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Joël Swift
@joelts.bsky.social
My keyboard is stuck in French but that’s ok. Joelts is how I sign artwork so that works as well as I do. After a career as architect, I am relearning how to draw and paint.
Diagram for a Summer Procedure
July 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
10 minute sketch: Corvallis
July 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Scenes from U of Oregon and OSU
July 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Some sketches
April 22, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Echoes
April 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Fixing a Hole in my Heart...

Abcès Makes the Heart Grow Fondue (2013).

Mostly gratitude to my dear Susan Lewis Swift who kept pushing to find the answer and simultaneously took on the heavy lifting and support, as she is known to do without a flinch.
March 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It felt like kidney stones again but the triangular structures in my right kidney emanated from gobs spit out of the hole in my heart.
March 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Four for lunar eclipse
March 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Life imitates Fantasy
March 13, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Who will be Rei and Beck?
March 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
March 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Mr Blue Sky. Sally, Baldy and Pluto.
February 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
10 minute sketches from the past
February 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Some mid flight sketches
February 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A Rose by any other name
February 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Élévation: Matisse Thé Back
February 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day. #valentinesday
February 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Some previous sketches
February 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Élévation: Bonning Cabin, Ketchum, ID
February 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Banksy exhibit in Manhattan is well worth a visit @susielewswift.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Fire Aid
January 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Two years ago today, first test meal in our renovated induction kitchen still under construction
January 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cold clear MLK weekend
January 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Gastronomy Dominie v2024
January 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Élévation:Pavilion Colbert, Musée du Louvre
January 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM