Right now I’m working on sketches for a field guide owl plate. While browsing the web for research material came across this cute and highly anthropomorphic Burrowing owl act. Enjoy!
Archive for October, 2008
Why I Love My Job
Posted in Art, Drawing, Illustration, Nature, Stupid Critter Tricks, Wildlife, bird art, birding, birds on October 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Art Never Sleeps, and Why Should It?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just got a package of ten sheets of the most luscious watercolor paper delivered by UPS the other day: Lanaquarelle 140lb hot press. It’s surface is a soft, luxurious vellum, the color is bright white, and ten 22″x30″ sheets is plenty for my current project list, which includes an illustration for the Journal of [...]
The Cutest Porcupine
Posted in Stupid Critter Tricks, Wildlife on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Spike is a porcupine, and lives in Cindy’s backyard. He’s cute n’ cuddly except for a backside full of sharp, barbed quills that keep everyone at a distance. He’s so sure no one will bother with him that he shambles around like a spiky teddybear and takes naps wherever he wants to, even on Cindy’s [...]
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Exhibition: Drawing the Motmot; An Artist’s View of Tropical Nature
October 10-January 18 at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Click on the picture for a link to the Museum!
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Nominated for Two Awards!
Just reissued and now available on CDBaby.com! The band from the Motmot’s banjo pickin’ days!
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