Bull Moose Miniature Painting In-Progress

This is a picture of one of my new miniature paintings – a bull moose from Wyoming.  I am very pleased wit the way it is turning out.  I will post a better photo of it when the painting is a little farther along. :) Read more »

Red Fox Miniature Painting

This is another new piece I have sitting in my studio right now.  You may notice the dark strokes look a bit different on this piece than some of the other sketches I have on the blog.  That is because for this piece I did some "redrawing" in paint – […] Read more »

Beaver Painting II

  This is a second sketch for my commissioned beaver painting.  I combined both of the sketches together for the painting – so there are two beavers in the painting.  I’ll be posting the actual painting a little later.  Read more »

Beaver Painting

As I posted earlier, I have been primarily working on the stack of commissions I have in my studio right now.  This is one of the rough sketches for my beaver commission.  I have been painting on this piece for the last couple of days. I really liked studying this animal.  […] Read more »

Birding

The past few days have involved walks on the beach for reference of Floridian species of wildlife – birds in particular.  In addition to a variety of birds, we were joined by a number of dolphins as well.Thanks to our friends for their help in directing us to popular wildlife […] Read more »

Wildlife Refuge Studies

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 »

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 »