#Tag · bonfire.cafe

The finished painting I started a little over a week ago.

I need a title for it. I think of protection in this piece, in a world that’s burning, with little refuge or safety anywhere.

Oil on Watercolor paper, ~ 9 x 12”

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A beautiful white woman with dark cropped curly hair is wearing a gold & silver emergency blanket with gold on the outside and it shaped on her like a fancy cloak with a silver high collar. She has her arms around & protective of a young child, maybe 7 or so, also wearing an emergency blanket, with only the silver side seen. The child is facing us looking direct. The woman has eyes also direct with a suspicious, but strong look. Behind is a building wall in dark grey with a large map on it, a portion of it burning.

Jo - pièce de résistance

@JoBlakely@mastodon.social · yesterday

The finished painting I started a little over a week ago.

I need a title for it. I think of protection in this piece, in a world that’s burning, with little refuge or safety anywhere.

Oil on Watercolor paper, ~ 9 x 12”

#art #artwork #oilpainting #mastoart #figurativeart #fineArt #gallery #portrait #refugees #migration

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Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · last week

ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”

The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/3

#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #carlsagan

A girl in pink shirt and blue jeans perches atop a hollow framework of metal that snakes upward. Most of the painting is clear atmospheric background as the metal structure twists and turns up into the blue sky, seemingly reaching where the gibbous moon hangs. Ellie has a perfect view propping herself at the top of the structure with arms locked so that her upper body reaches above the support. In the immediate foreground right we get the barest sliver of a rooftop, but it's not clear if the metal structure is supported by it or rises up just beyond it.

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Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · 3 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 24
From Town End, Flagg
More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here
https://cognissart.co.uk/from-town-end/
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Stitched artwork depicting a stand of bare trees on a snow covered hillside, long shadows and stone wall in the foreground

https://cognissart.co.uk

From Town End

Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · last week

ELLIE’S DREAM (2010)
Acrylic - 40” x 30”

The vision came to me exactly as you see it here. I was thinking about the Moon Race and the clear cloudless skies of my childhood days in California. 1/3

#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #carlsagan

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Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

LUMEN 5.1 (1999)
Acrylic on Canvas - 30" x 20"

The shape of the opening admitting the glare of light is somewhat like a diagram of an eye, with the circle held by the figure representing the iris. The further one goes outward the greater one can see inward.

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lumen-51/

#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fadedstar #lumen

3 media

A low angled view follows the curve of concrete wall up a cavernous toroidal space. The structure at the upper edge of the curve drops off, opening the tunnel to blue sky. The contrast against pale concrete evokes the appearance of the human eye. At the lower center of the opening, a figure in a cloak holds a metal ring, which simultaneously looks like an iris while echoing the artist's sigil (the letters M and W combined inside a circle). Rebar set in concrete forms a ladder up the curving slope, further defined by its rust stained trail. Next to the ladder, a weathered five-pointed star is painted in yellow on the irregularly paneled concrete wall.

Detail from LUMEN 5.1 featuring a man holding a large metal ring as he stands in the eye-shaped opening of an upward curving tunnel.

Close detail from LUMEN 5.1 featuring curving textured wall. Rusty rebar forms a ladder up the curving slope. On the right, the paint of a yellow star chips and weathers. On the left a metal grate weeps lines of rust down the concrete.

Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

LUMEN 5.1 (1999)
Acrylic on Canvas - 30" x 20"

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/lumen-51/

#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fadedstar #lumen

3 media

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Gugel 📷

@Gugel@hessen.social · 2 weeks ago

Contrast between old and new. Vertical panorama of the Christmas market last month in #Frankfurt. Taken from the Frankfurt Cathedral.

#fotomontag #photomonday #photography #fotografie #photo #cityscape #city #ffm #christmas #christmasmarket #skyline #night #nightphotography #bluehour #paulskirche #römer #oldtown #house #fineart #fineartphotography #warm #light #lights #fujifilm

Frankfurt's old town in the evening against the city skyline. The streets of the old town are illuminated by the warm colors of the Christmas market, contrasting beautifully with the blue tones of the rest of the city.

