New Collection Arriving..

Evening Egret, 6in x 8in watercolor on board with sterling silver & 24kt gold

A new collection of works was just delivered to it’s premiere venue – here is a first peek at the paintings: Evening Egret, 6in x 8in watercolor on board with sterling silver & 24kt gold A stunningly beautiful evening in a marsh as the sun was setting, all of the […] Read more »

Observing Birds – Great Blue Heron

Afternoon Wading - Great Blue Heron, 5" x 7", watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham

Afternoon Wading – Great Blue Heron, 5″ x 7″, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham I love stopping by busy ponds where Great Blue Heron, Egret, and various other shore birds and waterfowl are looking for snacks.. I could (and have :) ) made a seat along the water’s edge for […] Read more »

Illuminated – Snowy Egret Miniature Painting

  Here is another painting (pictured in progress) in my studio. It’s a snowy egret that I was able to watch on the beach catching minnows in Florida earlier this year (see my ‘Bad Hair Day‘ post…). I started the miniature painting during the NatureWorks show in Tulsa…painting in my […] 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 »

Seaside Art Gallery – 16th International Miniature Art Show

I just received notice that the three paintings that I sent to the "16th International Miniature Art Show" at the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, North Carolina were juried into the exhibition. The Outer Banks gallery was founded in 1961 (the barrier islands of North Carolina). A reception for […] Read more »

Snowy Egret Miniature Painting- Color Progress

  This is how my Snowy Egret painting is looking right now. The painting is very subtle and has a lot of very soft color tones in it – unfortunately the richness of the color in the habitat and some of the accents in the egret are not showing up […] Read more »

Snowy Egret Sketch

  This is a sketch of a snowy egret that was fishing a little area between the boulders on the beach for a little lunch in the Daytona Beach/New Smyrna Beach area of Florida. Some of my friends put up with me and my sister chasing all of the shorebirds […] Read more »

New Miniature Painting…

This is a new miniature painting I started not long ago.  A snowy egret.  I have been doing  quite a bit of painting, but not enough posting here on the blog.  One of my friends wanted to see this piece, so here it is…   Read more »

Miniature of a Great Egret

I just finished this miniature painting today.  The piece has been in my studio for a little while.  I came up with a few new ideas for it while painting my last mute swan piece. This is another painting that was researched a few years ago in Florida. :)   […] Read more »