chelsey
@chelseymakesart.bsky.social
🪩 Abstract acrylic + mixed media
🫶 Art rooted in empowerment, and connection
🩵 Bold colour • Expressive texture
📍 Canada
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https://instagram.com/chelseymakesart
🫶 Art rooted in empowerment, and connection
🩵 Bold colour • Expressive texture
📍 Canada
🇨🇦🍉🖍️
https://instagram.com/chelseymakesart
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If you don't know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself.
October 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you don't know what to pursue in life right now, pursue yourself. Pursue becoming the healthiest, happiest, most healed, most present, most confident version of yourself. Then the right path will reveal itself.
It has to start somewhere.
It has to start sometime.
What better place than here?
What better time than now?
It has to start sometime.
What better place than here?
What better time than now?
July 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It has to start somewhere.
It has to start sometime.
What better place than here?
What better time than now?
It has to start sometime.
What better place than here?
What better time than now?
Happy Juneteenth everyone! 🩵🥳
JUNETEENTH (6/19) celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S.
President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, freeing enslaved African-Americans. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted and abolished slavery. Joe Biden declared Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021.
President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, freeing enslaved African-Americans. In 1865, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was adopted and abolished slavery. Joe Biden declared Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021.
June 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Happy Juneteenth everyone! 🩵🥳
Trying my hand at doing a #painterly style for the first time. Kept each apple to a max of 30 brush strokes to practice my brush control.
Lots of room for growth, but it was an interesting study to do! Will definitely explore more 🎨
‘Ein Apfel’, #acrylic paint on canvas.
Lots of room for growth, but it was an interesting study to do! Will definitely explore more 🎨
‘Ein Apfel’, #acrylic paint on canvas.
June 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trying my hand at doing a #painterly style for the first time. Kept each apple to a max of 30 brush strokes to practice my brush control.
Lots of room for growth, but it was an interesting study to do! Will definitely explore more 🎨
‘Ein Apfel’, #acrylic paint on canvas.
Lots of room for growth, but it was an interesting study to do! Will definitely explore more 🎨
‘Ein Apfel’, #acrylic paint on canvas.
Buy the trinket. The frivolous item that serves no real function other than joy.
This is not a narrative on capitalism (of which I have many qualms with), but rather one of doing that what brings the 7-year old version of you glee.
I smile every time I pick up my journal, because of this sushi 🍣
This is not a narrative on capitalism (of which I have many qualms with), but rather one of doing that what brings the 7-year old version of you glee.
I smile every time I pick up my journal, because of this sushi 🍣
May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Buy the trinket. The frivolous item that serves no real function other than joy.
This is not a narrative on capitalism (of which I have many qualms with), but rather one of doing that what brings the 7-year old version of you glee.
I smile every time I pick up my journal, because of this sushi 🍣
This is not a narrative on capitalism (of which I have many qualms with), but rather one of doing that what brings the 7-year old version of you glee.
I smile every time I pick up my journal, because of this sushi 🍣
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Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study reveals.
Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD
Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD
May 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lab-kept bumble bees roll small wooden balls around for no apparent purpose other than fun, a 2022 study reveals.
Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD
Learn more on #WorldBeeDay: scim.ag/4dAwCuD
No matter how many palette knives I try, this is the one I always come back to.
It’s been around since circa 2005, is my absolute favourite, and (since the company no longer exists) is simply irreplaceable to me + my #art.
Do you have a go to tool that you can’t create without?
It’s been around since circa 2005, is my absolute favourite, and (since the company no longer exists) is simply irreplaceable to me + my #art.
Do you have a go to tool that you can’t create without?
May 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
No matter how many palette knives I try, this is the one I always come back to.
It’s been around since circa 2005, is my absolute favourite, and (since the company no longer exists) is simply irreplaceable to me + my #art.
Do you have a go to tool that you can’t create without?
It’s been around since circa 2005, is my absolute favourite, and (since the company no longer exists) is simply irreplaceable to me + my #art.
Do you have a go to tool that you can’t create without?
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you are not a machine. you're a soul who needs music, connection, sunsets, laughter & small pockets of joy. prioritize them like your life depends on it, because it does
May 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
you are not a machine. you're a soul who needs music, connection, sunsets, laughter & small pockets of joy. prioritize them like your life depends on it, because it does
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Portrait of Otelia Cromwell, the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. from Yale University, 1926, by contemporary US painter Jennifer Packer #WomensArt
May 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Portrait of Otelia Cromwell, the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. from Yale University, 1926, by contemporary US painter Jennifer Packer #WomensArt
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May 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Say hello to my little friend.
May 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Say hello to my little friend.
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return.
May 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The greatest thing you’ll ever learn, is just to love, and be loved in return.
After solely using acrylic paint and doing abstract for nearly 20 years, #watercolour and more realism is a whole new medium and ballgame I’m learning.
Working on the contrast in my #art 🎨
Materials: Watercolour, and watercolour pencils on cold press paper.
Working on the contrast in my #art 🎨
Materials: Watercolour, and watercolour pencils on cold press paper.
May 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
After solely using acrylic paint and doing abstract for nearly 20 years, #watercolour and more realism is a whole new medium and ballgame I’m learning.
Working on the contrast in my #art 🎨
Materials: Watercolour, and watercolour pencils on cold press paper.
Working on the contrast in my #art 🎨
Materials: Watercolour, and watercolour pencils on cold press paper.
Who are your favourite contemporary artists that work with #acrylic or #watercolour?
I’ve been on the lookout for some non-AI generated or digital work for inspiration and study 🎨 👀 #art
I’ve been on the lookout for some non-AI generated or digital work for inspiration and study 🎨 👀 #art
May 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Who are your favourite contemporary artists that work with #acrylic or #watercolour?
I’ve been on the lookout for some non-AI generated or digital work for inspiration and study 🎨 👀 #art
I’ve been on the lookout for some non-AI generated or digital work for inspiration and study 🎨 👀 #art
Has anyone else noticed how much a cybertruck was made to look like Porygon? Its uncanny.
May 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Has anyone else noticed how much a cybertruck was made to look like Porygon? Its uncanny.
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Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
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Earth Day•Every Day🌿✨
April 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Earth Day•Every Day🌿✨
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Take back your attention.
January 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Take back your attention.
There’s something so freeing about reclaiming your attention. I deleted TikTok, and FB, have time limits set for Reddit and IG, and muted anyone I don’t personally know.
Staying informed, but unplugging far more. So much extra time to invest into art, travel and other pursuits. Highly recommend 🥂
Staying informed, but unplugging far more. So much extra time to invest into art, travel and other pursuits. Highly recommend 🥂
April 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
There’s something so freeing about reclaiming your attention. I deleted TikTok, and FB, have time limits set for Reddit and IG, and muted anyone I don’t personally know.
Staying informed, but unplugging far more. So much extra time to invest into art, travel and other pursuits. Highly recommend 🥂
Staying informed, but unplugging far more. So much extra time to invest into art, travel and other pursuits. Highly recommend 🥂
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