@TheMarkPenney
A well regarded painter living and working from Vancouver Island
Relays (3)
- wss://nos.lol – read & write
- wss://relay.damus.io – read & write
- wss://nostr.land – read & write
Recent Notes
Happy to be in good company.
One the cool parts of being an artist is showing with other artists you know and appreciate
Good friends like artist Kelly Deakin, Marla Thirsk along with Katsumi Kimoto , at Kimoto Gallery in Ucluelet
#artstr #artist #gallery #art #painting
One the cool parts of being an artist is showing with other artists you know and appreciate
Good friends like artist Kelly Deakin, Marla Thirsk along with Katsumi Kimoto , at Kimoto Gallery in Ucluelet
#artstr #artist #gallery #art #painting
New phone day!
I picked up a iPhone 17pro max 512GB. The phone it replaced worked well for 5 years. A big new screen and big new battery is nice, not gonna lie.
Couldn’t see getting into a big budget phone. Impressive tech but the price is at a premium.
The next couple of years tech may change so radically it’s had to see investing in newest gen devices unless they meet your needs better.
My take : buy the device that does what you need it to do as cost effectively as possible.
#iphone #17promax #new #apple #tech
I picked up a iPhone 17pro max 512GB. The phone it replaced worked well for 5 years. A big new screen and big new battery is nice, not gonna lie.
Couldn’t see getting into a big budget phone. Impressive tech but the price is at a premium.
The next couple of years tech may change so radically it’s had to see investing in newest gen devices unless they meet your needs better.
My take : buy the device that does what you need it to do as cost effectively as possible.
#iphone #17promax #new #apple #tech
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I use primal from 🇨🇦. Never had an issue with the wallet! You can also link external wallets to primal
Was able to fund wallet , couldn’t seem to connect external wallet. Onward 👍
Years ago I started painting this way. It’s evolved a little, but it’s basically the same elements:
Strong composition.
Unembellished colour.
Purposeful edge content.
Restricted techniques.
Referential perspectives.
No impasto, no sheen.
This one is from a decade ago. Looking at it now, I can see what I was already refusing to do - no fancy brushmarks, no decorative colour, no lazy edges. The painting has a feeling to it.
When I paint ; it comes across as my signature ‘Wet socks and a rock in my shoe’ style.
#artstr #art #painting #style #nostrartist #artist #themarkpenney
Strong composition.
Unembellished colour.
Purposeful edge content.
Restricted techniques.
Referential perspectives.
No impasto, no sheen.
This one is from a decade ago. Looking at it now, I can see what I was already refusing to do - no fancy brushmarks, no decorative colour, no lazy edges. The painting has a feeling to it.
When I paint ; it comes across as my signature ‘Wet socks and a rock in my shoe’ style.
#artstr #art #painting #style #nostrartist #artist #themarkpenney
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I use primal from 🇨🇦. Never had an issue with the wallet! You can also link external wallets to primal
I’ll check again. Before it used to block me for being Canadian
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Omgosh thank you so much. I consider myself incapable 😂
The photo of the river with the sage in the foreground is a good composition. IMHO
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Did someone say #zapathon?
Been a while since I had time to look at social media or nostr.
Nostrages: what clients are you using ?
Me : I like Nostur , Yakihonne, Damus. (probably in that order )
Primal looks good (I wonder if I can use a wallet from Canada yet )
Wisp has a fresh feel.
Back to poking around while I get the studio together.
Time to catch up 😁 on Nostr !
Been a while since I had time to look at social media or nostr.
Nostrages: what clients are you using ?
Me : I like Nostur , Yakihonne, Damus. (probably in that order )
Primal looks good (I wonder if I can use a wallet from Canada yet )
Wisp has a fresh feel.
Back to poking around while I get the studio together.
Time to catch up 😁 on Nostr !
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Perks of Being an Artist
#artsr #perks #artist #lol
#artsr #perks #artist #lol
Watering the garden just got easier
This is more than a programmable tap with a timer. My own local AI oversees the watering now. It reads soil moisture from sensors in the beds, checks the weather, and decides whether each zone actually needs water. If a bed is already damp, it skips the cycle. If it’s been hot and dry, it waters longer
The setup is simple: a small home-automation hub, a two-zone smart water valve, and a few wireless soil sensors. One zone feeds the flower beds, the other feeds the vegetable garden and containers. Everything talks locally over Zigbee, so it still works even without internet
The part I like best is that it’s my own setup; local ai, opensource software, my hardware. The schedule, the data, the decisions - none of it lives in someone else’s cloud, app or platform.
It’s practical: plants stay alive, water doesn’t get wasted, and I don’t have to stand there with a hose.
This is more than a programmable tap with a timer. My own local AI oversees the watering now. It reads soil moisture from sensors in the beds, checks the weather, and decides whether each zone actually needs water. If a bed is already damp, it skips the cycle. If it’s been hot and dry, it waters longer
The setup is simple: a small home-automation hub, a two-zone smart water valve, and a few wireless soil sensors. One zone feeds the flower beds, the other feeds the vegetable garden and containers. Everything talks locally over Zigbee, so it still works even without internet
The part I like best is that it’s my own setup; local ai, opensource software, my hardware. The schedule, the data, the decisions - none of it lives in someone else’s cloud, app or platform.
It’s practical: plants stay alive, water doesn’t get wasted, and I don’t have to stand there with a hose.