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Rina
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Midwest artist, writer, folklorist. I'm glad you're here!
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Rina @rinakingart.bsky.social · Jan 26
I notice I've had some visitors lately! Thank you friends, family, and newcomers who found my little corner of Bluesky! Take a seat, I have art and cats here 😊 You'll see drawing, watercolor/gouache illustration, acrylic/oil painting, chalk pastel, occasional calligraphy.
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Just wandering around.
Mabel, a large white dog with brown spots, is going on a leash walk with her owner in the middle of a beautiful thickly wooded area of a state park.
June 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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More about the painting from the other day: my friend and I painted the same still life! I think hers (left) has a cozy Studio Ghibli vibe!

#art #artist #gouache #acrylic #stilllife #painting #traditionalart
Two paintings of a still life. The still life includes cup, red kettle, sugar pot, and a bag of Turkish coffee in front of windows on a red tablecloth. The painting on the left is gouache and on the right is acrylic. The painting on the right is by Rina and the painting on the left is by Christina. Rinas painting is 9x12 on canvas paper.
June 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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A still life sketch today! 9x12 acrylic on canvas paper.

#acrylicpainting #art #stilllife #traditionalart #painting
A still life of a red teakettle, a sugar bowl blue and white, a window with blinds, a teacup blue and white, a pink coffee bag, and a spoon on a table. The wall is green. It is painted using acrylic paint on canvas paper.
May 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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A commission I did for my friends!

'For Angele', acrylic on canvas
An acrylic painting of a photograph from a honeymoon in Norway. There are two cliffs with a body of water between. The sky is blue with moderate white clouds with touches of grey. There is stand of trees and vegetation at the bottom of the panting.
May 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I love the colors! Acrylic on 12x12 canvas. Available

#painting #acrylicpainting #artist #floral #traditionalart
An acrylic painting of a bright vase of roses, leaves, and purple veronica on a bright blue background.
May 21, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Pretty late at night now! Around 3/4 done with this one I would say. Time to sleep. 😴

#art #artist #painting #acrylic #stilllife #workinprogress
A partially done painting of a vase of flowers cut from the painter's garden. The painting is on an easel and there are paint tubes underneath. The flowers include bright red knockout roses, purple Veronica, and lavender. The background of the painting is blue.
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Maybe 1/4 done still life. A bouquet I picked from my garden.

#workinprogress #stilllife #acrylic #painting #art #artist #floral
A partially done acrylic painting of a vase of roses, catmint, veronica, and lavender.
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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My giant Summer Wine ninebark in full bloom. The green foliage is resurrection lilies.
May 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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You're in the middle of nowhere and see yucca, daffodils, surprise lilies, and hand-hewn mossy limestone under a blanket of honeysuckle.

Something experimental again!

Acrylic on 12x12 stretched canvas.

#artist #acrylic #contemporaryart #painting #art
An acrylic painting of honeysuckle, surprise lilies, daffodils, yucca, and a limestone foundation block covered in moss in the middle of a deserted area, indicating that in the distant past there was a house located there, now reclaimed except for these signs. The plants were likely planted by the woman of the house, and could be seen as a sort of memorial to her, generations after her name is forgotten. (Honeysuckle is fairly ubiquitous, but does often indicate nearby human activity.)
May 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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I was not happy with my recent work so I decided to do something I found more meaningful.

BabaYaga No. 4: Flood

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A 9x12 acrylic canvas painting of Baba Yaga's house on chicken legs submerged in floodwater with submerged telephone poles in the background and dark clouds above. It's still raining. Part of a series featuring Baba Yaga's house on chicken legs. Part of a series featuring telephone poles.
May 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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I thought I'd try a moon painting again. Evening Walk, acrylic on 9x12 canvas paper.
#painting #acrylicpainting #landscape
An acrylic painting of a moon with fading sunset over trees in shades of blue, pink, and black. The artist saw this scene on her evening walk.
May 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I wasn't as fond of this one but I love the cloud so I'm sharing it!

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An acrylic landscape painting of a trail called the Clear Creek Trail in woods and fields in the late afternoon with a bright blue sky and clouds.
May 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Overnight, the first roses of the year about to bloom on all 3 rose bushes!!
May 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Sketch of Mabel sleeping. Acrylic on canvas paper 9x12 ❤️
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#painting #acrylicpainting #dogs #sketchbook #art
An acrylic sketch painting of a brown and white dog sleeping on a grey couch on a pink floral blanket with a poster in the background. The dog is smiling because she is having happy dreams.
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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I finally went back to this winter still life... halfway through spring. Had to throw out the still life months ago so I had to do it from memory 🤦🏻‍♀️ First time I've really painted glass, a learning experience and lots of fun! Hope to do more.
A painting of dried oranges, pomegranates, apples, pinecones, and oranges in a glass trifle bowl.
May 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Everything around me is flooded.
A charcoal drawing of trees in floodwaters with flooded power lines in the background. The river is the White River, around which there is especially extensive flooding.
April 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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It was a beautiful day the other day, birdsong and a bright blue sky.
A photo of a trail going through a grassy meadow in very early spring; the shadows are long and there are no leaves on the trees yet and the sky is bright blue with light clouds.
March 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Honestly, this watercolor illustration *could* be my favorite recent piece. In person it's so vibrant and it was delightful to make. Wish I had a better picture but I gave it as a gift! Watercolor & ink on 9x12 paper.

#art #artist #watercolor #illustration #illustrator #traditionalart #folktale
A watercolor painting on paper of Baba Yaga's house on chicken legs, a small garden, some various birds, some very large looming trees, a fence, some stars and the moon. It is unclear if it is day or night, and may somehow be both. The artist is Rina King.
February 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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I'm trying out something new today, and painting on a copper panel. This is a little Roly Poly Rancher guiding his herd of isopods through the garden at night. I can't wait to add color to this one!⁠
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#underpainting #rolypoly #isopod #forestspirits #copperpanel #paintingoncopper
January 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Work in progress detail of a still life. Acrylic on mixed media paper, which was found in my late grandma's art supplies!
A detail of an in progress painting of fresh and dried oranges, pomegranate, pinecones and apple. The painting is acrylic and painted on slightly yellowed Canvasette mixed media paper which belonged to the artist's grandmother, also a painter, and which is marked 1996 on the tag.
January 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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I posted this somewhere else today so I thought I'd post here too! Done sitting at my friend's kitchen table in 2024. Acrylic on canvas.
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An acrylic painting of a backyard out in the country with several trees under a cloudy sky that looks like it might storm. The painting is called "Christina's Backyard." It was painted sitting at the painters best friends kitchen table looking outside over the property.
January 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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The lovely Freya found a cat throne today. It WAS the tackle box that I still use to hold my drawing supplies. But now it's a cat throne! Guess I need new drawing supplies, right? 💁🏻‍♀️
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Photo of a white cat named Freya sitting on a tackle box that is used as a sketch box.
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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At some point I stopped worrying about the things in my sketchbook being Good and started Having Fun. Like this list of random things I like. This kind of expression helps my creativity (and overall sanity) a lot ❤️

#sketchbook #art #artist #sketch #findingjoy #sketchbooktour
A black and white sketchbook page of things I love including squirrels, my dogs ears, the Indiana Dunes, my coffee mug, a gravel road in a cornfield, my porch goose, flat paint brushes, and a specific rock in Rhode Island.
January 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I notice I've had some visitors lately! Thank you friends, family, and newcomers who found my little corner of Bluesky! Take a seat, I have art and cats here 😊 You'll see drawing, watercolor/gouache illustration, acrylic/oil painting, chalk pastel, occasional calligraphy.
January 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The snow painting in the center I did in the late 2010s. The snow painting on the right connects to it but is from yesterday. The passage of time ❤️

#art #artist #impressionism #painting #acrylicpainting
January 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM