Category Archives: birding

Back in the tropics, with paint

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

Arrived on the morning boat from Gamboa yesterday morning, after a long day’s travel from Oklahoma which included an unscheduled landing in Cartagena, Colombia (my seat mate looked at the in-flight magazine and said thoughtfully, “American doesn’t actually fly to … Continue reading →

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Friday Feathers- Woodstorks at the 16th Hole

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

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 →

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A Hungry Carnival of Birds

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Stuffed birds aren’t always in museums. Sometimes they’re perched in trees, crammed to the tops of their crops. They get sleepy, their heads tilt and eyes glaze over; they are simply stupefied by gluttony. Drawing songbirds through the scope is … Continue reading →

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