Studio Assistant Gryffin got promoted after my long-time Studio Manager Gram left us for the Rainbow Bridge last December. I don’t think Gryff was paying attention to Gram’s instruction.
He’s supposed to help, not hinder.
#cats #catsofbluesky #studiocat

Does anyone need a moment of quiet stillness? Art can help. Here’s my contribution.
Reflecting, silverpoint & watercolor on casein prepared paper, 14x10 in.
#artheals #natureheals #silverpoint #birdart

Mr. Scruffy, the Carolina Wren, faces Monday with his jaunty tail up in the air for all to see. On this Monday morning, be like Mr. Scruffy! 😉🪶.
#mondaymorning #funnybirds #facethedaywithboldness

I’m embracing a ‘skies the limit’ philosophy here at @bsky.app. As an artist on other social media, I’ve pretty much adhered to the ‘artist social media rule’ to only post art- but not here- my art, photography and anything I feel like! #skiesthelimit #artist #photographer #wanderer #backyardbird

Day 20- #artadventcalendar I missed a few days but today the snow is softly falling outside my window so I give you a cool tree from a snowy day in Yellowstone NP.
Witness
16x12 inches
Egg tempera on gessoed panel

Day 16-#artadventcalendar
More feathers and a maple seed samara on vellum.
Of Winged Things
Watercolor on calfskin vellum
7x5 inches
#watercolor #vellum #featherpainting

Day 15- #artadventcalendar switching to drybrush watercolor on vellum. This piece is just finishing up traveling with the 2023 Birds in Art exhibition. I think I’ll see it back in the studio sometime in January. I love painting feathers!

#feathers #watercolor #vellum

Day 14- #artadventcalendar - this painting just came home to me today from Iowa- it was in the Society of Animal Artists annual exhibition. It is a casein painting of a wild mustang in the Onaqui herd in Utah.
The Reflecting Pool
Casein on museum rag board
7 3/8 x 18.5
#casein #mustang # wildlifeart

#artadventcalendar Day 13-
Another blue sky piece-
Of Air & Water
Casein on Ampersand Aquabord
8x8 inches
#casein #egret #birdart #birdartist

Jumping on the #artadventcalendar a little late, but as the saying goes - better late than…
Day 12 - picking one of my
‘Bluesky’ paintings
Gliding Under a Gilded Sky
Casein on panel
16x16 in
American White Pelicans

Nature is my personal muse. My intention is to have my work create a connection not only to the physical beauty of the natural world that I love, but to reach a deeper understanding of our own essential connections to nature, to our own stories.