the ballad of elsewhere

christina. she/they. 30s. otherworldly adventurer. sharp teeth & whimsy. twitter / denotish

[urgetocreate]

Christina Bothwell, Awakening, 2021, Cast glass, raku ceramic, oil paint

[ruthiepenn]

Thanks @_ibatullin_ildar_.

[fyjjong]

2016 suwon k-pop super concert ♡ 160617 © broomy (do not edit or remove logo)

[theretirementhome]

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Dorothy Ashby - The Windmills Of Your Mind

[frostedmagnolias]

Comb

c. 1900

by Bernhard Hertz

The National Museum of Norway

[fishglass]

All of my native plants came back this year (except one, but I'm holding out for it). A cheery development after winter and bad decisions killed my rose. Oop.

[nattousan]

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines

et voila

and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)

[nattousan]

and now, the birds

Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus

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Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius

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hoo boy, ok *out of breath*

GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!

this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render

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speaking of obnoxious coverts:

bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata

the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it

[nattousan]

Madam....

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birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female

pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr

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*melts into goo*

BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus

genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??

nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)

[nattousan]

in other news, I am losing my sanity hairline

[geopsych]

one month from now 🌸

Spring starts tomorrow!

[7pleiades7]

The Return of Persephone (1891) by Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (British, 1893 – 1975), oil on canvas laid to board, 50 x 60 in. (128 x 152cm.), Private Collection

[reverie-quotes]

Later, I learned that they were a symbol of resurrection. Of course they were, my two yellow-winged twins feasting on thorns and liking it.

— Ada Limón, "The Year of the Goldfinches"

[geopsych]

Crocuses in the front garden at last!

[huariqueje]

Maybe Tomorrow`s Coming   -   Johanna Mäkitalo , 2016.

Finnish,b.1966  -

Oil on canvas,100 x 150 cm.

[huong1952]

“With my two arms I hugged myself the way another would. With my two hands I gathered up and tied my hair, I walked back to my house of appetites, my house of things, my life of many parts waiting to be wound and folded, mended, counted, found.”

— Luisa A. Igloria, from “Fata Morgana,” Ode to the Heart Smaller Than a Pencil Eraser (Utah University Press, 2014)

[inkyami]

Happy whatever it is you celebrate this winter 🎊 Missed the Snake year due to depression, but couldn't pass my favorite childhood animal

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[inkyami]

Happy Lunar New Year!

[orpheuslament]

one thing about me is that i will lose my mind about the personification of the house

[orpheuslament]

this house hates you. this house loves you. this house wont ever let you leave. this house has eyes & a mouth. you could make this house speak. you could make this house cry. this house has seen the worst parts of you & wants to keep you inside it forever. this house will die with you. etc.

[weltenwellen]

Self-Improvement Tony Hoagland

[caluanthes]

BAMBI (1942), dir David Hand