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Trash Painting #15

2025

Waste acrylic and glitter glue on reclaimed wood panel

In my series 'Trash Paintings', I only use materials left over from other art projects—unused acrylic paint lingering on the palette, sheets of half-dried glue from the morning after a papier-mache session, snippets of cardboard picked off the floor. Creating with waste emboldens me to explore textures and compositions I'm scared will be ugly. What's the worst that could happen? It's already trash. This trash painting uses leftover paint from a swatch test and glitter glue that arrived half-dried because the seal was broken.

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Feeling bad these months

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Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus), L - male & R - females, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Tibet

photograph by Lin hillside

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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐈 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𖦹

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There's no such thing as too many colour wheels. Blackwork embroidery on black 14-count Aida cloth. This is another big one, just over 43 cm (17") across.

Pattern here (my site) or here (Etsy)

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Years ago I bought this insanely bright, thick rainbow fabric at a fabric store that was shutting down and my friend asked ‘what are you planning to make’ and I said I dunno I just can’t pass this up look at it and she made fun of me for being a fabric hoarder but here we are!! 6 years later!!

Anyway now my nakey little dog has a thick ass rainbow jumpsuit and not only has she stopped shivering like a leaf all the time but she’s also very easy to find!!

Plus, I extended the neck part so that I can tuck her ears in (the tips get so cold that they get crusty from lack of blood flow and my vet recommended a snood) and now I have a rainbow worm

Pattern is Luna Jumpsuit from Rosulikka on Etsy.

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Jack Knox (1936 - 2015) - Wee Rainbow. Pastel.

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I’m so happy I got this shot earlier holy shit

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new year new mountain goats

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shiny milotic🫧✨

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Horned sungem

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Comet girl

acrylic and acrylagouache on 20 x 30 in. watercolor board

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Peanut the Little Balloon Clown (OC by @charleystrainyard)

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Number 18 of the Close Encounters Collection, "Smug"!

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Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, found in Costa Rica and Panama

Photograph by Gourmet Biologist

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Rainbow in autumn.

Takashima, Japan.