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Karakwan 🇨🇦
@karakwan.bsky.social
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#Artist, singer, outdoors person who loves winter too, #pleinairpainter, gardener wannabe, indigenous/settler mix - introvert who adores my family. https://www.karenhainesart.com
Represented by: www.Sivarulrasa.com
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karakwan.bsky.social
Love this! So bright and cheery! What a conversion in seeing. Thank you!
tomclearwood.bsky.social Tom Donald @tomclearwood.bsky.social · 12h
Choosing a picture for day5 of #ArtAdventCalendar has been strangely difficult... I actually put a picture up earlier, then deleted it because I wanted something a bit more... FLAMBOYANT!

Then I found what I needed in November, it's a burned out car: Out of the strong came forth sweetness right?
Colour sweeps over the picture, tiger stripes in blues and gold. We may see that the colours obscure the underlying shape; a burned out car but the abstraction is the meaning of the picture
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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jasminsmithart.bsky.social
Day 5 of Art Advent Calendar
Steampunk Octopus mixed media painting with a resin octopus and plenty of gears, fabric, and found objects. #art #ArtAdventCalendar #mixedmedia #steampunk
Mixed media assemblage painting featuring a resin steampunk octopus. The painting’s is roughly 5 inches by 7 inches and three dimensional with gears, bottle caps, fabric, and other elements framing the resin octopus. The colours are rusty coppers and bronze with green and blues representing the verdigris
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
karakwan.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 5

My mom’s family is very musical and when we got together, we all would play, sing, and dance for hours. Lots of laughter too! I loved breaks too where grandma would have food and always wild blueberry pie with farm cream.

Break Time, Oil on Gallery Canvas
18x24
18x24 oil painting called Break Time. A table with harmonica and guitar nearby along with plates of food and wild blueberry pie.
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4 morning

Breakup
30x36 76x91
Oil on Canvas
2021

#art #painting
Abstract Landscape: orange sky with swirling dark blue clouds over a lake with ice, melt ponds and beach
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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tahtah.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
“Despair”
Clay sculpture of a naked man curled in a fetal position, glazed in a low-gloss black
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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riisgriffen.bsky.social
Very happy the #ArtAdventCalendar is happening again!

Steven
Mixed media on 11 x 14” canvas
2024
Available
#art #painting #artist #ArtLover #CatLover #CatArt #ArtYear #Creativity #PdxArt #BskyArt #ArtOnBluesky #BskyArtists
Mixed media painting of an abstract cat painted in black and teal. The cat has a long tail and a mischievous expression.
December 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
karakwan.bsky.social
Really thought provoking and terrific work!
brazenhussy.bsky.social Mia McCullough @brazenhussy.bsky.social · 1d
Most of my work is multimedia. I call this one Opioid People Trap. It's inspired by the opioid crisis and the way my mother hoarded painkillers. These are a small fraction of the pills leftover from her death, all painted with nail polish. #ArtAdventCalendar #Day3 #grief #healing
A terracotta pot looking filler to the brim with brightly colored pills. A painted conduit "stem" emerges from the pills and leads to a Venus fly trap-like mouth the inside of which is also coated in pills. Around the stems are syringes filled with a pale green liquid, the needles stuck in the "soil."
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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katherinekeanart.bsky.social
Slow Release of the Day

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4

www.1stdibs.com/art/painting...
"Slow Release of the Day" by Katherine Kean shows Malibu Lagoon, a saltwater marsh where Malibu Creek empties into the Pacific, where still waters are separated from the waves by a few feet of sand, creating a quiet place for birds to swim and the sun to set. Soft, warm colors create a calm and reflective mood. The river flows gently through the center, bordered by tall grasses and reeds on both sides. In the background, a row of bare deciduous trees stands silhouetted against a hazy, softly glowing sky. The light reflects warmly off the water, giving the scene a golden, almost ethereal quality. The overall composition emphasizes tranquility and the quiet beauty of nature transitioning between day and night.
December 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
karakwan.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4

Elk Island Bison, oil on gallery canvas, 24x36

I zoomed in on this bison munching away from the safety of my vehicle. Gorgeous creatures!

#canadianartist
#oilpainter
Sivarulrasa.com
Bison eating grasses in front of leafless poplar.
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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sculptedreef.com
Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture 🐙 Clay & Paint 🎨

#ArtAdventCalendar
A close up of a hand sculpted octopus, depicting the species Caribbean Reef Octopus. Scientifically known as Octopus briareus, a bluish teal octopus with green, bronze and shimmering patches. It is holding a sizable AB Swarovski crystal and sitting inside an abalone shell. Photographed on a black background.
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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yeggirlab.bsky.social
Time to fire the UCP
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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susanincanada.bsky.social
“Do You Think The Government of Alberta Should End Its Current Practice of Allocating Public Funds to Accredited Independent (Private) Schools?”

This is the question being put forth through a Citizen Initiative Petition. Click the 🔗 to find canvassers & where to sign.

#AbPoli
#PublicEducation
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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brittlestar.com
Almost everyone who touts the benefit of private healthcare is hoping to profit from private healthcare.
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
karakwan.bsky.social
What beautiful work!
nancybennett.bsky.social Nancy Bennett 🇨🇦 @nancybennett.bsky.social · 2d
Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar. Follow the hashtag and put some beautiful art from around the world into your feed.
This painting won me the Emerging Artist Award in 2022. The prize was substantial enough to fund Christmas that year.
Afternoon Skate
36x40, Oil on panel

#CanadianArt
Smooth painting of skaters on a frozen pond on a grey day. A dark line of trees along the horizon and a path that leads onto the ice. On the ice are a sprinkle of people mostly in bright colours. A couple skating. A single in a bright yellow jacket, one in a pink jacket. Two teens standing talking. A child with arms spread out, pink snowpant legs wide trying to balance with a parent crouched down beside. On the side in the snow, a woman with a small black dog stand a watch. Cars parked in the distance. The grey sky has a soft glow which bounces off the ice.
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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timosborne.ca
Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar: It's always hard to find the perfect tree-topper, but I think I've done it! #wildlife
A Great Horned Owl sits on the top of a thin evergreen tree. The weight of the owl bends the top branch downwards.
December 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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tahtah.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
Old work
“Components”
Small studies in unfired clay of components for a sculpture of a woman: head of a woman in a head scarf, folded hands, a pair of bare feet, on a white board next to a pencil
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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stoutheartstudio.com
Art for the #ArtAdventCalendar day 3. :)

Woke up to snow here, so I decided to share an older piece that barely saw the light of day. It makes me think of warm summer evenings and the sound of crickets and frogs.

#digitalArt #illustration #MomentOfZen
A blonde woman with tan skin and a coral blouse stands in a field of small white flowers that have taken on the orange of the sunset bleeding through the tall bushes and trees behind her. She’s in profile, a white work apron around her waist. Her eyes are closed, face lifted slightly as she feels the sun on her skin and listens to the evening sounds.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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artoflisamorgan.com
Today's painting for the #ArtAdventCalendar. A moose in the mist :) Done in shades of raw umber. I just ordered a new palette, and can't wait to do a few moody silhouettes in desaturated colors :) #watercolor #painting #BskyArt #artyear #art #artist #ArtByHumans
Watercolor of a moose walking through a stream with faint trees in the background. The moose is on the lower left corner of the screen, and is just a silhouette. The trees are mottled shades of brown. The entire image is done in raw umber.
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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gardenofknots.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar day 3🐾

honey, i turned the dog into glass!!🐕

i made this piece based off an old picture of my dog booker. now it hangs by my water dispenser so i get to look at it all the time🥰
a photo of my ridgeback booker sitting with his back to the camera and his looking out into the yard a large oval stained glass piece based off the previous photo. it’s finished in black patina and hangs from a metal chain the same piece photographed in different lighting the piece hanging in a window surrounded by houseplants
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
karakwan.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
Day3
Another plein air from a little while back. I love country roads and I love winter.

Had to Paint This, 8x10 Oil on board

#pleinairpainting
#albertaartist
#canadianoilpainter
Sivarulrasa.com
Plein air painting, oil on board, 8x10. Snow covered rural Alberta road with bushes and trees and light poles. Cold and blue hued.
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
Day 3 #ArtAdventCalendar

Badlands
36x48in 91x121cm
Oil on Canvas
2023 #Art #Painting
Abstract landscape painting of a river valley badlands with swirling clouds above with sunset skies behind.
December 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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nick-stevens.com
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2

This one was commissioned by Enzman Archive.

Pulse Heavy starship, silhouetted against the Pleiades star cluster, M45.
Pulse Heavy starship, silhouetted against the Pleiades star cluster, M45.
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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jayispainting.earthskyart.ca
OK...whew. Mostly caught up.

Here's my Day 2 #ArtAdventCalendar

Tarantula Nebula 30x37in 76x94cm
Oil on Canvas
2023
Based on the JWST image of 30 Doradus #Art #Painting #SciArt
Painting of an abstract space scape of a nebula with a hole in the center showing hundreds of swirling stars.
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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snowirisstudio.com
When I originally drew this snapdragon I picked the colors because they were a friend's favorite and this was for their birthday. But it is rather Christmassy as well, one must admit.

#Botanical #Flowers #FloralArt #Art #ProcreateArtist 🎨 #ArtAdventCalendar
Digital drawing of red snapdragon flowers against a dark green background. Done in Procreate.
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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julia-laing.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar
OK, late again, but who's counting? 😂 I'm going to share some of my art from this year
Day 1. Charcoal and conti pastel of my cat, Marco A3 size.

#visualart #drawing #artists #monochrome #cats #animals #expressivedrawing #charcoaldrawing #blackandwhite #art #tabbyandwhite
Charcoal drawing of a tabby and white cat sleeping with his paws stretched out in front of him.
December 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM