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Lola Jovan
@lolajovan.com
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Artist, wanderer, rockhound, sparkle-seeker. Married to my soulmate❤️

Democrat! Liberal! Blue 💙
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Art home at www.lolajovan.com
Blog at www.lolajovan.com/blog

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Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · Dec 7
Hello Bluesky humans! I’m so happy to be here in the friendly place. 😁

Art does not always speak for itself, so you’ll see words with my paintings to help illuminate. Want more words? More art? Subscribe at www.lolajovan.com

Join a great community there and enter a monthly art giveaway!

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The once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings sale ends Saturday!

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#art #artsale #murderyourdarlings
A promotional poster for my annual art sale featuring a wildling
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Our Friendship Is Quite Unique
oil on canvas paper
11 x 17

We take it in turns to play 'attack',
While the other rolls onto their back.
To him I've the strength of a flea,
But I'm sure he'd never hurt me.
- STEPHEN KATONA

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#art #fox
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An oil painting of an eagle and a dog i. A boat. The poem continues: “No harm comes from tooth or beak, Our friendship is quite unique. We're a shining example of how kin, May each wear a very different skin.” More travellers in the SS Malarkey sailing across the Sea of Shenanigans as I spend this month exploring the theme of the beautiful pea-green boat. As the poem says, we may each wear a very different skin​ and yet we are still in the same boat, on the same sea, in the same world. There was a heart-melting story of this very thing on the Oregon coast last week. A juvenile humpback whale was beached in a tangle of crab pot line. Humans gathered in droves in the dark, the cold, the waves and the sand and pushed, pulled, comforted, and encouraged the whale. All night, all the next day, and more nights and days following. They did not hesitate to risk their own comfort and safety to help this beings who was so different from themselves Veterinarians administered vitamins, hydration and valium to support the whale. Experts and volunteers worked together in a herculean effort to save it, with the whale blowing and making sounds throughout. With each report and video, I cried. I admit to being teary as I write these words. The people's heroic efforts ultimately failed to save the giant, and local tribes appeared on site afterward to reverently handle the remains. I like to think those final days for the whale were as good as they could have been, in the hands of loving, determined and compassionate humans. And for me personally, this story of helping someone who wears a very different skin touched me to the core.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today in war ravaged Portland, a lone protestor clad in black recited a litany of woes…he was relentless and determined, raising his voice over the city soundscape to be sure he was heard.

I am a fan!

#portland #NoKings #resist #protest #NoTroopsInPortland
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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The once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings sale ends Nov 29!

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#art #annualsale #sale #artsale #murderyourdarlings
A promotional poster for my annual sale, featuring and abstracted landscape painting
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Listen Says Fox
pen and ink on wood panel
8 x 10

Listen says fox it is music to run
over the hills to lick
dew from the leaves to nose along
the edges of the ponds to smell the fat
- MARY OLIVER

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#art #penandink #fox
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A pen and ink drawing of a fox in a nightgown holding a balloon. The poem continues: “ducks in their bright feathers but far out, safe in their rafts of sleep. It is like music to visit the orchard, to find the vole sucking the sweet of the apple, or the rabbit with his fast-beating heart. Death itself is a music. Nobody has ever come close to writing it down, awake or in a dream. It cannot be told. It is flesh and bones changing shape and with good cause, mercy is a little child beside such an invention. It is music to wander the black back roads outside of town no one awake or wondering if anything miraculous is ever going to happen, totally dumb to the fact of every moment's miracle. Don't think I haven't peeked into windows. I see you in all your seasons making love, arguing, talking about God as if he were an idea instead of the grass, instead of the stars, the rabbit caught in one good teeth-whacking hit and brought home to the den. What I am, and I know it, is responsible, joyful, thankful. I would not give my life for a thousand of yours.”
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A little animation of a pen and ink drawing, just for fun.

#animation #art #penandink #blackandwhite #femalevoices
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Baby it’s cold outside!

Even in the cold, helicopters buzz overhead and ICE raids continue - in our schools, no less! Wonder Mike thinks this is a travesty, and we agree.

#portland #NoKings #resist #protest #abolishICE
Our chihuahua found a high perch to better see out of the window
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Another one bites the dust heh heh…

Sometimes the paintings are just obliterated. With this one, I have an abstracted landscape composition in mind, so I put down the underpainting of the new composition. Once this dries I’ll begin the layers of the new piece.

#art #process #murderyourdarlings
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Ho ho ho! The once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings event continues with Santa getting in on the action!

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#art #artsale #santa #penandink #santaArt #holidays #jolly
A pen and ink of Santa in a tutu advertising my annual art sale. Ho ho!
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Another crisp, sun-drenched fall day in war ravaged Portland, where leaf piles are growing in the streets (bunkers? Camouflage?), people are wrapped in puffy coats and scarves (hidden flak jackets?) and nearly everyone has a rake (weapon?) in their hands.

#portland #NoKings #protest #resist
A brilliant morning of reflections and clouds Color and clouds in the city The beautiful Willamette River Cloud reflections in the river
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Have your cake at the once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings sale!

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#art #painting #fantasyart #cakeart #oilpainting #sale #artsale
A promotional poster for mu annual sale featuring a cake bearing human
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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‘Tis the season for murdering paintings!

Part of my annual process. Keeping this artist from feeling too precious about the work. Destroying the old, making way for the new. I have big plans for this one!

#art #doitfortheprocess #murderyourdarlings #artstudio #process
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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“The Eye of an Astronomer” is now on sale!

Grab your robot here: www.lolajovan.com/store/p780/t...

#robot #penandink #blackandwhite #art #sale
A pen and ink illustration of a robot with a dandelion
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Today in war ravaged Portland, a crisp autumn morning was ideal for watching freight trains race each other…or, well, slowly meander in the same direction. Train choreography is a rare occurrence and one to be savored. 🚊😁

#train #trains #portland #NoKings #resist #protest #NoTroopsInPortland
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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The once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings sale is on!

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#art #artsale #painting #oilpainting
A promotional poster for my annual art sale featuring a helmeted figure wearing a jacker and carrying a backpack
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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We escaped the war ravaged city yesterday and soaked up some beach time. There is nothing like rockhounding for hours to soothe what ails you.❤️

#oregoncoast #rockhound #beachhike #hike #ocean #clouds #waves
The sun poked through the cloud cover and made for a lovely day on the coast Nothing but blue! Haystack rock and clouds Whispery clouds and frothy surf
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Frank’s on sale!

Grab your own monster at the once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings event!

Get Frank here: www.lolajovan.com/store/p758/r...

#frankenstein #rollerskates #art #penandink #illustration #monster #monsterart #artsale #sale
A pen and ink drawing of Frankenstein on roller skates
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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“Safeguard Your Most Precious Treasures” is one of the pieces on sale (and at risk for gesso murder) during the annual sale event!

Grab it here: www.lolajovan.com/store/p681/s...

#art #sale #murderyourdarlings
A promo poster featuring an oil painting of a woman
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Today in war ravaged Portland, the magical orb in the sky bombarded us with sunshine, forcing everyone outside to play.

It was pretty awful, but I would do it again.😁

#portland #NoKings #protest #resist #sunshine
A sunflower in the sun through the window
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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When the agate gods are feeling benevolent…oooh la la!

#rockhound #agate #oregoncoast #beach #ocean #hike #rocks
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Once a year, I am ruthless with the art. Selling it at ridiculous prices and painting over much of what remains. It keeps me from becoming complacent, from feeling precious about the art and from stagnation.

And so it begins. Murder by paint. Muwahaha…

#art #painting #artstudio
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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The once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings sale continues!

Grab your favorites at www.lolajovan.com

#art #artsale #painting #sale #annualsale
A poster of a spaceman advertising my annual art sale
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Yesterday morning in war ravaged Portland, a blanket of fog settled over the city in a soft hush, soothing anxious humans and temporarily stopping the circling helicopter madness.

Our hearts go out to our friends in Charlotte, NC for whom the occupation has just begun.

#portland #NoKings #protest
A view of an empty Hawthorne bridge in the morning fog Fog shrouded city Eerie view of the Willamette River in the fog Tranquility in our “war ravaged” city
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Pelican and Panda Went To Sea
oil on paper
16 x 20.5

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
- EDWARD LEAR

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#art #painting
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An oil painting of a pelican and a panda in a small sailboat. Here we are, on the shore of the sea of shenanigans, ready to row our way across in a boat called The Malarkey. And what fine companions we have on this seafaring day! The world we're living in has me thinking of the beautiful pea-green boat. We're all in the boat together, after all. We're all downstream from someone and upstream from another. We share air, sky, water and land. We share sunshine and moonlight and wind and rain. I believe there is enough for all, if only humans would share. Which, apparently, we do not. Well, some humans don't share. And so. Need a penny, take a penny. Have a penny, leave one. A simple thought, easy to do. If your cupboard has extra, share it with a bare cupboard. If your wallet is full, pass some moolah to an empty purse. And if your boat has room, maybe let someone on board And if your heart has the capacity to love more (safely, of course) then spread some love around. Because if Pelican and Panda can figure it out, so can we. Now, I'm heading out to sea in The Malarkey. Want to join me?
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The once-a-year gesso madness murder-your-darlings sale starts NOW! Head over to www.lolajovan.com and select the ART tab to grab your favorites. Wonder Mike and Rocky are standing by to ship your order. Ready? Set? GO!

#art #artsale #annualsale #murderyourdarlings
A promotional poster for my annual art sale
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM