Yellow Tulips Triptych left is the left part of my three-part triptych. This consists of three acrylic paintings in portrait format, each with a beautiful tulip blossom painted in bright yellow and orange tones. They shine against an abstract background that suggests a spring garden in fresh green tones. The three parts of the triptych are available both individually in my shop and combined as a complete triptych in horizontal panoramic format.
One of the most surprising professional/creative developments of my middle-age has been discovering my love of collage. I've never been a visual person. I can't draw, I can't guess if a piece of furniture will fit in a given niche, I can't catch a ball, and I can't tell you if a picture is crooked.
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An artist at an easel, wearing a smock and holding a palette. The head of the artist and the subject in the oil painting have been replaced with the poop emoji from the cover of the US edition of 'Enshittification,' which has angry eyebrows and a black, grawlix-scrawled bar over its mouth.
The pogo stick kid is another H Armstrong Roberts gank. I spent ages trying to get the bounce effect to look right, and then Alistair Milne fixed it for me in like 10 seconds. The smoke comes from an oil painting of the eruption of Vesuvius from the Met. It's become my go-to "hellscape" background.
Wall mounted framed print of Three Neon Daisies On Black by Joan Stratton - paintingsbyjoan.com , in a lounge room setting.
Bold, punchy, and full of springtime sass, a trio of blooms glowing against the dark like nature’s own neon sign.
A trio of bright neon daisies bloom boldly against a black backdrop, glowing in yellow and green, full of springtime energy and abstract charm. Their petals pulse with colour, their forms simplified yet expressive, like a floral pop song in visual form.
I created this piece using my Ether Art technique - hand-drawn digitally from a blank canvas, blending abstract shapes with expressive movement and vibrant rhythm.
Three Neon Daisies On Black is perfect for lovers of bold floral art, modern spring décor, and playful botanical design. Available across fine art prints, canvases, puzzles, apparel, and home décor.
Explore more expressive blooms and colour-popped nature works in my gallery at;
https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/collections/flowers
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But the threat of Apple turning on its customers isn't limited to China. While the company has been unwilling to spy on its users on behalf of the US government, it's proven more than willing to compromise its worldwide users' privacy to pad its own profits. Remember when Apple let its users opt out of Facebook surveillance with one click? At the very same time, Apple was spinning up its own commercial surveillance program, spying on Ios customers, gathering the very same data as Facebook, and for the very same purpose: to target ads. When it came to its own surveillance, Apple completely ignored its customers' explicit refusal to consent to spying, spied on them anyway, and lied about it.
The protest sign features a cartoon character with the body of Eric Cartman from South Park, dressed in a police uniform, and a face resembling Donald Trump. The character is angrily shouting. Next to the character, the text reads 'RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!' in bold teal letters. Below, in stylized orange and yellow text, it states 'No Kings in America.' The design humorously critiques authority, blending pop culture with a political message.
The flip side of my #NoKings protest sign is this one. It has been sitting as a draft in my protest signs document for a while, and now is the right time to pull it out.
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