Nora Thompson

Art | Design | Writing

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Look at the view from my booth!! What a beautiful day. (Just wanted to share!) I Made It! For the Holidays 10AM - 6PM The Block Northway 8013 McKnight Rd, Pittsburgh Upper level, Booth 4 Free parking . #TheRots #PittsburghEvents #IMadeItMarket #ShopSmall #ShopLocal #ShopForTheHolidays #IMI4Holidays #IMI4Holidays22 #IMadeItMarket #pittsburgh #pgh #TheBlockNorthway #IMadeItForTheHolidays #PghMakers #ShopHandmade #handmade (at The Block Northway) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClJvDkqJLRv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I ran across this photo from 1995. Some local bands were part of a benefit concert in Pittsburgh (Rosebud in the Strip, if you’re familiar), and all the bands played covers of Beatles songs. I painted these on sheets (actual bed sheets) in the hopes I wouldn’t embarrass myself. We hung them at the back of the stage and auctioned them off for the charity. #Undercover95 #thebeatles #pittsburgh #pittsburghartist #pghartist #throwbackthursday #paintingonsheets #neverdothatagain

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Here’s a charcoal I did a while back. Compressed and vine #charcoal on paper. . . . #figuredrawing #charcoaldrawing #pittsburghartist #pghartist #fineart #originalart #fetalposition

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I Rotted The Wicked Googly. They hung up three of my other napkin Rots, and when you do that you deserve some more. @pilotpenusa #precisev5 marker on napkin . . . #napkindoodle #monster #stripes #starpower #markerart #ligonier #monsterdoodle (at WickedGoogly LigonierLanes)

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Rafael @generalpencil #charcoal (powdered and pencil) and iron oxide recovered from acid mine drainage on @strathmoreart watercolor paper Companion piece to “Audrey” for my Monster Spirits exhibit at the @wiglewhiskey Tasting Room in the @omniwilliampennhotel, downtown Pittsburgh. . . . #MonsterMonday #lowbrow #originalart #drawing #charcoalpainting #monster #monsterart #creepycute #tuxedo #classymonstersdrinkingwhiskey #ontherocks #pittsburghartist #pghartist #blackandwhite #cleancreekproducts #streamrestoration (at Wigle Whiskey Tasting Room & Bottle Shop)

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Dino @prismacolor #coloredpencil on @strathmoreart #tonedgraypaper . . . #illustration #drawing #creature #devil #beelzebub #lucifer #satan #pghillustrator #pittsburghartist #artistsofinstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #creepycute

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Camul @liquitexofficial acrylic on wood . . . #camel #egypt #pyramids #acrylicpainting #lowbrow #originalart #acrylicart #handpainted #pghartist #pittsburghartist #artistsofinstagram #instaart

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This is the very first page of Rots I ever drew. They didn’t have a name yet, and they had a long road of development ahead, but you have to start somewhere. I drew this page sitting by a campfire near a shelter on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail on June 29, 2006. . . . #TheRots #throwbackthursday #lowbrow #sketchbook #kraftpaper #makeeverydayearthday #weirdart #drawing #sketches #twisted #pencildrawings #pghillustrator (at Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail)

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Come visit my stuff on the wall @strangerfactory or visit http://www.circusposterus.com/product-tag/the-rots/ to see paintings that are still available. . . . #originalart #acryliconwood #lowbrow #lowbrowart #creepyart #twistedart #acrylicart #handpainted #albuquerque #newmexico #abq #nobhill (at Stranger Factory)

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Audrey 13”x19½“ @generalpencil #charcoal, #powderedcharcoal, #powderedgraphite, and #ironoxide recovered from #acidminedrainage on @strathmoreart watercolor paper Audrey will be featured in my solo exhibit “Monster Spirits: Classy Monsters Drinking Whiskey” at the @wiglewhiskey tasting room in the @omniwilliampennhotel, #pittsburgh, starting April 27. . . . #MonsterMonday #audreyhepburn #breakfastattiffanys #monsterart #classymonsters #cleancreekproducts #streamrestoration #lowbrow #drawing #charcoalpainting #pittsburghartist #instaart #artistsofinstagram (at Wigle Whiskey Tasting Room & Bottle Shop)

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Left a Rot for Luke and Leo. @pilotpenusa #precisev5 #rollingballmarker on napkin . . . #restaurantrots #napkindoodle #doodlesofinstagram #penandink #marker #markerdoodle #markerart #monster #monstersofinstagram #MonsterMonday #monsterart (at Leo's Pub and Grille)

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Billy @corelpainter #digitalpainting on a @wacom tablet . . . #smokingkid #probablyillegalbutwhocares #stripedshirt #curlyhairdontcare #crankyagain #somedayineedtosleep #crankyartist

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Patrick 24”x24” @liquitexofficial #acryliconwood from @loweshomeimprovement . . . #happystpatricksday #leprechaun #squarekat #orangecat #orangecatsofinstagram #caturday #catsofinstagram #kitty #stpatricksday #stpattysday #potofgold #lowbrow #acrylicpainting #pghartist #instaart #artistsofinstagram

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Stitches @prismacolor #coloredpencils on @strathmoreart #tonedgraypaper . . . #abitcrankytoday #thisonefeltright #stitches #lowbrow #lowbrowart #darkart #darkartist #weirdart #crankyart #illustration #draw #drawing #idontcareiftherearetoomanyhashtags #inthestudio #twisted #creepy #strange #creature #frankensteinsmonster #pghartist #pittsburghartist #instaart #artistsofinstagram

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Here’s a cover I did for @pghcitypaper back in the day. Thought it could work for #throwbackthursday or #thirstythursday, either one. Or both. I’m gonna vote both. . . . #beermug #frothymug #pittsburghillustrator #beer #coverillustration #penandink #acrylicpainting #illustration #newsweekly #newsweeklycover #pittsburghcitypaper

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Pacifist Bottom of diptych of Albert Einstein 24”x18” Oil on canvas . . . #alberteinstein #pacifist #pittsburghartist #oilpainting #prussianblue #oiloncanvas #happybirthdayalberteinstein #theoreticalphysicist #german #theoryofrelativity

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Pacifist Top of diptych of Albert Einstein 24”x36” Oil on canvas . . . #alberteinstein #pacifist #pittsburghartist #oilpainting #prussianblue #oiloncanvas #happybirthdayalberteinstein #theoreticalphysicist #german #theoryofrelativity