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River Wintergreen (they/them) 🍉😷
@riverwintergreen.bsky.social
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They/them
🎨Internationally-collected #artist
🎹Award-winning musician
🍃 #inspiredbynature, light & finding & sharing magic in the darkness.
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️LGBTIQA+ & ND ally.

www.rwintergreen.com
Instagram @riverwintergreen
Kofi http://ko-fi.com/riverwintergreen
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Hi! I'm powered by colour & sky & tree-gazing & coffee.

I love drawing & painting things I can see around me without letting myself look at the page & making music out of every day sounds - helping me reconnect with the magic of the current moment.

Living on Wurundjeri country.

What powers you?
May 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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“Yarra libraries have extended their hours to 8pm today in 2 branches… a good way to escape the heat. They have air con, water & don’t cost money.” - just in from a friend. www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/our-libraries #heatwave #Melbourne #Melbourneweather #CityofYarra
Screenshot of the Yarra City Libraries homepage, announcing 2 branches will be open today until 8pm (extended hours) due to the extreme heat in Melbourne
December 16, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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So thoughtful of the tram to colour coordinate itself with my outfit! (Yes, I had my feet up. Don’t worry, the tram was mostly empty & I wasn’t inconveniencing anyone. Had an appointment this morning. Got back home before the worst of the heat hit.) #dopamine #colours #Melbourne #artistlife
Legs up with feet in the air on a tram. Foreground: vertical stripey colourful pants, blue, purple, green, yellow. Then horizontal stripey socks in light blue and dark blue. Shoes are bright yellow with orange laces. Background: long view down the inside of the tram carriage, blue sky matches socks, green seats match pants, orange seats match shoes, all safety railings and handles are bright yellow and match the shoes.
December 15, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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This colour! Stunning bougainvillea spotted in a laneway. #artistwalk #magenta #fuschia #Melbourne
Blooming bougainvillea bush hanging over someone’s fence, growing almost to the ground. Stunning magenta/fuschia flowers Close up of bougainvillea flowers. Stunning magenta/fuschia colour with tiny cream hearts
December 15, 2024 at 7:08 AM
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Gorgeous clouds today. Anyone know what they’re called?

#sky #clouds #cloudwatching
Photo looking up at blue sky with thin wispy clouds, there is eucalyptus tree foliage in the top right corner and bottom left
December 10, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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Good overview of key takeaways about the looming H5N1 pandemic -

“Highlights from my H5N1 Workshops”, @sharonastyk.bsky.social, 9 December

ko-fi.com/post/Highlig...

#H5N1 #birdflu
Screenshot of article published by Sharon Astyk on the Kofi website, “Highlights from the H5N1 prep workshops”
December 10, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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#paintinginprogress whilst I sniff the sweet scent of blooming wattle, it smells like honey, it is so lovely.

#art #pleinair
#vibrantcolours #artforthesoul #flaming_abstracts #joyfulart #colourtherapy #abstractexpressionistart #kundalinienergy #brightart #inspiredbynature #australianart
Painting on paper on a clipboard, A3 size, vibrant colours, an abstract of eucalyptus trees and grass and sky. Clipboard sits on a black desk with a sprig of wattle flowers and leaves on the left, and 2 containers full of pens. One green pen is loose sitting on the right of the painting. Foreground is artist’s legs wearing black pants
December 8, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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Which monster are you today?

1. Says whilst spitting blood “I have to do the groceries”
2. Reciting “Sometimes living means burning the fire escapes” (quoting Andrea Gibson)
3. Pondering “where do birds go when it rains?”
4. Screaming “give me all your coffee!”

#art #drawing #monsters #lyndabarry
Hand drawn comic of 4 monsters. Top left monster is orange & has 3 angry eyes & says whilst spitting blood “I have to do the groceries”. Top right monster has 2 pairs of blue lips & an array of spikes, & pupils like a cat, recites poetry “Sometimes living means burning the fire escapes” (quoting @andreagibson). Bottom left monster is turquoise& shaped like an upside down teardrop & has 4 cubic eyes & 2 long snake tongues, and ponders “where do birds go when it rains?” The bottom right monster is red & screams “give me all your coffee!!!!” & has razor sharp teeth, a tail covered in spikes, sharp spikes along its back and from its stomach.
December 7, 2024 at 6:15 AM
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“Brighter Times Are Coming” (close up of details), HIMI gouache on 300gsm acid free watercolour paper.

#artforthesoul #joyfulart #abstractexpressionist #australianpainting #kundalinienergy #abstractartlovers #colourtherapy #vibrantart #abstractpainting #australianart #art
Close up details of a painting on paper, abstract long shapes and marks, mostly yellow and red with accents of aqua and magenta
December 5, 2024 at 1:33 AM
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“Brighter Times Are Coming” (close up of details), HIMI gouache on 300gsm acid free watercolour paper.

#artforthesoul #joyfulart #abstractexpressionist #australianpainting #kundalinienergy #abstractartlovers #colourtherapy #vibrantart #abstractpainting #australianart #art
Close up details of a painting on paper, abstract long shapes, one blue curving one on the right. Colours are yellow, magenta, red and aqua
December 5, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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“Brighter Times Are Coming”, HIMI gouache on 300gsm acid free watercolour paper.

#artforthesoul #joyfulart #abstractexpressionist #australianpainting #kundalinienergy #abstractartlovers #colourtherapy #vibrantart #abstractpainting #australianart #art
Vibrant abstract expressionist painting on paper being held up by one hand. Dominant colour is yellow with also a fair bit of red, dashes of aqua, giving a flame-like impression.
December 5, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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✨Manifesting more of this energy for us all.✨ What do you think the bird is thinking?

#intuitiveart #naieveart #australianpainter #sketchbookpage #naïeveart #playfulart #joyful #joyfulart #inspiredbynature #artforthesoul
Childlike drawing made with textas in a sketchbook. There’s a large tree on the left and it protectively curves over a group of three smiling happy people, in the shape of colourful blobs with tiny legs, who have their arms around each other grinning. To their right is a freshwater lake with reeds and vegetation growing on the banks, and a sun looking over them all. There is a bird in the tree looking right at us, the viewer, as if they are trying to silently communicate something.
December 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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My plants are loving the recent heat and humidity. So much new growth!

#indoorplants #Melbourne #melbourneweather
Collection of indoor plants in pots in blck plastic pots sitting on top of bookshelves, one bookshelf in foreground and another in the background. Abundant foliage, lots of new growth. Original paintings by Rose Wintergreen in the background on the left.
December 1, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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Ah, the perfection that is a freshly unfurled new leaf 😍

#monstera #plantlove #indoorplant
Monstera plant growing in a pot indoors, focal point is a new leaf that is still unfurling. Top edge of a green velvet armchair is in view in bottom left hand corner
December 1, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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Dreamy late lunch on a hot summer’s day after spending several hours in the heat on foot doing errands.
Aerial shot of white bowl of yoghurt, muesli, milk, strawberries and tinned peaches, sitting on kitchen bench. Back left hand corner shows two tomatoes sitting on the bench.
November 29, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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…tidied, declutterred & dusted my desk

But then started looking at pictures I’ve been meaning to put up, and I’ve made it cluttered again. 😂

#procrastinating
#artistlife
#artistdesk
#artstudio
Looking over a messy desk, laptop covered in stickers in the foreground, clutter of many art postcards and nature pictures and inspirational quotes spread across the desk. Background is vibrant colourful paintings on paper by Rose Wintergreen, blutacced on the wall
November 27, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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…Washed my squishy fidget toys… (Have heard I should use cornflour on them once dry, to reduce stickiness, but haven’t ever done it. Might have to try this time?)…

#procrastination
#artistlife
#fidgets
#fidgettoys
3 sensory squishy fidget toys lined up on the kitchen bench to air dry after being washed. Largest in the foreground is a sphere with multicoloured pearls inside it, overall dominant colour appears to be red-orange. Next is a much smaller purple cube. At the back is a small yellow orb.
November 27, 2024 at 5:01 AM
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…dusted and rearranged art supplies…

#artistlife
#procrastinating
#paintingstudio
#art #abstractexpressionist #australianart
Art supplies in an aqua Ikea storage trolley, pens and paintbrushes and pencils. Bright paintings on the wall in the background, bookshelf to the right, with a trailing heart leaf philodendron plant dangling down.
November 27, 2024 at 4:57 AM
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Oh, you’re work is so beautiful! All of it! But I have a particular soft spot for this one. So intimate and a beautiful capture of the light, too.
Screenshot of an Instagram post of a painting of a black cat indoors looking outside. There is golden light streaming in with long shadows, lots of indoor plants. The cat looks relaxed but captivated by something outside. Instagram username klazellart
November 27, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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Have you started following any feeds (like lists in Twitter)? You might find following these ones helpful for getting more covid conscious, still masking folks into your timeline. And of course, I’m sure there are many many more.
List of some covid conscious feeds to follow
November 27, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Here is a much more recent and less glamorous photo. 😂
Person smiling and waving hello to the camera, has a shaved head and wearing a black tshirt and black hoodie. Behind them is a mass of green foliage from a collection of indoor plants sitting on the bench.
November 26, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Pretty things I saw outside today: part 6 of 6

Neon orange and hot pink wattle blooming on a tree

#artistwalk
Close up of 4 neon orange and hot pink wattle flowers blooming on a tree, background is of wattle leaves and older fading blooms. Foreground is grassy street verge with some new shoots
November 26, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Pretty things I saw outside today: part 5 of 6

A tree covered in these orange fruits. Do you know what they are called? I’ve forgotten. I know I used to eat them as a child.

#artistwalk
Close up of a tree with an orange fruit in the bottom right hand corner, the shape of a hard boiled egg. Glimpses of more fruit peeking from behind leaves in the background
November 26, 2024 at 8:06 AM
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Pretty things I saw outside today: part 4 of 6

Purple status flowers growing on a street verge, which I cheekily picked a bunch of.

#artistwalk
Aerial perspective of someone holding a bunch of purple status flowers in their left hand whilst walking on a footpath. They are wearing black pants and yellow and orange sneakers, a multicoloured paisley shirt and there is a “hidden disabilities” sunflower lanyard hanging from their right belt loop
November 26, 2024 at 8:02 AM
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Pretty things I saw outside today: part 3 of 6

Flaming red luscious flowers blooming on a cluster of fishbone cacti plants grown in potplants in someone’s front yard along their front fence line.

#artistwalk
5 flaming red luscious flowers blooming on a cluster of cacti plants with fishbone shaped leaves, grown in potplants in someone’s front yard along their front fence line. Close up of a flaming red luscious flowers blooming and flopping over onto a white front fence.
November 26, 2024 at 7:58 AM