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Max

@krail.bsky.social

Some quick paintings I did on a recent trip to Seattle. Two from the airplane and one from the house we stayed at.

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A painting done from an airplane just outside Las Vegas after sunset. The sky is dark blue with a vivid ribbon of red and orange on the horizon, fading to a dusky color towards the left. Below are desert hills, dark blue and purple in the twilight.

A painting done from an airplane. It depicts a mess of clouds from above, floating over the Arizona desert. The ground fades to a misty blue in the distance, and there's a larger mass of clouds on the horizon.

A painting looking out over Seattle in the evening twilight. Dark clouds dot the sky. The mountains are blue, and th city and the sound are near black, dotted with lights. There's the silhouette of a pine tree in the foreground.

A painting depicting a view of Seattle from a hill on a cloudy day. There's a warm yellow light, with trees in the foreground, various buildings and ship loading cranes in the midground, and hills dotted with houses in the background.

June 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM

Max

@krail.bsky.social

Our house and this tree were in the shade, but the sky was so sunny and bright. I tried to capture that contrast as best I could. I kinda like the way the neon sky does that.
(Bonus points if you can guess who my favorite surrealist is)

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A painting of a tree in shade under a bright blue sky full of shining clouds.

A painting on a tree in shade under a neon pink and orange sky full of sunlit clouds.

June 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM

Max

@krail.bsky.social

You ever get those weird shimmers and colors around the edges when you stare at something bright? And each eye sees some smearing because of tears or weirdness in your eye shape?

I tried to capture that as best as I could. View the stereograms to really capture the effect.

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A painting of the moon that depicts the ways the eye struggles to view very bright objects, with smearing effects and shimmering colors around the edges.

A stereoscopic painting of the moon that depicts the ways the eye struggles to view very bright objects, with smearing effects and shimmering stygian colors around the edges. Made for cross-eyed viewing.

April 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Max

@krail.bsky.social

Here's my monthly painting for February. "Siti's Ghost."
Make sure Night Shift is turned off for best viewing.

Still don't have an online shop set up. Feel free to message me if you're interested in buying a print.

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March 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM

Max

@krail.bsky.social

My New Years resolution is to do a new painting every month. Here's January! (It's based off a photo from Facebook, with permission. But I can't find the old post to give attribution)

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A painting based on a photo depicting a cloudy sky and snowy mountains behind a row of trees in autumn colors, and a shallow river.

A photo depicting a cloudy sky and snowy mountains behind a row of trees in autumn colors, and a shallow river.

February 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM

Max

@krail.bsky.social

It feels like there should be some special course of action that can be taken to stop shit when an elected official does so many illegal things that the courts wpuld be backed up with lawsuits for months.

January 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM