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Shelby Pothier
@shelbypothier.bsky.social
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PNW artist and hiker and tired person

I paint mountains and mushrooms and cats and things. I also paint things if you ask me to.
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Shelby Pothier @shelbypothier.bsky.social · Jan 30
Friends! Here is a starter pack of Seattle artists to brighten up your feed in these dark days.

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When my seasonal depression starts overanalyzing motivational posters
My prized motivational poster with a salmon splasshing in a river that reads "Sink or swim" and in smaller text (my inner thoughts) reads "And I am choosing to flounder"
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Finally giving this dear boy a portrait of his own. #pyrportrait
The first stage of a watercolor pet portrait of a Great Pyrenees dog
October 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Fall Bitches Already Fondly Gazing at Summer’s Sweet Demise: tinyurl.com/yc574b4r
Woman in turtleneck sweater holding gray mug looking out window at gray weather with look of happy satisfaction on face
September 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Is there anything better than looking at a work in progress for the first time that day and thinking "hey this isn't as bad as I thought it was yesterday"?
June 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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‘I’m from Seattle,’ Says Liar from Shoreline:
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Man holding happy hour cocktail at bar talking to woman
May 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Today’s office at Dry Falls State Park #pleinair #washington
My watercolor plein air set up with a view of Dry Falls in the background
May 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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What a day! Steamboat Rock State Park PAWA paint-out is well underway! I feel silly for forgetting my large artboards at home, but at least I can do some smaller paintings while I’m here. Excited for cooler temps and more time at the park tomorrow 😻 #pleinair #washington
A view of my plein air painting set up at Steamboat Rock State Park A view of my plein air painting at Steamboat Rock State Park My mostly-completed plein air painting of the boat launch at Steamboat Rock State Park Banks Lake at Steamboat Rock State Park
May 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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A little warmup sketch at Umatilla Rock before today’s PAWA paint-out at Steamboat Rock State Park. I am so grateful for our public lands! @wastateparks.bsky.social #wastateparks
A picture of a sketchbook featuring an orange and blue sketch of Umatilla Rock. Pale green sagebrush are depicted at the bottom of the page. The sketchbook is held up in front of the rock formation itself.
May 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I had such a nice morning hanging out with @whalefern.bsky.social and this stunner of a heron in Edmonds during the low tide!
A majestic blue heron stands among boulders under a pier at low tide
May 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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BIRD PROTOCOL activated. Take a bird, leave a bird. 🪶
A page of a sketchbook that contains a bright pink watercolor painting of a flamingo. The background is deep green and blue.
April 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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I grew up watching @ricksteves.bsky.social every weekend on PBS and never once in my wildest dreams imagined that we'd be brought together to stand up for our democracy. I was honored to be a witness to his impassioned speech in Edmonds, WA today as part of the #HandsOff protests!
Rick Steves speaks to a huge crowd in Edmonds, WA as part of the nationwide Hands Off protests
April 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Scrolling through photos while I wait for my car to be done with its service. Here’s a random one from the Wonderland Trail on Mount Rainier with my dad last fall. I’ll probably paint this someday. #pnwonderland
A backpacker hikes down a trail through a meadow. Mount Rainier looms in the background.
April 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Hot off the scanner... a #watercolor of @spenser.io walking at Gold Creek Pond last year. #pnwonderland
A watercolor painting of a winter landscape. Everything is blue, purple, green, and white, except for the pop of a bright orange jacket walking off into the distance
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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excited about this project I'm working on!
a brush pen sketch of an owl flying and reaching its legs out for something
April 2, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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[020/100] #the100daysoflife Please enjoy this silly little sketch of Daphne that I did on my iPad #the100dayproject
A pink and blue digital sketch of a cat. Her tongue is out and she is sitting in a goofy position.
March 20, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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[019/100] #the100daysoflife getting back on track with the project after a few busy days. I was down in Olympia with @washingtontrails.bsky.social for Hiker Rally Day, so of course I had to take a few minutes to sketch the WA state capitol building in between meetings with my reps! #the100dayproject
A very loose watercolor and colored pencil sketch of the Washington state capitol building The artist holding up a folder labeled with the words "Hiker Rally Day" standing in front of the Washington state capitol building
March 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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I'm behind on my #the100dayproject posts, so here's a #watercolor mushroom from the archives. Life has been all over the place the last few days, but I'm hoping to get back on track tomorrow. #fungifriends
A watercolor-and-ink painting of a yellow amanita muscaria surrounded by greenery, with a pink, purple, and green background
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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[018/100] #the100daysoflife I definitely awkwardly crouched over Daphne in her bed to get this sketched before she shifted her position. #the100dayproject
A watercolor and ink sketch of a white and blue cat sleeping in her opera pink bed
March 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Over 200 followers now on BlueSky! And all I do is post my silly little paintings! I love you all 🥰 Please accept my pizza cat sketch from a previous year of #the100dayproject as a token of gratitude. Bonus photo of dog wearing pizza as well.
A sketch of a cat wearing a slice of pizza on her head A photo of a dog wearing the same slice of pizza as the cat in the sketch
March 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Breaking up the feed of my daily drawings with something I spent a little more time on. Morning on the Bogachiel River, #watercolor and ink, 2023.
A watercolor painting of the Bogachiel River running through a forest.
March 14, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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[016/100] #the100daysoflife ok so I didn’t leave my desk for this, but I did draw my microphone from life… in PEN! I almost never sketch in pen so I am counting this doodle as a win for the day. #the100dayproject
A ballpoint pen sketch of a Blue Yeti microphone with a light watercolor wash and hint of red colored pencil.
March 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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[016/100] #the100daysoflife Took myself out to the park for some loose thumbnail sketches beside the pond. It was cold so I was pretty quick about it.
Three loose watercolor sketches of different scenes around a pond A view of a sketchbook and watercolor paint palette on a picnic table in a park
March 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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[015/100] #the100daysoflife Busy busy day (yesterday), so I thought I'd get some sketching in right before bed. Of course as I sit down to sketch a sleeping Daphne, she gets the zoomies. Bonus pages included of sleeping pets over the years (I don't use this sketchbook that much) #the100dayproject
A loose pencil sketch of a sleeping dog Day 15 of the 100 day project. Loose pencil sketches of a cat with the handwritten text that says "I wanted to sketch Daphne this evening but as soon as I sat down, she got the zoomies" Loose pencil sketches in a small sketchbook. On the left page is a mushroom on a tree, and on the right is a cat with light layers of blue and pink paint. The cat sketch has the text "Daphne keeps moving. Stop." written on it. Two loose sketches of a sleeping cat and a dog. The cat's page says "Sweet baby cat" in handwritten text and the dog's page says "Sleepy animals"
March 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Everybody has a plan until a cat falls asleep in their lap
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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[014/100] #the100daysoflife @spenser.io have a meeting every Sunday evening where we plan for the week. I sketched my lemon lavender shrubs while he took notes #the100dayproject
A sketchbook on a table depicting a glass with a purple and yellow beverage in a tulip glass. Sitting next to the sketchbook is the drink itself, colored pencil leads, and lead holder.
March 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM