Painter, retired visual arts teacher, paints every day. I post all my work online and sell only online. I publish a free monthly newsletter on painting related topics at harrystooshinoff.substack.com. All work available at harrystooshinoff.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lstt6gro2s2uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyMrxFNRt04&t=13s30 Jun 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstt6gro2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lstsztimok24I make these encaustic paintings outside in the summer. This is the first one from this year. I also made a video showing and explaining the process which documents the making of this piece. I'll post the link to that video next.30 Jun 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstsztimok24https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lpcgdp2cx22u“The light touch is often the strongest gesture of all.” -Helen Frankenthaler16 May 2025 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcgdp2cx22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lp5tnyxg7s2fOn location today. How to do almost nothing - For lazy bastards everywhere. Written and directed by Harry Stooshinoff14 May 2025 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp5tnyxg7s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lnqfi4dumk2v“Matisse remained remarkably lucid, even lyrical, to the end. When asked shortly before he died whether there was anything he wanted, he replied: ‘A bicycle and a patch of blue sky’. -Michael Peppiatt26 Apr 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqfi4dumk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3ln6neh7hgk2q“Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” -Rainer Maria Rilke19 Apr 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln6neh7hgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lmnkskrpek25On location today. These small acrylics are done with a slightly different setup, an even more portable setup than I'm used to. So clean up and transport are even easier. That likely means I'll be going out even more often to do these small acrylics.12 Apr 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmnkskrpek25https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lmcw5huj6c2d“Darby, love, when you go for a walk remember to tell things you love them out loud: trees, clouds, fire hydrants. Tell all the things you love them.” -Darby Hudson’s mom08 Apr 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcw5huj6c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lm3hizkct225Published on April 1....always free to read. harrystooshinoff.substack.com05 Apr 2025 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm3hizkct225https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3llafldk2xs26Whenever you feel your energy for painting waning, even a bit, alter the method or procedure slightly….it’ll freshen you. The painter makes the rules. That is as much the job as the laying on of materials to make the painting.25 Mar 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3llafldk2xs26https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lkywlhuxak22Oftentimes a little change, to material, substrate, size, or approach jolts you just enough to achieve surprise again. There are lots of things that will encourage surprise. But the whole enterprise is really about courting surprise at every turn.22 Mar 2025 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkywlhuxak22https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lkwd6pkds22pNow that spring has come and most of the snow is gone, it’s easier to make these drawings on site because the field entrances are clear for parking. It’s nice to be tucked away safely when I make these. The ‘feel’ of the parking spot is actually the first thing I pay attention to.21 Mar 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwd6pkds22phttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lkjoiichbs2xAt a certain point in your development as a painter, things in general become easier, mostly because you learn to get out of your own way.16 Mar 2025 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkjoiichbs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lkh5j24uws22These spots are very close by, and I paint them many times, but they always lead to new things.15 Mar 2025 22:13 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkh5j24uws22https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lkevzbgnss2rYou really don’t know what you’re going to get…it can be a total surprise. And that’s why it’s important to keep working.15 Mar 2025 00:54 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkevzbgnss2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lk4fatofgk2nSometimes the best question is not how much can I do....but how little can I do?11 Mar 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4fatofgk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3ljyk5trhps2vI wish to make everything…..effortless.10 Mar 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljyk5trhps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3ljqe66oenk2fLet your paintings simply run parallel to your life…they are there, and you are there. Avoid over-complicating.06 Mar 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqe66oenk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3ljg363j3js2lYep…that’s pretty much how I do it. All my things on substack are free to read. harrystooshinoff.substack.com02 Mar 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljg363j3js2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lj6rhbxvms2nIt’s not necessary or helpful to worry or fuss about your art. And it’s uncertain how much control we really have. You have control over how often and in what condition you show up for work, and that is all the control you need.27 Feb 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6rhbxvms2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3liwtmer4as25I will sometimes be surprised by passages in my painting, where I was my playful little self, like a 5 year old with a toy truck in the weeds.24 Feb 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwtmer4as25https://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lish576uxs2aIn deep winter freezing cold and consecutive snow storms cause us to dream of warmer days, but in a summer heatwave a day like this would seem so welcome. It’s best to just fully notice each day.22 Feb 2025 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lish576uxs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3limqcapka22xI’ll often think of a painting not as a work of art, but just as a series of gestures, or actions. First this, then that. One thing calls for another and it’s interesting to see how they connect together. Thinking this way removes any performance anxiety from the activity.20 Feb 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3limqcapka22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3liiifakppc2nIn the darkest days, there is always hope. Never give up.19 Feb 2025 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3liiifakppc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lig3f42b3s2h“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.” ― Gustave Flaubert18 Feb 2025 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lig3f42b3s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3liajyvvm5s2bA landscape motif that moves me will always have a certain geometry, a set of shapes, lines, angles, that click together in a specific way.15 Feb 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3liajyvvm5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3li36524hlk2dWalter loved to fish at every chance he got, whenever he was not working. He'd hook up his boat and trailer to his work truck and off he'd go. He seemed a bit lonely and wanting of fishing companions so when I worked for him, he'd invite me along to the lake where we'd catch pickerel and pike.13 Feb 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3li36524hlk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lhwpfvsmfk2hHow varied and contrary we are, as we balance predictability and adventure. I want my house to be safe, ordered, and unchanged…as I left it, day to day. But I don’t want today’s pictures to look like yesterday’s. In fact, if they do, I will stop making them.11 Feb 2025 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwpfvsmfk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lhrruotx4k2mI'm happy to make a small contribution....rather than no contribution at all.09 Feb 2025 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhrruotx4k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/harrystooshinoff.bsky.social/post/3lholbcwidk23It's a big, NOISY world.....so I make small, quiet paintings....08 Feb 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:v7bdbp73ereahoin3zosjzca/app.bsky.feed.post/3lholbcwidk23