The Little Nuthatch — field guide paintings

I have had many requests for this field guide painting... butterflies! Featuring Buckeye, Mourning Cloak, Viceroy, Monarch, Red Admiral, Queen, Question Mark, Great Swallowtail,  and Great Spangled Fritillary. I already made prints and put them up in the shop.

Penguins are done!

Last month I did this painting of the birds of Eastern North Carolina. This was a commission, and such a fun project. I'd love to do more specialized field guide paintings for areas all over the world!   While most of the birds in my paintings are the colorful male birds, it was requested that I include the female cardinal in this one. I was happy to oblige, they are such beautiful birds!   I will have prints of this in my shop shortly.

New field guide painting, the Warblers of Merritt Island Part 2: Featuring: American Redstart Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-winged Warbler Cape May Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Common Yellowthroat Golden-winged Warbler Hooded Warbler Magnolia Warbler Nashville Warbler Prairie Warbler Ruby-crowned Kinglet Tennessee Warbler Wilson's Warbler Worm Eating Warbler This painting does not stand alone, there were too many warblers so I did two paintings. Here is Part 1, done quite some time ago: Prints are made, I will have them this weekend at The Big Crafty in Asheville, NC and will add them to the shop...

Finished another field guide painting in my Merritt Island, Florida birding series. This one has the woodpeckers, owls, goatsuckers, and some other odd ones... getting to the end of the list and it can be a bit hard to decide which set to put some of these birds in.   Features: Barn Owl Barred Owl Belted Kingfisher Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chuck Will's Widow Downy Woodpecker Eastern Screech Owl Great Horned Owl Ground Dove Hairy Woodpecker Mourning Dove Northern Bobwhite Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-headed Woodpecker Rock Pigeon Short-eared Owl Smooth-billed Ani Whip-poor-will Wild Turkey Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-billed...