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JVL Art 🇨🇦🍁
@jvlart.bsky.social
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Apparently my "Freedom 55" will be dying in the Canadian insurgency. Did not have that on my life bingo card. Forever a Bluenoser. GenX. Divorced. Buddhist.

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Christmas stars that will eventually end up in my Etsy. Sadly my gold posca pen has died (💔) so I have to wait until payday to finish this.

#art #crafts #Etsy #Christmas
A pile of red Christmas stars edged in shiny gold on a rack
November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Athene noctua 2025. #acrylic on paper

#art #blueskyart #artjournal #owl #hibou #chouette #tableau #eule #malen #wisdom #watcher #fredericton #nbartist #bird #forestcreature #maritimecanada #appalachian #mythology
A primitive owl with a cream colored head Grey feathers on the left and brown features on the right against a textured background of beige brown copper gold
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Forest King 2025 #acrylic on #paper

#artjournal #art #blueskyart #folklore #darkforest #Appalachianforest #Appalachia #maritimecanada #fredericton #nbartist #mystical
A dark-robed figure stands against the dense tree line, he holds a staff and has conjured magical Cooper colored orbs
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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"One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song"

#horror
A selection of recommended wholesome children's movies on Crave ... and Horror movie Hostel
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Turkey Vulture, 2025 #watercolour on #hotpress paper. This month's bird prompt from #BirdWhisperer

This one was HARD

#blueskyart #art #bird #nbartist #fredericton
Turkey Vulture sitting on a branch looking to the right, with brown and purple plumage and a splash of red on its beak Early levels of underpinning for turkey vulture. At this point it is largely caramel colour with some light purple around head and tail.
October 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Treeline at Night, 2025, #acrylic on #canvas

Might trash this, this is my view everytime I take the dog out one last time, and it's often unsettling and liminal which I didn't capture.

#blueskyart #art #painting #nbartist #fredericton #night #trees #forest
A stand of birches against a night sky. Where the street light is reflected the leaves are yellow. There is a tree reflected white in the forefront.
October 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Justine Gandy (Julia Garner) Weapons, #watercolour

Guess what I watched tonight for #spooky season? Loved it.

#blueskyart #fanart #nbartist #fredericton #horror #portrait
Completed portrait of Julia Garner as Justine Gandy from the movie Weapons. She wears orange glasses and a blue shirt. The background is a beautiful Emerald Green. First couple of layers of Julia Garner watercolour painting, mostly flesh colour's at this point. Pencil undersketch of Julia Garner no colour's at this point
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I know I fell asleep somewhere around the 6th, it was 2 - 2 last I remembered. Goodness I missed some excitement! Maybe it was because I wasn't watching anymore lol #bluejays #Canada #baseball #elbowsup
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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He's a King alright, ... a RAT KING.

Trump watches over his darlings as they dream of what sweet tomorrow will bring ... Hegseth: bourbon and bombs (no beardos!)
Bondi: a dog eats her homework!
Vance: an existential crisis?
Noem: shiny new planes and prison camps, oh my!

#nokings #nofacism
A rat king comprised of five rats, their tails entangled. The king of the rats wears a silly crown and wishes all his friends "May Every Day Be a Wonderful Secret". Hegseth-rat dreams of Bourbon and War, Bondi-rat asks "where did I put those files? Vance-rat asks himself if he has the cards and "who am I?" Noem-rat dreams of shiny planes as "ICE ICE Baby" fills the space between her ears.
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Inspired by QAS, 2025, #acrylic #artjournal #blueskyart #fredericton #nbartist #film #cinema #movie #foreignfilm

