Penelope Milner Art
@penelopemilner.bsky.social
British lifelong artist, sometime teacher. Living in south west France. Member of The French pastel society. I paint mostly from life and sometimes from dreams.
A little village in The Lot region of france. There was a chateau here once. Most of the stones were looted and now the woods are beginning to engulf everything. Pastel. 40x30cm.
May 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A little village in The Lot region of france. There was a chateau here once. Most of the stones were looted and now the woods are beginning to engulf everything. Pastel. 40x30cm.
Here's a small oil, painted on a little road behind Cazals in the early morning. #pleinair #oilpainting #landscapepainting
May 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Here's a small oil, painted on a little road behind Cazals in the early morning. #pleinair #oilpainting #landscapepainting
'Danaé and the shower of gold',
is a pastel painting I made a few years ago. It's a subject which gave me the excuse to play around with light and shadow on the body. #figurativepainting #artonbluesky #painting #fineart
is a pastel painting I made a few years ago. It's a subject which gave me the excuse to play around with light and shadow on the body. #figurativepainting #artonbluesky #painting #fineart
April 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
'Danaé and the shower of gold',
is a pastel painting I made a few years ago. It's a subject which gave me the excuse to play around with light and shadow on the body. #figurativepainting #artonbluesky #painting #fineart
is a pastel painting I made a few years ago. It's a subject which gave me the excuse to play around with light and shadow on the body. #figurativepainting #artonbluesky #painting #fineart
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Our little local lake. Someone asked if they could look at what I was doing, which I thought was ironic in the circumstances. #pleinair #oilpainting #notAI #artonbluesky #bathers #oiloncanvas #paintingfromlife
April 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Our little local lake. Someone asked if they could look at what I was doing, which I thought was ironic in the circumstances. #pleinair #oilpainting #notAI #artonbluesky #bathers #oiloncanvas #paintingfromlife
Mother and Child
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
April 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Detail of my painting: Trump conjuring up the eclipse of democracy.
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Detail of my painting: Trump conjuring up the eclipse of democracy.
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Mother and Child
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
April 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Mother and Child
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
Oil on canvas, 2024
#figurativeart #oilpainting #art #artwork #painting #oils #artonbluesky #realism #mother #parenthood #portrait
I always approved of finding individuality in art by working from life. My niece posed for this in her wedding dress. I had fun with a broad brush and impasto on the dress.
#oilpainting #impasto #fineart #bluesky #portrait #oiloncanvas #girlinwhite
#oilpainting #impasto #fineart #bluesky #portrait #oiloncanvas #girlinwhite
April 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I always approved of finding individuality in art by working from life. My niece posed for this in her wedding dress. I had fun with a broad brush and impasto on the dress.
#oilpainting #impasto #fineart #bluesky #portrait #oiloncanvas #girlinwhite
#oilpainting #impasto #fineart #bluesky #portrait #oiloncanvas #girlinwhite
I don't want to go back to Zuckerberg's Instagram and Facebook. But where the hell are the contemporary, figurative painters on Bluesky?
April 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I don't want to go back to Zuckerberg's Instagram and Facebook. But where the hell are the contemporary, figurative painters on Bluesky?
Portrait of a man. A friend posed for this pastel. I wanted to capture his depth. Faces fascinate me. #portrait #humanity #kindness #artist #art #livingpainter #life #pastel #pastelartist
April 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Portrait of a man. A friend posed for this pastel. I wanted to capture his depth. Faces fascinate me. #portrait #humanity #kindness #artist #art #livingpainter #life #pastel #pastelartist
Smiling man. #art,#artist #painter #jester #pastelart #portrait #portraitpainter #contemporaryart #figurative
April 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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This week's #MuseumTourTuesday is a piece by Russian artist Nicolai Fechin from the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan.
"Portrait of Katya"
• Nicolai Fechin
• Oil on Canvas
• 22 1/4" x 20 3/4"
• 1912
"Portrait of Katya"
• Nicolai Fechin
• Oil on Canvas
• 22 1/4" x 20 3/4"
• 1912
April 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This week's #MuseumTourTuesday is a piece by Russian artist Nicolai Fechin from the collection of the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan.
"Portrait of Katya"
• Nicolai Fechin
• Oil on Canvas
• 22 1/4" x 20 3/4"
• 1912
"Portrait of Katya"
• Nicolai Fechin
• Oil on Canvas
• 22 1/4" x 20 3/4"
• 1912
Living in the valley where the sun creeps across the field melting the frosty grass. #art #winter #landscape #pastel #pastellistesdefrance #artist #artonbsky #artcommunity
April 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Living in the valley where the sun creeps across the field melting the frosty grass. #art #winter #landscape #pastel #pastellistesdefrance #artist #artonbsky #artcommunity
Falstaff? The jester? The deluded fool? I never quite knew what this one was about, but I had a great model.
April 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Falstaff? The jester? The deluded fool? I never quite knew what this one was about, but I had a great model.
I painted this one in 2022. Pastel landscape between the Mediterranean sea and the pyrenees.#art #impressionism
#pleineair #artist #artonbsky
#pleineair #artist #artonbsky
April 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I painted this one in 2022. Pastel landscape between the Mediterranean sea and the pyrenees.#art #impressionism
#pleineair #artist #artonbsky
#pleineair #artist #artonbsky
April 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
April 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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🌟March Featured Artist: Valeriy Gridnev PS ROI RP 🌟
Valeriy was born in #Russia in 1956 & studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, winning The Gold Medal of USSR Academy of Arts. He became a member of Russian Artist’s Federation in 1991, the #PastelSociety in 2003, ROI in 2006 and the RP in 2011.
Valeriy was born in #Russia in 1956 & studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, winning The Gold Medal of USSR Academy of Arts. He became a member of Russian Artist’s Federation in 1991, the #PastelSociety in 2003, ROI in 2006 and the RP in 2011.
March 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🌟March Featured Artist: Valeriy Gridnev PS ROI RP 🌟
Valeriy was born in #Russia in 1956 & studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, winning The Gold Medal of USSR Academy of Arts. He became a member of Russian Artist’s Federation in 1991, the #PastelSociety in 2003, ROI in 2006 and the RP in 2011.
Valeriy was born in #Russia in 1956 & studied at St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, winning The Gold Medal of USSR Academy of Arts. He became a member of Russian Artist’s Federation in 1991, the #PastelSociety in 2003, ROI in 2006 and the RP in 2011.
This is another pastel, done en pleinair by the Seine in Normandy. #artonbluesky #pastelart #pleinair
April 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is another pastel, done en pleinair by the Seine in Normandy. #artonbluesky #pastelart #pleinair
I'm an artist living in rural France, finding inspiration in the surrounding people and landscape. This is 'Lock down bonfire' a pastel done during COVID. #art #contemporarypainting #softpastels #figurativeart
April 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm an artist living in rural France, finding inspiration in the surrounding people and landscape. This is 'Lock down bonfire' a pastel done during COVID. #art #contemporarypainting #softpastels #figurativeart
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"The US can no longer be trusted as a military, diplomatic or trading partner. Keir Starmer must know this. Europe is our only viable route to security."
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
Labour needs to stop being so afraid about rejoining the EU
Rejoining would revive our economy and boost our security
bylines.scot
April 3, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"The US can no longer be trusted as a military, diplomatic or trading partner. Keir Starmer must know this. Europe is our only viable route to security."
#TrumpTariffs
#TrumpTariffs
I spent 10 days or so obsessing about the news, but I'm back trying push my art on Blue sky. This is a recent portrait of Ségo, done from life in the studio.
50x32cm, pastel on pastelmat
50x32cm, pastel on pastelmat
March 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I spent 10 days or so obsessing about the news, but I'm back trying push my art on Blue sky. This is a recent portrait of Ségo, done from life in the studio.
50x32cm, pastel on pastelmat
50x32cm, pastel on pastelmat
Here's a new pastel. This post isn't about words, I'm looking for other painters to share work and with. Are they there on Blue sky?
February 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Here's a new pastel. This post isn't about words, I'm looking for other painters to share work and with. Are they there on Blue sky?