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TORO@destinytoro· 4d

An Indigo Bunting/Gorrión Azul for #AvianAugust! I always modify art challenges so they rep species here in PR 🇵🇷 For Avian August, I'm doing 1 bird per week. Gorrión Azul is a wintering bird in PR, next week will be an endemic, ¿Puedes adivinarlo? destinytoro.com #ArtSky #BirdArt #NatureArt #NoAI

Painting of an indigo bunting standing on abstracted muted gold, pink, and green leaves/plant, bordered with a Taino inspired blue and gold line and dot design. Gorriones Azules are not endemic to Puerto Rico, but they do migrate to winter here.

TORO@destinytoro· 8d

This month’s borikenmailclub.com mini print is the glowing- dare I say ethereal!- endemic Gaeotis flavolineata or Puerto Rican Semi-slug 🖤 If you’re not a member and would like to receive this in next month’s Mail Drop, be sure to join by the end of this month!

A mini print of an illustrated Puerto Rican Semi-slug on a photo of greenery and a blooming flamboyán tree. Text "august, borikenmailclub.com"

TORO@destinytoro· 10d

A still from Mad Men of Peggy saying “Oh, shit. It’s August 1st?”

TORO@destinytoro· 11d

My next newsletter is going out in the morning! Even when I- or you!- spend some much needed time off of social media, my newsletter always goes out on the 1st (& another on the 15th for Borikén Mail Club members!). If you'd like to stay in touch that way, you can sign up at destinytoro.com 🖤

Photo of a Puerto Rican person with long brown hair, glasses, red lipstick, a black dress, and a metal necklace in their art studio

TORO@destinytoro· 17d

Belly says happy #caturday 🖤

A black cat relaxing in a cat tree looking out of the window

TORO@destinytoro· 29d

A blue building with windows for ordering food, a painted tree and yellow hand painted letters “almuerzo $10.00 inc•ivu y bebida, papas y batatas asadas”

TORO@destinytoro· Jul 10

qrp your bird art! 🐦‍⬛🖤

Photo of a mini print with a colorful bird, with handwritten text "pájaro bobo menor/mangrove cuckoo, coccyzus minor"

TORO@destinytoro· Jul 9

I saw Chagall's The Birthday when I visited MoMA on my first visit to New York when I was 18 & immediately fell hard for it. I got the poster from the MoMA shop & I had it for manyyy years until it got ruined in a move. I still sit & contemplate this piece like once a month. It'll never not linger.

Marc Chagall's The Birthday (1915) painting, of he and his fiancé kissing. They are both floating in their home above a red carpet, she is holding a bouquet of flowers, and he is contorted, bending his neck to reach her.

TORO@destinytoro· Jul 7

My front yard fren 🖤

TORO@destinytoro· Jul 1

New Mail Drop! 📬 Learn more and join at borikenmailclub.com 🖤

A graphic with 2 colorful mini prints and a third blurred out with text "oracle card mini-print". They're labeled July, August, September and borikenmailclub.com

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 28

➕➕ #Stunday Sunday ➕➕ 📍Loggy Bayou, Louisiana, 2016

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 27

Belly said to tell you happy #caturday 🖤

A black cat lounging on a green cat tree next to a window with a white curtain, looking directly at the camera

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 26

Recovering today from doing a shoot for the fauna themed Mini Print pack 🖤 If you've missed out on previous borikenmailclub.com prints, you'll be able to get them in the new packs. And if you want first access to future prints in a pay what you want monthly subscription, you can join at the link! 👆

Photo of Destiny in the middle of doing a photo shoot in her studio for the Borikén Mail Club Mini Print fauna pack. A cell phone on a tripod is pointing down at a flat lay of various items and plants.

Photo of the fauna themed Borikén Mail Club Mini Print pack in a flat lay surrounded by plants, a hand thrown terracotta pot, a white shell, and some stones on a dark wood grain background.

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 24

🦀 see a crab, post a crab 🦀 Burukéna is a surviving Taino word for our endemic freshwater crab- Epilobocera sinuatifrons- here in Puerto Rico. #art #SciArt #IndigenousArt #PuertoRico

Illustration of a red, purple, and gold crab eating a pink and blue fish. There are Taino inspired designs around it and handwritten text "burukéna"

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 23

Going to be doing a photo shoot for the second BMC Mini Print pack soon! I’ll be releasing this Puerto Rican fauna themed pack as well as the landscape pack in the next few weeks. Newsletter subs get early access and notifications about all releases, you can sign up at destinytoro.com 🖤

Photo of a hand holding a pack of mini prints, text on the label reads “Borikén Mail Club, five 4x6” mini prints”

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 22

Perfect start to the week, a visit from lil monk parakeet 🦜🖤

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 20

This is what happens when I send pictures of Belly to my sister, happy #caturday!!

A black cat sitting up on her back legs with her paw resting on a piano that is edited into the photo

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 17

(Belly doing a good job supervising the birbs while I take photos!) This doesn’t seem like much labor, but it’s actually quite hard on my disabled body. I’ll be icing every joint and getting blood flow back into my brain for the rest of the day while listening to the rain 🖤 send salt plz

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 17

Just got done doing a photo shoot for a new release! A pack of 5 previous borikenmailclub.com mini prints, this first pack being landscapes. You can sign up for my email list to be notified when they’re available: destinytoro.com

Photo of a pack of mini prints labeled “Borikén Mail Club, five 4x6” mini prints” on a mayohuacán with Taino designs and plants in the background

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 14

Of all the movement therapies I’ve practiced over the last couple decades, the years I spent in Alexander Technique has been the most valuable to me. Being able to release muscle tension when my disabled body is bracing and spasming is SUCH A GIFT. Anyone know any AT practitioners in PR?

Photo, peeking through a hole in a wall of banana trees are more banana trees being lit up by the sun as well as a blooming Flamboyán, Yagrumo, and mountains in the background.

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 11

Copy and Paste usually assume the roll of (excellent) supervisors but today they got their paws dirty working hard in the studio 🐾🎨

A black cat lounging on the floor and a tuxedo cat lounging on the desk in my studio.

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 9

It’s shitty video quality but who cares. I though you might like to see an iguana munching on some moonflower leaves 🌿

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 3

Show me a picture that captures your essence

A still from Aqua Teen Hunger Force of Shake saying to Meatwad “I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this”.

TORO@destinytoro· Jun 1

June's newsletter is in your inbox! BMC members: I'm sending out stickers instead of an oracle card mini-print for this mail drop! These will get sent by the end of the month 🖤 Learn more about Borikén Mail Club here: borikenmailclub.com

Photo of a hand holding 2 colorful illustrated postcards and a sticker in front of a green Puerto Rican landscape

TORO@destinytoro· May 29

Happy birthday to my girl Belly!! 🎂🖤 here’s some cat birthday morning treat asmr to celebrate :)

TORO@destinytoro· May 24

Using art to navigate grief is such a gift to us humans. My cousin was in a tragic accident this week and passed yesterday. I spent the day making this piece while holding her in my heart, letting her story settle into each part of it, saying goodbye from afar. Descansa en paz, prima 🖤

Illustration of a dragon tree and yellow orchids on a red background

A photo from the 90s of a smiling young woman holding one child on her hip and nestling another against her side

TORO@destinytoro· May 20

✧✦ Quote repost your art that has stars ✦✧

Illustration of a bird breathing out space, with the Milky Way in view. Bordered by bats and plants.

TORO@destinytoro· May 18

I've been pretty quiet on here lately because I've been working on a lot of things behind the scenes, including a big shop update and this sweet commission of Maple 🖤

Illustration of a brown and white dog surrounded by violets on a dark red background with a blue, gold, and salmon striped border.

TORO@destinytoro· May 17

Happy Gotcha Day, Mama! One of my favorite things about her is waking up to the various arrangements of treats she “hunted” for me during the night 🖤

TORO@destinytoro· May 14

I was taking some reference photos of the yagrumo tree in my backyard and my neighbor Tempurrra said, catch me on the catwalk please 📸💅