Hi, Welcome! There’s some artists on here, try using #artstr too!


GM #Nostr 🫂🎨♥
https://files.v0l.io/dcb414f2bcade50c42e50756a485c10ee514408fbbd37a5fbf5bda9381d806b6.webp


#chatgpt “make me a random picture” #art https://image.nostr.build/9f4a3a1a636e1fcd5eef714d61c530c4eccac1402b22e4d1402b70d88948e8f9.jpg


Cloudline, oil on canvas, 24x30in, 2024.

Unique contemporary artworks are available for purchase via my website using #Bitcoin, #Monero or  multiple fiat currencies.
https://robertsaunders.art

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://video.nostr.build/3db8eafd1e68aa09a1726a1ad277a197a162fb98b1b4fe6731d1adbb85aa890d.mp4


A Voyage, oil on canvas, 40x50cm, 2024.

This original framed abstract oil painting, created by a Cornwall-based artist deeply connected to the Cornish abstract tradition, vividly evokes the tumultuous beauty of the sea. Textured layers and rough areas of color intertwine with flowing lines that suggest the motion of choppy seas beneath gathering rain clouds. A regular square grid across the canvas adds a narrative dimension, as if capturing different moments of a journey by ship. Each section invites the viewer to explore the story within the waves, making this piece a captivating addition to any collection inspired by the sea and coastal life.

Unique original contemporary artworks are available for purchase via my website using #Bitcoin, #Monero or  multiple fiat currencies.
https://robertsaunders.art

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://video.nostr.build/5b2dc617f54acc8ee95558d1011b35b711b606772f57e680e7439c8cbcde0fe4.mp4


Thanks! For a while I forgot how good it is to have homemade bread!


Over time, I am learning that in painting, it is not always necessary to include too many precise details. In fact, the beauty of art often lies in its simplicity and the ability to evoke rather than meticulously describe. When a painter chooses not to define every single element, they leave room for the viewer's imagination. This approach allows the observer to become a co-creator of the artwork, filling in with their own perception and sensitivity what is only hinted at on the canvas.

Each suggested brushstroke can hold a multitude of meanings, shifting depending on the individual and their experiences. An undefined shadow can transform into countless different scenarios, depending on who is looking at it. It is in this interaction between the artist and the audience that the artwork becomes alive—not just a static object, but a dynamic, personal experience.

This realization, that every visual detail doesn’t need to be controlled, leads to a freer and more spontaneous form of painting, where the power of imagination plays a crucial role in completing what the artist has intentionally left unresolved.

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I agree!


One from last year: Wave Communication, oil on canvas, 30×40 cm, 2023

Thanks nostr:npub17nd4yu9anyd3004pumgrtazaacujjxwzj36thtqsxskjy0r5urgqf6950x for the encouragement to post these videos here!

This original framed abstract oil painting features three simple circular forms connected by an undulating line that runs through them. The composition’s simplicity invites viewers to find their own personal meanings, as the line, resembling a signal or pulse, unites the three distinct forms. Each circle stands out in its individuality, yet they are clearly in relationship with one another, suggesting themes of connection, communication, and unity within diversity. This artwork offers a contemplative experience, making it a thought-provoking addition to any space.

Unique original contemporary artworks are available for purchase via my website using #Bitcoin, #Monero or  multiple fiat currencies.
https://robertsaunders.art

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://video.nostr.build/e67990321866adffdb0b81afc491cbe9837af277318550a6880acfab9b7ca9a2.mp4


#ai #ChatGPT #haiku #bitcoin https://image.nostr.build/f8bb8347eae4c032eaf690a665d9579dc7b9e13dad6aea45444cb3f6850d148a.jpg


A #bitcoin … cookie!?🤣
I was playing with #ChatGPT trying to get it to make a coin that had been bitten ( a bit coin. Get it? 😮💨) but it couldn’t so I gave it an image of a cookie with a bite taken from it as reference.  That kind of worked but I think this coin still has cookie crumbs and probably a delicious filling.
I think it’s probably the closest it’s going to get. This is also the only time it did the #₿ sign well. Strange times, with amazing #ai tech changing fast. https://image.nostr.build/25fdd5b39dc3b13da59abb8e5c9cca5cf38f526cd17ab29e06dc76241ff9b0d0.jpg


That’s great you kept it living for so long! I’m gonna try and keep it going from now on :)


Like many million other people I started to make sourdough over lockdown, but then with one thing and another I just let the starter die and haven’t made sourdough for ages since. I’ve now got a new starter going and today was the day to test it. I am so pleased that it seems I’ve still got the knack! Can’t wait to try it!
#sourdough #breadstr #foodstr https://image.nostr.build/d3b990d5347748cbbaa349fc8982339957bd44151dff7364124f0ad2749cc674.jpg


'Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.'

