All matted up ( 8 ply Rising ) … frames next “Back Home” ( Wood Duck ) will be off to its new home in mid - August “The Sentinel” - will be available in the gallery in mid - August …framing and showing done by @ Caplow Frame & Restoration - Minneapolis MN #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🪶🦉🐡🎨

“Heavenly Gaze” - Downy Woodpecker Current weekend wip .. Emotions such as grief and joy are found throughout nature … this Downy rests upon the fallen mighty oak .. gazing up at what once was .. Image 7” x 4” Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano Cold Press #sciart #birdart #traditionalart 🪶🎨🦉🐡

“The Watchtower” Cardinal / Pussy Willow Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano HP #sciart #birdart #traditionalart 🐡🦉🪶🎨

“Back Home” Latest Commission off the easel .. Man and Nature interact .. farm created .. spring fed pond in the valley off the hills of southern Minnesota .. stocked with trout and accompanied by 2 wood duck houses. Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano HP 16” x 7” #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🐡🦉🪶🎨

“The Calling” .. Spring in wetlands is immersed in the sounds of returning migratory birds .. none more recognizable than the Red Winged Blackbird. Image 5”x 7” Watercolor /Gouache Fabriano HP #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🐡🦉🎨

“The Calling” .. current wip Thinking spring.. Thinking spring after a ditch ride in last weeks blizzard .. all okay but car needs a little re-hab .. Watercolor / Gouache on Fabriano HP Image size 4” x 7” #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🦉🪶🐡🎨

“Swag in the Hood” Hooded Merganser 8” x 7” Really enjoyed working in the “black” range on this one .. only used a bit of black on the pupil .. otherwise using combinations to pickup the veridian and purples .. def a learning work Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano Artistico HP #birdart #sciart 🦉🐡

“Tranquility” Cygnet asleep 3” x 5” Graphite on Fabriano HP #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🦉🪶🪶🐡

Current wip .. “Flyte Tyme - Trumpeter Swan” ( with a nod to the Minneapolis Music Scene ) Trumpeter Swans were a constant companion over the Rat Root River ( Int’l Falls , MN ) last month before the freeze up Image - 8.5” x 5” Watercolor / Gouache / Polychromos #sciart #birdart #traditionalart 🦉🪶🐡

Wip update. . “Farewell To Summer Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Lupines Fabriano Artistico Arctic White HP Fabr-Castellated Graphite Pencils “Sold” #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🪶🦉🐡

Current wip .. a bit of HB pencil work watching World Series .. Trying to hang onto Summer with baseball, lupines and a hummingbird 😊 #birdart #traditionalart #sciart 🦉🐡🪶

Current wip … wrapping up details on the Baltimore Oriole piece for the Bakken Museum’s Gala… this piece will be in the auction for their fundraiser October 10th .. so important to give back so we can all move forward and inspire 💙 Watercolor / Gouache / Polychromos Fabriano Artistico HP

“The Sentinel on 13“ Image size 13 x 9 Watercolor / Gouache on Fabriano HP Intensely Loyal and Remakably Intelligent, Crows and the Corvid Birds are amazingly social with lifelong companions .. This character is on watch for the rest of the flock 😉 #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🐡🦉🪶

… and so it begins Celebrating Birds Exhibition opens Friday May 9th in my first solo exhibition .. 15 pieces Bakken Museum Minneapolis, Minnesota #traditionalart #sciart #birdart 🐡🦉

“Fly By” Barn Swallow Image size 10.5” x 12” Watercolor / Gouache Polychromos background Fabriano Artistico HP #traditionalart #birdart #sciart 🐡🦉

WIP .. work in progress this weekend for the May 9th opening of the show at the Bakken Museum … see you all there .. should look great in a Picture Woods Frame 😉 🐡🪶 #traditionalart

First Solo Show 😊 🐡🪶 #traditionalart

Today, more than ever, we need to fill the @bsky.app with this. What an appalling scene in the White House. #boycottUSA #slavaUkraini Zelensky is the hero and those other '2' are cowards and bullies. #Shameful

“Lift Up Your Voice” Sandhill Crane Image Size 5.5” x 8” Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano HP #birdart #sciart #traditionalart 🐡🪶

Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

Peregrine Falcon on a rock Watercolor and colored pencil on board 12.2″ x 11.4″ (31 x 29 cm) . . . #wildlifeart #animalart #wildlifepainting #animalpainting #realisticart #animalillustration #wildlifeillustration #traditionalanimalart #naturalhistoryart #birdart

Remember what the Bishop said

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus). Photo © Enrique Shore #birds #nature #birding #flying #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #birdsinflight #beauty #chickadee #birdwatching #bird #dancingintheair #wings #feathers

Happy New Year !! Starting off 2025 with the White Breasted Nuthatch !! Image size 6” x 7” Watercolor / Gouache Fabriano HP #traditionalart #birdart #sciart 🪶🐡

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Pileated Woodpecker Commission Watercolor / Gouache Image size 7 x 10 Fabriano HP #traditionalart #birdart #sciart 🪶 🐡