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Dave from the Rust Belt
@rustbeltdave.bsky.social
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Retired application developer, dog lover, Navy veteran, art geek, cook, guitar nut and full-time curmudgeon.
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Markwayne Mullin is this week's winner of the Golden Toady Award.
A toad made out of gold with green gems for eyes.
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The robot from the 1960's TV series "Lost in Space"
November 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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The Pittsburgh Steelers throwback uniforms worked. They played last night like the 1933 team that went 3-6-2. 🤬
A fire in a black and gold dumpster with "Property of Pittsburgh Steelers" painted on it.
October 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

20/20

"Mrs. Knowles and Her Children" by John Singer Sargent
A well-dressed woman is seated on a sofa with two small boys.
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

19/20

"Memento Mori 'To This Favour'" by William Michael Harnett
Books on a table, an hourglass and a skull.
October 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

18/20

"In Flanders Fields" by Robert Vonnoh
People working in a field of red poppies with a row of trees in the background.
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

17/20

"Still Life with Strawberries" by Severin Roesen
Still life painting of a stemmed fruit bowl filled with strawberries surrounded by other fruit including red grapes, white grapes, a basket of cherries, peaches and pears
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

16/20

"Stag at Sharky's" by George Bellows
Two boxers in the ring with the referee right behind them.
October 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

15/20

"Portrait of Dora Wheeler" by William Merritt Chase
A woman is seated in a wooden chair. There is a vase of yellow flowers on a table behind her.
October 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

14/20

"Composition III" by Piet Mondrian
Abstract painting by Piet Mondrian.
October 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

13/20

"Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" by Gustav Klimt
A woman wearing a flowing multi-colored dress against a gold background.
October 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

12/20

"Deer's Skull with Pedernal" by Georgia O'Keeffe
The skull of a deer hanging on a small tree.
October 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

11/20

"Early Sunday Morning" by Edward Hopper
Deserted store fronts with a barber shop in the center.
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

10/20

"Listening Woman" by Helen Hardin (Tsa-sah-wee-eh [Little Standing Spruce])
A painting of an indigenous American figure.
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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I guess he didn't sufficiently support the troops.
John Filo's Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller after the unarmed student was shot by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970.
October 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Columbian superstar Shakira singing (in Spanish) during the Super Bowl LIV half-time show. (Bad Bunny was there too)
Columbian superstar Shakira singing (in Spanish) during the Super Bowl LIV half-time show.
October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

9/20

"The Little Dancer" by Robert Henri
A young woman in a red dress sitting on a chair.
October 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

8/20

"The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Katsuhika Hokusai
Painting of longboats being tossed by a large wave with a snow-capped mountain in the background.
October 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

7/20

"Viva la Vida" by Frida Kahlo
Still-life painting of watermelons
October 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

6/20

"The Son of Man" by Rene Magritte
Painting by Rene Magritte of a man in a suit, overcoat and hat with a green apple in front of his face.
October 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Claude Rains in "Casablanca" saying "I'm shocked. Shocked..."
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
rustbeltdave.bsky.social
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

5/20

"The Night Watch" by Rembrandt van Rijn
"The Night Watch" by Rembrandt
October 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.

#blueskyartchallenge #art #painting

4/20

"The Old Guitarist" by Pablo Picasso
An older gentleman seated cross-legged and playing a guitar
October 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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"I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed..."
George C. Scott as General Buck Turgidson in "Dr. Strangelove"
September 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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George C. Scott did it better.
Actor George C. Scott as General George Patton.
September 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM