Wise words.

Portland, Oregon. 8th May, 2026.

#pdx

It has been a while since I painted a fictional botanical page and it was such a joy creating this one, which is based on a real plant I absolutely love: Polygonatum odoratum.

You can find process pictures, commentary on the painting process, as well as the full material list over on my Patreon!
The 1st month on any tier is 30% off with the code 1KCELEBRATION until 22/05/26.

https://patreon.com/lindenshieldarts

#TraditionalArt #Painting #Nature #FantasyArt #bloomscrolling

Some random facts about my initiative to spread #Solarpunk in #Norway:

(1) In 2025, I wrote the first ever Norwegian-language solarpunk story, with a theme about punk youth rebellion,
(2) over the last months I have recruited some ~20 writers for the purposes of writing and releasing a Norwegian-language solarpunk anthology of short stories and poems for 2027,
(3) recently, I completed a presentation about literary solarpunk, which I'll be presenting at Norcon, a SFF convention in Oslo in June

More spring vibes for you!

This is one part of my yellow tulips triptych - handmade acrylic painting.

See more here:
https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/yellow-tulips-triptych-left-karen-kaspar.html

#spring #SpringFlowers #MastoArt #art #painting #FediArt #FediGiftShop #arte #InteriorDesign #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #TraditionalArt #contemporaryArt #creativeToots #artwork #BuyIntoArt #flowers #flower #gardening #garden #floral #nature #NatureLover #bloomscrolling #florespondence #handmade #natur #blumen #tulips #three #FirstFridayArtWalk

"Our new study shows that a wetland created by beaver damming can store carbon at rates up to ten times higher than an equivalent stretch of river and floodplain without beavers"

#Beavers #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity

Beavers can turn streams into carbon stores – we measured how much
https://theconversation.com/beavers-can-turn-streams-into-carbon-stores-we-measured-how-much-278489

The Big Merino Ram!

A monumental scrap metal masterpiece by Matt Sloane in Copping, Tasmania. This big Merino ram is forged from old farm machinery, garden tools, and workshop steel, breathing new life into the region's agricultural past.
By #SteampunkTendencies
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #Urbanism #City #Village #Staircases #History #Histoire #Abandoned #AbandonedPlaces

Do not let
Them douse
Your heart full
Of stars with
Their handful
Of dust.

#poetry

An Iranian woman stands in front of her Tehran home, which was hit in an airstrike.

Photograph: Hossein Esmaeil/UPI/Shutterstock

#photography
#Iran
#women