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About the Motmot
Exploring the natural world with pencil and paper from high atop a one-story bungalow in the middle of Oklahoma.
Category Archives: paleontology
Drawing With Friends at the Museum
There’s something special about sketching with friends. Last Saturday my friends Becky and Mitsuno and I met upstairs in the Natural Wonders Gallery at SNOMNH for a morning of companionable sketching. Our little group was a cluster of self-affirming creative … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, Art, Artists, Drawing, How-to, museums, Oklahoma, paleontology, teaching, Wildlife
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New England Love Letter, part 1
This is a love letter to a great North American region; I’m about to get mushy and more than a little verklempt, if you’ll permit me. I’ve been more a little emotional the last few days just thinking how quickly … Continue reading
Posted in Art, birding, birds, Environment, field sketching, Harvard Forest, museums, Music, Nature, New England, paleontology, Petersham, Science, self-indulgence, Sketching
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Mammoths, Diatrymas and Bison latifrons
Had a lovely day with a couple of art friends, Becky and Mitsuno, sketching for fun at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. We went to a quiet spot in the Ancient Life Gallery that is inhabited by … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Artists, Drawing, museums, paleontology, Sketching
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