Erich Fromm

https://cdn.nostr.build/p/6xGq.png
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


If you agree this is #art, is it art because I photographed it or was it already art before I noticed it? #asknostr https://image.nostr.build/6fd56141ca7e5038d6f31a0b60cf950114ac004003acabb5d3010726468d1b7c.jpg


Playing with ChatGPT. Flawed image of course but amazing results for the speed and ease of use! #ai #art https://image.nostr.build/d8632e53b3ef49f69a20e72c8935bebd4e88849af67344b52eff8253614fdf3a.gif


Not Damien Hurst etc. then! True enough 🤣


#quote from Jonathan Haidt in ‘The Righteous Mind’

“I also began to understand why the American culture wars involved so many battles over sacrilege. Is a flag just a piece of cloth, which can be burned as a form of protest? Or does each flag contain within it something nonmaterial such that when protesters burn it, they have done something bad (even if nobody were to see them do it)? When an artist submerges a crucifix in a jar of his own urine, or smears elephant dung on an image of the Virgin Mary, do these works belong in art museums?" Can the artist simply tell religious Christians, "If you don't want to see it, don't go to the museum"? Or does the mere existence of such works make the world dirtier, more profane, and more degraded?
If you can't see anything wrong here, try reversing the politics. Imagine that a conservative artist had created these works using images of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela instead of Jesus and Mary. Imagine that his intent was to mock the quasi-deification by the left of so many black leaders. Could such works be displayed in museums in New York or Paris without triggering angry demonstrations? Might some on the left feel that the museum itself had been polluted by racism, even after the paintings were removed?”

#psychology #art #artstr #culturewars #philosophy #christian #wisdom #politics https://image.nostr.build/8f0bfed8c7ddbb697247556addecf6292ab07908b00dc0c400546c9efea5b6ff.jpg


Hard to find documentary by art critic Robert Hughes. Basically how the art world got in this mess!
#artstr #fullmovies #documentaries #art

https://watchdocumentaries.com/the-mona-lisa-curse/


Journey On, oil on canvas, 60x74cm, 2022.

This original framed abstract oil painting offers a meditative experience. The contrast between the textural, loosely layered paintwork and the precise geometric shapes creates a dynamic yet harmonious balance. The curved and flowing lines across the central circle add a sense of movement, while the circular shapes emerging from the left and right suggest a relationship or convergence, drawing the viewer’s eye toward the center. This thoughtful arrangement evokes a sense of calm and contemplation, making it a striking and serene addition to any space.

Unique original contemporary artworks are available for purchase via my website using #Bitcoin, #Monero or multiple fiat currencies.
https://robertsaunders.art

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://image.nostr.build/147d3d4736506371d785b03ed3f8ed0d49a4588ee271a8bb838465ad0e836537.jpg


Bird in Flight, oil on canvas, 10x14in, 2024.

This original framed abstract oil painting brings a lighthearted and vibrant energy to any space. Utilizing simple forms, patterns, textures, and bold colors, the artwork expresses a playful energy. The charming, unlikely pairing of a bird theme with a rectangular shape that mirrors the shape of the canvas adds a whimsical touch. This composition invites viewers to enjoy the unexpected and delight in the cheerful, dynamic interplay of elements, making it a joyful addition to any collection.

Unique original contemporary artworks are available for purchase via my website using #Bitcoin, #Monero or multiple fiat currencies.
https://robertsaunders.art

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://image.nostr.build/c99cf456b1a2840f4274b190072b8bed285e5c245bca8d2f5da82d8819de93c6.jpg


Anyone know if #Wordpress currently has any working widgets or code for receiving #zaps ? nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm has a full featured plugin but I get ‘fatal error’ trying to activate it in Wordpress version 6.6.1
 #asknostr

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bitcoin-lightning-publisher/


https://wordpress.org/plugins/bitcoin-lightning-publisher/
Apparently it hasn’t been tested with the newest versions of WordPress


'Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.'

Hannah Arendt

https://cdn.nostr.build/p/WVD3.png
#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


Anyone care to comment seriously on this economist’s anti #bitcoin ideas? #asknostr I’m no expert at all but I think his store of value and medium of exchange points are just plain wrong and it seems to me that crypto volatility is due to the current link to fiat currencies. But his points about politics and societal breakdown at the end of the video are possibly harder to ignore?

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGevswKF3/


My painting ‘Rain at Sea’ on show in  Penwith Gallery in St Ives, U.K. today. Any nostriches in the area? Maybe take a look around :) The photos are from before the private view that opens this evening!

#artstr #art #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://image.nostr.build/a1ca83a90109cf59703ddcc03182470704bec6cba9144ac1d68d880d39cc30be.jpg https://image.nostr.build/2644aed4c0df3bfd0ab738e04a07e1c18ebfc417d522ff287aa12b37b0bc2a2b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f296e8f69d9d61464cb8bf83dc8330f8e5080474f2b6ab1069bdf103747326d8.jpg https://image.nostr.build/dc37a6396d49c28947370d2a2400a5b4d599b45db2d9c59bb8e14e93482c6b22.jpg https://image.nostr.build/7b4ba26947b7a5d04d2555053d3d60109f09d8837bd17aae5d32b123c2f0ebdf.jpg


'Art is the proper task of life.'

Friedrich Nietzsche

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#wisdom #philosophy #psychology #spirituality #poetry #art #surrealism #psychedelic #dream #midjourney


This is a great treatment of the source image. at first glance it could be someone praying in church until you see the blood and tension. Really interesting!


You explain very well and I know exactly what you mean from my own life! Keep on going!


What does a soundbite taste like?


St Agnes Beacon, oil on canvas, 40x40cm, 2024.

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #creatr #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #cornwall #robertsaundersart https://image.nostr.build/7fd0f712890610e801054f4a3eb7f4be5b16b6af0c6e8fdce940344c7d0d6ddf.jpg


#gm Good morning all! https://image.nostr.build/8817342c09c334e5fd7c92c250a09d0c324b0d2d0e3f5b599740c347a4fb4271.jpg


Adding tags: #abstract #art #quotes nostr:note1rp3jqr305g4zfcjtp87z35jclmpn60upq84szknrgppmym0tzfuqqdyhfn


ANTONI TÀPIES (1923-2012)

“I’ve chosen materials that are already expressive. And use them in a way that capitalises on their inherent qualities. In order to prevent technique from taking over I have to set traps for myself. For example I use materials that dry very fast and compel me to work at great speed. Working very quickly and spontaneously like this is my way of keeping intellect on a short rein, of keeping reason in its place, so that the unconscious can run free. Painting has returned to its origins, to an area beyond language, a mysterious world that can only be expressed in abstract symbols and images.”

Ocell (bird), Oil and scraping on cardboard, 66 x 54.5 cm, 1954. https://image.nostr.build/74824979a5cbdda5933c7d0286d053d0e367119c7c9412651cfc0829f653e118.jpg


Enter the Earth, oil on canvas, 40x40cm, 2024.

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #robertsaundersart https://image.nostr.build/d7f70c9e05521b08be789d17a785129ca172daa643416caf1e422ae5852b260c.jpg


Hi pioneers, what was #nostrgram like? #asknostr


Yes. I did enjoy seeing how Corbyn got much more votes in his constituency than Starmer did in Holborn. The left vote against Starmer in Holborn was also a pro Corbyn style vote imo for Feinstein!


Weird #UK #politics https://image.nostr.build/a5a77b76b36ae9be335030309d14c75bdbd012dd7f41f3e8624e86a467c899d8.jpg


Attentions, oil on canvas, 24x30in, 2024.

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #robertsaundersart https://image.nostr.build/0b57e33712cd7f7c08f02f1a1c0cdddba7a84b5c6f248c407f97b85b98fc7e0c.jpg


When I’m old enough EVERY DAY WILL BE CAPS LOCK DAY


A spider raising its front legs in defence


I love the carpentry! Really makes utility beautiful, it’s not just decorative!


Yes, I agree!


Thank you 🙏
I rent space from a web hosting company and I installed Wordpress on it, which is free. The website is just a basic theme for Wordpress so it’s quite easy to configure and add galleries etc.


This section of pavement looks like abstract art to me. I like it. There’s beauty in some accidents of the built environment, don’t you think?

#art #artstr #painting #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting https://image.nostr.build/85ad7c3be2c9806b5fc6d81f3a02772fd74cd7c0eb38d9c1760fdf3759be54c4.jpg


Rain at Sea, oil on canvas, 40x40cm, 2024.

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting  #seascape https://image.nostr.build/40114c7caf18a77006c6bf15776d94ba23c9aef881449216d4b8d7f0099a2655.jpg


Thank you I’ll watch it if I dare 🤣 when I saw it’s art Basel I know it’s going to be horrific!


Thank you 🙏
What documentary was it btw?


You’re totally right about bad expensive art. But it’s hard to define what is ‘bad’. I’ve tried and I can’t do it, but I know bad when I see it, and a lot of expensive art is really bad. Your art is not like that so it is the opposite: good!


Everything Adam Curtis makes is brilliant!


This is a wonderful and inspiring conversation between two remarkable people (Satish Kumar and Rupert Sheldrake.) about dying, death and beyond.

https://youtu.be/j91Er2Zh3j4?si=L5JjrvJ47je0obM_

#death #dying #philosophy #spirituality #environmentalism #reincarnation #resurrection #christianity #jainism #buddhism #hinduism


Great, I’ll follow you back! I agree with you about Instagram and I’m glad here is different.


Thank you so much! And thanks for the reposts and reactions! Glad to be here alongside you representing painters!


Thank you! 😊 we have new tools but people are still being people I think, and that’s good 😁


Thank you! 😊


Thank you very much!


Shoreline, oil on canvas, 16x20in, 2024.

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting https://image.nostr.build/31a25155513d29e0681d9a4cb9dd8be4162852afc8c06688b8472fdc979bc90b.jpg


I’m starting to think that Ai art is a type of collage.
What do you think?

Here’s why:
1)There’s an idea for a new image.
2)There’s a (computerised) selection process to find relevant existing images.
3)There’s a (computerised) process of cutting and pasting images, textures etc. from the selected images into the new image (okay, maybe adding light sources,  shading, and so on)
4)A human assesses the results and repeats steps 2 and 3 again if necessary.

It’s new, semi-automated and digital, but it’s still a kind of hi-tech collage, isn’t it?

#collage #art #aiart #ai #artstr #asknostr #digitalart


‘Insections’, oil on canvas, 25x30cm, 2024. It’s called that because it’s a picture that is in sections and to my eyes it resembles some kind of bug. But it’s not. I think it’s a feature. :)

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting #bug https://image.nostr.build/ad2c68f091c8392de2e7f92604818a6a3e255fc40ea8d928ea9150879f31ca23.jpg


I could really use one if that’s fine with you! :)


This is ‘Low Tide Rock’, oil on canvas, 40x40cm, 2024.
When I’m painting I think I kind of find my way to a place I never knew I was always heading towards. Know what I mean?

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting
https://m.primal.net/IvWE.jpg


Thank you! 😊 I feel really good about it!


Thank you! 😊 I’ll check out the links!


I’m new to Nostr and have been given the warmest welcome starting out here. Thanks to everyone who reached out to say hi! There’s clearly a lot of people here who really care about growing the great core Nostr idea and welcoming new people onboard! I’m here to learn and figure things out and contribute too if I can!#grownostr

I’m also an artist so I’m sharing some of my art. This is ‘Red ship’, oil on canvas, 50x70cm, 2024.

#art #artstr #painting #buyintoart #abstract #abstrakt #abstraktion #abstractart #kunst #artwork #abstractpainting

https://m.primal.net/ItcQ.jpg


Thanks for the ⚡ zaps! 🤩


Thank you! 😊 I’m glad to be here!


Thank you Robbie! 😊


Thank you very much, I think I will!


Thank you! 😊 and thanks for the help too, I’ll check out the link!


Thank you! 😊 I’m glad you like them! thanks for the tip I’ll definitely use that hashtag next time 👍


Thank you! 😊 I’m glad you like it!


Thank you! 😊 glad you like it!


Thank you! 😊


Thank you! 😊 I’ll take a look!


Thank you!


That’s cool! Feel like I could walk around in there!


Hello! Thank you!


I will be soon! :)


Thank you! Great to be here!


Hi everyone! I’m new here and this is my first note! I’m happy to be here. I was introduced to Nostr by randomly watching a TikTok video from nostr:npub1r8wdfruydenz84fxfespcswuhcvyatx6umtd5xguexup49u500xskf50hn and I love the idea of of decentralised self custody of content and having multiple clients.
#Introductions
I’m an artist and also just interested in life, the universe and everything. Pleased to meet you! Here’s one of my paintings, Moonlit Shores, oil on canvas, 16x20in, 2024.
#art #abstractart #painting #abstractpainting

https://m.primal.net/Irhx.jpg