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Retired from tech and now a full-time #artist. Immigrant. Curious. I dissent. Bay Area escapee. #Ally. Happy in the garden. #PaintingGiveaway because everyone should be able to enjoy original art. #atheist #adoptdontshop Very left but I think you know that by now. This is a mirror account of my other account @Tamami as a backup.

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This is from last evening.

Looking up at clouds that is lit from below by a setting sun in a warm yellow/orange.
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It absolutely offends me when someone says "keep politics out of business."
It's not politics. It's human rights. It's constitutional crisis. It's about your neighbors and community members being threatened and forced to live in fear.

You either live your values, or you don't.
Choose your side.

A narrow trail on a plain covered with short dry grass. The trail disappears into the horizon. The sky is brilliant blue. Clouds closer to the ground.
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Yesterday I assembled a cheap small desk by myself. While working with many screws, I was thinking about the "A-ha!" moment I had while watching the sitcom "Murphy Brown" in the early 90's. Watching a couple of sitcoms then for me was a real-life English lesson. Anyways, the episode was about the not-so-bright plumber, being taught "righty tighty, lefty loosey." I've always had the right-and-left-confusion, and that was a light bulb moment. Every time I turn screws, I think about it. 1/🧵

A small "L" shaped desk by a white wall, with lots of art supply already spread on it. There's a framed painting on the wall.
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Before then, I was turning screws/faucets in the direction that worked. I'd try both ways until I figured it out. I recently discovered that keys worked the same way. I didn't tell anyone, but it was another A-ha! moment. I still have this weird R-L confusion (and a horrible sense of directions -- they must be related), but most of the time I can handle it. Anyway, the desk is for a small printmaking station. I'm happy. These are two monoprints I made. Never too old to learn new things. end/🧵

A small monoprint that has an impression of four plant leaves. Rusty brown, yellow and mossy green. Textured.

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It was a beautiful day.

A photo of a marshland with many waterbirds. The water reflects the clouds and sky. Snow covered mountains in background.
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I was in the gallery today hanging my wall. Because of two outside exhibits back-to-back, my wall is a bit underwhelming and I felt guilty. This was the largest and also my favorite among what I had, until this afternoon. Apparently a young man came in and bought it, so I'm going to have to find something else for the empty spot. This must be my last sales of 2025!

"Thunderstorm" 2023
pastel on Canson Touch paper (black) - 20x16 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/thunderstorm/1066930

An abstracted pastel painting of a wild stormy cloud in the sky. Mountains and hillside are lit by eerie pre-storm light.
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Day 24
If I'm right about how this advent thing works, today is the last day of this best hashtag on Fediverse. I think this might be my fourth year participating, and of course I had a blast. Thank you for following along. I hope your year is filled with arts, kindness, joy and sciences!

"Spring Dream"
pastel on UART paper - 24x24 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/spring-dream/1046456

I painted this back in 2023, but it's still one of the largest paintings I've done. Also my favorite.

A cluster of scraggy wildflowers in the forefront against vivid cumulous clouds rising. Very blue sky.
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Day 21
"Thoughts 3"
mixed media on printmaking paper - 14x12 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/thoughts-3/1107394

This is a rework of my mixed media piece "Thoughts 3" I originally created in 2022. Added more lights, and framed in lighter colored frame to avoid looking too dark. I think it worked.
Oil, pan pastel, and pastel are used.

A very textured, abstracted painting of a grassy field. Mountains in a mist in the background.
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Day 20
"First Sunlight"
pastel on UART paper - 18x24 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/first-sunlight/1075945

There's nothing like just rolling off the bed, running outside and start painting. This is based on a plein air painting I did at my friend's house while housesitting for them in 2023.

Very blue pastel painting of a steep hillside with sagebrushes. The early morning sun is hitting the brushes, illuminating them.
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Day 19
"Winter's Remains"
pastel on UART paper - 16x12 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/winters-remains/1117306

Painted in 2024. Driving on I-80 into Utah mid March for husband's first cancer treatment; some snow still left on the ground, and the far mountains are covered with snow. Cold, cold wind, my eyes water, but I'm trying to find a bright spot in this landscape.

A small rocky knoll with winter grasses whipping in the wind. Far mountains are covered with snow. Moody, foggy, cold sky.
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Day 17
"Copper and Lime"
pastel on UART paper - 12x18 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/copper-and-lime/1168875

A horizontal pastel landscape painting of blue-green trees on grassy field. Clouds high and low in the sky.
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Day 16

"On a Sandy Hill 2"
pastel on Canson Touch paper (sepia) - 20.5x18.5 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/on-a-sandy-hill-2/1196112

From my first visit to Lahontan Reservoir few years ago.
Hot off the easel, and it's going to the framer today. I hope it'll be ready for my January show...

A pastel landscape painting of a sandy dry lake. A lone tree, sagebrushes that cast shadows on sand. Far mountains are blurred.
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Day 15
"Birthday Hike"
pastel on Wallis paper - 7x5 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/birthday-hike/1184424

A birthday hike with friends on a hot late summer day, at Sierra Valley Nature Preserve.

This painting was awarded with the 1st Place in Pastel in Latimer Art Club's 18th Annual Statewide Miniature Show in October 2025. It is now at the home of the model ☺️

A small, vertical pastel painting of a woman in a hat standing in the field of dried grasses. The sun hits her hat. Blurred mountains afar.
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Day 13
"Last Chance Ditch"
pastel on UART paper - 12x9 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/last-chance-ditch/1188919

My recent favorite -- I used to struggle with this paper size, but now I do OK. This is near the end of the trail I'd never been on. Something felt a little off; hard to explain. Felt like I wasn't supposed to be there... later I learned that it was the end of the ditch canal that is named Last Chance Ditch.

A vertically long pastel painting of a deserted path along a power line. There are two fallen wood posts, and rabbitbrushes are blooming.
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Day 12
"On a Sandy Hill"
pastel on UART paper - 10x8 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/on-a-sandy-hill/1195766

New piece again! This is from my first visit to Lahontan Reservoir in October 2022. I was completely alone, and it was so quiet my ears hurt.

A small pastel painting of a (almost) dry lake. Mountains afar, and a tree surrounded by sagebrushes that cast blueish shadows on sand.
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Day 10
"Lahontan"
pastel on Canson Touch paper (sepia) - 10x20 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/lahontan/1195500

Late afternoon in November, Lahontan Reservoir was so very quiet. The sandy hill covered with spent rabbitbrush was a great vantage point. Just finished this, so on the day 10, I can finally post a new piece!

A horizontally long pastel painting of a lake. The mountains in background and the foreground hills are lit by soft afternoon fall sun. Some yellow trees and brushes on the hill.
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Day 9
"Rosewood"
pastel on Canson Touch paper - 18x20 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/rosewood/1103602

I painted this plein air at Rosewood Nature Study Area in Reno, NV, back in June 2023. My plein air pieces usually get put away because I'm never happy with them, but this one actually sat around, facing me, until I finally decided that I liked enough to be professionally framed.

It was a beautiful day at an incredibly scenic location. It's hard to pick a view to paint.

A very textured pastel painting of a wetland. The water reflects the far mountain and the golden grass field in foreground.
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Day 8
"Eureka, NV"
pastel on UART paper - 13x13 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/eureka-nv/1119478

From my trip to Eureka, NV through US-50, "The Loneliest Road of America". This is just west of Eureka.

A square pastel painting of a small footpath between sagebrush fields.
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"Between Rain Clouds"
pastel on UART paper - 18x24 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/between-rain-clouds/1082311

POV of a sailplane pilot.

Looking down on a mountain that is lit by the light that falls through rain clouds.
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Day 5

"Survivor"
pastel on homemade surface - 7x5 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/survivor/1136142

This was a pine tree that survived a wildfire near the state border. This went to a woman whose husband recently went through an accident and subsequent rehabilitation at the same hospital where my husband received his cancer treatment.

Looking up at a tall pine tree that's standing against blue sky. Textured.
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Day 3
"Into the Shadows"
Pastel on UART paper - 12x18 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/into-the-shadows/1071353

Continuing with the sailplane theme... Pilot’s POV, based on an aerial video by a friend, Pete Casti, with permission. Soaring near Pyramid Lake, NV
Now this painting is in possession of another sailplane pilot.

A pastel painting of a vast mountain range, point-of-view of a sailplane pilot. Sunny spots on the mountains are in oranges/yellows, and the shadowy parts are in purples/blues. There's a small white sailplane circling far below.
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Day 2
"Early Morning, Runway Prepared"
pastel on Canson Touch paper - 10x20 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/early-morning-runway-prepared-framed-/1006525

Based on my plein air day at Air Sailing Gliderport, Reno NV. Painted in 2022, but it's still one of my husband's favorites.

A horizontally long pastel painting of a jagged mountain range. A tractor is moving from left to right on a dirt runway, kicking up dust behind it. Clouds are coming up behind the mountains.
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I did some framing.

A new painting titled "Last Chance Ditch" framed in a dark wooden frame with a white mat.

A new painting titled "Last Chance Ditch" framed in a dark wooden frame with a white mat.
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I'm one of the guest artists for the month of October at North Tahoe Arts in Kings Beach, California. If you are in Tahoe, please stop by! It's a beautiful gallery and the people are nice.

The pretty storefront of North Tahoe Arts Art Center.

The pretty storefront of North Tahoe Arts Art Center.
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Here, take some flowers because tomorrow is Monday.
A massive rabbitbrush right on the trail called "Last Chance Ditch." I have to find out the reasons behind the naming.

A large flowering bush of rabbitbrush by a planked trail.
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The 590th! The countdown has started.
"The Heat of August"
pastel on homemade surface - 5.5x7.5 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/the-heat-of-august/1182276

Flowers blooming on the terrace of Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City. It takes special kind of flowers to thrive in the August Utah heat.


(For the readers who are wondering what the countdown is all about, take a look at )

A cluster of purple coneflowers (echinaceas) that are looking up to the overcast sky.
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I've had one of those very low energy/mood day today. After accompanying husband to his doctor's appointment, the only thing I did was to take down a painting and put up a new sheet of paper on my easel. But I got to sit out and enjoy the incredible evening colors in the sky. So, that's something. Truly one of the prettiest cloud shows I've ever seen.

Dramatic clouds in early evening sky. The sky is beautiful, warmer blue, and the clouds are in pink, yellow, violet, orange in various shades. iPhone photo, no edits.
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"A Morning on Skyline"
pastel on UART paper - 12x9 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/a-morning-on-skyline/1178457

K8, our late German Shepherd, loved walking in this park by a deep canyon. Come to think of it, maybe she loved it because I loved the view so much.
(I found a deep crease on the paper an hour into the painting. Oh well, a freebee paper... Then I realized that it actually looks like a small trail. A scale is wrong, but it's actually not that bad!)

A pastel landscape painting in vertical format. Sloping hillside covered with golden grasses in the foreground, some rabbitbrushes, and a shadowy tree covered hills in the background. A house with its roof just receiving the sunlight.
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Yesterday I went to two art receptions. It's a reception season! If my artist friends supported me for my show, I should at least show up and support them in return. The first one at Sierra Arts Foundation was a blast. My friend John McCarthy had an amazing, beautifully curated wall of collages. One came home with me! 1/🧵

A digital collage of a pair of quails, in an antique-style rendering. Above them, there's a gramophone floating.
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"Cross Peak View"
pastel on Wallis paper - 18x12 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/cross-peak-view/1165189

Looking down from the peak of the trail.

First time I got to paint on the famous Wallis pastel paper that is no longer in production. Now I know why pastelists loved it.

A slightly abstracted landscape painting in vertical format. Looking down from a higher point of view. Evergreen trees are casting blue, long shadows on snow.
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I don't think I've posted the finished painting, so here it is. Sorry if you are tired of it! 😝

"Waiting for the Spring"
pastel on Canson Touch paper (indigo) - 20x14 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/waiting-for-the-spring/1164347
Went out for a hike after a day of horrendous wind. The clouds were lifting.

I'm really grateful for everyone who liked, boosted, and commented on this painting. Mastodon rocks.

A landscape painting in vertical format. 3/4 of the painting is the moody sky with thin clouds lifting from the mountains.
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"Half-Frozen, Half-Spring"
pastel on UART paper (mounted) - 18x14 in

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/half-frozen-half-spring/1163049

Evans Creek, Northwest Reno, Nevada. One of my favorite hiking trails. And yes, the sky was that blue. Initially I was going to title this "Sky over Evans Creek." Which is better?

Finished pastel painting in vertical format. A small creek running through grasses and brushes. The water is very blue, reflecting the sky.
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