Tara Fly
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“Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.” - Naguib Mahfouz ⛰️
A new 4"x6" #watercolor #art study inspired by my view from a picnic table overlooking Sutton Lake. 🎨🏕️
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A new 4"x6" #watercolor #art study inspired by my view from a picnic table overlooking Sutton Lake. 🎨🏕️
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
Post a photo of you from last February. No cheating!
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
February 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Post a photo of you from last February. No cheating!
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
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Trump claimed that DOGE has uncovered billions in “fraud, waste, and abuse.” However, no evidence has been provided, and all public fraud claims from both Elon Musk and Trump have been debunked as false.
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump claimed that DOGE has uncovered billions in “fraud, waste, and abuse.” However, no evidence has been provided, and all public fraud claims from both Elon Musk and Trump have been debunked as false.
A new watercolor study, inspired by my view of the Elk River from atop Sutton dam... minus the town. Sorry, Sutton! Maybe this is how it looked before the settlers arrived in 1792. 😅
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
February 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A new watercolor study, inspired by my view of the Elk River from atop Sutton dam... minus the town. Sorry, Sutton! Maybe this is how it looked before the settlers arrived in 1792. 😅
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
Sutton Dam, West Virginia.
February 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sutton Dam, West Virginia.
February 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
After weeks of snow, and waking to sub-zero temperatures today, my mind wanders back to an Autumn Walk in Dunmore, WV. My newest 4"x6" watercolor study.
January 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
After weeks of snow, and waking to sub-zero temperatures today, my mind wanders back to an Autumn Walk in Dunmore, WV. My newest 4"x6" watercolor study.
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Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Stay strong. For us, this is more than just a job-it’s a calling. Together, we will stand to protect our parks, environment, and wildlife. Four years… we remain hopeful that the attack on our public lands will be less brutal this time.
A watercolor study of Seneca Rocks, WV, as I saw it at 7:21am on Thursday, July 27th, 2023.
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
January 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A watercolor study of Seneca Rocks, WV, as I saw it at 7:21am on Thursday, July 27th, 2023.
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
Yesterday's watercolor study.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
January 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yesterday's watercolor study.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
I may have howled, you're looking mighty fine, Wolf Moon. 🐺🌕❤️
January 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I may have howled, you're looking mighty fine, Wolf Moon. 🐺🌕❤️
I would call up that witch, and demand she get her ass over to my house ASAP to turn them back into my pet. 🤣
If I had a frog (would) and happened to give it a little kiss (also would) and that frog turned into a prince, I wouldn't care how handsome that prince was l'd still be like get the hell out of my house and also where is my frog
January 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I would call up that witch, and demand she get her ass over to my house ASAP to turn them back into my pet. 🤣
Watercolors intimidate me. They are less forgiving than my trusty acrylics.
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
January 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Watercolors intimidate me. They are less forgiving than my trusty acrylics.
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
I love waking up at the perfect moment to witness the transient beauty of a sunrise.
January 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I love waking up at the perfect moment to witness the transient beauty of a sunrise.
Nothing SCREAMS LOVE like a plush alligator chomping on the head of a plush hammerhead shark, in the Valentine's Day aisle at Walmart. 💘
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
December 28, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Nothing SCREAMS LOVE like a plush alligator chomping on the head of a plush hammerhead shark, in the Valentine's Day aisle at Walmart. 💘
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
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I thought you should know that in 2024 New Jersey, Minnesota, Illinois, California, and Maryland have all enacted legislation that bans book bans & censorship in both, school and public libraries, and protects librarians.
December 27, 2024 at 7:41 AM
I thought you should know that in 2024 New Jersey, Minnesota, Illinois, California, and Maryland have all enacted legislation that bans book bans & censorship in both, school and public libraries, and protects librarians.
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Omg you guys I'm so excited for "am I sick again or just exhausted or broke or just very cold or hungry or awash in the existential terror of knitting together the end of this year with the beginning of the next one and slowly realizing they're both part of the same design" week. So stoked.
December 27, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Omg you guys I'm so excited for "am I sick again or just exhausted or broke or just very cold or hungry or awash in the existential terror of knitting together the end of this year with the beginning of the next one and slowly realizing they're both part of the same design" week. So stoked.
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It's nuts that Paula Abdul spent an entire song describing small differences between her and her lover in Opposites Attract, but the fact she's an actual human female and he's a cartoon cat never gets mentioned
December 11, 2024 at 1:37 PM
It's nuts that Paula Abdul spent an entire song describing small differences between her and her lover in Opposites Attract, but the fact she's an actual human female and he's a cartoon cat never gets mentioned
December 11, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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Sorry we’re not riding at dawn. We’re having coffee and catastrophizing the day at dawn. Then we’re doing Wordle. Then we’re doing 35 minutes of doomscrolling, then we’re taking the longest hottest shower, then we’re sitting on the edge of the bed staring at nothing for a while, THEN maybe we ride.
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Sorry we’re not riding at dawn. We’re having coffee and catastrophizing the day at dawn. Then we’re doing Wordle. Then we’re doing 35 minutes of doomscrolling, then we’re taking the longest hottest shower, then we’re sitting on the edge of the bed staring at nothing for a while, THEN maybe we ride.
Yes! I also appreciate that she felt I was a safe space to land and rest for a spell.
December 9, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Yes! I also appreciate that she felt I was a safe space to land and rest for a spell.
If you see this, post something monochromatic. 🖤
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 PM
If you see this, post something monochromatic. 🖤
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
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I see your beautiful West Virginia morning, and raise you a beautiful *moody* West Virginia morning.
December 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I see your beautiful West Virginia morning, and raise you a beautiful *moody* West Virginia morning.
