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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · 5d

Defaced. 28x35cm, oil on panel.
I am a serious artist who paints serious things. #oilpainting #stilllife

Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · 13d

Lemon Party. Oil on panel, 25x30cm. This one is dedicated to everyone who remembers the shenanigans of the early 2000s internet #oilpainting

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Aug 2

It might be good if AI could replace politicians.

Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Aug 2

“Oi, you can’t park there, mate”. Painting shapes with predominantly green and red. 30x40cm (12x16 in), oil on panel. #oilpainting #stilllife #matchboxcar #allaprima

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ah, expressing those grave concerns. That’ll do it 👍🏽

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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · Jul 30

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What does starving to death feel like? | First Dog on the Moon

How does it feel to hold your child in your arms as they starve to death

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Jul 29

💯 it’d be funny if it wasn’t so predictable.

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Jul 29

The australian govt right now.

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thank you 😁

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Emerging Artist (Self-portrait with vase and apple). Oil on canvas. 20x25cm #oilpainting #surrealism #selfportrait #beautifulbizarre Surreal goodness.

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Jul 2

except chickens, because fuck chickens

Road sign reading “ELK CITY IS A BIRD SANCTUARY” with a KFC sign behind and to its right.

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Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yes.
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World War 3!? Whose idea was that? | First Dog on the Moon

The world is up in arms and maybe even ending! What is going on. I’m frightened!

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Jun 23

That background is super tops!

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LevonJP @levonjp.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · Jun 3

Some pro-AI folks need to make some choices because the spaghetti they're throwing at walls is getting pretty tangled:

- is it just a tool or is it going to transform everything?
- does it empower us or is it already here and we have to get used to it?
- does it save time or enable us to do more?

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · Jun 1

I’m a serious artist who paints serious things.
Strange Fruit. Oil on canvas 25x30cm

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · May 25

We truly are fucked. How many warning signs will be ignored before it all comes crashing down?

Anastrophist @anastrophic.bsky.social · May 25

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'This could be the beginning of the end': Toxic algal bloom a sign of a changing climate

A mysterious, brown foam appeared on a beach an hour south of Adelaide. It was just the beginning of a toxic algal bloom that has now grown to thousands of square kilometres in size, killing precious ...

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · May 21

The most serious action Australia has taken to date.

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Wong responds to Israel starving thousands of children by dropping the ‘kind’ from ‘kind regards’ at the end of her letters

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · May 14

The vase on the floor. My latest still life. Check out that fancy frame! #oilpainting

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Pencilfury @pencilfury.bsky.social · May 2

Generative AI helps unleash everyone’s creativity but only if your creativity fits the predetermined constraints. The future is as bright as a dying flame.