Laurie Merrifield
@laurieboy.bsky.social
We draw what we see before we read or write
Why do the arse lickers keep clapping him? Oh silly me, it’s their job.
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why do the arse lickers keep clapping him? Oh silly me, it’s their job.
Deceitful. Deflective. Evasive. Grudging. Feral. Racist. Sexist. Ageist. Criminal. Dishonest and deplorable.
How can so many negative characteristics be found in one sad individual?
How can so many negative characteristics be found in one sad individual?
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Deceitful. Deflective. Evasive. Grudging. Feral. Racist. Sexist. Ageist. Criminal. Dishonest and deplorable.
How can so many negative characteristics be found in one sad individual?
How can so many negative characteristics be found in one sad individual?
He may follow instructions from the other cornered rat in Moscow.
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
He may follow instructions from the other cornered rat in Moscow.
Does Trump think he’s running a TV Reality Show or Beauty Pageant?
His thoughts are preoccupied with ‘Ratings’, or phrases like “no talent”.
Is he really an American President?
Is America now in The Truman Show?
His thoughts are preoccupied with ‘Ratings’, or phrases like “no talent”.
Is he really an American President?
Is America now in The Truman Show?
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Does Trump think he’s running a TV Reality Show or Beauty Pageant?
His thoughts are preoccupied with ‘Ratings’, or phrases like “no talent”.
Is he really an American President?
Is America now in The Truman Show?
His thoughts are preoccupied with ‘Ratings’, or phrases like “no talent”.
Is he really an American President?
Is America now in The Truman Show?
On the other hand, in the context of ‘girls kept as property…’ Ivanka may be trying to tell us something?
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
On the other hand, in the context of ‘girls kept as property…’ Ivanka may be trying to tell us something?
In the Republican inner circle it’s a ‘gated community.’
You are either in or out.
You are either in or out.
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In the Republican inner circle it’s a ‘gated community.’
You are either in or out.
You are either in or out.
Rather than an idea, it’s a compulsive requirement and more a stamina for looking that is acquired, like discipline needed to practice piano lessons.
Looking hard instills curiosity, and a persistence to understand more, while developing endurance to look longer.
A very positive feedback loop.
Looking hard instills curiosity, and a persistence to understand more, while developing endurance to look longer.
A very positive feedback loop.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Rather than an idea, it’s a compulsive requirement and more a stamina for looking that is acquired, like discipline needed to practice piano lessons.
Looking hard instills curiosity, and a persistence to understand more, while developing endurance to look longer.
A very positive feedback loop.
Looking hard instills curiosity, and a persistence to understand more, while developing endurance to look longer.
A very positive feedback loop.
There are two America’s.
One is a country, and a friend.
The other is a cult, to be avoided.
One is a country, and a friend.
The other is a cult, to be avoided.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There are two America’s.
One is a country, and a friend.
The other is a cult, to be avoided.
One is a country, and a friend.
The other is a cult, to be avoided.
Remarkable artist, to be working outside on that scale in his 80’s…
Wonderful man.
Wonderful man.
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Remarkable artist, to be working outside on that scale in his 80’s…
Wonderful man.
Wonderful man.
Some just talk about work.
Others work, and learn craft skills, develop noble ambitions, and build homes for families, and communities.
Others work, and learn craft skills, develop noble ambitions, and build homes for families, and communities.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Some just talk about work.
Others work, and learn craft skills, develop noble ambitions, and build homes for families, and communities.
Others work, and learn craft skills, develop noble ambitions, and build homes for families, and communities.
Developing a craft skill such as drawing gives confidence to communicating ideas, very useful later in life.
Sometimes a sketch can convey much more than words, or in a foreign country bridge two languages, such as when briefing a French builder on a project.
Sometimes a sketch can convey much more than words, or in a foreign country bridge two languages, such as when briefing a French builder on a project.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Developing a craft skill such as drawing gives confidence to communicating ideas, very useful later in life.
Sometimes a sketch can convey much more than words, or in a foreign country bridge two languages, such as when briefing a French builder on a project.
Sometimes a sketch can convey much more than words, or in a foreign country bridge two languages, such as when briefing a French builder on a project.
Is that admission of personal desires?
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Is that admission of personal desires?
Not many are aware of Chaim Soutine.
Some artists were well connected, some destitute, some were killed in world wars, and some were prolific and deserved recognition.
Van Gogh‘s reputation after he died was curated by Theo’s wife Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Otherwise, he may have become obscure
Some artists were well connected, some destitute, some were killed in world wars, and some were prolific and deserved recognition.
Van Gogh‘s reputation after he died was curated by Theo’s wife Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Otherwise, he may have become obscure
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Not many are aware of Chaim Soutine.
Some artists were well connected, some destitute, some were killed in world wars, and some were prolific and deserved recognition.
Van Gogh‘s reputation after he died was curated by Theo’s wife Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Otherwise, he may have become obscure
Some artists were well connected, some destitute, some were killed in world wars, and some were prolific and deserved recognition.
Van Gogh‘s reputation after he died was curated by Theo’s wife Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. Otherwise, he may have become obscure
Election tech blindness
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Election tech blindness
Didn’t the Gov admit their Stats dept was kaput, so they don’t trust their own numbers?
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Didn’t the Gov admit their Stats dept was kaput, so they don’t trust their own numbers?
your self portrait is very good.
I saw an exhibition of Soutine quite by accident while visiting Chartres Cathedral.
Several paintings of his in a small exhibition space at the back of the Cathedral, almost unadvertised.
Beautiful works like this one, and similar to yours in style.
I saw an exhibition of Soutine quite by accident while visiting Chartres Cathedral.
Several paintings of his in a small exhibition space at the back of the Cathedral, almost unadvertised.
Beautiful works like this one, and similar to yours in style.
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
your self portrait is very good.
I saw an exhibition of Soutine quite by accident while visiting Chartres Cathedral.
Several paintings of his in a small exhibition space at the back of the Cathedral, almost unadvertised.
Beautiful works like this one, and similar to yours in style.
I saw an exhibition of Soutine quite by accident while visiting Chartres Cathedral.
Several paintings of his in a small exhibition space at the back of the Cathedral, almost unadvertised.
Beautiful works like this one, and similar to yours in style.
Abduction is a Criminal act.
Where is America’s law enforcement?
Where is America’s law enforcement?
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Abduction is a Criminal act.
Where is America’s law enforcement?
Where is America’s law enforcement?
Why does everyone around Trump keep dying?
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Why does everyone around Trump keep dying?
Is this your work?
It’s very strong in style and reminds me of Soutine.
It’s very strong in style and reminds me of Soutine.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is this your work?
It’s very strong in style and reminds me of Soutine.
It’s very strong in style and reminds me of Soutine.
Thank you, that is such a perceptive observation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you, that is such a perceptive observation.
Feedback loop is an excellent expression of the process.
As the son of an Engineer who could innovate, I found drawing gave me a freedom to explore everything beyond the home, school and rulebooks.
I was encouraged to explore this freedom, and discovered the more I looked the better the result
As the son of an Engineer who could innovate, I found drawing gave me a freedom to explore everything beyond the home, school and rulebooks.
I was encouraged to explore this freedom, and discovered the more I looked the better the result
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Feedback loop is an excellent expression of the process.
As the son of an Engineer who could innovate, I found drawing gave me a freedom to explore everything beyond the home, school and rulebooks.
I was encouraged to explore this freedom, and discovered the more I looked the better the result
As the son of an Engineer who could innovate, I found drawing gave me a freedom to explore everything beyond the home, school and rulebooks.
I was encouraged to explore this freedom, and discovered the more I looked the better the result
You are right also, in saying “it became a way of looking at, and thinking about everything.”
In drawing the one I love, I can add an extra dimension, an important element in life, essential in artistic expression, love itself.
The photo records the image, but drawing expresses emotion.
In drawing the one I love, I can add an extra dimension, an important element in life, essential in artistic expression, love itself.
The photo records the image, but drawing expresses emotion.
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You are right also, in saying “it became a way of looking at, and thinking about everything.”
In drawing the one I love, I can add an extra dimension, an important element in life, essential in artistic expression, love itself.
The photo records the image, but drawing expresses emotion.
In drawing the one I love, I can add an extra dimension, an important element in life, essential in artistic expression, love itself.
The photo records the image, but drawing expresses emotion.
Your mother’s words, “look, look again, keep looking,” are good words of advice to Art Historians, and Artists.
In drawing, the more I look, the more information I absorb, the more knowledge I gain to then interpret what gestural marks I make.
Drawing is for me a gateway to Painting, and life.
In drawing, the more I look, the more information I absorb, the more knowledge I gain to then interpret what gestural marks I make.
Drawing is for me a gateway to Painting, and life.
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Your mother’s words, “look, look again, keep looking,” are good words of advice to Art Historians, and Artists.
In drawing, the more I look, the more information I absorb, the more knowledge I gain to then interpret what gestural marks I make.
Drawing is for me a gateway to Painting, and life.
In drawing, the more I look, the more information I absorb, the more knowledge I gain to then interpret what gestural marks I make.
Drawing is for me a gateway to Painting, and life.
Some of the clay throwers became Town Planners, Car Designers, House Builders and Developers.
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some of the clay throwers became Town Planners, Car Designers, House Builders and Developers.
Appreciation of Art History includes appreciation of Art.
In any typical Art classroom, I recall of a class of 40, only 4 interested.
The rest threw clay at one another, and later became estate agents, insurance salesmen and traffic wardens.
To know what one is looking at requires much looking.
In any typical Art classroom, I recall of a class of 40, only 4 interested.
The rest threw clay at one another, and later became estate agents, insurance salesmen and traffic wardens.
To know what one is looking at requires much looking.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Appreciation of Art History includes appreciation of Art.
In any typical Art classroom, I recall of a class of 40, only 4 interested.
The rest threw clay at one another, and later became estate agents, insurance salesmen and traffic wardens.
To know what one is looking at requires much looking.
In any typical Art classroom, I recall of a class of 40, only 4 interested.
The rest threw clay at one another, and later became estate agents, insurance salesmen and traffic wardens.
To know what one is looking at requires much looking.