Over the span of several nights this week I have been watching a #horror film from #Kazakhstan called *Qas*. Although there are creepy elements to the film, the true horror is ... ⏬️
A lonely figure in silhouette praises a golden sun set against a blood red sky
October 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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My painting assistant today he's happy the dog is taking a nap in a different part of the house. Not unveiling the watercolour I was working on as it's part if an art challenge later this month and because I might still work on it some more. #Caturday #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #cat
Grey cat laying on my pillow, blocking access to my watercolour paints beind him
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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First layers of a turkey vulture. We are officially in the ugly phase of this one #watercolour #blueskyart #turkeyvulture #wildlife #nbartist #fredericton
Base layers of a watercolour of a turkey vulture. Shades of browns purples reds a greens and reds
October 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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I was inspired to paint this very scene not long after the inauguration, when all the current tomfoolery began. It's how I process everything that's happening ...
Watercolor depiction of Christopher Plummer ripping up Nazi flag in Sound of Music. He has a beige suit on against a background of Grey. It says "Remember Canadians, if you see it, tear it down."
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Repost of picture with alt text this time - I wish there was an edit feature
"Oh how you shine with your heart full of moonlight and your soul full of stars" an angel hovers over the saying in the upper left corner with a moon in the upper right corner and the background is full of gold black and white circles over an orange background
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Oh, how you shine with your heart full of moonlight and your soul full of stars. - unknown

#acrylic #doodle #artjournal #blueskyart #artformentalhealth #nbartist #fredericton
October 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Turkey curry for dinner which I guess I'm eating by myself because son got fast food and mom misunderstood my sheer exhaustion for grumpiness and made herself a plain turkey sandwich on plain toast. More for me and and least there's some veggies in there. Pumpkin pie for dessert. ❤️❤️❤️
October 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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#Canadian #Thanksgiving 2025
Butternut squash heirloom carrots Brussel sprouts and Beets ready for roasting. Stuffing, roasted carrots and Brussel sprouts, cranberry 7up and grapes (grapes have been so expensive so this was a treat) A fully loaded plate with turkey, potatoes stuffing, Brussel sprouts carrots butternut squash, Beets, gravy Potatos butternut squash and beets
October 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Menopause, 2025 #acrylic and #ink on canvas

#blueskyart #art #tableau #malen #pintura #painting #nbartist #Fredericton
A winged woman made of circles trapped amongst 12 moons in a dark red sky and birthing another fades into the background soon to be invisable
October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I'm fairly certain I've seen Cyrano way more than 6 times. And play the soundtrack frequently. Tonight's re-watch was a Ive had a hard day and a sing-a-long.
October 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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For Truth and Reconciliation Day I supported a First Nations paint maker from BC. I've been coveting her little ceramic turtle palettes and gold watercolours for a long time now. Not only did she send that, she also sent a FREE sample of Amythest paint that is more than the gold paint I ordered
Two small watercolour paints, one a small amount of shiny gold in a tiny white ceramic turtle palette, the other a shiny stone of amythest paint in a birch barking pan. Also a floral black sticker with "Beam Paints" in flowery script. An attempt to provide some closeup of the turtle pallette showing eyes and claws Another attempt to provide some closeup of the turtle pallette showing eyes and claws Sampling the gold and amythest paint, they are very shimmery and not too transparent
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Impromptu change of plans for Sunday dinner because my son didn't tell me he was going out until I was getting ready to start dinner. Needed to make something fast but still nice. #butterchicken for the win!
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Bluejay, #birds of #NewBrunswick 2025 #watercolour on #paper

Whelp, an attempt was made lol.

#art #painting #malen #tableau #pintura #blueskyart #nbartist #fredericton #canada #wild #wildlife #birdsofbluesky
Watercolour painting of a male bluejay on a brown branch. A swirling background of greens and Grey encircled him.
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Trying out a new tool for texture and mark making. Delicious outcome but crazy messy.

#art #acrylic #markmaking #blueskyart #abstract #texture #nbartist #fredericton #canadianart #Canada #abstractart
Delicate black lines ripple against a backdrop of mottled brown, and copper, and orange
October 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Journey, 2025 #acrylic #ink on canvas board

#art #painting #Malen #tableau #pintura #blueskyart #nbartist #fredericton #Canada #canadianartist #mixedmedia
A lone abstract figure in black ink with black marks stands against a desolate smoky abstract backdrop. A blood red sun dominates the sky on the right, radiating beams of copper circles.
October 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Dragon's Eye 2025 #watercolour and #acrylic. Still sick so followed @andrea-nelson-art.bsky.social easy tutorial on Youtube. She taught me how to art when I thought all I could accomplish where lines and circles. #blueskyart #nbartist #fredericton #spookyseason #halloween
A green dragon's Eye peers out from beneath purple blue and green scales
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM