Paintings of Wildlife & Nature by Rebecca Latham
Paintings by international wildlife artist Rebecca Latham. Featuring North American animals, birds, & nature in watercolor painted in miniature.
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 »
Detail of a Raccoon in Progress, 8″ x 10″, Sepia watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham For everyone in the US, or celebrating the holiday, happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. For others in various parts of the world, Christmas and other holidays and festivities filled with family and friends are […] Read more »
It’s been getting a little chilly here in Minnesota.. Remmie the studio cat agrees. His new favorite place to snuggle is in the drawer next to the warm laptop. The cat may have been lounging around lately, but things have been busy in the studio for those not of the […] Read more »
Squirrel Collection – all works are 5in x 7in, watercolor on board with sterling silver, ©Rebecca Latham I am asked this question rather often: How long do you work on a painting? How long did it take you to paint that? I stop and think. I try to give […] Read more »
Concentration – Cougar, 12 in x 15 in, ©Rebecca Latham, watercolor on board A few weeks ago, someone asked a question concerning larger sized paintings. What is the largest size you would attempt to do when adding so much detail? The answer, simply be due to physical limitations, would […] Read more »
Resting on the Ledge – Young Wolf, 6in x 8in watercolor on board with sterling silver I enjoyed watching this wolf on an overcast day as he played and explored. After a great deal of activity, he slowed down and curled up on a stone ledge to rest – a […] Read more »
Snow Leopard, watercolor on ivorine, ©Rebecca Latham I went to a lecture recently themed around conservation. After the session, one young woman asked the speaker “but why do you bother saving this species?” If they are so threatened, if it will cost large sums of time, effort, and currency, why […] Read more »
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 »
Glance Back – Red Fox, 5″x7″, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham I am pleased to be a part of the Masterworks in Miniature show at Gallery One again this year. The painting I have in the exhibit is a red fox, inspired by a resident that would nap in a meadow […] Read more »
This is a piece that was done as a ‘quick draw’ and auctioned at a gallery in Hudson Wisconsin. The artists in the event paint a work from start to finish in a set amount of time – 1/2hr to several hours. This piece is a watercolor on board like […] Read more »