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Tristy Makes
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(He/Him) Ally. 🏳️‍🌈⚧️❓️⬛️🟫

Subject-driven artist and maker, featuring things i love: Irish music, travel, equestrian sports, all things Michigan, football, etc

Known IRL as Tristan Pruss (@truferblue.bsky.social)

Shop: https://tristan-pruss.pixels.com/
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Been a little quiet here on the art front as I'm going through some other major life shifts right now, but I am thrilled to be participating in this year's Emerging Artists program through the The Guild of Artists & Artisans! Great to meet so many diverse folks on the same path on Monday!
Collage of photos of the program kick off meeting for the 2025 Emerging Artists program through the Guild of Artists and Artisans at the Gutman Gallery on Monday, april 21, 2025. The Emerging Artists program helps prepare Artists to be prepared to exhibit at art fairs and festivals and helps with learning all aspects of the business of art.
April 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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For anyone nearby Ann Arbor, great local market benefitting a wonderful school! Today, 4/5 till 3pm! facebook.com/events/s/2nd...
2nd Annual Clonlara Art Market
Event in Ann Arbor, MI by Clonlara School - Ann Arbor Campus on Saturday, April 5 20256 posts in the discussion.
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April 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland
Mixed media miniature replica
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#leprechaunpub #rois8ndubh #galway #miniatures
Miniature replica of the rosheen dove (black rose) pub in Galway, Ireland. Miniature replica of the rosheen dove (black rose) pub in Galway, Ireland. Miniature replica of the rosheen dove (black rose) pub in Galway, Ireland. Miniature replica of the rosheen dove (black rose) pub in Galway, Ireland.
March 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Check out the bottom of the list at the link below! Been quiet here as I'm scrambling to finish a few new pieces for this weekend!

If you're around A2, come out on Saturday for the art and the tunes!

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Artist Pop Up and Traditional Irish Music Performance, Saturday, March 15 11am-5pm. Gutman Gallery. 118 N 4th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI.
March 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Cooley's House
Ennistimon. Co. Clare, Ireland
Mixed Media (XPS foam, wood, metal, acrylic and watercolor, etc)

Scratch built and hand painted.

#miniatures #diorama #replica #model #3dart #scratchbuilt #irishpub #cooleyshouse #ennistimon #countyclare #ireland
5x7 replica of the front of Cooley's House pub in Ennistimon, County Clare, Ireland. Stone walls in the backdrop made from XPS foam. Pub facade made of various craft sticks and small moulding with scratch made details in the windows and a hand painted sign. Closeup of the door of the pub Closeup of the window of the pub featuring handpainted watercolor posters, a scratch built fiddle in its case and other signs and decor.
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Here's a couple more that won't count towards #100tinypaintings, but are part of the same work as the tiny framed watercolors I posted the other day. It's almost ready to roll off the bench!

And props to anyone who recognizes the source.... ;)
Tiny acrylic painting of a fiddle and bow on a yellow background surrounded by blue molding. A penny sits next to it for comparison. The fiddle looks to be about the right size for Lincoln to play! Tiny acrylic painting of a button accordion on a yellow background surrounded by blue moulding. A penny sits next to it for size comparison.
March 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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#100tinypaintings challenge. 8/100
"MILW 35A"
Madison, WI, USA
Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"

#tinyart #watercolor #aceo #artcards #train #railroad #railroadengine #railroadart #trainengine #bulldognose #emde8a #milwaukeeroad #MadisonStation #madisonwi #Madison #OnWisconsin
Art card watercolor painting of an EMD E8A railroad engine and coach car, MILW 35A, on static display at the Madison station in Madison. WI.
March 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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#100tinypaintings challenge. 7/100
"Assisi Sunset"
Assist, Umbria, Italy
Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"

#tinyart #watercolor #aceo #artcards #sunset #Assisi #assisiitaly #umbria
Art card watercolor painting of a Sunset shining through a tower in Assisi, italy.
March 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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#100tinypaintings challenge. 6/100
Arenal Looming
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"

#tinyart #watercolor #aceo #artcards #arsenal #volcano #lafortuna #costarica #puravida #puravidacostarica
Art card sized watercolor painting of a large volcano rising in the hazy distance and looming over the bustling main Street of the town of La Fortuna, Costa Rica
February 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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100tinypaintings challenge. 5/100
First Raindrops in Paris
Paris, France
Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"

#tinyart #watercolor #aceo #artcards #paris #France #raindrops #eiffeltower
Tiny watercolor painting of raindrops on a window. Out of focus in the background, the eiffel tower can be seen rising above the parisian rooftops and trees.
February 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Hanging out selling stall signs, prints, and tack at the 4H Tack Sale at the Washtenaw County Farm Council Grounds till 2pm today!

#annarbor #saline #equestrianart #customsigns #tacksale #stallsigns #commissionportraits #handcrafted #buylocal
Booth display highlighting custom stall sign examples Booth display highlighting art prints
February 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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#100tinypaintings challenge. 4/100
Connemara Rainbow
Kylemore Lough, Co Galway, Ireland
Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"

#tinyart #watercolor #ireland #connemara #lanscape #rainbow#aceo #artcards
Small watercolor painting of a rainbow over Kylemore Lough and the Connemara landscape in Cou ty Galway, Ireland
February 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Watercolor painting of a brick building along the shoes of the Mississippi River in New Orleans. The words "YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL" are painted in white letters across the top.
February 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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#100tinypaintings challenge. 3/100
Inis Oírr Twilight
Inis Oírr, Co Galway, Ireland
Peerless Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"

#tinyart #watercolor #ireland #aranislands #inisoirr #inisheer #connemara #aceo #artcards
Art card watercolor depicting a twilight sunset over Galway Bay and the distant mountains of Connemara as seen from the Aran Island of Inis Oírr.
February 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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#100tinypaintings challenge. 2/100.
Tricolor Altiplano
Atacama Desert, Chile
Peerless Watercolors on 140lb Arches
3.5"x2.5"
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#tinyart #watercolor #Chile #aceo #artcards
3.5x2.5 watercolor painting depicting the layered terrain of the altiplano, or high plain, of the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. A volcano looms in the distance, bluish purple, giving way to a brown midground, and in front a vibrant yellow-green grass field. Two vicuñas graze in the foreground.
February 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Delivered this lovely portrait sign to Nicole and Noah this week! Nicole won the bid for the sign in the silent auction at the The Eventing Association of Michigan banquet back in the fall! Thank you Nicole for supporting TEAM with your bid!

#michiganeventing #customsigns #pyrography #acrylic
Acrylic painted portrait of a horse in a wooden sign Wooden handmade stall sign with pyrography lettering and an acrylic painted portrait of a horse. At the top it reads "TRANQUILLITAS", the horsee full name. In the middle, in a delicate script font it reads "Noah", his barn name. Underneath it reads "Loved by Nicole"
February 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Arch Rock
Graphite pencil on 5x7 postcard

*original is also available. PM for details*

#pencilart #archrock #mackinacisland #puremichugan #localartist #michiganartist

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Arch Rock by Tristan Pruss
Arch Rock by Tristan Pruss
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February 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I wholeheartedly support the cause behind boycotting American businesses to protest the tariffs. That said, please be cautious of extending that same reasoning to small businesses and creators.

Many did not want or choose what is happening, and will be struggling with these changes as well.
February 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Delivering a new round of hand-made stall signs this week! First two up: 'Chase' living up to his 'Bold' name, and Rocket Man 'Riggs' with the Right Stuff!

