American kestrel

I have been wanting to do another bird illustration and almost everyday as I drive down county road 1100 I am inspired by an American kestrel perched in a fence row.  I finally got around to doing the drawing.  It is roughly 12"X12" and all colored pencil.

Barred Owl

A barred owl on a snowy blustery day, and some in-progress snapshots.  Watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil.

Dark-eyed junco

A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) in winterberry (Ilex verticillata).  Polychromos Colored Pencil on Bristol Board.

Hackberry

Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) - Colored pencil - Prints Available.

Forest Floor in June

Another still-life with Solomons plume, some oak leaves, bloodroot and oak apple gall.  This is a glimpse of the forest floor on a Sangamon River bluff in east central Illinois.  Colored pencil - Prints Available.  Not familiar with oak apple gall, take a look at this page from my field journal.

February Shed

A nature still-life of a shed deer antler.  Colored pencil - Prints Available.



Eastern Bluebird

A handsome eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) on staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina). Colored pencil and acrylic, roughly 9"X6".

White-breasted nuthatch

Colored pencil

Flowers of Common Trees

Two common trees that produce noticeable flowers... On top northern catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) and below yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Prints available for both.

Botanical Illustrations

Here are some more botanical illustrations in colored pencil. The top one is of a Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca) cone early in the year when it is still green. The next is of a Eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis) showing both young leaves and the pink spring flowers. Prints Available.  Last one is of a winter bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) twig that is still holding onto a leaf.

OHIO

OK, so my firs blog worked and the image even appeared! The above image is dedicated to my new home state - Ohio. The image is again in colored pencil and is of a Ohio buckeye (Aesculus glabra) leaf bud breaking dormancy.

Is this thing working??

Welcome to my first blog! I really have no intention of writing typical blogs, but would like to use this to share some of my artwork. Stay tuned as I figure out this thing... the image above is titled white oak leaves and is done in colored pencil.  Prints Available