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Dow Phumiruk

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An oldie from 2014. A fairy masquerade party. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists #fairy #fairies #party

Two young fairies run through the grass towards a group of fairies at a party

November 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM Everybody can reply

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Queen & Rook Game Cafe

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#lunarnewyear #lunarnewyear2025 #yearofthesnake #woodsnake #yutnori #phillybased #asianamericanartist #asianamericanbusiness

January 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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#kidlitartpostcard (sketch samples) Judo lessons: 1. Don’t be intimidated 2. You might be thrown. 3. Keep your head up 4. Get back up. (Last pose is not really judo). #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists #kidlitartpostcardday #judo #judolesson

November 8, 2024 at 2:01 AM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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I'll join you with an old piece. "If you see this, post your green art 🟢"
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #mermaid #art #artist #asianamericanartist #mermaids #fantasy #sweetdreams #childrensbooks #childrensbookart

November 8, 2024 at 5:24 PM Everybody can reply

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Jenie Gao

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Photos taken by Christopher Patterson, at the Empire of Dirt artist residency in Creston, BC, on Ktunaxa land.

#artresidency #ktunaxa #nativeland #asiandiaspora #asianamericanartist #taiwaneseamericanartist #chineseamericanartist #bc #britishcolumbia #pnw 💜🖼️

February 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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A drawing from a couple of years ago. Happy December! #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists

A group of kids building a super snow castle

December 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM Everybody can reply

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Kenji C Liu • Fine art prints & originals • Commissions open

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I had this painting I didn't like lying around. So I decided to give it a makeover.

I worked on composition, value, texture, and color palette.

What do you think of the result? Leave a comment!

#painting #art #asianamericanartist #figurativepainting #artcollector #losangelesartist

May 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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Social media is good for showing me new tools to try. This is a fairy on a leaf print I made using a Gelli printing pad. I love the texture. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists #printing #gelli #gelliplate #acrylic #photoshop #mixedmedia

October 20, 2024 at 2:58 AM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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Here is another oldie, quickly adapted for #kidlitartpostcard I do enjoy looking at all the art for these postcard days! #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists #angels #snowman #winter

December 6, 2024 at 4:09 AM Everybody can reply

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Julia LaChica

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Angle [Obstacles & Memories] 60” x 40”, acrylic on canvas. Exploring movement, transformation and the cyclical nature of life. #oaklandartist #hapaart #asianamericanartist #queerartist

February 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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I post art mostly, but I appreciate #MedSky and am glad it is growing here. #retiredpediatrician #artist #secondcareer #kidlitart #art #kidlit #illustration #childrensbookart #childrensbooks #books #asianamericanartist #fairyandfrogs #fantasy #frogs

November 10, 2024 at 3:31 AM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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From 2020, a little #mermaid for a late #kidlitartpostcard day! #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists

October 4, 2024 at 4:15 AM Everybody can reply

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OrchestratedSketches

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"Duality"
a diptych with Prismacolors on BFK Rives paper and Fabriano paper (For Art 102 final)

More info in replies!

#traditionalart #prismacolors #chinesefilam #asianamericanartist

December 10, 2024 at 10:45 PM Everybody can reply

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Duachaka Her

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Received my copy of The Art of Belonging 2026 calendar from Cut Fruit Collective! ✨

Earlier this year, I was a part of this group exhibition featuring works and stories of diaspora and community care from Asian Americans.

#asianamerican #asianamericanartist #cutfruitcollective #artcalendar

October 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM Everybody can reply

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Kenji C Liu • Fine art prints & originals • Commissions open

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Current work in progress, an oil portrait of Korean American avant garde poet Theresa Hak Kyung Cha.

#artcollector #artbuyer #poet #poetry #oilpainting #portrait #asianamericanartist #theresahakkyungcha #dictee #asiandiasporaartist #koreanamerican #art #artist @blueskyartists.bsky.social @bsky.art

Oil portrait of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, in blues, orange, and grays. The subject is looking directly at the viewer.

February 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM Everybody can reply

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Jenie Gao

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Read more about An Ethic is a Root here: jenie.org/portfolio.ht...

Part of my larger series, The Negotiation Table.

#printsky #asianamericanartist #taiwaneseamericanartist #chineseamericanartist #diaspora

Close-up of An Ethic is a Root, part of my larger series, The Negotiation Table, of print-based art installations.

To build the installation, I take my hand-carved woodblocks and after printing the editions turn the blocks into tables. Underneath the tables are linoleum and mirrored tiles, which reflect a woodcut of my migration route and create patterns of light on the walls and prints.

An Ethic is a Root navigates and negotiates how we arrive at our ethics. What do we risk when we uphold our ethics? And what makes the risks worthwhile?

The central image in this series is a map of my migration route, from where I grew up on the lands of the Kansa, Osage, Kickapoo, and Shawnee, to each of my homes including Teejop (land of the Ho-Chunk, Madison, WI) to my current home on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh in what is called Vancouver, British Columbia.

In the two woodblock prints, I made water, instead of land, the geographic anchor, with the Great Lakes blooming at the top of the map. I oriented the map with my route(s) growing downward.

My mother still resides in my last childhood home in rural Kansas. Agricultural runoff and nearby development have made the soil poor. The land around my mother’s house regularly erodes and floods when it rains.

Yet the iris flower continues to grow here. Irises are known for growing in places with polluted water, effectively removing toxins and holding soil together.

Photo by Khim Hipol.

March 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM Everybody can reply

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Dow Phumiruk

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What a nice book mail surprise: copies of Counting on Katherine in Japanese! I love it! #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #illustrator #katherinejohnson #nasa #picturebook

March 20, 2024 at 12:53 AM Everybody can reply

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RYU Arabul

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The honeysuckle were involved in some Shakespearean drama this Friday morning. Happy Friday #nature #asianamericanartist #naturephotography #blomscrolling