Category: Studio

  • Chickadees

    Chickadees

    This is a new painting I’m working on of a pair of little Chickadees on Autumn dried vegetation. I really liked the energy in their poses. I chose a muted color scheme that I think compliments the birds well.

  • Kestrel Painting

    Kestrel Painting

    Almost finished with this small painting of a male kestrel landing on a textured log.  It’s taken a bit longer than I had anticipated to place all the details, but I like the movement and color.  I also love the pose of the bird in this piece.  I was able to spend a while shooting…

  • Grizzly Bear Watercolor

    Grizzly Bear Watercolor

    Finishing off this small grizzly bear painting that will end up as a 5×7″ or 6×8″ depending on final cropping. She was a bear from a wildlife sanctuary and seemed to know she was being admired.

  • Red Fox Kits

    Red Fox Kits

    Almost finished with this small painting of two fox kit siblings. It is mesmerizing watching these little ones romp and play with so much energy and joy. I hope I captured a little of that spark as they paused for a moment to catch their breath.

  • Great Horned Owl

    Great Horned Owl

    This Great Horned Owl piece is just finishing up. I gave it another autumn color palette that I thought complimented it nicely. I’ve occasionally seen (and heard) great horned owls in the neighborhood, usually at dusk. However this year they seem to have been absent so far. The Barred Owl family had a large brood,…

  • Mountain Lions

    Mountain Lions

    Almost done with this small watercolor painting of a pair of sunlit Mountain Lions. Loved working with this color palette and warm glowing color.

  • Songbirds & Birdhouses

    This is one of my new paintings being done by request for licensing. It’s a little different than my other work, but has been fun to combine so many cheery bright colors.

  • Red Fox Family

    Browsing through some files today and thought some may be interested in seeing the final scanned image of the Red Fox Family, currently showing at Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, NC.

  • Great Egret Preening

    Great Egret Preening

    This is another work in progress for the Fall show in NC, an 8″ x 10″. I saw this beautiful egret in Florida several years ago while spending the day at a rookery. So many of these birds building nests, courting, guarding eggs, and some already raising fluffy little ones. All of the birding activity…

  • Robin Nesting

    Robin Nesting

    This seemed like a unique setting for a painting with the two little ones in the nest. This of course is the underpainting with color being added next. The painting should finish as an 8″ x 10″. The robins in this part of Minnesota this year seem to be more active and extra territorial, but…