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anitaheckman.bsky.social
Artist, printmaker. Monotypes, collage. Birds, patterns, night sky, spiderwebs, wings. Nature, reflections, wonders & wanders. Nonviolence, justice. Keep hope alive! Instagram: @anitaheckmanfineart Shop: https://www.anitaheckman.com/
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Turquoise Puya. The flowers look almost plastic, but it’s a cousin of the pineapple, with rare otherworldly #turquoise flowers. Native to #Chile, seen at the UCSC #Arboretum. #acoloradAyPRIL #botanical #flower🌷🌱🌺 #nature #onlybeautifulthings #photography #bloomscrolling #bromeliad #sciart

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Splendiferous blooming artichoke. #acoloradAyPRIL #lavender #AlphabetChallenge #WeekPforPatterns #botanical #macroMonday #flower 🌱🌷 🌺 #nature #onlybeautifulthings #photography

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May you have an uplifting day. “Ascendance.” A great blue heron’s wings are #lavender and purple in my 2013 #monotype. Sold. More art available at Anitaheckman.com #acoloradAyPRIL #lavender #artyear #artistsupport #flowers 🌷🌺🪶🌱 #birds #printmaking

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Our Bigleaf Maple tree in its springtime splendor with #oodles of tiny #limegreen flower buds and brand new leaves. These trees can live for over 200 years and their leaves can grow up to 12” across. #acoloradAyPRIL #tree #spring #onlybeautifulthings #nature #WeekOforOodles #AlphabetChallenge

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Looks like it’s frowning, as I am way too often these days. ‘Hope your day is going well. #BlueskyArtShow #Silhouette #Photography #SantaCruz #clouds #trees #mobilephotography #RollerCoaster

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What Works to #SaveDemocracy: speak to the people; find inner calm; work long term; build support & #community. Gift article: NYT 4/2/2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

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Yayoi Kusama, luminous Infinity Mirror Room, SFMOMA. “Dots are symbols of the world, the cosmos. The Earth is a dot, the moon, sun, the stars are all made up of dots. You and me, we are dots.” 📷 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMulticoloured #womensart #reflections

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

I worship the trees. Loved the way this magnificent old oak tree’s limbs echoed the arched window at the Felton, CA #library, which was formerly a church. Now it’s a local history museum. #blueskyartshow #arch #tree #history #nature #learnfromhistory #onlybeautifulthings

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

#Resist. Catholic Worker Dorothy Day at a 1973 United Farm Workers mass civil disobedience campaign protesting unconstitutional rulings that blocked their pickets. 📷: Bob Fitch Photo Archive©Stanford University Libraries #WomensHistoryMonth @wagingnv.bsky.social @ufw.bsky.social #wefeedyou #union

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“Inner Borders.” Every time my amaryllis blooms it’s like a miracle. They grow so fast and are so beautiful! I’ve made many works featuring them. Eons ago, I often used gouache. #MakersmARTch #pattern #botanical 🌺 🌱 🌷 #artistsupport #womensart #ArtYear

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#Nonviolent action works! Diane Nash & the Civil Rights movement ended segregation, & passed the #CivilRights & Voting Rights Acts… #wagingnonviolence #peopleunited #WomensHistory #politicalrevolution #NoKings #50501movement #buildtheresistance #strongertogether #choosedemocracy #peoplepower

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“Journey.” Yellow-billed Magpies have a limited range, found only in central California. Saw these at Pinnacles. Sold. Cards available at anitaheckman.com #BlueskyArtShow #TheJourney #printmaking #birds 🪶 #collage ✂️ #sciart #artyear #artistsupport #ornithology #monotype

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

“Equinox.” California quails and California poppies. Monotype, chine collé, 2010. Sold. Cards available at anitaheckman.com #MakersmARTch #print #birdart #birds 🪶 #pattern #sciart #artistsuppport #ornithology #collage ✂️ #Art #California #equinox #spring 🌱 #artistsupport #artyear #printmaking

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

“Nectar Seeker 4.” Spring is coming! Today I saw an Anna’s hummingbird gathering spiderwebs for nest-making. Linocut monoprint, chine collé, collage, 2021. #MakersMartch #Carve #carved #sciart #artyear #birds 🪶 #printmaking womensart #artistsupport ✂️ 🌺🌷🌱

submitted 38 days ago • 3 comments

Happy Int’l Womens’s Day! “When you are convinced that your cause is just, you fight for it. — Rigoberta Menchú Tum. She won the Nobel Peace Prize for her work for Guatemalan indigenous groups in 1992. #HumanRights #nonviolence #resist #strongertogether #choosedemocracy #peoplepower 📷 @johanordonez

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

“Hermanita.” #Jewel of a mosaic designed by #printmaker Juan Fuentes. 2400 sq.ft.!, next to many panels displaying the diverse cultural heritage of Watsonville, CA. Part of the Watsonville Brillante civic center project. #makersMartch #MosaicMonday #printmaking #artshare #mosaic

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“Reflections.” Blue is calming. How do you take care of yourself while maintaining energy to resist? Building community, good music, and remembering to breathe help me. #Monotype #PrintpromptMonday #flipped #botanical #printmaking #artyear #womensart #NoKings #buildtheresistance #peoplepower 🌺🌷🌱

submitted 44 days ago • 5 comments

“YOU CAN CHANGE THINGS & inspire millions of people.” — John Lewis. Watch this Inspiring 6min. Greensboro Sit-In video! “It was really a People’s movement.” – Diane Nash. youtu.be/uFQ3ZCAgAA0?... #wagingnonviolence #resist #civilrights #blackhistorymonth #PeoplePowerUnited #nokings #fifyfiftyone

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“Cranberry Sunset.” Magenta-ish. #FebruArty #magenta #botanical #printmaking #monotype #ArtYear #Artshare #WomensArt #artistsupport #sunset #smallwonder #womenartists #monotypeprintmaking www.anitaheckman.com

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“I don’t think that most Americans feel like we are rulers, & therefore, we don’t act like it. We should begin doing that!” —Diane Nash #wagingnonviolence #peopleunited #BlackHistoryMonth #politicalrevolution #NoKings #50501movement #buildtheresistance #strongertogether #choosedemocracy #peoplepower

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

“La Selva: Turquoise-Browed Motmot.” There’s incredible bio-diversity in Costa Rica: 300,000 insect species and 903 bird species! 6x6 art tiles & giclée prints available at anitaheckman.com #Februarty #turquoise #birdart 🪶 #pattern #sciart #womensart #ornithology #collage ✂️ #ornithology

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

“In the Reeds.” “The Green Heron is one of the world’s few tool-using bird species. It creates fishing lures with bread crusts, insects, & feathers, dropping them on the surface of the water to entice small fish.” = @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #artyear 🪶 #sciart 🐟 🐠 #printmaking #monotype ✂️

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

Fibonacci sequence in a Tree Marigold to brighten your day! The spiral patterns provide an efficient way for plants to maximize sunlight exposure & seed arrangement in flowers. Fibonaccis occur in pineapples, shells and galaxies, etc. #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #botanical #sciart #pattern #art 🌷🌺🌱

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

“Tassajara Creek Dippers.” It’s fun to watch them bob up and down. American Dipper eyelids are covered with tiny feathers that flash white when they blink! It’s North America's only truly aquatic songbird. #Februarty #pair 🪶 #birds #artyear #printmaking #womensart #sciart #ornithology #monotype

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment