A tour of Merritt Island today. Everything was just beautiful – and so many birds!! :) I have been to this area before, but hadn’t been able to spend adequate time in the refuge for more in-depth study. Truthfully, I would have liked to have spent a great deal more […] Read more »
Aquatic Wildlife
A visit to Sea World for some oceanic reference and study. I especially enjoyed seeing the polar bear exhibit where the water is kept at a specific temperature for the comfort of the bear – simulating it’s natural habitat. :) Read more »
Behind the Scenes
We had a bit of a behind the scenes tour today of the wildlife at Busch Gardens here in Florida. All of their animals are so beautiful and well cared for — though, as nice as their enclosures may be, I do wish these animals didn’t have to be in […] Read more »
A Little Painting Time
It can be quite exhausting to be out in the field all day for study and research. Thankfully, tonight I was able to get a little painting time in at the hotel room. I just started work on a miniature cat piece – it will be posted (in it’s color […] Read more »
Conservation for Wild Cats
I spent the day surrounded by wildcats — simply breathtaking. :) We are working with Big Cat Rescue, gathering reference for new work through numerous hours of study. We have some fund raising work scheduled for the near future – I will be sure to post about that when plans […] Read more »
New Research For Paintings – Florida
A number of our galleries have been doing quite well lately. I just received notice that one of my galleries has sold out of my artwork (so I have some work to do :) ). It is a good thing we have scheduled this research outing for new study. I […] Read more »
More New Paintings
I started work on a few new paintings today. I will post images of them when they progress far enough. Read more »
Sign Here Please….
My print signing sessions have begun. I put a bit of time in autographing today at Maximum Graphics for the Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Print (only 4,500 more prints left to go!! :) ). Read more »
New Paintings…
I’ve started a few new painting in the past couple of days. The new pieces are a little smaller than the paintings I have been working on lately. I will get some images of them online soon for everyone to see. Read more »
Proofing – Ducks Unlimited’s Sponsor Print
I visited the printer today to approve the final proof for the Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Print. I think it looks very nice – the colors reproduced well. It is really exciting to see the finished (or near finished) product of your artwork being made like this. I am […] Read more »