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Brooke Bowen
@brookebowenart.bsky.social
Traditional Artist🌱Millennial 🌱Painter of people and maker of things
Day 20 of painting, finally getting to paint the dragon. It is so fun! #fantasy #dragons
March 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Day 17 of painting. Second painting is completed! #oilpainting #traditionalart #bskyart
March 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Day 17 of painting. Second painting is completed! #oilpainting #traditionalart #bskyart
March 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Still day 15, but I completed this painting like I hoped so I am sharing it here (🤫 don’t tell my insta followers, they aren’t getting pictures of the finished pieces yet) #oilpainting #traditionalart #bskyart
March 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue
By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Day 15 of getting ready for my solo show, midday update! Finished the digital drawings for three of my paintings last night and this morning, I am going to display some of them alongside their finished pieces. Got a drawing transferred onto a canvas yesterday and have half of another transferred.
March 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Day 14, behind the scenes in the studio. Making progress!
#originalart #traditionalart #oilpainting
March 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Sagittarius, your confidence will obscure your best laid plans🏹
March 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Shiny paint 🎨 ✨
March 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Apparently I missed a bunch of days updating everyone. So I am going to call this day 12 of painting. Baby is refusing naps lately so painting has been a struggle 😭. Getting closer on this one. Need another layer on the ground and background, then add some plants since I can’t help myself.
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Last year, an author mentioned my shop on her substack. It changed my income so drastically that this is the spike of orders from that *one* mention last year. Word of mouth for an artist can change everything.
December 17, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Hopefully I will be able to finish this tomorrow! I will have another layer on the background, and then painting in the figure and the ground. Sooo close!
March 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Decided I want to flip the values around on this painting! Now I will be waiting for this to dry a little to add more layering. Day 9
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Day 9 of painting, working on digital color studies. This solo show has allowed me to use digital painting more.
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, painter, genius #WomensArt
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Day 8 of painting. Almost done with this layer!
March 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Don’t you hate when you finish a ‘meh’ piece of art, it doesn’t sell, you finally give it away because you don’t want to see it anymore, and then years later someone asks to include it in a book? AND YOU NEVER TOOK A GOOD PHOTO OF IT 😭
March 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Does anyone have suggestions on some good additions to water that don’t include caffeine? My go to has been a balance powder from Aulani Nu (rainbow candy and shaved ice flavored) that they have discontinued 🙁. Trying to cut back on my Pepsi Zero.
March 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Day 7 of painting. Loving how the grass looks like stained glass right now. Really needing to finish this grisalle so I can get some color on the other pieces! Shoutout to my mom who is watching my youngest between her naps today 🥹
March 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The energy I bring to everything 😂
March 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Day 6 painting update, trying to finish a whole lot of paintings before my show. I have been taking classes with @kaitlund.bsky.social to help me with doing a dragon. First of all she is a great artist. She has been a godsend to help me overcome my self-imposed blocks.
March 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I am also looking forward to this show that I will also be in! I will have a piece from my ‘Woman with Eagle Wings’ show!
Preliminary drawing for "I see you" one of three pieces for a triptych that I can't wait to finish and share. The paintings will be on display at an up coming group show:

The Compass Gallery is doing a fantasy show with an incredible line up of artists which I am thrilled to be a part of.
March 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Day 5 of painting update. This one is larger and more slow going. Many more values that take more time to make sure they are right. Running away from the dragon
February 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Friday Finnish!!

Pekka Halonen (Finnish, 1865-1933)

"Maidens at the Headlands (Original title: Neiet niemien nenissä)" (1895)
Oil on canvas (131 x 95 cm)
Private collection.
February 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM