Guro Bureau

All specimens are collected post mortem unless stated otherwise. All specimens protected under law are photographed and then disposed of instead of kept.

[gurobureau]

Industrial Revolution no. 1. This one is for sale on my Etsy.

[gurobureau]

Sodapop.

[gurobureau]

They say names have meanings, you know. Even if someone goes by Angel, however, that doesn’t mean they are one. Disclaimer: This animal is protected under the Migratory Birds Act. After the photograph was taken, all pieces of the bird were disposed of.

[pellowart]

Ritual Moon 🌙🐂🌿🌘

[alekivz]

who needs a wreath when you could just use a snake!!  🐍

[alekivz]

a weird cat and some daffodils 

☆ available as a wall scroll, prints, and more on etsy ☆

[alekivz]

finished this painting finally! a mouse, some snapdragons and long-tailed skippers.

[classyhvstler-deactivated201712]

Life Is Energy In Motion

[phil-irish-artist]

By copyrighting his property as an artwork, he has prevented oil companies from drilling on it.

Peter Von Tiesenhausen has developed artworks all over his property in northern Alberta.  There’s a boat woven from sticks that is gradually being reclaimed by the land; there is a fence that he adds to each year of his life, and there are many “watching” trees, with eyes scored into their bark.

Oil interests pester him continually about drilling on his land.  His repeated rebuffing of their advances lead them to move toward arbitration.  They made it very clear that he only owned the top 6 inches of soil, and they had rights to anything underneath.  He then, off the top of his head, threatened them that he would sue damages if they disturbed his 6 inches, for the entire property is an artwork.  Any disturbance would compromise the work, and he would sue.

Immediately after that meeting, he called a lawyer (who is also an art collector) and asked if his intuitive threat would actually hold legally.  The lawyer visited, saw the scope of the work on the property, and wrote a document protecting the artwork.

The oil companies have kept their distance ever since.

This is but one example of Peter’s ability to negotiate quickly on his feet, and to find solutions that defy expectations.

[missvoltairine-blog]

I feel like this is really important. 

[editorincreeps-deactivated20180]

“You only own the top six inches.” I own every inch from dust to Hell’s breath. Fight me.

[tora42]

holy crap it’s true 

[musterniillustrates]

made flesh amrit brar, 2017

short semi-stream-of-consciousness zine. i like putting my art and textposts/tweets/random journaling stuff together, especially when they end up being unlikely companion pieces. a lot of these are illustrations from the marigold tarot with the accompanying notes/text i haven’t shared alongside the cards yet. i’m planning on bringing printed copies with me to short run in seattle this weekend!

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[musterniillustrates]

i just put physical copies of this zine up on my shop! 🌹💀🌿🌙✨

[guild-of-calamity]

[lalalichan]

- I Dream of Sleep -

my first illustration series!

Sleep is a part of my life that I either have a whole lot of or have none at all of. Which is weird given how many important biological and emotional processes take place while we sleep; functions like healing, getting some space, remembering and organizing all your thoughts, etc.

In this series, I picked out some of the processes that occur when we sleep that really stuck out to me, and illustrated them using imagery from plants and herbs related to each one. Originally painted in watercolor and gouache paint, then digitally retouched with text implemented, I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I enjoyed painting them :) 

Thanks for looking!

[parliamentrook]

my 50mm lens and I are getting along just fine, though I don’t know how long it will take me to stop trying to zoom in with it. update finally later this week. first once since breaking my ankle in september! 

this is one of the lush intergalactic bath bomb inspired skulls

[katarinanavane]

Glowing cicada shells! They look normal, but shine a bright light on them then turn the lights down/out and watch them glow! I haven’t made displays for these yet, but for sale or trade on request.

[thewieneryears-deactivated20130]

Moss Graffiti: A How To Guide

[missythemermaid]

are you fucking for real

[revesducirque]

Imagine being the criminal who returns weekly to make sure his fucking plant art is doing alright

[arthyradio]

Later

[atombombbunny]

I found it! I fucking found it! In my fucking dash! Nothing can stop me now! *EVIL GIGGLES*

[male-witch]

OMG SAME RIGHT I SAW IT A YEAR AGO AND WAS UPSET I COULDNT FIND IT AGAIN

[hearditbothways-deactivated2020]

Milk and Honey + detail

People seemed to really enjoy my last batch of fruit cats, which is fantastic because I wanted to do more :0c its a fun concept to explore~

[littlestwarrior]

Hey, wondering if you could give me some advice. Picked up my first roadkill today, a red fox, and i started crying? Just seeing the blood that had pooled around her made me think of what a horrible, strung-out death she had. Im thinking i mightn't be cut out for this hobby, but i really want to do it and find it fascinating any help? Is it just as it's my first time?

Hey there, anon.

I’ve picked up my share of roadkill over the years, and I still cry a lot. Not all the time.. but there are those ones, those certain animals that you either don’t know if they’re dead yet, or you guess they might have suffered awhile. I found a mother opossum once, a few years ago, with babies. Three were alive and were able to be rehabbed, but many others did not make it. It was just so heartbreaking to see. And I sobbed there in the road, in front of my truck headlights, crying and scrambling to help the live ones. I got home and I cried to my boyfriend. I cried to two separate wildlife rehab acquaintances as they walked me through keeping the babies safe through the night. And I cried later when I put the deceased ones in my freezer.Crying is okay! You are coming to terms with your emotions and realizing that you feel sad about the animal dying. That’s okay. That doesn’t mean you can’t still enjoy the hobby. Yes, you feel sad that the animal suffered, but it’s no longer suffering and now you’re able to learn about the animal up close and see how it works and take time to appreciate it when most other people couldn’t.I honestly can’t tell you how many times I’ve cried over roadkill. Sometimes it’s just hard. But if you feel that you want to enjoy the hobby and that you would like to learn about the animals and find it all fascinating, I think you can push through it. It’s often hard to deal with, especially right when you find them, but it gets a little easier over time. I hope that helps a little. <3 If you wanna talk about it more, feel free to message me privately and we can chat.

[flesh-n-bonesss]

Ive cried plenty of times with the animals I’ve picked up.

I especially cried when I picked up a (I thought) dead raccoon that was actually paralyzed from being hit by a car and we had to put him down! It was so sad and I felt so bad for him, but I know he’s not in pain anymore!

[gurobureau]

One time, very close to my house, my father slowed the car a bit because there was a fawn in the road. It was very clearly alive, and tried to jump up and run when we got out. He ended up being the one to put it out of it's misery and cried for quite a bit of the ride. Although it was a pretty fawn, and it still had it's spots, we never did pick it up. I make a point never to harvest things I witnessed in their life.