#customsigns #pyrography #equestrian #horses #MadeInMichigan
Wooden stall sign which reads the horse's show name "Bold Chase" across the top. In the middle, his barn name "Chase" is displayed in a sleek, Bold, cursive font that gives way to a stylized illustration of a horse at full gallup. The owner's name at the bottom of the sign had been obscured for privacy. Wooden stall sign which reads the name "Rocket Man" across the top. In the middle, his barn name "Riggs" is displayed in a bold, serif font with a star in the eye of the letter "R". A silhouette of a jumping horse and rider is to the left of "Riggs". The owner's name at the bottom of the sign had been obscured for privacy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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#100tinypaintings challenge 1/100. Lodi Sunset. Watercolor, 3.5x2.5

#tinyart #watercolor #sunset #puremichigan #rural #farm #artcards #aceo
3.5 by 2.5 watercolor painting depicting a colorful sunset behind a large farm on a rural road in Lodi Township, Michigan, near Ann Arbor. A lonely car is cresting the hill with its headlights illuminating the road towards the viewer.
January 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Been quiet here lately, but I've got a number of new things coming down the pipe soon! Here's a little teaser of one new series of projects I'm excited about!
A slab of pink XPS foam with some wooden trim and the starting outline of a scribed stone facade. What will it be? Follow this space to find out!
January 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Mick Gavin
Graphite pencil, 5x7

#art #pencilart #portrait #musician #fiddle #irishmusic #traditionalirishmusc #MIAHOF
Black and white pencil drawing of 2019 Michigan Irish American Hall Of Fame inductee Mick Gavin, seen here playing in a session at Conor O'Neill's pub in Ann Arbor.
January 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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V2 of Mini Irish Session: Flute has been selected to be part of the Anything Goes show at the Gutman Gallery until 2/22! (Pictured here is v1)

Opening this Friday for anyone local! Link in comments.
Anything Goes. Fifth annual all-media exhibition. Jan 17-feb 22. Opening reception: January 16, 4 to 6 pm. Gutman Gallery, 118 North fourth Avenue. Ann arbor, michigan. Miniature model of a wooden Irish flute, resting on a stool on a section of rustic pub flooring. On the floor next to the stool sits a pint of Guinness. Both awaiting their owners' return.
January 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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#tinyarttuesday (for another 40 min!)
Outsized Influences: Remote
Graphite pencil + white gel pen
2x2

OI was a series of tiny macro drawings of small everyday items that have a disproportionately large influence in our lives. What does this one represent to you?

#art #tinyart #pencilart
A tiny black and white drawing of the closeup of a TV remote, showing the Power, Input and Next buttons.
January 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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From my personal acct. Tldr; not a fan of Zuck and his policy changes, but a network like that is the people on it and their contributions. I hope we can make FB be the place we want it to be in spite of those policies. I'm growing things here, but not leaving there just yet. Be the change...
truferblue.bsky.social Tristan Pruss @truferblue.bsky.social · Jan 12
Posted this recently to my FB feed. It's by no means meant as a defense of Zuck. But I haven't stuck around there this long because if him. I will continue to grow my presence here on bsky, but so far, it's no replacement for what I've built on FB. Just my $.02 (full text in alt text)
Seeing a lot of talk of leaving this place in light of their latest policy changes to drop fact checking and loosen restrictions on hate speech and other harmful content. Dropping the bird was easy for me--I never really embraced that platform, and had little invested in it. But this space is different. I was on the early side of adopters. My earliest posts here will be old enough to vote this summer! I have so many thoughts, photos, memories and connections that are intertwined with this place. So many fleeting friendships made that have been able to continue and in some cases flourish because of the interactions here. And it is a major aggregator for me of not just news of what's happening in the world, but more specifically, things and events going on in the niche worlds that I'm personally interested in. Music, arts, sports... So many opportunities and things that I've experienced I would not have even known about if not for this place. And let's not forget how critical this place is to the success of many small businesses and organizations that are trying to make our real life communities a better place for us all. For all it's many, many warts, this space has on the whole, been a net positive in my personal life and I don't think it's close, although i acknowledge that balancing that against the overall detriment it's had to society is difficult to measure. So I'm not sure what the future holds. I would like to believe that the value of any online community like this is in its members. Their thoughts, their connections. Theoretically, you could then move the community to another platform and continue unbroken, but the reality is that it's a fragile thing. Communities will be fractured, missing pieces that didn't make the jump. And the collective history intertwined with the platform will be lost. I guess my hope is that we can persevere and make this place what we want it to be despite these policy changes. Be the change you want to see, as the age o…
January 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM