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Vincent VanGauche (art n’at)
@vincentvangauche.bsky.social
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Painter with a day job in Pittsburgh. 👩‍🎨📊
Gauche- adj. lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy-
The meme depicts a cow standing in front of a hallway with a split down the center. The title is “the illusion of free choice”. One side says “2016 Republican Candidate” the other says “2016 Democratic candidate” at the end of the hallway the divider is gone, leading to the inevitable destination of “voting for someone who have head to Bill Clinton”
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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If you see this, post your bird art
#art #bird
A painting of a vulture. The background is bright green. All of the colors are highly saturated with the wings pulling purple to gold. The head is highly detailed and the vulture is staring straight out. The style is brushy
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Happy Jeff Goldblum day!
Why is it Jeff Goldblum day? Because I’m posting a painting of Jeff Goldblum I just finished!
(Oil on 8x10 board)
@bsky.art #oilpainting #jeffgoldblum #thefly #portrait #artist
An oil painting of actor Jeff Goldblum from the 80s. His stare is intense, straight into the viewer’s soul. He’s back lit, creating a halo glow in his curly hair. His chest and shoulder are bare and his skin has a warm glow. The colors are highly saturated and the brush strokes are visible.
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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I made myself a logo! #artistsofbluesky what do you think? #artist
A logo- a sunflower with the name Vincent VanGauche around it in dark teal with a symbol in the middle of the sunflower in a lighter teal. The symbol is a combination of the letters E H and Z
October 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Plein aire painting is so wonderful. It is so calming. Just sitting outside and focusing very carefully on something in the distance. I’m pretty sure that’s a kind of meditation
#oilpainting #pleinaire #meditation
@bsky.art
A painting of a river snaking through woods. The painting is on an easel, it is sitting in the woods, in the distance you can see the river and woods from the painting. The painting is unfinished
October 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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May I offer you a Skarsgard at this trying time?
#painting #skarsgard #oilpainting
@bsky.art
A small oil painting of actor Alexander skarsgard. It’s a close up of his face and neck down to the shoulder, half in shadow and half in light. His expression is pensive and maybe a little sad. The colors are naturalistic
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Oil pastel hex sign from the sketchbook tonight.
Remember to take a break from the horrors to do something creative and nice for yourself
#oilpastel #sketchbook
A colored in sketch of an Amish hex sign. It is a circle with a symmetrical design depicting two birds sitting on a flower stem with hearts at the top and bottom.
October 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Ocean cliffs off Western Washington.
(Oil on 8x10 panel)
What can I say? It’s feeling a little Hoa hoa hoa outside.
I’m practicing adding atmospheric depth. Starting to get the hang of it!

#oilpainting #artist #art #twilight @bsky.art
A painting of foggy cliffs with the sea below them. It is in shades of pale green and brown with little snatches of golden yellow
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Color/ Figure study! The subject is a lovely model- Olivia Wray. I cheated a bit on the feet but that wasn’t my focus.
@bsky.art #oilpaintjng #figurepainting
A small painting, the background is peach. If features a woman seated on the floor with her legs stretched behind her. She’s curvy and wears a black bodysuit. Her eyes are closed and her lips are bright red,
October 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Art vs Artist
A painting of a peacock. Black background, bright heavily saturated colors. I’m very proud of it A selfie of a white woman in rainbow lights. One might infer that the edibles were stronger than expected and she just realized that as she took her seat in the planetarium
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Peak performance. Exactly one Unit of dog.
A pitbull sitting on an ottoman. She’s sitting on her bum with her feet sticking out. Her head is about 1/3 of her total body. She is light brown with white markings and a black nose and dark Smokey eyeliner
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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My first gallery show!! This summer I was part of an art festival, one of the galleries hosting it invited me to be a visiting artist!
I am so unbelievably proud of myself. If you’d like to see them in person (and some incredible work from other artists) I’m at the Fox Clark gallery in Indiana PA
A smiling white woman with long brown hair, wearing jeans and a black long sleeve shirt standing in front of a brick wall. At the top of the wall is a sign saying “Visiting Artist”. On the wall there are 8 brightly colored paintings
September 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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“Peacock”
Acrylic on 30”x40” canvas
This gorgeous boy already has a home but omg I am obsessed with him. He’s heading up to the Fox Clark gallery in Indiana PA to be displayed for the month of October!
It’s my first stint as a “visiting artist” and ya’ll I am so stoked
#artist @bsky.art #painting
A painting of a peacock. It is large with a deep black background- textured with peacock feather designs. The colors are highly saturated and layered, with tones of blue and teal being the most prevalent
September 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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“Psyche and Eros” oil on 8x10 board.

