Paintings of Wildlife & Nature by Rebecca Latham
This is a quick post with a snapshot from the last photoshoot/encounter with what will be in future paintings. :) Bobcat Kittens. This little guy could not be more adorable… So sweet. :D
I hope all of you are having a fabulous holiday season! All the best & thanks so much for your support! :D
This is a new painting that I am working on right now shown in it’s sepia stage. Timberwolf, 11×14, watercolor on board. :)
This is the latest painting off of my easel. It is a 4″x6″ painting of a mute swan titled, “Serenade in Blue”. I always find it so stunning to observe the colors reflected in white animals and birds. The way the light plays on the surface is nothing short of magical and always a challenge to capture in paint.
The painting will debute at the Weatherburn Gallery’s invitational holiday miniature show, “It’s A Small World” in Naples, Florida. http://weatherburn.com
This is one of my latest paintings, “Rhapsody – Iris”. It is approx 6×6 watercolor on board painted in miniature. I love the irises growing in my garden and really enjoy being able to paint the splash of color in my work. My studio overlooks the gardens, so it gives a lot of floral inspiration in the spring and summer months.
. Teddy Bear Miniature Painting . Watercolor on Board, Classic Traditional Miniature .
With the Holidays just around the corner, I want to extend an invitation to attend Whistle Pik Galleries 2008 Christmas Miniature Show Artist Reception Saturday, December 6th from 6 – 8 pm. My last post had a video of one of my paintings in the exhibit. This little teddy will also be in their contemporary miniature show. (..let me tell you, he was SO fun to paint… I don’t get to paint festive splashes of color every day, you know! ;) )
If you’d like a sneak peek, all of the show pieces will be on line and available for purchase beginning November 21, 2008. Click here to go to our website: http://www.whistlepik.com. Then click on “events” at the bottom of their home page to view the two part slideshow. They have a lot of variety in the styles of art in the exhibit, and it is awesome (both to see the art and the gallery itself) to see in person. I hope you can come. :D Happy Holidays! (…a little early. ;) )
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This is my newest video on YouTube – “On Golden Pond – Trumpeter Swans” traditional miniature in watercolor on board. The original is a part of a collection of my paintings being exhibited at the Whistle Pik Galleries’ Christmas Miniature Show this year, a contemporary miniature art exhibit in central Texas. (I’m very pleased to be a resident artist at the gallery. Please drop in if you have the chance…they are some of the nicest people in the business. :D )
I have never painted a brown pelican before – this is my first. I have completed several small white pelican pieces, however – but the brown seemed to be much more ‘exotic’ in it’s coloring. It was a real treat to paint it.
Being in the near-center of North America, I never saw a lot of these birds until I traveled to the coasts. I have had so many nice opportunities to watch them – especially enjoying their stunning displays as they dive into the ocean fishing. One of my galleries on the East Coast suggested that I paint this one for them…so I did. :D
I chose this plumage phase of the pelican because of the striking coloring. The colors seemed to compliment each other so well. I posted a cropped image of the head so one can see the fine feathers and texture that are in the painting. (The scans are, however, a bit harsh compared to the original painting.)
The original watercolor was a part of a contemporary miniature show at Decoys and Wildlife Gallery – http://www.decoyswildlife.com and is now in a private collection.
Giclee prints are available of this piece – please drop me an email if you would like to add it to your collection.
Wildlife Art; Great Horned Owl Watercolor Painting...in miniature
This piece is a portrait of a Great Horned Owl that fades off into the warm brown background. I haven’t painted a vinyette recently… I usually try to complete the subject to the edges of the frame. (…something that one of my teachers taught that really stuck. ;) )
For this owl painting I wanted something softer. This is Sam from the Minnesota Raptor Center – one of their education birds that cannot be released. She lives at the Raptor Center. I love watching her. She always seems to have a regal look about her (regal…with attitude…).
The painting is about 6″ x 6″ and is watercolor painted on board.
This is my newest video on YouTube – a 4×6 painting of a cougar (mountain lion, puma…), watercolor on board (in miniature, of course… ;) ). The title of the piece is “The Overseer – Cougar”. She seemed to enjoy peering down on everyone that came to admire her – sometimes stalking those of us that were smaller than the others. (Luckily, this was not a close encounter in the woods….)
This painting was completed earlier this year and sold. Limited edition giclee prints are available of the painting.
As I posted in twitter earlier, I have been very swamped lately ( …seems like I’m always saying that… :? ).
I just completed some works for exhibits that will open around the end of the year (I will post more about that later on).
I did get to escape for a day or so to see the Federal Duck Stamp events in Bloomington, MN. It was held in Minnesota for the first time, so there were a few parties and of course the exhibit and judging. Loved being able to see it again. I’ve been too busy with paintings for other places to have the time to squeeze in an entry for the contest, so I cheered on my friends instead. :) I’ve been to the events a number of times in the past when the government sent my family out to Washington, D.C. when it was exclusively held at the dept. of the Interior – everything supplied generously by the Federal Jr. Duck Stamp Program. …but that was a number of years ago.
For the time being, I am working on paintings for 7 invitational exhibits during the holidays – most of which are contemporary miniature shows. My representing galleries, Whistle Pik Galleries (Texas) & Galleries West (Wyoming), hold their annual contemporary miniature shows this time of the year for their patrons. I was also invited to be a part of ‘Almost Miniatures’ (Massachusetts), ‘It’s A Small World’ (Florida), and Planet Bronze Gallery’s show (Montana). My other galleries are also having seasonal events that I will be supplying paintings for as well.
To the left is a miniature painting that will be shown in one of the exhibits. A little raccoon in a tree hollow – watercolor on board. I started it the other day and it is pictured here nearly finished.
