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John Azelvandre
@johnazelvandre.bsky.social
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Art, photography, philosophy; fitness, cycling, outdoors. Kingston, New York.
“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”-Mary Oliver.
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Since this is social media in the year 2025, I am going to share with you my unrequested opinion on AI: the emperor has no clothes. 🥱
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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I grabbed some time today to work on a little #woodcut project. So much fun! #printmaking #ponckhockie
New woodblock prints just made! Always a blast to pull prints to see how it’s going to turn out.
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Tonight seems like a good night for Macvin du Jura!
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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First snow of the season. #kingstonny #ponckhockie
December 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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“Live neither in the entanglements of outer things,
Nor in inner feelings of emptiness.”

— Faith-Mind Poem (Xinxin Ming) #zen #buddhism #philosophy
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Here are a few pics from Saturday’s hike in the John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary, located in Ulster County, Hudson Valley, New York. #hiking #hudsonvalleyny
Slabsides, John Burroughs’ writing cabin, which can be toured in warmer months. Lots of moss and ferns to enjoy after all the leaves have fallen. The pond, which has a name I have forgotten. I think it has a name. Me enjoying the woods and the crisp November air.
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Fall foliage has come to Kingston! Pics from Hasbrouck Park this past weekend. #kingstonny #hudsonvalley
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Another shot of the Hobble-Bush, with delicious fall colors. #catskillsny #fallfoliage #fujifilm
Hobble-Bush (Viburnum lantanoides), somewhere on or near the Escarpment Trail, Catskills, NY, September 27, 2025. Shot with the Fujifilm X100F
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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We are in full autumn here in Kingston, New York. The foliage colors have been somewhat muted until this week, owing to the dry weather, I think. Here are a few shots taken on or near the Escarpment Trail in the Catskills Park at the end of September. #catskills #fujifilm #hobblebush
Hobble-bush (Viburnum lantanoides), on or near the Escarpment Trail, Catskills NY. Taken with the Fuifilm X100F Fall foliage on or near the Escarpment Trail, Catskills, NY. Taken with the Fuifilm X100F
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Day two of #gowanusopenstudios has started. Here are some of the “Time-Being” watercolors I have on display. #watercolor #artistsonbsky
October 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Yours truly in the studio today 🐻‍❄️ #artistsonbsky
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Gowanus Open Studios is happening now. I made it down to Brooklyn and am more or less set up. #gowanusopenstudios2025
October 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Here is the final painting in my Gowanus retrospective. Today is the day! If you’re in NYC this weekend, look us up! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“Yellow Sky (Lifeworld Study)”, oil on canvas, 10x10”, 2022.
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“Frozen (Lifeworld study), oil on canvas, 10x10”, 2022. Lifeworld study, oil on canvas, 10x10”, 2022.
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“Sunset on the marsh (Paysage planétaire (sunset)), oil on canvas, 24x24” (60 cm sq), 2022. “Cedar Swamp (Lifeworld 46)”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2022.
October 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“The Tree’s Dance (Dharmadhatu 3)”, oil on panel, 18” diameter, 2021. “Green Fog (Lifeworld 47)”, oil on canvas, 2022.
October 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
Common Grave VI, oil on canvas, 20x16”, 2021
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“Common Grave II”, oil on canvas, 20x24”, 2020 “Common Grave v”, oil on canvas, 20x24”, 2020. The numbers in the titles represent their order in the polyptych, not the order they were completed.
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“The Tree’s Perspective (Dharmadhatu 1), oil on canvas, 20” diameter, 2018. “Landmass Flow (Dharmadhatu 2)”, oil on canvas, 20” diameter, 2018.
October 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“Common Grave III”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2018. These paintings are part of a double triptych (6 parts) I created 2018-2021. “Common Grave IV”, oil on canvas, 2018.
October 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
Lifeworld 32, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2015 Lifeworld 34, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2015
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
“Midsummer Flowering (Lifeworld 29)”, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014. I did a lot of interesting work in 2014. “Universal Bloodstream (Lifeworld 31),” oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014.
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Visit me during Gowanus Open Studios October 18-19! I’ll have on hand a large number of works I’ve created in Gowanus over the past 15 years. Everything is for sale! #gowanusopenstudios2025 #keepgowanuscreative #fineart #painting #artistsonbsky #artsky #art #BlueSkyArt #expressionism
Lifeworld 27 (View toward Roosevelt Island), oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014 Lifeworld 30, oil on canvas, 20x20”, 2014
October 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM