Tara Fly
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“Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.” - Naguib Mahfouz ⛰️
A new 4"x6" #watercolor #art study inspired by my view from a picnic table overlooking Sutton Lake. 🎨🏕️
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A new 4"x6" #watercolor #art study inspired by my view from a picnic table overlooking Sutton Lake. 🎨🏕️
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, its imperfections tickle my brain when observing details closely, but it looks great from 15 feet across the room - and that has become my litmus test for letting it be. So... moving on. 🤣🤣🤣
Post a photo of you from last February. No cheating!
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
February 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Post a photo of you from last February. No cheating!
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
I picked two from my visit to #ShenandoahNationalPark - one day, I could see for miles, and the next day, as Sylvia Plath wrote, "the hills step off into whiteness."
A new watercolor study, inspired by my view of the Elk River from atop Sutton dam... minus the town. Sorry, Sutton! Maybe this is how it looked before the settlers arrived in 1792. 😅
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
February 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A new watercolor study, inspired by my view of the Elk River from atop Sutton dam... minus the town. Sorry, Sutton! Maybe this is how it looked before the settlers arrived in 1792. 😅
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
#WestVirginiaArt #WVArtist #NatureArt #WatercolorStudy
Sutton Dam, West Virginia.
February 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sutton Dam, West Virginia.
February 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
After weeks of snow, and waking to sub-zero temperatures today, my mind wanders back to an Autumn Walk in Dunmore, WV. My newest 4"x6" watercolor study.
January 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
After weeks of snow, and waking to sub-zero temperatures today, my mind wanders back to an Autumn Walk in Dunmore, WV. My newest 4"x6" watercolor study.
A watercolor study of Seneca Rocks, WV, as I saw it at 7:21am on Thursday, July 27th, 2023.
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
January 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A watercolor study of Seneca Rocks, WV, as I saw it at 7:21am on Thursday, July 27th, 2023.
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
Oddly specific, I know. 🤣
#watercolor #painting #westvirginia #wvartist #natureart
Yesterday's watercolor study.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
January 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yesterday's watercolor study.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
Because I'm still new to the medium, the values are off, so I will start again from scratch. I may use a different reference photo. I have hundreds - in every season, lighting, and weather condition.
Someday, I will capture the feelings I get whenever I am there.
I may have howled, you're looking mighty fine, Wolf Moon. 🐺🌕❤️
January 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I may have howled, you're looking mighty fine, Wolf Moon. 🐺🌕❤️
Watercolors intimidate me. They are less forgiving than my trusty acrylics.
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
January 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Watercolors intimidate me. They are less forgiving than my trusty acrylics.
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
Fortunately, I had a wonderful art teacher, Ray Snouffer, who taught me to think, to plan, to take risks, to roll with the punches, and to adapt. They are lessons I use every day.
This one is for you, Ray. 🎨
I love waking up at the perfect moment to witness the transient beauty of a sunrise.
January 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I love waking up at the perfect moment to witness the transient beauty of a sunrise.
Nothing SCREAMS LOVE like a plush alligator chomping on the head of a plush hammerhead shark, in the Valentine's Day aisle at Walmart. 💘
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
December 28, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Nothing SCREAMS LOVE like a plush alligator chomping on the head of a plush hammerhead shark, in the Valentine's Day aisle at Walmart. 💘
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
#valentinesday #shark #alligator #lovebites
December 11, 2024 at 6:23 PM
If you see this, post something monochromatic. 🖤
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
December 5, 2024 at 11:43 PM
If you see this, post something monochromatic. 🖤
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
"Arsenic and Old Lace", acrylic on canvas. 2018.
I see your beautiful West Virginia morning, and raise you a beautiful *moody* West Virginia morning.
December 5, 2024 at 5:12 PM
I see your beautiful West Virginia morning, and raise you a beautiful *moody* West Virginia morning.
🌟✨ QRP with your art that has stars ✨🌟
"Cosette" (Les Miserables) Acrylic on canvas. 8"x10". 2020.
#catart #traditionalart #cats
"Cosette" (Les Miserables) Acrylic on canvas. 8"x10". 2020.
#catart #traditionalart #cats
December 3, 2024 at 5:50 AM
🌟✨ QRP with your art that has stars ✨🌟
"Cosette" (Les Miserables) Acrylic on canvas. 8"x10". 2020.
#catart #traditionalart #cats
"Cosette" (Les Miserables) Acrylic on canvas. 8"x10". 2020.
#catart #traditionalart #cats
QRP with your skull art. 💀
"Hamlet Cat", acrylic on canvas board. 2016.
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!"
#hamlet #shakespeare #catart
"Hamlet Cat", acrylic on canvas board. 2016.
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!"
#hamlet #shakespeare #catart
December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
QRP with your skull art. 💀
"Hamlet Cat", acrylic on canvas board. 2016.
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!"
#hamlet #shakespeare #catart
"Hamlet Cat", acrylic on canvas board. 2016.
"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times. And now how abhorred in my imagination it is!"
#hamlet #shakespeare #catart
I had to grab a cover image online, because my own copy is 34 years old, and has been through harrowing adventures... like the characters themselves. 🤣
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I had to grab a cover image online, because my own copy is 34 years old, and has been through harrowing adventures... like the characters themselves. 🤣