I am really getting into limited pallets. Here I used Alzarin Crimson for the background but Psyche and Eros are just titanium white, cadmium yellow and midnight black (Bob Ross).

#oilpainting #limitedpalette #painter #artist #psycheanderos #louvre
A title painting on an easel. The painting has a bright red background but it’s thin showing the rough texture of the canvas underneath. The subject is of two lovers embracing a woman reclining and reaching her arms upward to encircle a winged man’s head. It’s a statute “Psyche revived by Cupid’s kiss”, which stands in the Louvre. In this painting the statue, which is white marble in real life, is rendered in shades from black to very bright light yellow.
September 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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I think I might have leveled up?
@mchshe.bsky.social posted the teaser photos of his Glyndŵr and immediately used it as a reference for a portrait study. And I am so glad I did.
@bsky.art #oilpainting #painting
An oil painting on an easel. It is of a man’s face in stark lighting. His stare is intense, his hair and beard curling and wild, in shades of grey and gold.
September 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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I shouldn’t wallow in delight over the various “ugly” phases of my paintings. But look at this silly little guy. He’s barely there at all
#workinprogress #oilpainting #cabaret #artist @bsky.art
A painting in progress. It is largely olive green in tone although there are browns and blues in the shadows. The highlights have begun to be built up in white. The subject is of the character The Emcee from the musical Cabaret as portrayed by Eddie Redmayne. He is leaning forward with his head turned to face the viewer. He has a party hat on his head and long dark gloves.
September 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Oil Portrait study- Willem Dafoe
He has one of those faces I could paint 1000 times and still be fascinated by. This was also my first time using the Zorn Palette!
#oilpainting #portrait #portraitstudy #zornpalette
@bsky.art
Painted portrait of actor Willem Dafoe. He is in profile, with a delicate flower behind his ear. His shirt is the same dusty pink as the flower. The background is dark. The style is brushy
September 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I wish I could express the feeling of peace and joy that I get, not just from the act of painting, but also in just the materials for creation.
#oilpainting @bsky.art
Tubes of oil paint ranging from yellow to orange to green to blue to purple. A large tile of white paint, two pallet knives and a paintbrush. Sitting in a clear plastic container on a table speckled with paint splatters
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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International Vulture day!? Amazing.
“Vultures are Holy Creatueres” acrylic on 18x24 canvas
@bsky.art #painting #Vulture
A screen cap of the poem by Crypto Naturalist: Vultures are holy creatures Tending the dead Bowing low Bared head Whispers to cold flesh, “Your old name is not your king. I rename you ‘Everything’” A painting of a culture with her wing stretched out. The background is brushy shades of green. The vulture is painted in highly saturated colors with bright yellow and orange highlights in the feathers
September 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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If you have space I would love to be in your pack too!
A painting of a peacock. It is large with a matte black background. The background has textured feathers. The peacock is bright and highly saturated colors
September 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Doing my Richard Schmidt color cards, honestly this has been the most enjoyable exercise. I’m still a long way from finished but it’s been incredibly satisfying already!
This is part of my greenish umber card
#oilpainting #colortheory
A close up of some paint swatches. Colors go from light to dark and ranging in tone of greens browns and blues.
September 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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New piece! Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
I worked on this while listening to “Lawless” by @leahlitman.bsky.social and @strictscrutiny.bsky.social and it confirmed to me that Justice Jackson is really the only one speaking truth to madness.
#oilpainting #supremecourt
An oil painting of Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. She wears a collar make of puka shells. The background is bright yellow
August 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Weekend values practice!
“Eros and Psyche”
My background is a thin coat of whatever red was on my pallet (I think a combination of cadmium orange and alzarin crimson). The statue is only Midnight black and cadmium yellow (with a bit of white).
What do you think?
@bsky.art #painting #oilpainting
A small oil painting. The background is a sheer red, showing the texture beneath. The foreground is a recreation of the Eros and Psyche statue from the louvre. It is monochromatic of shades from black, through green and into yellow to white.
August 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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HUMAN ARTISTS- use only one piece to convince people to follow you
A painting of an owl tilting her head to the side. The colors are highly saturated. The painting is in a semi impressionist style sigh bold visible brush strokes. The owl is backlit with a golden glow
August 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Weekend adventure to the Laurel Highlands to get some plein aire practice in! One of my favorite things is when kids see me and come over to see what I’m doing. They’re always so cool! #oilpainting #enpleinaire
A Selfie of a white woman in glasses (me), with a box easel set up for oil painting. The background is a sunny day with green grass and lush trees. Beyond the trees you can see out into a hazy landscape A photo of the view from the other photo. In the foreground are bright green lush trees. Beyond the trees is a hazy landscape of hills, looking down into a valley
August 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM