Tag: studies
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I am excited to showcase my latest collection of small oil sketches, featuring a few specimens of a bountiful harvest of garden vegetables and the intriguing beauty of bracket fungus. As an artist, I find inspiration in the simple pleasures of life, and what better way to celebrate the changing seasons than by capturing the…
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As an artist, sketching is an essential part of honing skills and capturing the essence of the subject. That’s why I wanted to dedicate this sketch to the graceful mountain lion, a creature that embodies both elegance and strength. With a pencil in hand, I embarked on a journey to capture the spirit of the…
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I’m delighted to share some recent sketches from my ornithological studies. Songbirds are a constant source of fascination and inspiration in my artistic journey. Their radiant forms, intricate details, and diverse behaviors offer endless opportunities for observation and learning. In these pages, I aimed to capture local species like the Northern Cardinal and Chickadee with…
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Though now confined to the studio, visions of grizzlies (and other wild creatures) still dance in my mind’s eye, itching to be painted. I take thousands of reference photos during my encounters, but draw as much from memory—recollections of chance meetings with the bears in their wilderness habitat or rescue animals in sanctuaries. I had…