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Alison J Taylor
@alisontaylorbc.bsky.social
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I'm an artist and web developer living in BC, Canada (on the traditional land of the shishalh people). I love art, cats, chocolate, European pastries, painting and gardening, and I'm passionate about preserving the biodiversity of life on Earth.
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"Okanagan Sunset"
approx 4.5 x 6 inches
Alcohol Ink on Yupo paper
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Available for purchase. $45 CAD ($35 USD) including shipping
#artforsale #affordableart #smallart #canadianart #alcoholink #alcoholinkart #alcoholinkpainting #okanagan
A painting of a green lake in the foreground, brown mountains behind, yellow sunset behind the mountains and green sky, with dark blue/green foreground. Very lose and watery looking, made with ink drops that spread over the paper and mix with each other.
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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"Forest's Edge"
11 x 8.125 inches (on 12 x 9 paper)
oil paint and cold wax medium on oil paper
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Available for purchase. $75CAD ($55 USD) + shipping
#affordableart #canadianart #oilandcoldwaxpainting
An abstract painting in blue, deep mossy green and white, that looks a bit like the edge of a forest, with an evergreen on the left side, shrubs and small trees along the bottom and a white sky that could be interpreted as the sun shining through mist.
August 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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"Touching the Sky"
8.125 x 11 inches (on 9 x 12 paper)
oil paint and cold wax medium on oil paper
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Available for purchase. $75CAD ($55 USD) + shipping
#affordableart #canadianart #oilandcoldwaxpainting
An abstract painting in blacks, dark browns, grey and white. Dark shapes extend from the left side and the bottom right corner and come close to touching each other near the centre of the painting. There are lots of lacelike textured marks.
August 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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"Coming Into Dock"
6 x 6 Inches
Oil paint and cold wax on cradled board
A cheerful, whimsical painting about summer fun on the ocean...
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Available for purchase. $95 CAD ($70 USD) + shipping
#affordableart #smallart #canadianart #oilandcoldwaxpainting #sailing #sailinglife
A loose, semi-abstract painting of a sailboat coming into dock with both its sails still up. The horizon is angled instead of horizontal, there is an orange flag on the left, the dock in the centre and a post in the bottom right. The painting mostly in bright blue colours.
August 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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"The Bay in Sunshine"
A little 3 x 4 inch painting on a deep cradled wood panel. I tend to get quite tight and controlled when I paint, so I was pleased at how loose this one turned out. Painting more loosely is an ongoing goal for me.
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Available for purchase. $45 CAD ($33 USD) + shipping.
An almost abstract painting in blue and white, with bits of green and black, which could be read as water at the bottom, with a strip of dark land above, and sky above that.
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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"Seaside"
4 x 3 inches
Oil paint and cold wax on cradled board.
A teeny tiny landscape painting. 🙂 I found it hard to paint that small so I plan to work larger (at least 6 x 6 inches) in future.
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Available for purchase. $45 CAD ($33 USD) + shipping.
A very small painting sitting on a concrete step. The painting shows an ocean and beach on the bottom left, a green plant-covered hill on the right hand side and a white and pale blue sky above.
August 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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"Celestial Blue"
18 x 24 inches
Oil and Cold Wax on Deep Cradled Board
Colourful under-layers peek through the blue and white surface.
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Available for purchase. $400 CAD ($300 USD) + shipping.
#artforsale #affordableart #canadianart #oilandcoldwax #oilandcoldwaxpainting #abstractart
An abstract painting in blue and white that looks a bit like clouds in the sky. It is shown resting on a concrete staircase.
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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"Rounding the Point"
From a series I made last summer, in oil and cold wax. This one is a little 6x6 inch painting on a 1.5 inch deep cradled wood panel.
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Available for purchase. $95 CAD ($70 USD) + shipping
#affordableart #smallart #canadianart #oilandcoldwaxpainting #sailing #sailinglife
August 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Lucky me! Today a friend took me to the home of a recently passed local artist whose daughter was selling off his huge oeuvre of works at VERY low prices. 3+ hours later I left with more art than a woman has a right to. :-) Here's my stash.
January 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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A sunny day walking in High Park while visiting Toronto years ago.

#OnlyBeautifulThings
A large pond with willow trees and grass in the foreground and a dark hill and blue sky with clouds in the background. Along the right hand side is a path with a person walking a small dog in the distance.
January 21, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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A sunset taken on the way home one day.

#OnlyBeautifulThings
A pale yellow/pink sunset behind two low-lying tree-covered islands. Pale blue sky at the top and dark shrubs at the bottom.
January 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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A rare plant growing at the top of a volcano on Maui.

#OnlyBeautifulThings
A picture of a silver-coloured spiky succulent plant growing on otherwise bare soil, casting a shadow against the soil.
January 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Another small alcohol ink painting on Yupo paper. I've noticed that my phone camera seems to have trouble focusing on red and pink colours...

