Elizabeth R. Whelan
@elizabethwhelan.bsky.social
Artist | portraits, marine, botanical paintings | commissions open!
www.elizabethwhelan.com
www.elizabethwhelan.com
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Very glad to have stumbled upon @pastpostcard.bsky.social! Do read some of these. Just marvelous.
I think I shall send a postcard to celebrate!
I think I shall send a postcard to celebrate!
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Very glad to have stumbled upon @pastpostcard.bsky.social! Do read some of these. Just marvelous.
I think I shall send a postcard to celebrate!
I think I shall send a postcard to celebrate!
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'I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard.' RIP Patricia 'Kitty' Routledge.
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
'I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard.' RIP Patricia 'Kitty' Routledge.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Nor must you forget that when men say popes, kings, and emperors built such and such buildings, it is a mere way of speaking. You look in your history-books…Did they? or, rather, men like you and me, handicraftsmen, who have left no names behind them, nothing
but their work?
-William Morris
but their work?
-William Morris
June 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Nor must you forget that when men say popes, kings, and emperors built such and such buildings, it is a mere way of speaking. You look in your history-books…Did they? or, rather, men like you and me, handicraftsmen, who have left no names behind them, nothing
but their work?
-William Morris
but their work?
-William Morris
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Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
More than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’
Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen…
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Don’t gift our work to AI billionaires: Mark Haddon, Michal Rosen and other creatives urge government
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UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture
UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture
Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farming
A biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by scientists in the UK. The breakthrough – by researchers at the…
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture
Hi all, I am doing a demo on painting flowers over at the Cozy Corner Cafe in Edgartown, MA, this afternoon at 4 pm (Tuesday 11th) -- it will be a quick demo of an hour, but I hope to share some tips to make your painting and drawing life a little easier!
Drop by if you can!
Drop by if you can!
February 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hi all, I am doing a demo on painting flowers over at the Cozy Corner Cafe in Edgartown, MA, this afternoon at 4 pm (Tuesday 11th) -- it will be a quick demo of an hour, but I hope to share some tips to make your painting and drawing life a little easier!
Drop by if you can!
Drop by if you can!
I love to see sketching encouraged in museums. It The act of visual note-taking with even the roughest sketch will allow you to slow down and see objects and details you might otherwise have missed.
It's a way to acknowledge craftsmen and artists who came before us.
It's a way to acknowledge craftsmen and artists who came before us.
February 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I love to see sketching encouraged in museums. It The act of visual note-taking with even the roughest sketch will allow you to slow down and see objects and details you might otherwise have missed.
It's a way to acknowledge craftsmen and artists who came before us.
It's a way to acknowledge craftsmen and artists who came before us.
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Alas, I think that might be 2025's goal too
My goal for 2025 is just to become hotter and more lethal
January 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Alas, I think that might be 2025's goal too
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Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Writing tip: After you finish, go back & cut all the adverbs. Then all the adjectives. Then all the other words. Eat the paper. Now you're free.
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Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
January 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born.
Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr
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December 22, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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Some more art... Bluesky is really getting good, isn't it! It's been amazing to watch the audience build up so rapidly.
This is one of my favorite landscape paintings, if you can call it that. I felt the trees looked as if they were dancing, so I called it:
Jive Talkin'
24 x 18", oil on canvas
This is one of my favorite landscape paintings, if you can call it that. I felt the trees looked as if they were dancing, so I called it:
Jive Talkin'
24 x 18", oil on canvas
December 14, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Some more art... Bluesky is really getting good, isn't it! It's been amazing to watch the audience build up so rapidly.
This is one of my favorite landscape paintings, if you can call it that. I felt the trees looked as if they were dancing, so I called it:
Jive Talkin'
24 x 18", oil on canvas
This is one of my favorite landscape paintings, if you can call it that. I felt the trees looked as if they were dancing, so I called it:
Jive Talkin'
24 x 18", oil on canvas
Still not quite sure what to post here! How about a sketch I did last night with the online figure drawing group at Washington Studio School.
Feel free to join us -- book your spot through their website! The sessions are Mondays 7-9 pm.
#sketch #sandpaper #ElizabethWhelan #drawing #figuredrawing
Feel free to join us -- book your spot through their website! The sessions are Mondays 7-9 pm.
#sketch #sandpaper #ElizabethWhelan #drawing #figuredrawing
November 26, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Still not quite sure what to post here! How about a sketch I did last night with the online figure drawing group at Washington Studio School.
Feel free to join us -- book your spot through their website! The sessions are Mondays 7-9 pm.
#sketch #sandpaper #ElizabethWhelan #drawing #figuredrawing
Feel free to join us -- book your spot through their website! The sessions are Mondays 7-9 pm.
#sketch #sandpaper #ElizabethWhelan #drawing #figuredrawing
Sharing another recent portrait, and thinking of more peaceful times (like, this summer!)
I enjoy painting people in action, particularly involved in favorite activities, contemporary scenes showing how we live our lives.
'Canoeing with a Friend on Edgartown Great Pond'
24 x 30", oil on canvas
I enjoy painting people in action, particularly involved in favorite activities, contemporary scenes showing how we live our lives.
'Canoeing with a Friend on Edgartown Great Pond'
24 x 30", oil on canvas
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Sharing another recent portrait, and thinking of more peaceful times (like, this summer!)
I enjoy painting people in action, particularly involved in favorite activities, contemporary scenes showing how we live our lives.
'Canoeing with a Friend on Edgartown Great Pond'
24 x 30", oil on canvas
I enjoy painting people in action, particularly involved in favorite activities, contemporary scenes showing how we live our lives.
'Canoeing with a Friend on Edgartown Great Pond'
24 x 30", oil on canvas
Fabulous time at the unveiling of Jay Wilbur's portrait yesterday! It was lovely to see the crowd that showed up to honor the former harbormaster of Vineyard Haven harbor, and to talk about the years that have gone by on the Island, oh so quickly.
Portrait of Jay Wilbur
24 x 20", oil on canvas
Portrait of Jay Wilbur
24 x 20", oil on canvas
November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Fabulous time at the unveiling of Jay Wilbur's portrait yesterday! It was lovely to see the crowd that showed up to honor the former harbormaster of Vineyard Haven harbor, and to talk about the years that have gone by on the Island, oh so quickly.
Portrait of Jay Wilbur
24 x 20", oil on canvas
Portrait of Jay Wilbur
24 x 20", oil on canvas
Looking forward to meeting folks on here -- artists, archeologists, writers, scientists, foreign policy experts, news junkies, I hope to meet you all!
And by way of introduction, this is the sort of painting I do:
Portrait of Nat Benjamin
28 x 22", oil on canvas
And by way of introduction, this is the sort of painting I do:
Portrait of Nat Benjamin
28 x 22", oil on canvas
November 13, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Looking forward to meeting folks on here -- artists, archeologists, writers, scientists, foreign policy experts, news junkies, I hope to meet you all!
And by way of introduction, this is the sort of painting I do:
Portrait of Nat Benjamin
28 x 22", oil on canvas
And by way of introduction, this is the sort of painting I do:
Portrait of Nat Benjamin
28 x 22", oil on canvas