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@Gugel@hessen.social · 2 weeks ago

Contrast between old and new. Vertical panorama of the Christmas market last month in #Frankfurt. Taken from the Frankfurt Cathedral.

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Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

LUMEN 6 (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"

Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2

#personalvisions #fineart #imaginativerealism #lumen

A young woman wearing an oversized red tunic and blue jeans stands barefoot on a ladder high up in an enormous chamber. Patterned with recessed panels, the wall gives the impression of a vast ancient library with no books on the shelves. The wall curves suggesting the space might possibly go on forever. As she props opens a panel and stoops to peer out, her straight blonde hair is swept to one side so we can see her face bathed in light. The light pouring in cuts a downward diagonal past a transparent sphere that dangles from a wide silver ring looped at her waist, although the top half of the ring is obscured by the drape of her shirt.

Michael Whelan

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

LUMEN 6 (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 32"

Looking for the way to the light, a moment of discovery at last. 1/2

#personalvisions #fineart #imaginativerealism #lumen

Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · 3 weeks ago

https://cognissart.co.uk

From Town End

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Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 7
Emanation, Buxton
More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here
https://cognissart.co.uk/emanation-buxton/
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@fiberarts

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Stitched artwork depicting a sandstone building with arched windows and ornate roofline. A raised bed in front of it contains daffodils. A lion's head in the foreground spouts water into a stone trough

https://cognissart.co.uk

Emanation, Buxton

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Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 14
Pikehall Harvest
More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here
https://cognissart.co.uk/pikehall-harvest/
@textileart
@fiberarts

Stitched artwork depicting a harvested wheatfield with stripes where the combine has mown. A tree in the forground to the left overhangs a stone wall and barbed wire fence

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hauserfoto

@hauserfoto@social.anoxinon.de · last month

Seagull Soaring Over Ocean Waves 🖤

Wall Art Prints: https://matthias-hauser.pixels.com/featured/seagull-soaring-over-ocean-waves-matthias-hauser.html 🤍
#bird #birds #animals #blackandwhite #fineart #ocean #waves #water #sky #contrast #art #MastoArt #FediArt #WallArt #BuyIntoArt #ArtMatters

A lone seabird glides above crashing waves, its wings stretched wide against a sky of heavy clouds. Sunlight filters through the storm, catching the spray and turning every droplet into bright silver.

The black and white treatment heightens the drama, emphasizing texture in the churning water and the quiet strength of the bird in flight. It feels like a moment of freedom held in the middle of chaos.

Hang this piece in a living room, study, or coastal-themed space to add a powerful, contemplative accent. It pairs beautifully with monochrome interiors, natural wood, and minimalist decor.

Ideal for ocean lovers, seascape collectors, and anyone drawn to moody, cinematic nature photography that celebrates resilience and freedom. — A lone seabird glides above crashing waves, its wings stretched wide against a sky of heavy clouds. Sunlight filters through the storm, catching the spray and turning every droplet into bright silver. The black and white treatment heightens the drama, emphasizing texture in the churning water and the quiet strength of the bird in flight. It feels like a moment of freedom held in the middle of chaos. Hang this piece in a living room, study, or coastal-themed space to add a powerful, contemplative accent. It pairs beautifully with monochrome interiors, natural wood, and minimalist decor. Ideal for ocean lovers, seascape collectors, and anyone drawn to moody, cinematic nature photography that celebrates resilience and freedom.

Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month

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Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 11
Arc over Millersdale
More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here
https://cognissart.co.uk/arc-over-millers-dale/
@textileart
@fiberarts

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Stitched artwork depicting the arch of a stone viaduct seen from below through trees and branches which are just coming into leaf

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Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025 day 8
Minninglow Beeches, Summer (tall image, tap to view)
More information on this work, including detail, inspiration, location, and a work in progress animation, can be found here
https://cognissart.co.uk/minninglow-beeches-summer/
@textileart
@fiberarts

Stitched artwork depicting beech trees in summer. Light shines from behind casting shadows onto the undergrowth

Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month

Cognissart

@Cognissart@mastoart.social · last month