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Sam Brown
@samanthabrownart.bsky.social
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NH-based artist. On an endless journey to search for beauty in the world.
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Happy #NoKings day!!!
October 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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A #sketch of the youngest nugget. They grow up so fast.

#sketchbook #drawing
A young boy with long hair gazes off in the distance with a small smile. Little details include his hair being tucked behind one ear and in a pony tail that's somewhat falling out, and one of his adult teeth is in the early stages of growing in.
September 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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#WIP - Adelaide and her Familiar. #DigitalPainting done in #Photoshop.
A young red-haired witch in a warm yet muted palette holds her familiar, a small snake, up to her face affectionately.
September 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Sketching my honey in the park.

#sketch #art #sketchbook
June 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Someone on reddit pointed out the meaning of the sixth line of this poem, to me, and as embarrassed as I am I didn't understand it, I think I'm going to leave this here. Problematic language surrounding slavery is a historical truth. My relationship with this poem, however, has certainly changed.
samanthabrownart.bsky.social Sam Brown @samanthabrownart.bsky.social · Jun 26
Another #poem - this one is Gethsemane, by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

#Calligraphy #watercolor #painting
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Another #poem - this one is Gethsemane, by Georgia Douglas Johnson.

#Calligraphy #watercolor #painting
June 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Done! #Poem is Thou Gloomy December, by Robert Burns. Decorated with green and gold #watercolors.
A poem, Thou Gloomy December by Robert Burns decorated with watercolor vines and gold leaves. Thou Gloomy December, by Robert Burns Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care; Sad was the parting thou makes me remember- Parting wi' Nancy, oh, ne'er to meet mair! Fond lovers' parting is sweet, painful pleasure, Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour; But the dire feeling, O farewell for ever! Is anguish unmingled, and agony pure! Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, Till the last leaf o' the summer is flown; Such is the tempest has shaken my bosom, Till my last hope and last comfort is gone. Still as I hail thee, thou gloomy December, Still shall I hail thee wi' sorrow and care; For sad was the parting thou makes me remember, Parting wi' Nancy, oh, ne'er to meet mair
June 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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A #wip of a #poem I'm transcribing and illuminating.

#caligraphy #watercolor #painting
Swirling green vines with gold leaves surround a poem.
June 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Luna thinks I need a break. Luna's a smart, thoughtful kitty.
#catlove #catlife
June 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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This campaign is deeply important to me because of the radical idea that we all deserve empathy. Check Kat out - her mutual aid programs are absolutely inspired.
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Jun 9
I wrote about universal healthcare for @newrepublic.com and why everyone deserves healthcare, regardless of your income or your papers: newrepublic.com/article/1962...
Why Is Elon Musk Tweeting About Me at 3 A.M? What the world's richest man doesn't get about universal health care Our health care system is one of the worst in the developed world. Medical debt is the cause of 66 percent of bankruptcies in the U.S. In Canada, the runner-up in this bleak competition, that number is 19 percent. We spend more on health care than any other wealthy country and yet have the worst outcomes. We take Ubers instead of ambulances, take fish antibiotics instead of prescriptions, and often skip medical treatment altogether because of the expected cost. Donald Trump and the Republicans want to make this worse. By creating even more hoops for Americans to jump through just to get care that is often lackluster, by demonizing the poor, and by insisting health care is something you must earn, this administration is bragging about its own inhumanity. When I said, “Every person in the world deserves health care,” Jennings couldn’t fathom that idea. His first instinct was to blurt out, “Even illegals?” The answer is yes. If you are a person, you deserve health care, no matter where you are or who you are. No one deserves to die because they can’t afford insulin or because they’re too scared of bankruptcy to seek medical attention. If you show up at my doorstep starving or injured, I am not going to ask for papers before I help you. One of the main reasons I’m running for Congress is because our leaders have conditioned us into thinking we don’t deserve good things, especially if we aren’t rich. But we do. You do. Every American deserves to afford housing, groceries, and health care with money left over to save and spend. We deserve to thrive, not just survive. And every single human being in every single country deserves to know that they can find the help they need on the worst day of their lives, when they are at their weakest and most vulnerable. For most Americans, this concept isn’t hard to grasp, but when it comes to Elon Musk and right-wing pundits, they simply can’t fathom having even an ounce of basic humanity.
June 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A master copy with some alterations, this piece captures a moment forever frozen in time - a bouquet of delicate flowers, from a completely different century. It's a reminder that though impermanent, the beauty of a moment can live on through the acts of others.
#Art #DigitalPainting #Flowers
a digital painting of a large bouquet of flowers in warm sepia tones punctuated by almost-glowing white flowers. The piece is in equal parts dramatic and mysterious, warm and inviting, and reminiscing on something that once was and only lives on in memory.
May 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Drew Katy from @somemorenews.bsky.social ! A very fun project that I'm sure to do with the rest of the crew.
May 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

The fact that this is even being considered as a possibility is utterly horrifying.
Trump administration working on plan to move 1 million Palestinians to Libya
Details are murky and no final agreement has been reached, but the plan is under serious enough consideration that the administration has discussed it with Libyan leadership.
www.nbcnews.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Finished!

#art #watercolor #qotd #calligraphy
May 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Sometimes I just wander
#Clarity escapes me
And uncertainty follows me
Blurriness on the horizon
Ambiguity at every turn
Chaos is my guiding light
No sense of purpose
But loving the vagueness
Of nowhere
And nothingness
Wandering in twilight

#vss365 #poetry #poem
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May 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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What d'you think - finish it? Start over?

#Oops #watercolor #qotd #quoteoftheday
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Quote by Anaïs Nin. Written delicately in deep blue watercolor, with shimmering gold swirls around it. There is a blue splotch where a drop of water fell from my brush to the paper.
May 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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A gentle reminder to take care of yourself. When all else fails... just breathe.

#watercolor #painting #selfcare
"Breathe" is written in cursive, in iridescent gold paint. Surrounding it are twisting vines and small leaves in different shades of blue.
May 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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New coloring pages just dropped! Head on over to my Ko-Fi and pay what you want to get access to high-resolution printable downloads!

ko-fi.com/samanthabrow...

#art #drawing #coloringpage #nature #waterfall #eagle
coloring page of a bald eagle landing on a perch. Its wings are unfurled, and beak is open as it cries out. A coloring page of a waterfall crashing into a river that's broken up by many rocks and boulders. A coloring page of a waterfall broken up into four distinct streams of water, falling into a pond that has a cairn built in the foreground.
April 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Peace - A Wish.

#Watercolor on 100% cotton cold press paper.
#painting #art
Long, delicate vines ending in leaves curl around the cursive word "Peace."
April 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Commission progress shot!

#DigitalPainting #Art #Photoshop #Flowers

Brushes by @kyletwebster.bsky.social
A carefully rendered digital painting of flowers. They are warm tones of beige with a couple of gentle, almost-glowing white ones at the top. In progress close-up of a larger piece.
March 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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#AIArtIsNotArt
March 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlfI...

#Timelapse of a #commission #sketch. Styled after a Dutch master, Jan Davidsz. de Heem.

#Digitalart #Photoshop #Flowers #Painting
Timeless - Sketch Timelapse
YouTube video by Samantha Brown
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March 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Near the summit of a #NewHampshire #mountain that's near and dear to my heart, Mount Chocorua. An #oilpainting that I finished the day my grandma passed.
March 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Meet Mulberry! A wise old man.

#art #inkdrawing
February 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#Handmade wishing and magick stones, free as a welcome gift to new monthly members of my Ko-Fi! Here's the link:

ko-fi.com/samanthabrow...

#art #watercolor
February 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM