Desert Collage

This is a collage I did with pieces of paper and fluid acrylics. The cactus on the left is done with corrugated cardboard painted green, other papers are tissue paper, torn up egg cartons. The gessoed board was covered with moulding paste for texture before painting. The scene is the same one I did an oil painting of in a previous post.

Arctic, Nature's Educators Gyrfalcon

This is a painting of Nature's Educators Gyrfalcon Arctic. Oil on 8X10 canvas. He came to us from a breeding facility in the pacific northwest and is now part of our education program. He is 18 years old.

Sabino Canyon, Tucson, AZ

This is a painting I did from a photograph of Sabino Canyon, Tucson, AZ vacation. Birding and hiking. Did you know a Saguaro cactus grows one inch in 10 years, three feet in 50 years, and its first arm in 85-100 years. So, the cactus in this painting is very old. Oil on canvas, 8X10.

Harris's Hawk

Harris's Hawk, Zeus is another raptor with Nature's Educators. He used to be a falconer's bird, but now is an education raptor. Oil on 8X10 canvas.

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Athena the Great Horned Owl

This is a painting I did this afternoon. Oil on canvas, 8X10, painted from Bill Pelzmann's photo, Rocky Mountain Nature Photographers. Nature's Educators did a photo shoot with the club in January. Athena is Nature's Educators Great Horned Owl. I volunteer with Nature's Educators and was Athena's handler during the photo shoot.

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Christmas Card Painting

This is the painting I used for my 2011 Christmas card. Oil on 9X12 canvas. Painted from a photograph of the 12,000 ft. peaks as viewed from the top of Copper Mountain Ski Resort. It's a white Christmas here too.

Portrait of a Yellow Lab

This is a portrait of a Yellow Lab, done from a magazine advertisement photo. Oil on board, 8x10. Any pet portrait $50. Makes a nice Christmas gift.