Krista Townsend
@kristatownsend.bsky.social
Painter of big landscapes. And small animals.
“All living organisms are leaves of the same tree.”
https://kristatownsend.com
https://712crows.com
“All living organisms are leaves of the same tree.”
https://kristatownsend.com
https://712crows.com
A peak at what’s been going on in the studio …
July 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A peak at what’s been going on in the studio …
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Lu was quite alarmed by this box turtle on our adventures in the woods.
June 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lu was quite alarmed by this box turtle on our adventures in the woods.
Lovely afternoon painting with some new friends at the second to last day of my show @phaetongallery.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lovely afternoon painting with some new friends at the second to last day of my show @phaetongallery.bsky.social
Just under a week to see my show Understory @phaetongallery.bsky.social in Charlottsville. The gallery will be open Fri, Sat, Sun 12-5pm and if your around I’ll be there tomorrow between 1 and 5. DM me to arrange a visit!
March 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Just under a week to see my show Understory @phaetongallery.bsky.social in Charlottsville. The gallery will be open Fri, Sat, Sun 12-5pm and if your around I’ll be there tomorrow between 1 and 5. DM me to arrange a visit!
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Owl Fact- As suggested by their wide global distribution, Short-eared Owls can travel long distances over vast expanses of ocean. Witnesses have reported seeing these owls descending on ships hundreds of miles from land.
📸 by wouter.cardoen
📸 by wouter.cardoen
March 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Owl Fact- As suggested by their wide global distribution, Short-eared Owls can travel long distances over vast expanses of ocean. Witnesses have reported seeing these owls descending on ships hundreds of miles from land.
📸 by wouter.cardoen
📸 by wouter.cardoen
Also just framed this watercolor on yupo.
March 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Also just framed this watercolor on yupo.
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“The anonymous, liminal spaces in my paintings echo the feeling of never fully belonging,” painter Keita Morimoto says in a statement.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/keit...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/keit...
March 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“The anonymous, liminal spaces in my paintings echo the feeling of never fully belonging,” painter Keita Morimoto says in a statement.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/keit...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/keit...
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In the studio, mixed media on canvas, 72 x 48
January 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
In the studio, mixed media on canvas, 72 x 48
Out gathering ideas, and letting nature and the dogs heal my soul.
March 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Out gathering ideas, and letting nature and the dogs heal my soul.
This book was a big part of the inspiration for my current show, UNDERSTORY.
Highly recommend it for everyone
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Also don’t forget to buy it from your local bookstore!!
Highly recommend it for everyone
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Also don’t forget to buy it from your local bookstore!!
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
bookshop.org
March 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This book was a big part of the inspiration for my current show, UNDERSTORY.
Highly recommend it for everyone
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Also don’t forget to buy it from your local bookstore!!
Highly recommend it for everyone
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Also don’t forget to buy it from your local bookstore!!
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Cannot wait to see this — ‘It’s been really profound’: artists Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett on laying bare their marriage on film
‘It’s been really profound’: artists Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett on laying bare their marriage on film
Photographer Meyerowitz, 87, and artist and writer Barrett, 78, invited two documentary-makers into their lives for a year. The result, Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other, is an intimate port...
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Cannot wait to see this — ‘It’s been really profound’: artists Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett on laying bare their marriage on film
@phaetongallery.bsky.social lets do this!!
UNDERSTORY
UNDERSTORY
March 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
@phaetongallery.bsky.social lets do this!!
UNDERSTORY
UNDERSTORY
UNDERSTORY an exhibition of the works of Krista Townsend and Niki Hare. Inspired by the science of plant intelligence, paintings reveal a world of unseen networks, quiet resilience, and layered beauty thriving beneath the forest canopy.
Opening First Fridays, March 7, 5–8PM
Phaeton Gallery
Opening First Fridays, March 7, 5–8PM
Phaeton Gallery
March 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
UNDERSTORY an exhibition of the works of Krista Townsend and Niki Hare. Inspired by the science of plant intelligence, paintings reveal a world of unseen networks, quiet resilience, and layered beauty thriving beneath the forest canopy.
Opening First Fridays, March 7, 5–8PM
Phaeton Gallery
Opening First Fridays, March 7, 5–8PM
Phaeton Gallery
Works in progress for my show in a few weeks!!
Fri March 7 @phaetongallery.bsky.social
Fri March 7 @phaetongallery.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Works in progress for my show in a few weeks!!
Fri March 7 @phaetongallery.bsky.social
Fri March 7 @phaetongallery.bsky.social
A flock of wild turkeys and two foxes all in one short wonder through the woods. It’s good animals are doing well today.
February 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A flock of wild turkeys and two foxes all in one short wonder through the woods. It’s good animals are doing well today.
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Lois Dodd, View through Elliot's Shack Looking South, 1971
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137812
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137812
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Lois Dodd, View through Elliot's Shack Looking South, 1971
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137812
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137812
Another painting that will be in my show at Phaeton Gallery in Charlottesville. Opening March 7.
February 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Another painting that will be in my show at Phaeton Gallery in Charlottesville. Opening March 7.
This piece is in the 2025 Biennial at Olin Hall Gallery at @roanokecollege.bsky.social
Opening 6-8pm Friday, Jan 31
Opening 6-8pm Friday, Jan 31
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This piece is in the 2025 Biennial at Olin Hall Gallery at @roanokecollege.bsky.social
Opening 6-8pm Friday, Jan 31
Opening 6-8pm Friday, Jan 31
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In a press conference just now, Trump said that DEI "could have been" to blame for the plane crash in D.C. last night.
I'm now listening to reporters on CBS struggle to explain this with a straight face, as though it's not completely batshit insane.
I'm now listening to reporters on CBS struggle to explain this with a straight face, as though it's not completely batshit insane.
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a press conference just now, Trump said that DEI "could have been" to blame for the plane crash in D.C. last night.
I'm now listening to reporters on CBS struggle to explain this with a straight face, as though it's not completely batshit insane.
I'm now listening to reporters on CBS struggle to explain this with a straight face, as though it's not completely batshit insane.
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One more for today: a flamboyant Galerina, not sure of the specific kind.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
January 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
One more for today: a flamboyant Galerina, not sure of the specific kind.
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography
#fungifriends #fungi #mycology #naturephotography