Bryn Barnard

author and artist

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Kuwait is the beating heart of Arab television serials, producing 90% of what is consumed in the Gulf. In this article for Compass I discuss the history of Kuwait TV and cinema and my experiences there as a writer and amateur actor. https://t.co/pG8r98ZWsQ

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Who your daddy isn’t https://t.co/2khLu621Vb

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Remembering Isfahan https://t.co/7AwpDcxbXM

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Russian channels start asking reasonable questions about 87% of the support of the referendum in Kherson.

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Mailed my ballot today

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Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin was asked about a potential off-ramp for Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Her reply:

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Photographer Stanislav Senyk has used the destruction in the eastern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv as a sobering backdrop for an album of graduating high school students, amid the ongoing conflict with Russia

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Selamat Hari Raya Idulfitri. Eid Mubarak.

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A morning constitutional. #pleinair #pleinairpainting #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting #painting #landscape #pleinairpainter #fineart #watercolor #artist #nature #pleinairartist #impressionism #artistsoninstagram #oiloncanvas #contemporaryart #gouache #MonitorLizard

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@MattMattastic Yes. A gouache sketch of grasscutters in Singapore in painted last Friday.

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Sisyphus and friends. #gouache #watercolor #Singapore #art #digitalart

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The future is bright. #gouache #art #painting #illustration #watercolor #artist #gouachepainting #artistsoninstagram #drawing #artwork #sketch #instaart #portrait #paint #sketchbook #illustrator #color #ink #abstractart #mixedmedia #abstract #draw #singapore

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Great stuff from Eric Akins and Ryan Grimmett
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About a block from my apartment, the Jurong River switches from residential to industrial. On my walks and runs I pass a salvage yard, a storage facility, a SAR-15 factory, and this place, whose function I have yet to understand. But love those vents.

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Venting. #pleinair #pleinairpainting #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting #painting #landscape #pleinairpainter #fineart #watercolor #artist #nature #pleinairartist #impressionism #artistsoninstagram #instaart #sketch #sketchbook #contemporaryart #allaprima #gouache #singapore

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I was attracted to this motif by the juxtaposition of the big storm drain beneath the covered walkway. I wasn’t expecting two large water monitors to emerge from the drain for a swim in the Jurong River.

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Monitor crossing. #pleinairpainting #pleinair #landscapepainting #oilpainting #art #painting #pleinairpainter #landscape #fineart #watercolor #contemporaryart #pleinairartist #artistsoninstagram #artist #impressionism #oiloncanvas #contemporarypainting #painter #singapore

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[Samantha Power @SamanthaJPower]

Devastating news. Paul Farmer gave everything—everything—to others. He saw the worst, and yet did all he could to bring out the best in everyone he encountered. Indefatigable, mischievous, generous, brilliant, soulful, skeptical, idealistic, beloved. A giant.