Sharon Butler
@sharonbutler.bsky.social
LIC, Queens, NYC / Painter / Publisher of Two Coats of Paint @twocoatsofpaint.com / https://www.sharonlbutler.com
I’m hosting tomorrow. Let the cooking begin! 🦃🍽️🎉💃🏻
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m hosting tomorrow. Let the cooking begin! 🦃🍽️🎉💃🏻
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Talks | Atsushi Kaga In Conversation with Georgina Jackson at The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Artist Atsushi Kaga is joined in conversation by Director Georgina Jackson to discuss his exhibition Just Another Human Experience and broader practice.
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Artist Atsushi Kaga is joined in conversation by Director Georgina Jackson to discuss his exhibition Just Another Human Experience and broader practice.
visualartists.ie/events/talks...
Talks | Atsushi Kaga In Conversation with Georgina Jackson at The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Artist Atsushi Kaga is joined in conversation by Director Georgina Jackson to discuss his exhibition Just Another Human Experience and broader practice.
visualartists.ie
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Talks | Atsushi Kaga In Conversation with Georgina Jackson at The Douglas Hyde Gallery
Artist Atsushi Kaga is joined in conversation by Director Georgina Jackson to discuss his exhibition Just Another Human Experience and broader practice.
visualartists.ie/events/talks...
Artist Atsushi Kaga is joined in conversation by Director Georgina Jackson to discuss his exhibition Just Another Human Experience and broader practice.
visualartists.ie/events/talks...
Nice pairing w Sean Scully Cc @dailyrothko.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Nice pairing w Sean Scully Cc @dailyrothko.bsky.social
It’s snowing in NYC
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It’s snowing in NYC
Like this, but built from crocs and plastic sneakers —> thisishomesteady.com/built-surpri...
They Built A *surprisingly* beautiful HOUSE of Used TIRES.. SHOULD YOU? - Homesteady
The average new home today costs somewhere between $200,000 and $400,000 to build. What if there was a better way…? What if you could build your house out of materials that people were throwing away? ...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Like this, but built from crocs and plastic sneakers —> thisishomesteady.com/built-surpri...
Invitations, announcements, thanks —> open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...
Newsletter, November 5, 2025
If you follow me on Instagram, you probably noticed that the new paintings have been stacking up in the studio (which, BTW, is not far from the famous rent-controlled apartment of...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Invitations, announcements, thanks —> open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...
Art materials —> www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
My Quest to Find the East Wing Rubble
An entire part of the White House can’t just disappear.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Art materials —> www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
What’s will the word “stalled”? Don’t they have a thesaurus app?
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
What’s will the word “stalled”? Don’t they have a thesaurus app?
I started @twocoatsofpaint.com a couple years before @marcmaron.bsky.social started his podcast, back when we were all pioneers in the digital space, so this one hits hard. His last episode —> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Episode 1686 - Barack Obama
Podcast Episode · WTF with Marc Maron Podcast · 10/13/2025 · 1h 7m
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October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I started @twocoatsofpaint.com a couple years before @marcmaron.bsky.social started his podcast, back when we were all pioneers in the digital space, so this one hits hard. His last episode —> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Perfection —> cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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October 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Perfection —> cited “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
I wrote about the wonderful Paul Feeley show at Garth Greenan —>
Paul Feeley: When paintings want to be sculptures by @sharonbutler.bsky.social --> twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/10/paul...
Paul Feeley: When paintings want to be sculptures
Contributed by Sharon Butler / “Paul Feeley: The Shape of Things” is Garth Greenan Gallery’s fourth solo exhibition for the painter, who died in 1966. But it is the first to ask – and answer …
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October 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I wrote about the wonderful Paul Feeley show at Garth Greenan —>
The October newsletter is up —> open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...
Newsletter, October 6, 2025
The 2025 brain drain predicted last November appears to be well underway. In the last few months, I’ve had artist friends pack up and leave the city for Taiwan, Scotland, Ireland, London, and most...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The October newsletter is up —> open.substack.com/pub/sharonbu...
Moon over LIC, studio view
October 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Moon over LIC, studio view
Two Coats of Paint Open Studio: Wed Oct 15, 5-7 pm @alicepixley, and Tue Oct 21, 5-7 pm @lawrestone / DM me for location and details.
Image: Double Diamond (for GG), 2025, acrylic, pencil, raw canvas, 42x36 inches. #sharonbutler with thanks to @3dmikelee for the stretcher 🛠️
Image: Double Diamond (for GG), 2025, acrylic, pencil, raw canvas, 42x36 inches. #sharonbutler with thanks to @3dmikelee for the stretcher 🛠️
October 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Two Coats of Paint Open Studio: Wed Oct 15, 5-7 pm @alicepixley, and Tue Oct 21, 5-7 pm @lawrestone / DM me for location and details.
Image: Double Diamond (for GG), 2025, acrylic, pencil, raw canvas, 42x36 inches. #sharonbutler with thanks to @3dmikelee for the stretcher 🛠️
Image: Double Diamond (for GG), 2025, acrylic, pencil, raw canvas, 42x36 inches. #sharonbutler with thanks to @3dmikelee for the stretcher 🛠️
One of the things I love about working with acrylic paint is the anticipation of seeing the canvases the next day when the paint has dried 😀💥💃🏻
October 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
One of the things I love about working with acrylic paint is the anticipation of seeing the canvases the next day when the paint has dried 😀💥💃🏻
Worst negotiator ever.
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Worst negotiator ever.
Does Chat GPT have penis envy?
A psychotherapist treated an A.I. chatbot as if it were one of his patients. What it confessed should worry us all.
Putting ChatGPT on the Couch
When I played doctor with the chatbot, the simulated patient confessed problems that are real—and that should worry all of us.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Does Chat GPT have penis envy?
Apply now for the 2026 Two Coats Residency Program
DEADLINE to send a letter of interest for a 2026 residency is October 30, 2025. / Over the years, intimate, artist-run residency programs have helped move artists’ work forward in unexpected ways&#…
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September 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If they shut the government down, do we all get a tax holiday?
September 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If they shut the government down, do we all get a tax holiday?
Sunday studio view
September 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sunday studio view
Artist friends have left, or are making plans to go. Spain, France, Ireland.
September 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Artist friends have left, or are making plans to go. Spain, France, Ireland.
Soothing, right? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
On The Vineyard
News Podcast · Updated Weekly · Experience the beauty, sensibility, and sounds of Martha’s Vineyard. On the Vineyard brings you the news, the happenings, the voices and the culture of the island every...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Soothing, right? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...
You may need this tonight podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep
Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Can’t sleep? You’re not alone—and there’s help.
Nothing Much Happens is a bedtime story podcast beloved by millions. Yoga and meditation teacher Kathryn...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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