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Holton Brock
@hdbb.bsky.social
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artist / designer from vancouver, canada
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hdbb.bsky.social
I started this painting (and many of my paintings, figurative or abstract) with speedy gestural brushwork to lay the framework of the composition and to capture energy / movement. It's kinda like an intuitive dance.

#curatedeye #abstracted #contemporaryart #curatorial #abstractpainting
July 26, 2026 at 2:11 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
painted shapes in painted space acrylic and housepaint on canvas 61 x 76 cm, sweet and available

#abstract #abstractpainting #contemporaryart #acrylic #abex
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
bouquet or landscape
acrylic on black gessoed canvas

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August 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
approximation of a meadow on black gessoed canvas - acrylic and housepaint

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July 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
acrylic and housepaint on paper

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July 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
someone has been learning wheel throwing (hint: it’s me) #pottery #ceramics
June 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
bouquet on black
acrylic and housepaint on paper

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June 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
colour and shapes on green
acrylic and housepaint on paper

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June 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
colour and shapes on paper
acrylic and housepaint

#artist #art #painting #paint #canadianartist #canadianart #queerart #queerartist #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #acrylic #abstraction #curatedeye #modernart #artcollectors #artcurators #abstractart #abstractpainting #abstracted
June 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
blue garden
acrylic on raw canvas

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June 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
dreamt little acrylic flowerbed on raw canvas

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June 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
can’t stop painting these dreamy flowers(?)

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May 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
lil garden of amoebas
acrylic on raw canvas
36” x 36”

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May 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
acrylic on raw canvas, now in motion!

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#modernart #artcollectors #artcurators #abstractart #abstractpainting #minute16
#abstracted #colorfield #abex
May 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
testing out some new oil pastels

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May 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
little acrylic stain painting studies

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May 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
archipelago
acrylic on canvas

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May 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
been awhile thought id try something new

acrylic on canvas

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May 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
acrylic and housepaint on paper

#artist #art #painting #paint #canadianartist #canadianart #queerart #queerartist #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #acrylic #abstraction #vancouverartist #curatedeye #modernart #artcollectors #artcurators #abstractart #abstractpainting #abstracted
March 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
garden
maybe wip maybe not idk
acrylic on paper

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February 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
switch
Acrylic on paper

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February 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
closer
acrylic on paper

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February 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
blue boy
45 x 60 cm
acrylic on paper

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February 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
hdbb.bsky.social
from a few years ago now
painted from a still of Hitchcock’s Rope
acrylic on paper

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February 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
hdbb.bsky.social
fade
16” x 20”
acrylic on panel

#artist #art #painting #paint #canadianartist #canadianart #queerart #queerartist #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #acrylic #abstraction #vancouverartist #curatedeye #modernart #artcollectors #artcurators #abstractart #abstractpainting #artlobster #figurative
February 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM