Artist Redux
@paraboloid.bsky.social
Retired (escaped) from graphic design; once studied printmaking; now draws & paints. Vermonter, terrified.
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Been a while since I posted any art—been intensely woodshedding, trying to get my aesthetic feet under me. Here are a couple recent efforts.
October 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Been a while since I posted any art—been intensely woodshedding, trying to get my aesthetic feet under me. Here are a couple recent efforts.
the kind of random mottling I sometimes try to paint
September 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
the kind of random mottling I sometimes try to paint
Vermont State Flower
September 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Vermont State Flower
Scenes from my walk a couple days ago, more in replies. Read the ALT text.
September 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Scenes from my walk a couple days ago, more in replies. Read the ALT text.
No paintings to show you, but going through old photos I found these, from a brief trip to NYC sometime in the early ’90s. Scanned from film with Nikon Coolscan scanner in 2000. Originally shot with Pentax K-1000 and the standard f/1.7 lens that came with it, no record of what film. More in replies.
September 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
No paintings to show you, but going through old photos I found these, from a brief trip to NYC sometime in the early ’90s. Scanned from film with Nikon Coolscan scanner in 2000. Originally shot with Pentax K-1000 and the standard f/1.7 lens that came with it, no record of what film. More in replies.
oh, ooohh, oh, OH, OH, OOOOH.
[My kind neighbor provided this. My love, inexplicably, did not want any of it, and I ate the whole thing. That big slice went on my chicken burger last night, which needed no other condiment.]
[My kind neighbor provided this. My love, inexplicably, did not want any of it, and I ate the whole thing. That big slice went on my chicken burger last night, which needed no other condiment.]
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
oh, ooohh, oh, OH, OH, OOOOH.
[My kind neighbor provided this. My love, inexplicably, did not want any of it, and I ate the whole thing. That big slice went on my chicken burger last night, which needed no other condiment.]
[My kind neighbor provided this. My love, inexplicably, did not want any of it, and I ate the whole thing. That big slice went on my chicken burger last night, which needed no other condiment.]
Everything I do now is experimental; I’m slowly building a new visual vocabulary and grammar. This could hardly be more different (unless I suddenly channeled Vermeer or someone) from the earlier image. Sorry for bad photo, too lazy to make a better setup for that. See ALT text for more.
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Everything I do now is experimental; I’m slowly building a new visual vocabulary and grammar. This could hardly be more different (unless I suddenly channeled Vermeer or someone) from the earlier image. Sorry for bad photo, too lazy to make a better setup for that. See ALT text for more.
These days any good thing gets my full attention, and at the moment that good thing is that this is the best summer for peaches in a while. The regular less expensive non-Amish, non-novelty-shape, Eastern peaches making their way into our local grocery are just terrific,
August 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
These days any good thing gets my full attention, and at the moment that good thing is that this is the best summer for peaches in a while. The regular less expensive non-Amish, non-novelty-shape, Eastern peaches making their way into our local grocery are just terrific,
Been a while since I’ve posted any new paintings. Here’s a smallish (17.7×22.1 inches) exploration, paper mounted on matboard, mounted on a wood frame behind (trying to work out a way to present these that’s practical for me and allows easy hanging.
August 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Been a while since I’ve posted any new paintings. Here’s a smallish (17.7×22.1 inches) exploration, paper mounted on matboard, mounted on a wood frame behind (trying to work out a way to present these that’s practical for me and allows easy hanging.
Click through for a whole side of Stonkers that I didn’t even know about.
July 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Click through for a whole side of Stonkers that I didn’t even know about.
Some new work in the thread re-posted here. This is a work in progress.
July 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Some new work in the thread re-posted here. This is a work in progress.
Some new pieces, here and in the replies. These are still in the nature of sketches or experiments, but starting to go places I like. Again, I’m not out for decor. This one is untitled
July 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Some new pieces, here and in the replies. These are still in the nature of sketches or experiments, but starting to go places I like. Again, I’m not out for decor. This one is untitled
My art is developing in a way that may not play well here on Bluesky. I’m sort of allergic to the decorative. I make paintings that try to evoke emotional responses, and in these terrible times those emotions aren’t pretty. If there’s beauty here (not a given) it’s the ugly beauty of truth.
June 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My art is developing in a way that may not play well here on Bluesky. I’m sort of allergic to the decorative. I make paintings that try to evoke emotional responses, and in these terrible times those emotions aren’t pretty. If there’s beauty here (not a given) it’s the ugly beauty of truth.
another from that meeting. for the life of me I can’t remember why there was a pencil stuck in that muffin, somewhere on the conference table.
June 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
another from that meeting. for the life of me I can’t remember why there was a pencil stuck in that muffin, somewhere on the conference table.