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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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martincooke.bsky.social
For the #marks theme of day 7 of #JanuArty:

Bebop (2023)
Mixed acrylic media on canvas
50 x 80cm
(private collection, UK)

#Expressionist #Bebop #Jazz #AbstractArt #AbstractPainting #Art #Orange #Music #Improvisation
Swirling curves in black, white and red lie on top of a vibrant base of oranges and pale grey-blues, with patches of red and green. The surface contains other marks including paint spatter, meshes, arcs and triangles.
January 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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martincooke.bsky.social
For the final day of the very enjoyable and inspiring #JanuArty, something angular, spiky, and ice-breaking.

Tipping Point (2024)
Acrylic mixed media on paper
26 x 36cm

#AbstractArt #AbstractPainting #Art #Expressionist #Orange #Blue #Melting #ClimateEmergency
Portrait-oriented abstract composition in light blues and purples, depicting an icy landscape seen from above, topped with contradictory large jagged orange and yellow-orange shapes with spiky ice-breaking forms. Striations formed by linear marks in pen and comb create a feeling of strain and tension.
January 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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martincooke.bsky.social
This is for #MountainMonday and possibly qualifies as pretty rough and rugged for #SensoryArt too:

Alta Montaña (2024)
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 60cm
(private collection, UK)

#FebruArty #Acrylics #AbstractLandscape #Mountain #AbstractArt #Art
Square format canvas with abstracted mountain scenery consisting of a set of ridges ending in high mountains in purple, green, yellow and pale orange. The texture is highly scarred and rough with linear marks, scrapes and scratches.
February 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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martincooke.bsky.social
A #Journey to the truth, in homage to the great Colin Dexter and his #InspectorMorse #Oxford detective novels:

The Jewel That Was Ours (2025)
Acrylic and paint pen on canvas
50 x 60 cm

#AbstractLandscape #BlueSkyArtShow #Acrylics #AbstractArt #Cityscape #AbstractPainting #ArtYear
Portrait-orientation abstract painting predominantly in oranges and blues, with flashes of pinks and reds, and expressive architectural hints.
March 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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martincooke.bsky.social
Recently completed

Portal (2025)
Acrylic, pen, pencil & charcoal on canvas
60 x 60cm

#AbstractApril #Acrylics #AbstractArt #ArtYear #AbstractLandscape
Abstract cityscape/landscape in subdued ivory and ochre tones with blocks of viridian and yellow highlights, along with darker vertical and horizontal linear marks and a few quadrants and scrawls.
April 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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martincooke.bsky.social
Rather belatedly joining the fun, here's something for day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar, in #AcrylicGouache and #PoscaPen on card (35 x 26cm)

#Expressionism #AbstractArt #Cityscape #Liquitex #Art #Painting
Gouache and pen depicting an abstracted cityscape with blocks and wedges of predominantly reds and blues.
December 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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martincooke.bsky.social
Something from a recent exhibition "Ebb & Flow" on the Isle of #Bute, #Scotland

Slack Tide (2025)
Acrylic on card
19 x 27cm

#Abstractia #MountainMonday #MinimalMonday #ClassicMono #AbstractLandscape #SeaScape #AbstractArt #Liquitex #Acrylics
Abstract seascape depicting a view across a tidal body of water, in blacks and yellows.
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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lisalisa42.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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thepotterspod.bsky.social
Best in the league #SCFC
a group of soccer players wearing red and white striped jerseys with bet365 written on the front
ALT: a group of soccer players wearing red and white striped jerseys with bet365 written on the front
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January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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stokefootball.bsky.social
Harry Lockett, Stoke manager and first secretary of the Football League, was born in Derby on this day in 1856.
March 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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michelewitchypoo.bsky.social
💯👇🏼THIS👇🏼
March 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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drkevinfong.bsky.social
Doesn’t feel like 5 years already since we had to learn to don PPE, to work in it all day & make it last because there wasn’t enough of it. People have different opinions about what did & didn’t happen. I can only say that in 27 years of practice it was the worst thing I’ve ever seen, every day.
March 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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radiofreebronx.bsky.social
UK Subs detained
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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siandocksey.bsky.social
I am doing literally everything in my power to get arts institutions to take me seriously so I can make a show about the misogyny at the heart of capitalism but yes that is me as the pole dancing seagull on Britains got Talent.
March 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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punkrockhistory.bsky.social
48 years ago today
Released on this day in 1977, and inspired by the Notting Hill Riots of August 30, 1976

The Clash - White Riot (Live 1978 Victoria Park London

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #whiteriot #history #punkrockhistory #otd
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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mrrobertbob.bsky.social
A ‘mistake’ is pulling up a flower instead of a weed. Brexit was an unmitigated and utter disaster for the UK and continues to be so.

www.politics.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Sadiq Khan: ‘Brexit was a mistake’ - Politics.co.uk
Sadiq Khan is set to tell European Union (EU) diplomats that “Brexit was a mistake” as he renews calls for closer alignment and a youth mobility scheme. At a summit hosted by the London mayor and atte...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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punkrockhistory.bsky.social
Remembering Terence Edward Hall, English musician and lead singer of The Specials, born on this day in 1959, Coventry, England.

Photo by David Corio

#punkrock #ska #skalegend #thespecials #2tone #terryhall #history #skahistory #otd
March 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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fredguttenberg.bsky.social
While the Russian Useful Idiot in the White House is busy claiming bullshit wartime authority to further his efforts destructing Democracy, just a reminder that everything he has said is a lie & everything that he says going forward will be a lie. As for his enablers, screw them.
March 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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krassenstein.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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sueafc.bsky.social
Also in London
March 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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coldwarsteve.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
davidcooke.bsky.social
Great artwork in New Orleans today.
March 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM