The Little Nuthatch — field guide paintings
Commissions of sweet animals and smart birds.
commissions field guide paintings
I've been busy with commissions in the new year. The first was a remake of a painting I did in 2014 that is a family portrait of sorts. The animals in the painting represent the Roberts family. I love this idea and was happy to paint it again for them with the addition of a bunny rabbit. Now I am working on a Corvids guide, which is a commission but will also be offered as an open edition print. Corvids are super smart birds like crows and jays. I'm also working on a few more commissions that are still under...
Backyard Birds of the United States.
I am so happy to say my Backyard Birds of the United States prints project is almost done! I have finished 49 out of 50 guides and the only one I have left is Hawaii! Hawaii will be done next year. With only one to go, I am feeling pretty excited right now. The prints are now available on Etsy, Handmade at Amazon, and Scoutmob. Here is a selection: And the rest can be seen at Etsy, Handmade at Amazon, and Scoutmob. It was so awesome to do this project and learn...
Work in progress: New bird guides of North America.
When I first started painting classification chart/field guide style paintings they were focused on the bird list for Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, to learn more about the birds at what is one of my favorite birding spots. At that time I didn't know that other people would want these paintings on their own walls, and I'm honored to have received such a great response. Thank you! That brings me to a new project, that is to redo those original guides to include the birds of North America beyond the specifics of Florida. Here is some current work in progress...
More Backyard Birds of the States.
I've just put up a bunch of new Backyard Bird Guides for different states up on Etsy. I'm enjoying learning the range of my local birds, and now as I move into the west, I will be painting and learning some new ones! Here are the many new additions: Arkansas Illinois Iowa Louisiana Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Hampshire North Carolina South Carolina Vermont Wisconsin
3x5 Art Challenge Day 5.
The 3x5 Art Challenge is going around the internet... you post 3 pieces of art for 5 days, and tag others to do the same. Foregoing the tagging, I thought I'd share mine on the good old blog. Day 5, my most recent "thing" is my field guide paintings. I started doing these in order to better learn to identify my local birds. I started by painting all the birds of Merritt Island NWR. This was my first one, from 2010: My favorite, Burrowing Animals: Another favorite, Sloths: