I'd Like to Be Under the Sea...
My fave movie from last year was "My Octopus Teacher," the tender story of a guy and the sea creature he befriends. I fell in love. This...
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And More Fur, Feathers & Fun!
Coincidentally, not long after exploring the work of Elizabeth Hilaire, I found Lisa Morales, who, like Elizabeth and I explores mixed...
Fur, Feathers and Fun!
After I was widowed it hit home for me how my approach to travel would change. My husband and I were extremely close, and for much of the...
Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?
I have not done a self-portrait since college, when my professor, Fr Sullivan, was unimpressed with my first attempt. He was right; it...
Meet Karla Shuster
I go through periods during which I consume more art by fellow artists than I produce myself. I LOVE ART! It's been a few years...
Vulturine Guineafowl
I was quite happy with the way I rendered the texture of this beast's facial skin. I own a gazillion specialty brushes in Photoshop and...
Horny Hornbill
This week I finished an illustration of the Ground Hornbill. These are REALLY interesting birds. Their enviably long eyelashes are...
Sing. Sing. Sing!
How can you resist leafing through a mid-century Monkey Wards catalog? Its pages were used for the background of this action-packed image...
Meep Meep
OK, this one was fun! When I was in grade school we had to stay with our babysitter--Mrs Bays--after school until my dad got off work at...
The Eyes Still Have It!
This weekend I finished an ostrich illustration for my "The Eyes Have It," series of bird images.
Toffee Ripple Fuzzypants
It's been impossible getting a good image of this finished work on canvas! Because of the gloss finish, a lot of the detail is lost to...
The Eyes Have It
They are a stunning sight! Our national bird is huge, and dominates its environment. I saw my first one at Silver Lake, at the Carson...
The Eyes Have It
Behold the Cassowary. I am so in love with this face. One can never have too much texture, and I LOVE drawing texture. This one took...
Woody
Flickers are gorgeous birds and I always enjoy hearing the tap tap tap on a log or pole, then spotting the industrious bird. We had birch...
Western Tanager
My last illustration of 2022 is the Western Tanager, a stunning beauty common in the western U.S. Haven't seen one? Look up! They love to...
Let's Play Chicken
I harbor a love for chickens. I grew up with them, and that created a problem when I went off to college and could no longer walk out to...
Birdies! Let's Play House!
I recently completed a series of bird houses which have been met with over-the-top praise. Each is decoupaged with at least five coats of...
Avocet's Carrot Top
I used to live near Coyote Hills where there's a great birding area by the salt ponds in the shadow of the Dumbarton Bridge. Adult...
See a Cardinal?
I first saw a Cardinal back in 1994 in the parking lot of AOL headquarters in Tyson's Corner VA and was thrilled! I wasn't yet an...
Nevermore!
Ravens are among the smartest in the bird kingdom. One of their superpowers is the ability to mimic human speech; they are often even...
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