#art #alcoholink #painting #canadianart
An abstract painting in alcohol ink, sitting on a white tile, which is on a white table, The painting is red and pink, with a series of increasingly large white dots which are laid out in a curve.
January 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Another little alcohol ink painting on Yupo paper. This one makes me think of rain on the windshield of a car.

#art #alcoholink #abstractart
An abstract painting in alcohol ink, propped up on a concrete step. The painting is all a slightly greenish blue and looks a bit like rivulets of water on a pane of glass.
January 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Hey, artsy and craftsy BlueSky friends! I'd love to see what you're making right now. Would you share a pic in the comments?

My big "making" during Christmas holidays has been apple crisps. Finally using up the apples from our trees that have been stored since September.
A photograph of five containers of apple crips: 2 round glass dishes (one partially eaten) and 3 rectangular tin foil containers.
December 30, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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This is another small alcohol ink painting on Yupo (plastic) paper. I was inspired by the work of another artist to try the repeated small white dots near the lower right.

#art #alcoholink #alcoholinkpainting #painting
A small abstract painting lying centered on a white tile. The painting is mostly red, pink, orange and yellow, with a little bit of mossy green. It contains numerous round blobs, some nested inside larger blobs, several levels deep.
December 30, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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An attempt to make flowers in alcohol ink. I'll needs some practice if I want them to be more realistic. But things don't have to be realistic, right? :-)

#art #alcoholink #alcoholinkpainting
An abstracted landscape in alcohol inks that could be read as a bush of red flowers against a grassy background with a blue sky with white clouds.
December 29, 2024 at 3:18 AM
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Now that artadventcalendar is over, let me introduce myself. I'm a web developer living in BC, Canada, who is passionate about art and protecting the environment. I love gardening, cats, yoga, contemporary dance and playing board games.

I'd love for you to introduce yourself in the comments. <3
December 27, 2024 at 6:29 AM
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So it's the last day of the Advent. Here's my Day 24 #artadventcalendar creation. Another oil and cold wax painting on paper. It's been a joy sharing this art exchange with all you folks.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas (or whatever else you celebrate) and a Happy New Year!
A oil and cold wax painting on a paper whose woven texture shows through. The painting could be interpreted as a landscape, with navy blue and dark forest green plants in the foreground and white sky with pale grey blue mixed in. There are various scratchy marks throughout the painting.
December 24, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Day 23 of #artadventcalendar. This is another oil and cold wax painting on paper. I used a piece of lace fabric that came with a bouquet of flowers to "stamp" on the lacey patterns.

#oilandcoldwaxpainting #coldwaxmedium #coldwax #oilandcoldwax
This is an abstract painting with a textured white background and two dark dark shapes of black, brown and a touch of blue, reaching out to each other from the left and right sides. The point where they nearly touch is the focus of the painting.
December 24, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Day 22 of #artadventcalendar. This is an oil and cold wax painting on paper. I'm not sure if it's finished yet. I'm sitting on it for a while before I decide.

#art #coldwax #painting #coldwaxpainting
An abstract painting which could be read as a landscape with a blue foreground covering the bottom 60% of the painting, yellow and brown "bushes" on top of that, against a mostly white (with some pale blue) sky.
December 23, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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Let's give a huge shoutout to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing the #artadventcalendar so we can all share our artworks and connect with each other!

I've connected with many new people through this event. THANK YOU JAY and I hope you and your wife feel better soon.
A photograph of a handmade greeting card that has an alcohol ink painting of a deep red heart shape on a pink background.
December 22, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Day 21 of #artadventcalendar. This pair of paintings on paper are primarily in oil and cold wax, but with other media like pencils and pastels included. I taped the borders and made both at the same time and then peeled off the tape to get two separate paintings.

#art #coldwax #painting
One sheet of paper with two tall, narrow paintings on it. the paintings are semi-abstract and look like fields of lime green grass with a white sky (with touches of blue) and some orange and blue areas in the grass. There are lots of linear scratchy marks throughout.
December 22, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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Day 20 of #artadventcalendar. A very tiny painting that sits on my desk. I painted it with oil and cold wax on a 4x3 cradled board, then outlined mountains and drew in trees with pencil.
A small (4 x 3 inch painting) on cradled board, which is deep enough that the painting stands on its own on a table. It is shown here on a desktop. It is mostly blues (turquoise and royal blue) and white, with touches of lime green. It shows mountains with a few evergreen trees. The mountains are outlined - and the trees are drawn - in scratchy pencil marks.
December 22, 2024 at 5:14 AM
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Day 19 of #artadventcalendar. An imaginary nighttime scene in alcohol ink.

#art #smallart #alcoholink
A small painting made in alcohol ink that can be interpreted as a nighttime landscape. The sky at the left looks like the aurora borealis in is purple with some small white circles that could be stars. The sky at the right looks like billowing blue clouds. In the middle of the right hand side there are distant islands in blue with water in front. In the middle of the left hand side, and across the bottom, are blobs of blue that read as a pile of rocks.
December 20, 2024 at 8:13 AM