David Otto Scaer
@davidottoscaer.bsky.social
Just a painter with a mild-to-moderate blue fetish.
Dad, hubby, son.
D-minor.
Wayyyyy too many other obsessions to list here
Dad, hubby, son.
D-minor.
Wayyyyy too many other obsessions to list here
Tall ships plying the waters of my home town
August 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tall ships plying the waters of my home town
A detail from a land-/skyscape I’m working on, as a gift to some lovely vineyard folk we’ve met lately. Just really decent, kind folk, who have extended their kindness and friendship to me, yes, but to my elderly father as well. Oil and lapis lazuli on tinted gesso ground
August 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A detail from a land-/skyscape I’m working on, as a gift to some lovely vineyard folk we’ve met lately. Just really decent, kind folk, who have extended their kindness and friendship to me, yes, but to my elderly father as well. Oil and lapis lazuli on tinted gesso ground
With love and respect from N Michigan
July 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
With love and respect from N Michigan
I may be a failed French scholar and teacher (and am currently failing my way through a nascent art career), but I am not afraid to speak the truth, defend the truth, defend my kids, wife and Dad, and stand (sometimes stupidly, sometimes strategically) in the way of evil men. ::respect::, Jess!
July 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I may be a failed French scholar and teacher (and am currently failing my way through a nascent art career), but I am not afraid to speak the truth, defend the truth, defend my kids, wife and Dad, and stand (sometimes stupidly, sometimes strategically) in the way of evil men. ::respect::, Jess!
Lovely, Greg! Here is what we were seeing on our side (NW Lower MI)
July 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lovely, Greg! Here is what we were seeing on our side (NW Lower MI)
A stroll in the sublime light of sunset in Northern Michigan
July 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A stroll in the sublime light of sunset in Northern Michigan
Good Trouble!
Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/
Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/
July 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Good Trouble!
Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/
Called do-nothing MI rep Jack Bergman’s DC and Traverse City MI offices. Asked his (poor fucker) staffers how I was supposed to square his statement regarding his the Big Bill (see attached) with actual wordage from the bill itself? Lots of hemming/hawing of course (including but/
until after our death”. Will my end be worthy of the years that preceded it? “I leave it to death to test the fruit of my studies. We shall see then whether my reasonings come from my mouth or from my heart.”
July 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
until after our death”. Will my end be worthy of the years that preceded it? “I leave it to death to test the fruit of my studies. We shall see then whether my reasonings come from my mouth or from my heart.”
Yeah, not feeling at all patriotic
Anyway, at least the coffee is nice this morning. Too bad about our democracy though
Anyway, at least the coffee is nice this morning. Too bad about our democracy though
July 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Yeah, not feeling at all patriotic
Anyway, at least the coffee is nice this morning. Too bad about our democracy though
Anyway, at least the coffee is nice this morning. Too bad about our democracy though
The sublime view as I absorb my second cup of coffee🌞🌞🌞
G’mornin’, BlueSky and the heroes you contain!
G’mornin’, BlueSky and the heroes you contain!
July 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The sublime view as I absorb my second cup of coffee🌞🌞🌞
G’mornin’, BlueSky and the heroes you contain!
G’mornin’, BlueSky and the heroes you contain!
Views from our walk last evening
July 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Views from our walk last evening
I’ve been hounding my (new) congresspeople’s phone lines. Latest theme: whether you’re the actual nazi, the one resisting, or the one too cowardly to resist (or worse, a craven enabler), YOUR LEGACY IS ASSURED.
Good times
Good times
July 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve been hounding my (new) congresspeople’s phone lines. Latest theme: whether you’re the actual nazi, the one resisting, or the one too cowardly to resist (or worse, a craven enabler), YOUR LEGACY IS ASSURED.
Good times
Good times
June 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Timeline cleanse!
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Timeline cleanse!
Traverse City MI!!!
June 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Traverse City MI!!!
Traverse City MI! Difficult to judge; I might estimate 1,500–2,000 in attendance
June 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Traverse City MI! Difficult to judge; I might estimate 1,500–2,000 in attendance
Verso/recto. Yes, that’s real gold leaf
June 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Verso/recto. Yes, that’s real gold leaf
My notes for my phone call to Jack Bergman’s office (Michigan 1st congressional district). Admittedly, my handwriting is shit, so I’ll translate them for you:
“If I’m, say, at a Home Depot, and heavily-armed men in tactical gear—masked, armed men wearing no badges or name tags—carrying zip ties/
“If I’m, say, at a Home Depot, and heavily-armed men in tactical gear—masked, armed men wearing no badges or name tags—carrying zip ties/
June 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My notes for my phone call to Jack Bergman’s office (Michigan 1st congressional district). Admittedly, my handwriting is shit, so I’ll translate them for you:
“If I’m, say, at a Home Depot, and heavily-armed men in tactical gear—masked, armed men wearing no badges or name tags—carrying zip ties/
“If I’m, say, at a Home Depot, and heavily-armed men in tactical gear—masked, armed men wearing no badges or name tags—carrying zip ties/
Required reading
June 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Required reading
Recent faves, Leelanau County MI
June 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Recent faves, Leelanau County MI
Timeline cleanse! Leelanau County, Michigan
June 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Timeline cleanse! Leelanau County, Michigan