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@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)
Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28” x 22”

A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/3

#fineart #personalvisions #portals #imaginativerealism

Seated high atop a slender concrete support, a woman sits hugging her knees. The hem of her white dress spills down from her perch. As seen through the tilted wreckage of stone slabs, her face is bathed in light. As she faces a sun unseen, long shadows fall behind her, cast by the rebar protruding from the nearest facade. The surface is chipped, pitted and worn through to expose the rusted skeleton beneath once smoothly constructed stone. In the immediate foreground, a key hangs looped over a short outcrop of rebar.

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

EMPIRE OF DREAMS (2005)
Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28” x 22”

A world of concrete works in disarray, thrown about by some unknown cataclysm. 1/3

#fineart #personalvisions #portals #imaginativerealism

Seated high atop a slender concrete support, a woman sits hugging her knees. The hem of her white dress spills down from her perch. As seen through the tilted wreckage of stone slabs, her face is bathed in light. As she faces a sun unseen, long shadows fall behind her, cast by the rebar protruding from the nearest facade. The surface is chipped, pitted and worn through to expose the rusted skeleton beneath once smoothly constructed stone. In the immediate foreground, a key hangs looped over a short outcrop of rebar.

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@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

TIME’S PASSING (2007)
Oil on Panel - 26” x 16”

As a native Californian, I really enjoy the change in seasons that I experience living in New England. There is even beauty to be found in the shadows of the leafless trees against the pale gray winter sky. 1/2

#fineart #personalvisions #portals #imaginativerealism

The view through an open archway of a ruined stone structure. Beyond the winter sky is pale and desaturated with the sun barely visible in contrast. Thin stones make up what remains of the structure. A weathered copper sun sits above the keystone. The trees in the background are all skeletal and bare. The snow in the immediate foreground suggests the last dregs of winter when the season drags on forever.

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

TIME’S PASSING (2007)
Oil on Panel - 26” x 16”

As a native Californian, I really enjoy the change in seasons that I experience living in New England. There is even beauty to be found in the shadows of the leafless trees against the pale gray winter sky. 1/2

#fineart #personalvisions #portals #imaginativerealism

The view through an open archway of a ruined stone structure. Beyond the winter sky is pale and desaturated with the sun barely visible in contrast. Thin stones make up what remains of the structure. A weathered copper sun sits above the keystone. The trees in the background are all skeletal and bare. The snow in the immediate foreground suggests the last dregs of winter when the season drags on forever.

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@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · last month

WINDOW TO THE SUN (2006)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 13" x 11"

After my resolution to devote time to my gallery work, I obsessed with painting these passageways. It doesn't take a Sigmund Freud to figure out why. 1/3

#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #portals

A transparent sphere containing a single flame floats on the other side of a stone passageway leading out to a view of the sea. The wall is broken above the arch exposing more of the sky beyond, which is saturated with golden light. The ruined wall is grown over with yellow and blue wildflowers.

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · last month

WINDOW TO THE SUN (2006)
Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 13" x 11"

After my resolution to devote time to my gallery work, I obsessed with painting these passageways. It doesn't take a Sigmund Freud to figure out why. 1/3

#fineart #personalvisions #imaginativerealism #portals

A transparent sphere containing a single flame floats on the other side of a stone passageway leading out to a view of the sea. The wall is broken above the arch exposing more of the sky beyond, which is saturated with golden light. The ruined wall is grown over with yellow and blue wildflowers.

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@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · last month

ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”

In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2

#personalvisions #imaginativerealism #portals

As seen through pointed arches of an old abbey in ruins, a woman stands high on a crumbling wall, resting her hand on the rough stonework as she stares off-panel lit by the light of dawn. Frothy white, tide washes in surrounding the base of pillars. An ornate metal staff is stuck in the sand. The top ends in blue glass in a sun-shaped setting.

@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art · last month

ENLIGHTENMENT (2006)
Oil on Panel - 36” x 24”

In the Portals paintings, enlightenment is found only when one gets beyond the architecture of established formal belief systems. 1/2

#personalvisions #imaginativerealism #portals

As seen through pointed arches of an old abbey in ruins, a woman stands high on a crumbling wall, resting her hand on the rough stonework as she stares off-panel lit by the light of dawn. Frothy white, tide washes in surrounding the base of pillars. An ornate metal staff is stuck in the sand. The top ends in blue glass in a sun-shaped setting.

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@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

black & white image of beach with figure in black robe, round hoop and pole with black object atop it — source unknown

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@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

Family Circus circle cartoon panel with Billy on swing. Text: “Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?”

@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

Family Circus comic panel where Mom’s face has tentacles embracing/sucking son Billy’s face as they embrace/interface. Caption: "OH GOD! I CAN SEE FOREVER!"

@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

Family Circus circle cartoon panel with Billy on swing. Text: “Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?”

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@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

Family Circus comic panel where Mom’s face has tentacles embracing/sucking son Billy’s face as they embrace/interface. Caption: "OH GOD! I CAN SEE FOREVER!"

@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

Family Circus comic panel where Mom’s face has tentacles embracing/sucking son Billy’s face as they embrace/interface. Caption: "OH GOD! I CAN SEE FOREVER!"

@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

black & white image of beach with figure in black robe, round hoop and pole with black object atop it — source unknown

@ira@beige.party · 2 months ago

#portals — a thread

moss-covered, hollow tree stump

Emmanuele Bassi

@ebassi@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ebassi/115429613083886645

Got nerdsniped around lunchtime yesterday, and ended up implementing a shared "reduced motion" setting for GNOME and the rest of the xdg stack:

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/9077
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/merge_requests/114
- https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/discussions/1839
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome/-/merge_requests/236
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/3253

#a11y #accessibility #gnome #gtk #xdg #portals

Add a "reduced motion" preference to the settings portal · flatpak xdg-desktop-portal · Discussion #1839

Under GNOME we're currently abusing the boolean "enable animations" toggle, but this poorly maps to the actual accessibility issue of reduced motion. Ideally, we want to map to the same kind of set...

Emmanuele Bassi

@ebassi@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

Time for plumbing a whole new accessibility setting from desktop to toolkit: 3 hours

Time for knowing what to plumb: 20 years

Time for bikeshedding on the type of the setting: Positive infinity

@ira@beige.party · 9 months ago

#portals — a thread

portal of an opening in a thick stone wall, narrowing to a small rectangular slot, within which reflective black shows another portal

@ira@beige.party · 9 months ago

#portals — a thread

portal of hole in bare branch reaching out above a calm river, borders above by another tree branch, this one full of leaves

@ira@beige.party · 9 months ago

#portals — a thread

portal of pink rose blossom in glass bottle atop green wool disc with rings in varying shades of green

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