Shooting Eagles

  It’s National Wildlife Week, a celebration of the wildlife that surrounds us. While wildlife enthusiasts find this a happy time, reports of another bald eagle shooting appears in newsfeeds.  This time it’s in Forks, Washington – 2 Bald Eagles, an adult male and male juvenile, are found dead.  The bald […] Read more »

Questions of Stress, Relief, and Relaxation

Dish of sepia and brush

Several good questions were presented over on Google+ last week.  ..so I thought I would post the response here for everyone who might be interested in the reply.. “A question: Is it stressful while you are painting and you are relieved when it is finished ? Or do you relax […] Read more »

Interesting Places: The Minnesota Arboretum

Many of my paintings featuring botanicals are inspired by my visits to the Minnesota Arboretum.  It is a very large location with ever-changing gardens of flowerscapes that are simply stunning.  I have mentioned the location before, in post descriptions of some of my floral subjects, but I felt that having […] Read more »

Why Do You Paint Like A Maniac?

detail-fox Fox Painting - Detail View, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham

Fox Painting – Detail View, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham Why do you paint like a maniac? I occasionally get questions like this. Why? Why do you paint like a maniac?  Why put in so much detail? and so on. Sometimes this comes from other artists.  Sometimes from the general […] Read more »

Hike in Black Canyon Wilderness

This was a hike into the Black Canyon Wilderness in the Tetons early one morning before we had to be back in Jackson at our gallery. I was surprised that it was more of a woodsy trail and not as much of a ‘canyon’, but gorgeous none the less.  Several […] Read more »

Remember the Tetons

I have to admit, I absolutely love mountains..  This was from our trip in the fall of 2010 to Jackson Hole, Wyoming for the Fall Arts Festival.  Spending the early mornings encountering bison, moose, coyote, and so many more that we come across in the GTNP.  Another one of my […] Read more »

Pacific Northwest Travels

Swamped a bit lately recovering from the trip and finishing up some deadlines..but finally a chance to make a post here… :D For the final leg of our Western adventure, we quickly toured Washington State.  …going to several wildlife facilities and visiting friends.  Lots of beautiful things to paint and […] Read more »

More Snapshots from Florida

Here are some other images from Florida for everyone to take a peek at. Many thanks to our friends for their help in getting the wildlife to cooperate… ;) lol! Again, we were so fortunate to have such a wide variety of birds and such show up for us. (…even […] Read more »