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Coaxing forms from out the flames
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Obligatory inspo trip reel!
My heart was very heavy leaving this incredibly special and beautiful place, honestly can’t wait to get back someday. My soul is feeling nourished and full from all it had to offer. Shetland archipelago inspired series incoming….

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#shetland #shetlandislands #inspiration #landscape #sea by @olivesalchemy

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GIVEAWAY CLOSED 📣🎉

Pride is a celebration of visibility, creativity and community. For us, it's also an opportunity to celebrate the artists whose work continues to challenge, inspire and expand our understanding of queer experience.

To mark this year's Pride, we're giving away four limited-edition prints from Queer Frontiers, celebrating artists whose practices explore the many dimensions of queer identity, intimacy and community 📣 🌈

Want to win one? Here is how to enter:
💌 Follow @artiqgram and our four featured artists
💌 Like this post
💌 Tag a friend in the comments and tell us which artwork is your favourite!

Meet the artists:

✨ @girthofvenus is a queer South Asian illustrator. With a background in creative writing, 'Aphroditus' merges visual arts with Maz's love for fairy-tale and mythology to create a romantic representation of brown bodies.

✨ @kevin.anaafi is a British-Ghanaian photographer working primarily with analogue photography. In 'Till We Have Faces II', his work traces themes of Blackness, queerness and gender, seeking to expand and challenge their traditional definitions.

✨ @straightbuttcurious is a UK-based artist whose practice explores identity and the impact of heteronormative culture on self-perception. In 'The Male Gaze', he reimagines classical female nudes as drawings of the male body, questioning conventions of representation and desire.

✨ @olivesalchemy is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice draws on classical painting, theology, history and symbolism. In 'Bathing Beneath the Perseids', Olivia reimagines the Three Graces, exploring desire, sexuality and the relationship between body and spirit.

Entries close Sunday 5 July, at the end of Pride Week with winners announced on our Stories and contacted via DM!

We can't wait to share these editions with new collectors and to continue celebrating the talented voices behind them. Good luck, and Happy Pride! 🌈 by @olivesalchemy

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So delighted to be in this group exhibition with @drawlineshape, @anouskasamms, @aliyah.a.hussain and Alice Brook.
What an amazing line up of talented artists to be amongst. 💫

‘𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙’ - opening event @newglasgowsociety on Friday 10th July, 5-8pm.
The show will be open all weekend, 11-5pm until Sunday 12th July.

Head over for a looksie if you can…

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It feels really lush to have three paintings make their way back to my ancestral roots and be shown up in Scotland. 🌱💙

Thank you @rosiehannahgibson for your vision and including my work.

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#exhibition #glasgowart #groupshow #painting by @olivesalchemy

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Warm and fuzzy so sketching in oils…

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙, 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜
Oil on paper
30 x 30cm

#oil #sketch #painting #burial #landscape

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Sketches in oil…

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𝙍𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜
Oil on cotton rag paper
12 x 31cm

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A ‘pink ray sunset’ is caused by Rayleigh Scattering, where sunlight passes through more atmosphere, scattering the blue light and leaving behind red, orange and pink hues.

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#oilpainting #landscape #sunset #panorama #clouds by @olivesalchemy

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Mossy bodies emerging… 🌱

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𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜
Oil on cotton rag paper
30x30cm

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#oilpainting #intuition #changing #body #earth by @olivesalchemy

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙚
Oil on board
17.5 x 21.5cm

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#growth #oilpainting #body #tree #awakening by @olivesalchemy

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A colour pencil number for the current churnings below the surface… 🌱🪨

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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙮𝙧𝙚𝙨
Colour pencil on paper
31 x 23cm

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#drawing #colour #earth #landscape #artforsale by @olivesalchemy

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Shifting seasons with deep emergence. Pushing through layer by layer, heart and body first into new beginnings and new growth. Musings from the studio… 🌱

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𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨, 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙣
Oil on paper
29.5 x 21cm

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#worksonpaper #oilpainting #sun #elements #figure by @olivesalchemy

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𝘼𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜
Soft pastel, oil pastel, colour pencil and medium on paper, 84 x 60cm

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#snake #shedding #pastel #nature #drawing by @olivesalchemy

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Posting for @delphiangallery #delphianopencall2026

𝙑𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙨
Ink and watercolour on board
15 x 20cm

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#foliage #figure #veins #blossom by @olivesalchemy

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Quietly edging into the energy of the Fire Horse this Lunar NY from my sick bed. 🤒

Here’s a colourful equine number from a while back… 🔥🐴

𝘼𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙣
40 x 35cm
Acrylic on board
(Available - dm me to enquire)

~ In Greek mythology, Aethon, meaning shining or fiery, refers to one of the four immortal horses that pulled the chariot of the sun god, Helios. ~

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#horse #yearofthehorse #lunarnewyear #painting #myth by @olivesalchemy

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