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Isobel Hamilton Art 🇨🇦
@isobel-art.bsky.social
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Artist from Scotland, now living in Nova Scotia.
AFCA.
I love art, the Pre-Raphaelites, nature, walking, history, tea and cake.
Commissions taken (booking for 2026).
https://www.isobelhamilton.com
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Isobel Hamilton Art 🇨🇦 @isobel-art.bsky.social · Nov 7
I am an fine art painter based in #NovaScotia . I love painting #realism, and also love capturing light - particularly single light sources in a dark scene. I mainly work in acrylics, but like oils too.
Recently I've started exploring still life.. excited to see where that goes!
A night scene; a glass jar holding a candle hangs on the branch of a dead tree.
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For the next 3hrs or so, this is me!
(All that’s missing is a cup of tea and occasional supervisor visits from the cat)
Picture of the happy cartoon guy from the IKEA instructions
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Everyone! I have art card packs available! Shipping to Canada, UK and the USA; if you'd like to get them for Christmas gifts please order ASAP!
Each pack has 6 cards (2 of each) and envelopes.
isobelhamilton.com/product/gree...
3 art cards and an envelope displayed on a wooden table. The cards show my paintings of lanterns and candles in a dark landscape.
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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"If you make them they will come" is sadly not true.... so I'm going to have to get out of my introvert shell and do some marketing! I now have these lovely greeting cards of my paintings available in packs of 6 (including envelopes). 2 of each design.
Buy here! isobelhamilton.com/product/gree...
3 greeting cards on a wooden table, with a green envelope tucked behind. Each shows a highly detailed acrylic painting of a candle or lantern in the dark.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Are you in London? The Royal Miniature Society's annual show opens today at the Bankside Gallery. The work they have just amazing (they do also have these pieces of mine, but seriously, if you have a chance to go see the show you really should!). It only runs for this week....
5 framed miniature paintings of lanterns and light at night.
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Christmas cards! 😃 (or any occasion cards actually, they’re blank inside). I’ll be selling these in packs of 6 (2 of each design) with lovely sage green envelopes; just waiting for all the packing supplies to arrive!
3 art cards standing up on an old shipping trunk. One is an oil lamp hanging from tree branches, one is a close up of candles in crystal holders, and one is 2 lanterns hanging from a tree in dark woodland.
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Hallowe’en is a good excuse for baking! Paradise slices and done (slightly overdone) empire biscuits. Yum!
Empire biscuits - sandwiches biscuits with raspberry jam and icing on top) in the shape of pumpkins with orange icing Paradise slices - pastry base with a frangipane sponge filled with glacé cherries and raisins
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Someone on Twitter posted that they didn’t feel Bluesky worked out because it’s like a “polite country club”.
Personally I quite enjoy a polite country club 😆❤️
October 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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This one seems worth sharing. For the Canadians, a parliamentaty petition to make Canadian news organisations etc. have to be majority Canadian-owned. Seems like a no-brainer at this point...
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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One of the reasons I live this time of year? The Kentville pumpkin people! 🎃😃❤️
A cheery pumpkin scarecrow with autumn leaves Close up of a pumpkin scarecrow with a very happy face! Close up of a shocked looking pumpkin scarecrow (there’s a little fly on his head where he’s looking) Two pumpkin people dressed like Beetlejuice characters, with the long stripey worm behind them
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Today I am mainly grumpy. Trying to ship these to the UK, can’t use Canadapost because strike, and both UPS and DHL now charge all kinds of customs fees on top (thanks UK govt?)
Sure. $85 + $40 fees for things that may end up being sent back to me after the show.
Lovely.
😠
5 miniature acrylic paintings in black and gold frames. They show various lanterns and candles at night in a snowy landscape.
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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I grew up in the UK, and didn't have to do this. Now I live in Nova Scotia, and I absolutely do this, because I have encountered people driving the wrong way round roundabouts here!!
😲
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Americans seem to be a real bee in their bonnet about paper straws (husband is watching Jon Stewart just now). Why is this? As adults, are you all still drinking using straws? I probably use a straw 6 times a year (and paper one are fine).
Have lots of you not graduated to cups/glasses? 🤔
October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Yesterday I did my first oil change (inc filter), and it went so well I decided to tackle the next level up and fixed our rear wiper motor! Replaced it with a new (used) one.
As I get older I realize a lot of tasks feel like you need an expert, when actually you do not! 😃🔧
(YouTube is so helpful)
Our cat, Puck, making sure I am doing the oil change correctly, she is sitting on my mat looking under the car. The rear wiper motor of our Nissan. Take the rear trim panel off and it’s right there - 3 bolts and a connector!
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Puck and I went for a wee walk through our woods this afternoon; she was kind enough to pose for some photos ❤️
Striking black and white photo of a grey tabby cat sitting on a pile of rocks in a clearing. She is backlit by the late afternoon sun.
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I overpaid for a couple more still life objects today (btw my idea of overpaying is $25-$40… I want everything to be that $2 bargain 😂).
I’ve never seen an enamelled meat grinder (green!!), and I just fell in love with the pot. The dents make it even better ❤️
A vintage meat grinder, enamelled green metal A shiny copper pot with angular brass handle, outside in the sunshine
October 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Today marks one year since my husband and I became Canadians! Our Canniversary if you will. Still very Scottish, but also very happily Canadian 😃🇨🇦🍁
(Having this anniversary at the BEST time of year was wonderful luck 🍂☀️🎃)
Me (wearing a Buffalo plaid shirt) and my husband (wearing a red Canada tee) outside in the sunshine looking very happy, having just become Canadian citizens.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Had a lovely day today - one of those “this is why I live here” days ❤️ Beautiful weather, vibrant autumn colours everywhere, popped by Windsor and found a new antique shop and had lunch by the water 😊
Exterior of a building in Windsor NS, partly an antique shop. The outside is covered with a huge vibrant mural. Windsor NS waterfront - nice spot for lunch! Benches, a gazebo, flags, a path.
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Hey, @mark-carney.bsky.social . Maybe something for Canada to look at?
mikeachim.bsky.social Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · Oct 6
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
October 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Nice find while thrifting the other day, for $4! Both my Scottish grandparents had lights that had these dangling crystal pendants. I’m sure I can use them for a painting or two!
#vintage
A metal tin containing approx 7 long cut glass crystal lamp pendants, I’m guessing Victorian era.
October 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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I realised this morning, as I sat doomscrolling through the other place, wondering why news networks are ignoring all the videos filling my feed showing ICE literally assaulting innocent Americans, that I need another random thing to do for downtime.
1/
October 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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I have a cold, so my day is being spent either on the sofa or the bed. I'm trying to be productive by doing some research into UK art galleries that I could potentially submit work to.
And here's one of my recent still life paintings: "In Grandad's Shed" oil on wood panel 22"x30"
#art #vintage
A still life painting of a collection of old objects, including a rusty tool box, a money box, a softball, a camp kettle, and a brass plant sprayer.
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I was going to post about my prints being available, and how to order, but now I feel I need to figure out how to actually get them to people, given US tariff nonsense and now Canadapost strikes.
As a tiny business, I’m pretty fed up with all this.
September 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I'm excited to say that all 5 of my miniature paintings have been accepted into the Royal Miniature Society's show in London (UK) in November! In 2026 I'm going to try and get more of my work to UK galleries (if you have any suggestions please let me know!)
#art #miniatureart #lamplight #candles
my 5 miniature paintings. They are 2x3" and 3x4" in size, acrylic on masonite panel. The common theme is warm light at night; 4 show candles in lanterns or jars in a woodland landscape, and the other shows a small cottage in a dark snowy landscape, with warm light glowing from the windows.
September 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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The weirdest thing about watching the fall of US democracy in real time, is how all the normal stuff still goes on. CNN: we are sliding into autocracy.
Also CNN: hey, watch our cool documentary about New Orleans! And here are some ads for a new iPhone and eating out!
🤔
September 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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I found this in value village today… it was overpriced, but it seemed such a perfect object for painting that I gave in and bought it!
I’ve been in a bit of a slump recently so I’m hoping it might spark something 🌟
An old industrial desk fan. Light blue grey metal base and chromed spinning blades. I took the photo outside on our back deck.
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM