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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.
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Over the Cliff with Georgia O’Keeffe
“The cliffs over there, you look at it and it’s almost painted for you, you think until you try”. Georgia O’Keeffe’s beautifully strange formations aren’t necessarily the subjective stylings of a modern artist. I drove past a few round-headed, gray-striped … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, Art, Artists, Drawing, field sketching, Nature, painting, plein air, Sketching, teaching, travel
Tagged Abiquiu, art, desert, Georgia O'Keefe, Ghost Ranch, landscape art, Nature, New Mexico, pastels, plein air painting, sketching, Southwest, travel, watercolor
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The Ant Man Bloggeth
New blog alert! Mike the Ant Man has just revived the “Ant Lab in Panama” blog, with all new students, and all new experiments to ooh and aah over. Take a look into the arcane and wondrous world of the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, Environment, Evolution, Nature, Panama, rainforest, Science, Stupid Critter Tricks, teaching, tropics
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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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