#nature study

[nemfrog]

Learning about kingfishers. Finding Nature's Treasures. 1933.

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[disease]

LOUISE BOURGEOIS NATURE STUDY // 1986 [pink marble | 29 1/2 x 34 x 29 1/2"]

"Since the fears of the past were connected with the functions of the body, they reappear through the body. For me, sculpture is the body. My body is the sculpture." —L.B.

[starberry-rock]

Morningtide (1/3)

[dharmaart]

Gouache on paper landscape study. I'm making an effort to try and paint more different subject matter so I thought this was a good place to start.

[dorywhynot]

"Flesh Wound" 2026. Watercolor on hot press, 6x6"

Original artwork available at Every Day Original

The banal viscera of the forest.

One of the smaller pieces that didn't make it into "Fruiting Bodies," but I'm glad I finished it.

I felt a little weird putting pieces like this out there in the first place because at first glance they feel so different from my usual work - they're not figure-based, they're slightly abstract. But.....to my eye, and feel, they're not a deviation at all, but paintings solidified in a different stage of the process. The "what inspires you, where do you get your inspiration from" question is difficult to answer because finding the description between too vague and too specific feels impossible. So much of how I see beauty in visceral decay comes from just...everyday shit, stuff I see in passing, because it's everywhere. "Flesh Wound," for example, is a bit of stump I passed on a walk, and the colors, the texture, the ripped fibrous lines. Just stuck with me. Wanted to paint it, so I did.

[judilyart]

Dreamy plants make me happy 🌾💜 Prints of these and others are available here!

[malioli]

The Unfiltered Meadow

There is no staging in the undergrowth, only the quiet, relentless geometry of survival. On a single, slender stem rising through the wild blades, a small ecosystem reveals itself. The stalk is crowded with a dark colony of aphids, giving way to the stark, lacquered red warnings of two ladybugs. Shot through the fine glass of a vintage 135mm Takumar, the background melts into a warm, sandy wash, leaving the small-scale drama perfectly isolated in the morning light.

[belovedapollo]

on a rainy night, I picked up my pen to draw again and I drew something close to my heart, mind and soul: the ever watching eyes of Mother Nature 👁️

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