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So what did you do during the two storms? I painted myself twenty slugs and framed them. There are spares which now live in my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/uk/shop/arty... #painting #slugs #art

The God of Bad Art gets offerings from all over the world, but in Their temple, They sometimes appear. "Why bad art?" I ask. "It is brave", the God replies. "To try and fail?" "No," the God chuckles. "Any creative work is a defiance of entropy, of Death itself. If you create, you do not fail."

pumpkin done 🔪🎃

"Floral Hunter"

start paying artists you fucks!!!! the potential of you reaching nirvana depends on it!

Sturgeon or DRAGON? Cool shot by @garlab.bsky.social PhD student Griffin Blegen of characteristic protective bony plates (scutes) on a juvenile Lake Sturgeon 🐉

the shining sumac is shining. #TodaysHike

detail of a new painting for my upcoming solo show Wallowing, opening December 11th at Nucleus Portland

awoooooboros

From my 2022 Monster Mashtober run: The Four Horsewomen. I've drawn them a few times now and I keep wanting to make a full color version of these, but alas life keeps getting away from me

Different stages of Bird's Nest fungi. #fungi #mushrooms #mushroomsky #fungifriends #witchsky #mushroomsphotography

New nails:

Yayy yippee a friend #art #invertebrates #arachtober 🎨

#postaday2026 #artsky #blueskyart #bskyart #art #bookmark #thewatchers #themouseprophet #coffee Spent most of the day working outside.🥵 This is done except for light clean up. I changed the title, & I may do some more bits to The Prophet’s side, I haven’t decided. 😊💜

Halloween is near! It's time to post this marvellous articulated #Roman skeleton, presumably meant to be a reminder to enjoy life to the fullest, since pleasure ends irrevocably with death. In Petronius’ Satyricon, the host of a dinner party brings out a small skeleton with moveable...🧵 1/2

Moth hair claws, available now! I arranged them in the first picture so it looks like the moth sheet of my dreams. :)

The mantis is called the 'rice-pounding grasshopper' in Thailand (ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว), from the motion of its raptorial forelegs resembling the traditional manner of pounding rice to remove the husks. This one was drawn with this very brush.

Red Wolf Woods - Gouache on a 12 X 17 decommissioned sign. Inspired by the red wolves at Point Defiance, where my partner & I had the chance to learn about these incredible wolves. 100 prints will be made, 50% of Proceeds will be donated to saveredwolves.org Only 21 red wolves remain in the wild.

Forest pancakes #FungiFriday #FungiFriends

zoom in, i promise it's worth it

Checking on my research specimens today. I can confirm that they are still dead.

common sentiment of adult friendships • #art

Halloween on the dog bus: #AGoodPlace Source: @kwpawtrips

Mycelium Oil painting perfect for spooky season. Glowing mushrooms are always fun to paint.

i particularly enjoy the flounder congregation

Fantastic lichens of Finse, Norway

Latrodectus geometricus, this brown widow lived in the bottom of my mailbox for a long time before I realized its presence. 🕷️ #Arachtober #Inverts #Spider #Nature #Bugsky

Brand new work!! This is Comfort in the Dark and it's about about a friendship with an unspeakable horror that lurks in the shadows. Available here - www.martintomsky.com/shop/comfort... #art #illustration #darkness

Is there an academic, peer-reviewed paper on why people can't mind their own fucking business??!!

Today’s Mysterious Artifact: a beautiful display of Bombyx mori development created by the “Central Raw Silk Association of Japan” How old is it? Why do we have it? Many such questions!

Can we interested you in a woim? Handmade, poseable woims will be in the shop tomorrow night. #art #artdoll #worms #CANartist

Work is going well today. I'm writing about cowbirds and I just looked up synonyms for "slut".

I’m tagging this Bristle Fly (of some sort, probably) for #SpookyNature but it’s also quite cute actually #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky #SpookySeason

Yeti crab 🦀🦑🐡

ok i think i’m calling it a day on this murmuration. #art

Stack of critter bowls 🤎🤎

Here's something you may NOT know about beluga whales: they have squishy foreheads. This area is called the MELON, and it's a specialized organ filled with fat, oil & wax that acts as a deformable acoustic lens, focusing sound waves into the water around them. But wait, there's MORE!

Layers upon layers 🌱 #nativeplants 🦀⛵ #Maryland 🌎 #ecoregion65