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Garden of Defiant Resiliency
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Art, mostly.

There is always light to find, even in the darkest of times.
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Foggy mornings are the best. You get to see such a different perspective, different "picture", of a subject.

#landscapephotography #foggymorning #yellowleaves
Diptych of a tree with yellow leaves. The left image shows crossing branches in an X amidst the yellow leaves, on a light grey background of the foggy sky. The image on the right is a little further back, with more of the trees upward branches against the same foggy Grey sky. Distant, foggy trees frame the bottom of the image.
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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The light introduced me to several beautiful grasses, today.

It's a very meditative experience to photograph by following the light.

#landscapephotography #naturephotography #goldenhour
Image of stony white ground at the edge of a juniper forest. The sun is coming through the forest canopy in patches highlighting grasses growing between rock patches. Sunlit grasses against a darker juniper forest background. The grasses are amongst white stones of varying sizes, in dark brown soil.
December 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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A beautiful, foggy December morning.

#landscapephotography #foggymorning
Photo of a forested valley on a foggy morning. Near the top of the image, a hill cuts from right to left, with the fog behind the hill. The bottom two thirds of the image contain mostly green trees, with a few yellow and red trees towards the top. The top third contains the distant, fog-covered portions of the valley.
December 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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It's time to try to pull myself out of another social media hibernation. I have so many garden photos and art photos to share from the last few months.

May as well start with a constant source of inspiration: the night sky.

#astrophotography #nightsky
A black night sky, filled with stars.
December 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Trying some fall gardening and over 50% of my sweet peas have germinated!

They are such pretty plants I might have to try growing these again.

#seedlings #gardening #growyourfood
A sweet peas seedling, leaves unfurled, reaching for the sun. 3 sweet peas seedlings in direct sunlight
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Close up of a recent piece in progress. Layered pieces of handpainted paper.

#artyear #sensoryart #shadow #workinprogress
Pieces of hand painted paper cut into purple and yellow flower blossoms, leaves and stem shapes. They are on top of an orange background.
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Jean-Paul Jérôme, contemporary Canadian painter, designer and sculptor who was a co-founder of Les Plasticiens, a group of painters who founded the pictorial movement in Quebec in 1955.

Feu sacré, 1978
(oil on canvas)

#Jean-PaulJérôme #ContemporaryArt
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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This week's we're serving up visual chaos for #wackywednesdayart.

#illustration #abstractart #doodles
Photo of a variety of hand-painted papers stacked on top of each other. They have a variety of colors, and are filled with organic, abstract shapes.
September 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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How about both blue and cyan today? Is this teal or cyan?

#bluetue #cyantue #coloraday #illustration #abstractart
A hand painted paper, featuring organic shapes in a few colors. Sections are split by pink organic lines. Each section typically features a blue or teal background, with a smaller alternating teal of blue blob lined in purple. Image of a sketchbook with hand painted paper, featuring organic shapes in a few colors. Sections are split by pink organic lines. Each section typically features a blue or teal background, with a smaller alternating teal of blue blob lined in purple.
September 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Happy #wackywednesday: have some color doodles along the edge of a piece of scrap paper.

#abstractart #illustration #tactileart #sensoryart
Colorful lines, purples, blues alternating with yellows and oranges, around the cutout leaf shapes of a piece of scrap paper.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Working on some flower and plant designs for this orange background.

#coloraday #orangesun #illustration #workinprogress
Photo of a canvas board partially painted in orange, purple, pink and yellow, and a sketches of flowers and plant shapes.
September 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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No One Survives a Scorched Earth.

#BlueSkyArtShow #home #visualart #paintmarkers #art
Photo of a drawing/painting on paper. The bottom right half of the image features an exploited, polluted earth. The moon sits in the bottom left, with Mars in the top center. Standing on the top left most edge of the earth is a human, dreaming about a lush, green, biodiversity-filled earth that has everything humans need for survival. Close up of a photo of a drawing/painting on paper. The bottom right half of the image features an exploited, polluted earth. Standing on the top left most edge of the earth is a human, dreaming about a lush, green, biodiversity-filled earth that has everything humans need for survival.
September 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A favorite set of images from earlier this year for #yellowthu.

#coloraday #bloomscrolling #GoldenThryallis #diptych
Diptych of a flowering Golden Thryallis. Yellow flowers along an upward j-curve branch, against a background of blurry greenery.
September 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Tonight's #wackywednesday playground: painted stripes of paper, cut into shapes and layered.

#abstractart #sensoryart #tactileart
Photo of pieces of brightly painted paper cut into a variety of shapes on a black background.
September 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Happy #wackywednesday, may your paint markers never run dry and may your shapes always be interesting.

#abstractart #tactileart #sensoryart
Photo of bright yellow and pink painted pieces of paper, cut into basic shapes and layered on top of each other, against a black background.
September 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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A brief distraction from your Monday blues.

#blueskymonday #sensoryart #abstractart
Photo of a sketchbook against white paper. The sketchbook is covered in lines of greens and blues, creating a variety of shapes across the page. The colors are organized to create areas of heavier visual weight, and areas of lighter visual weight. Materials: Paint marker and paper. Photo of a sketchbook page against covered in lines of greens and blues, creating a variety of shapes across the page. The colors are organized to create areas of heavier visual weight, and areas of lighter visual weight. Materials: Paint marker and paper. Photo of a sketchbook against white paper. The sketchbook is covered in lines of greens and blues, creating a variety of shapes across the page. The colors are organized to create areas of heavier visual weight, and areas of lighter visual weight. Materials: Paint marker and paper.
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Purple, pink and blue are a favorite pallete of mine.

#stunday #sensoryart #backyardart
Close up of a hot pink zinnia flower against a blurry, broken background of blues, purples, and spots of yellow. Image of a pink, blue and purple metal flower tealight holder shaped like a water Lilly blossom. A little tealight, with melted dark reflective wax, sits in the middle. The tealight holder rests on a painted, but scuffed wooden surface painted with pinks, blues and purples. Hot pink zinnia flower against a blurry, broken background of blues, purples, and spots of yellow.
September 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Playing with space, visual weight, and some new colors.

#coloraday #orangesun #sensoryart #abstractart
Photo of a sketchbook against white paper. The sketchbook is covered in lines of yellows, oranges, and some red, creating a variety of shapes across the page. The colors are organized to create areas of heavier visual weight, and areas of lighter visual weight. Materials: Paint marker and paper. Photo of a sketchbook covered in lines of yellows, oranges, and some red, creating a variety of shapes across the page. The colors are organized to create areas of heavier visual weight, and areas of lighter visual weight. Materials: Paint marker and paper.
September 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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What a #summer it's been. Escaping the heat has led to a lot of art exploration, including this #abstract #collage. It feels like a fitting image to share for this week's #blueskyartshow.

Paint markers on paper, cut into shapes and layered on each other, and photographed back into 2D art again.
Diptych containing two similar images of the same scene, rotated differently. The scene contains bright yellow and bright pink painted pieces of paper, cut into different shapes, and organized in an abstract manner against a black background.
September 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A stacking of purple Mexican petunias for your weekend #bloomscrolling
An image of six soft purple Mexican petunia flower blossoms against a dark background. Only the bottom. Two flowers are in focus.
August 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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This is a behind-the-scenes snapshot of the last few months: painted paper cut into shapes, and photographed back into a 2D medium.

I enjoy the interaction between surrealism and reality. Overlapping the two, blending them, and exploring their relationship.
Photograph of pieces of pink and yellow painted paper, on a painted black background.
August 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Monotypes and drawing

Drawings/paintings/sketches/prints

#landscapeart #landscape #drawing #sketch #art #cornishart #abstractlandscape #womenartists #landscapepainting #watercolour #gouache #mixedmedia #art #westpenwith #cornwall #collage #monotype #printmaking
August 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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“A Wolf in Shepherd’s Clothing,” oil on panel, 11” x 14.” The original oil was sold to a collector, but Studio prints are available in 2 sizes.

"Sheep will always be sheep. and a wolf, no matter how he’s dressed, will always be a wolf.” —SG

www.scottgustafson.com/misc-animals...
April 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Hello humans 🖐 I am starting to emerge from social media hibernation. I have been making a lot of art, very excited to share some, and have new plant photos for your eyeballs.

Today: some lovely Mexican petunias for those #bloomscrolling
Image of purple and green hues. In focus, near the center, is a delicate purple Mexican petunia flower blossom in soft light. Below it, and out of focus, are two others. Across the top of the image is the purple blur of a 4th flower, all set against a sea of green leaves.
August 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Connections with great people, and healing experiences really have a lot of power in these chaotic, stressful and oppressive times.

I'm taking this week's #blueskyartshow theme of #gratitude as a reminder to focus and prioritize these connections, without losing sight of the changing battlefield.
Image of similar artworks made from paint marker on paper, hanging on a white pegboard. The three paintings have a black background, though the majority of the image is filled with organic pink shapes with darker cutouts, overall slightly leaf shaped. In between the pink areas are yellow lines with occasional dots, similar to the spacing of outdoor string lights. Subtle blue dots add dimension through the rest of the background.
August 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM