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Silvaris Studio
@stellarsquirrel.bsky.social
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Sil -  (noun) Latin for forest
Var -  (adjective) for changing, colored, different, diverse

A wildlife ecologist celebrating the biodiversity all around us through art

Website: https://www.silvaris-studio.com/
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My partner carved this deer from sassafras wood which I think is clever considering deer browse sassafras leaves if other food is low and use the trunks and branches to rub itchy antlers

#sciart #woodcarving #deerart #handmade #sassafrasswood #woodcraft #handcarved #wildlifeart
Head on view of a buck with 3 points on redish wood
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Male northern flicker (yellow-shafted morph) and eastern redcedar

#Watercolor and #gouache #painting on 9x12 paper

#sciart #birdart #botanicalart #wildlifeart #ecoart #originalart #traditionalart
Male northern flicker perched so you can see his ventral (belly) side. Perched on a thing branch of a eastern redcedar tree that has some ripe berry-like cones visible.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Getting ready for my next art festival! This is one of my favorite pieces I'm bringing. My wonderful husband made a frame out of locally sourced cedar

#acrylicpainting #fox #foxart #sciart #handmade #woodworking #cedar #art #traditionalart #originalart #redfox #painting #frame #wildlifeart
painting of a red fox on a dark background with a red cedar frame.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Santa Fe River
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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A smug (or proud) red fox (Vulpes vulpes) just in time for #samhain

Acrylic on black canvas

#fox #foxart #wildlifeart #wildlifeartist #acrylicpainting #originalart #traditionalart #sciart
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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One of my current wips...

Getting ready for my next show in November!

#acrylic #birdart #crow #corvids #sciart ##wildlifeart #wildlife #birds #originalart #traditionalart
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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A slightly better picture of my latest

Love u Vulpes vulpes <3
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Vulpes vulpes

Foxes have always been a favorite muse 💜

Last painting before my first art festival... I am nervous and excited

#wildlifeart #traditionalart #originalart #acrylicpainting #fox #foxart #smallbusiness #sciart
red fox looking forward, just the head and shoulders are visible
October 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Brown thrasher and yaupon holly. Thrasher's are some of my favorite birds and yaupon is fruiting now in my local forests. Yaupon berries are an important food for many birds during the fall and winter.

#sciart #birdart #botany #wildlifeillustration #gouache #ecoart #traditionalart #watercolor #art
Brown thrasher perched on a yaupon holly branch with fruit and leaves visible.
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Just keep swimming 🦦

Just finished this little painting of a river otter swimming in a Florida first magnitude spring.

#riverotter #saveoursprings #Florida #sciart #originalpainting #wildlifeart #acrylicpainting
In center an otter twisting underwater. The bottom of the spring is sandy with dark vegetation, and the sides are framed in dark limestone. The sun shines through the clear blue water above.
September 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all?

Barred Owl - Acrylic on Canvas

One of my favorite species of owls to see (and hear!)

#birdart #wildlifeart #sciart #traditionalart #originalart #owl #painting #art #acrylicpainting
Barred owl facing the viewer head on, perched on a bare branch, with bare branches and gray sky as background.
September 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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My lil' print shop is finally open! ✨

www.silvaris-studio.com/print-shop

Starting w/ a few favorite watercolors of native flora & fauna of the southern US. 🐸🦉🌿

I would be honored if you visited or shared!

#BirdArt #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #supportartists #OriginalArt #WildlifeArt #TraditionalArtist
Blue jay perched on a tree branch, looking back over their shoulder. Screenshot of two of the prints available in the backyard birds collection: Barn Owl and Blue Jay
September 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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White-winged dove in gouache in my new watercolor sketchbook.

Yes, I was definitely singing the song in my head while i painted 😅

#birdart #sciart #originalart #traditionalart #gouache #sketchbook #wildlifeart
White-winged dove perched on a branch, looking over their back.
September 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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the egrets stalk through the rain / as if nothing mortal can affect them’ – Derek Walcott

Great egret in breeding plumage in acrylic 10 x 10 canvas

#sciart #wildlifeart #birdart #acrylicpainting #originalart #traditionalart #wadingbirds #poem #art
the neck and the back of a great egret in breeding plumage on a dark green and shimmery background. Same photo but held up against an ouside background.
August 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I was a busy girl this weekend, and I'm really happy with one! White ibis, one of the more common wetland birds around these parts, but when you take a minute to really look at them, they are stunning 🥰

#birdart #sciart #wildlifeart #acrylicpainting #traditonalart #originalart #wadingbirds
white ibis on a dark blue green background with iridescent streaking closeup of the painting
August 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Just finished a new painting of everyone's favorite backyard bully, the tufted titmouse. I love watching these little guys cause drama at my feeders.

8 x 8 acrylic on canvas

#acrylicpainting #birdart #sciart #wildlifeart #originalart #traditionalart #tuftedtitmouse
tufted titmouse sitting on a branch with a milky sunset. tufted titmouse sitting on a branch with a milky sunset
August 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Eastern bluebird and pokeweed. Bluebirds eat a lot of fruit in the fall and winter time, including pokeweed berries! We are lucky to have both these lovely species right here on the farm

#sciart #birdart #bluebird #pokeweed #nativeplants #botanicalillustration #wildlifeart #gouache #painting
Two Eastern bluebirds perched on a bending pokeweed branch that is displaying ripe fruit and a flower.
August 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Hart Springs 💜

#Florida #wildspaces #naturalbeauty #greategret #photography #freshwater #springs
August 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Two of my paintings were accepted into a virtual exhibition entitled "Small Wonders" hosted by an LA gallery, The Hummingbird & Dragonfly.

I am in very good company. Lots of lovely little wonders to see here: www.hummingbirddragonflyartgallery.com/featured-exh...

#originalart #artshow #virtual
August 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Find the stingray 🤪
sandy shallow sea and a little stingray hiding in plain sight.
July 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Realized I never posted a closer image of my last acrylic. Played around with iridescent paint to try to capture the structural pigmentation of common grackle feathers.

#birdart #acrylic #sciart #wildlifeart #traditonalart #originalart #painting
July 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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felt something squishy in my boot so I turned it upside down, and plop. This guy.

#toad #southerntoad #photo
July 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Northern mockingbird perched on native beautyberry.

Gouache and watercolor 9 X 12

#sciart #wildlifeart #naturalhistory #birdart #traditionalart #originalart #gouache #watercolor #mixedmedia #plantart #backyardbiodiversity
Northern Mockingbird perched and framed by beautyberry.
July 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Found four juvenile armadillo on my little hike today. Enjoy the cuteness

#armadillo #wildlife #video
July 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A squirrel and chickadee encounter. I am not sure what is transpiring between them. Any thoughts?

One of my first watercolor experiments from a few years ago.

#sciart #wildlifeart #birdart #squirrel #watercolor #traditionalart #art #speciesinteraction #fungalart #TBT #TBThursday
A red squirrel, standing in the opening of a hallow tree, looks up as she slightly nibbles on a tan mushroom. A little black-capped chickadee, perched on the mushroom, looks down at the squirrel.
July 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM