Author Archives: zeladoniac

About zeladoniac

Debby Kaspari travels the world with sketchbook and binoculars, drawing and painting in wild and not-so-wild landscapes. Norman, Oklahoma is her home base, and she lives there with her tropical ecologist husband and a mackerel tabby named Gizmo.

We are okay here in Norman

Posted on May 20, 2013

And thinking tonight of folks just up the road from us, dealing with the appalling aftermath of the tornado that cut through the heart of their city this afternoon. If you can help, please follow this link to the American … Continue reading →

Posted in Oklahoma, Tornado, Weather | 2 Comments

Friday Feathers- Woodstorks at the 16th Hole

Posted on May 17, 2013

I am Artist in Residence this week at Spring Island Trust in Okatie, SC, drawing and painting birds and sunlit landscapes with palmettos and broad marshes, alligators, live oaks dripping Spanish moss. Wonderful wading birds: tricolored herons, little blues, greens, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure!, Art, Artists, bird art, birding, birds, Diversions, Drawing, Environment, field sketching, Nature, nature journaling, painting, plein air, random speculation, Sketching, travel, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Friday Figures- How to paint a tornado

Posted on May 10, 2013

Making art from destruction is a good exercise in catharsis. People do it everyday. The form it takes depends on the physical or emotional or even metaphorical destruction involved. Sometimes all three parts get whipped up together in a single … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artists, Drawing, Exhibits, figure drawing, Oklahoma, painting, Tornado, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments