvings. A wax relief design on crank (textured) clay with a turquoise glaze.
#ArtAdventCalendar #handbuiltpottery #ukpotter
Labyrinth and spiral design, inspired by European prehistoric rock carvings. A wax relief design on crank (textured) clay with a turquoise glaze.
#ArtAdventCalendar #handbuiltpottery #ukpotter
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This glaze and pattern!
Gorgeous image!
I love it when flowers show up in unusual positions and places, like this cardinal flower (Silene laciniata) that was growing downward over the face of a rock along a favorite trail.
#ArtAdventCalendar #nativeplants #flowers #flowerphotography #California 🌿
#ArtAdventCalendar #nativeplants #flowers #flowerphotography #California 🌿
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Gorgeous image!
Beautiful creations
Day 5 #artadventcalendar
Twig
Garnet winter berries on sterling silver with gold edged leaves. Coordinating necklace, pendant and earrings.
#silverjewelry #keumboo #artjewellery #artisanmade #artyear #handcrafted #art
Twig
Garnet winter berries on sterling silver with gold edged leaves. Coordinating necklace, pendant and earrings.
#silverjewelry #keumboo #artjewellery #artisanmade #artyear #handcrafted #art
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Beautiful creations
Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar
My first foray into learning pen and ink, using a crow quill nib and three different techniques (described in alt text) to illustrate the rare native fawn lily I found on Vancouver Island. I need plenty more practice to control the flow of ink.
My first foray into learning pen and ink, using a crow quill nib and three different techniques (described in alt text) to illustrate the rare native fawn lily I found on Vancouver Island. I need plenty more practice to control the flow of ink.
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar
My first foray into learning pen and ink, using a crow quill nib and three different techniques (described in alt text) to illustrate the rare native fawn lily I found on Vancouver Island. I need plenty more practice to control the flow of ink.
My first foray into learning pen and ink, using a crow quill nib and three different techniques (described in alt text) to illustrate the rare native fawn lily I found on Vancouver Island. I need plenty more practice to control the flow of ink.
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This painting shines!
Yup late to the party…
#artadventcalendar Day 1 close up of my latest painting “Loose Change”
7 individual round canvases on Velcro substrate.
#artadventcalendar Day 1 close up of my latest painting “Loose Change”
7 individual round canvases on Velcro substrate.
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This painting shines!
Beautiful piece!
For #day3 of #ArtAdventCalendar a few Tahoma Agate pieces. Found near Mount Rainier, the blue, green, brown, and white colors in this agate sometimes create interesting stories.
The stone in this cuff, for example, looks like a storm brewing in a snow covered mountain valley.
The stone in this cuff, for example, looks like a storm brewing in a snow covered mountain valley.
December 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Beautiful piece!
Winter’s low angle light really makes your sculpture glow here. 🌾✨
Day 3. Titled. “Bending Still” these abstract “Grasses” in situ at the collectors just outside of Ottawa.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Winter’s low angle light really makes your sculpture glow here. 🌾✨
Wonderful theme for your beautiful illustrations!
Continuing with upside down birds for #ArtAdventCalendar, a Pygmy Nuthatch for today!
#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #Watercolor #FineArt #AnimalArt
#BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #Watercolor #FineArt #AnimalArt
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wonderful theme for your beautiful illustrations!
Lovely piece
Day 2 Medieval style panel designed to look like fragments being reused. Pieces were hand painted using traditional glass paint and a dip pen with silverstain added to the reverse to colour the flowers yellow. Then kiln fired before leading up.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#StainedGlass
#ArtAdventCalendar
#StainedGlass
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Lovely piece
Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar
Every November, I plant an amaryllis bulb indoors, just to observe its spear-shaped stalk slowly emerge from the bulb, tipped with a bud that eventually swells and reveals a cluster of magnificent trumpet-shaped blossoms during the depths of winter.
Every November, I plant an amaryllis bulb indoors, just to observe its spear-shaped stalk slowly emerge from the bulb, tipped with a bud that eventually swells and reveals a cluster of magnificent trumpet-shaped blossoms during the depths of winter.
December 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar
Every November, I plant an amaryllis bulb indoors, just to observe its spear-shaped stalk slowly emerge from the bulb, tipped with a bud that eventually swells and reveals a cluster of magnificent trumpet-shaped blossoms during the depths of winter.
Every November, I plant an amaryllis bulb indoors, just to observe its spear-shaped stalk slowly emerge from the bulb, tipped with a bud that eventually swells and reveals a cluster of magnificent trumpet-shaped blossoms during the depths of winter.
Reposted by June Flanagan
Did you know that Alberta has many species of carnivorous plants?
December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Did you know that Alberta has many species of carnivorous plants?
Spectacular image ✨
day 1 #ArtAdventCalendar all aboard the posting beautiful things train! Let's make everyone's timelines joyful and inspiring!
December 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Spectacular image ✨
Reposted by June Flanagan
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by June Flanagan
My latest wet felt/needle felt piece
for day one of #ArtAdventCalendar
A fantasy landscape of a world I made up, in the colours that make me most happy! 😊
“The Floral Fields Of Lunaria” it is called, and it’s also going into a physical art show for the month of December! 😁☀️
#textileart #felting
for day one of #ArtAdventCalendar
A fantasy landscape of a world I made up, in the colours that make me most happy! 😊
“The Floral Fields Of Lunaria” it is called, and it’s also going into a physical art show for the month of December! 😁☀️
#textileart #felting
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
My latest wet felt/needle felt piece
for day one of #ArtAdventCalendar
A fantasy landscape of a world I made up, in the colours that make me most happy! 😊
“The Floral Fields Of Lunaria” it is called, and it’s also going into a physical art show for the month of December! 😁☀️
#textileart #felting
for day one of #ArtAdventCalendar
A fantasy landscape of a world I made up, in the colours that make me most happy! 😊
“The Floral Fields Of Lunaria” it is called, and it’s also going into a physical art show for the month of December! 😁☀️
#textileart #felting
Reposted by June Flanagan
Calling all artists! Pollinator Partnership is seeking an artist to create the 2026 Pollinator Poster titled "Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Host Plants and Caterpillars.” This theme is an opportunity to show the life cycles of butterflies and moths and highlight the plants that support them.
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Calling all artists! Pollinator Partnership is seeking an artist to create the 2026 Pollinator Poster titled "Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Host Plants and Caterpillars.” This theme is an opportunity to show the life cycles of butterflies and moths and highlight the plants that support them.
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Day 1. A public art commission honouring Joseph Lewis, he was thought to be the first black fur trader in the Edmonton area. It is titled “The Steersman”.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Day 1. A public art commission honouring Joseph Lewis, he was thought to be the first black fur trader in the Edmonton area. It is titled “The Steersman”.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
Reposted by June Flanagan
Today is the first day of #ArtAdventCalendar. It's the brainchild of artist @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca created to blanket social media with art. Artists from around the world are participating, posting daily till Dec 24. Follow the hashtag,share your favourite posts, follow the artists you enjoy.
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is the first day of #ArtAdventCalendar. It's the brainchild of artist @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca created to blanket social media with art. Artists from around the world are participating, posting daily till Dec 24. Follow the hashtag,share your favourite posts, follow the artists you enjoy.