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@desert-dreamer.bsky.social
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Husband, dog daddy, occasional creative, sufferer of impostor syndrome, explorer.
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palms
August 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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"storm season", me, watercolor and pastel on paper (14 x 21
cm), 2025

A visual tone poem of the southwestern (USA) desert monsoon.

#painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #pintura #pinturaacuarela #acuarela #art #arte #blueskyart #abstract #myart #paper #create #flow #blueskyartshow #pastel
An impressionistic scene of a late summer storm rolling on over the land. The sky looks watery with rain laden clouds over the dry and dusty land.
September 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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"on the bend", me, ink and watercolor on paper (14 × 21
cm), 2025

Took a little inspiration from the late great Jean Giraud (Moebius) today.

#painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #pintura #pinturaacuarela #acuarela #art #arte #blueskyart #abstract #myart #paper #create #flow #blueskyartshow
An illustration of a biomechanical Wild West lawman in the deep desert.
August 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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“Fractured Memories”, me, mixed media (watercolor and acrylic) on paper (14 x 21 cm), 2025

Experimentation of floral rendering using a non-traditional/brush approach.

#painting #watercolor #pintura #acuarela #acrylic #pintura #arcrilico #impressionist #art #arte #blueskyart #blueskyartshow
An abstract floral scene. Translucent foliage creates color blocks in the background while the foliage nearer to the viewer appears more opaque. Purple and pink flowers bloom amongst the branches.
August 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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“on the horizon”, me, watercolor on paper (14 x 21 cm), 2025

A random geometric abstract painted with my travel watercolor half pan set.

#painting #watercolor #watercolorpainting #pintura
#pinturaacuarela #acuarela #art #arte #blueskyart #abstract #myart #paper #create #flow #blueskyartshow
A geometric abstract watercolor with less than precise square and rectangular shapes. The randomness of hand rendered shapes provide an organic feel to this colorful abstract. This work represents the chaos and uncertainty of world today.
June 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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“monsoon dreaming”, me, acrylic on paper (14 x 20.3 cm), 2025

The moment before the monsoon sweeps in across the desert. I used the zorn palette.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #blueskyart
#impressionist #myart #canvas #create #blueskyartshow
A scene of two Sonoran desert cacti as a monsoon storm approaches. The cacti are in bloom. On the left is a young saguaro cactus and on the right is a prickly pear. Both are blooming. Lightning streaks across the sky as dark clouds are approaching. This painting is created using the Zorn palette.
June 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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“nantahala”, me, acrylic on paper (14 x 20.3 cm), 2025

My younger years in the Southern Appalachians. I used the zorn palette.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #impressionism
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow #zorn #zornpalette #nc #woods
A woodland scene in the early fall. Some of the leaves in the evening light look like flames bursting through the branches.
June 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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“front range”, me, acrylic on paper (14 x 20.3 cm), 2025

Inspired by seeing the Rockies rise from the Great Plains in Colorado. I used the Zorn palette. #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow #abstract
The Rocky Mountains rising from the Great Plains. A view you see when driving west towards Denver or Colorado Springs.
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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“Senita”, me, gouache on paper (14,x 20.3 cm), 2025

The Senita cactus in my front yard bloomed. That inspired me to paint it. The Zorn palette yields wonderful desert colors.

#painting #guoache #gouachepainting #pintura
#art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow #abstract
A senita cactus bloom blooming early in the morning.
June 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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“copper state”, me, acrylic on stretched canvas (40.5 x 50.5 cm), 2025

No deeper meaning than an appreciation of aesthetics. I used the zorn palette.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow #abstract
A geometric abstract of distant mountains with the afternoon sun in the sky. In the foreground are cacti rising from the desert floor. All of the shapes have copper highlights, because Arizona is often referred to as the copper state.
May 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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There it is…
May 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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“the pain of wearing masks”, me, acrylic on paper, 2025

When we wear masks to hide our untamed authentic selves, we often self-inflict internal anguish

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow #abstract
A skeleton representing one’s true, untamed, authentic self holding the mask that they wear when facing the world. The mask may make them appear “better” or “fit expectations”; but the act of doing so causes deep and lasting pain, as represented by the nails stabbing through the skull of the wearer.
May 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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“(e)merge”, me, acrylic on stretched canvas, 2023

A season of growth and change, a commitment to live authentically, a desire to create more.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow #abstract
A geometric abstract painting on a rectangular canvas. In the midst there are variegated organic curved lines giving a sense of motion and flow.
April 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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April 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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“54 (cumple)”, me, gouache on paper, 2025

I usually do not paint self portraits. But I felt like stretching my winds as my contraction turns into expansion

#markmaking #sketchbook #gouache #art #arte #painting #pintura #drawing #dibujo #watermedia #esbozo #papel #create #flow #selfportrait #aries
A gouache portrait on Strathmore watercolor paper. There is a rough quality to this painting as I was exploring textures, color blocking, and light. It sort of looks like Ringo Starr, but it’s meant to be me. Art is a constant learning process and a meditative flow state for me. The blue crack near the top of the picture is where the tape delaminated my paper a bit so I patched it up with clear gesso and varnish.
April 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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“Dreaming of Summer”, me, gouache on paper, 2025

Painted from a photo I took in Montague, Michigan when I took a walk to Lake Michigan with friends.

#markmaking #sketchbook #gouache #art #arte #painting #pintura #drawing #dibujo #watermedia #esbozo #papel #create #flow
A sailboat pulled up on the shores of Lake Michigan on an early spring day as the land slowly warms under the afternoon sun.
March 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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“p s y c h o n a u t”, me, watercolor/ink on paper, 2021

Made during the pandemic lockdown. A theme I can relate to.

#markmaking #sketchbook #watercolor #art #arte #painting #pintura #drawing #dibujo #acuarela #esbozo #papel #create #flow
A watercolor illustration entitled “psychonaut” depicting an astronaut with mushroom fruiting bodies emerging from their extremities. Inside the open helmet, a screaming mouth with an eyeball peers forth.
March 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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“desert dawn”, me, acrylic on stretched canvas, 2023

Made in memory of a friend who passed away far too soon. His memory is a blessing.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura
#pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow
An abstract painting depicting a desert scene with geometric shapes
March 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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March 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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“into the woods”, me, acrylic on stretched canvas

I created a wood stamp to explore using novel (to me) techniques.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura #pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart
#geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow
An abstract painting consisting of stamped geometric shapes against a salmon pink background
March 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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“Sonoran Fever Dream”, me, acrylic on stretched canvas, 2025

Nothing more than exploring my craft and entering a flow state with my brushes and palette knives.

#painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #pintura #pinturaacrilico #arcrilico #art #arte #abstractart #geometric #myart #canvas #create #flow
a colorful abstract painting comprised of flowing geometric shapes.
February 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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“sueños de la selva”, me, acrylic on stretched canvas, 2025

A study on texture and palette knife painting

#arcrylicpainting #pinturaacrilica #painting #pintura #abstract #art #arte #texture #paletteknife #jungle #selva
A jungle forest scene with a sun shining through a break in the trees. Two red bars hang in the air above the forest floor and below the tree canopy above
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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“noche de ciudad lluviosa”, me, acrylic on paper, 2025

strong and painful emotions meet my palette brush.

#painting #abstractart #acrylic #arcylicpainting #pintura #pinturaacrilica #expression #emotion #art #arte
An abstract painting of a city at the blue hour during a rainy evening, flashes of brake lights from traffic appear with other reflections.
February 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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A second plane has gone down in 3 days. Seems like things were safer when DEI was still in place.
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Really love this cartoon from the great Michael De Adder. The outpouring of support coming in has been truly amazing! Thanks everybody!
January 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM