Great Black Digger Wasp: Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
Over the years I’ve learned that most wasps, bees and hornets are pretty tolerant of humans, and if you approach them carefully, they leave you alone.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Transparent Watercolor
Last fall we went on a family birding trip to northern Ohio for migration, and these little birds were everywhere that weekend.
Sanderling and Sand Dollar: Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
In my photos from Sanibel, the beach was covered with tons of Sanderlings, with shell debris around many of them.
Red-winged Blackbird: Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
In Michigan Red-winged Blackbirds are plentiful and conspicuous in every season but winter.
Barn Swallow on Bolt: Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I based this painting on photos taken at the Marsh Boardwalk at Point Pelee National Park in Ontario.
Orchids and Stripes: A 70’s Throwback in Transparent Watercolor
Through the sieve of time, we tend to remember the real extremes. The horrific or the terrific.
Hardbound Sketchbook Video Tour
I never remove pages from my hardbound sketchbooks, so I feel pressured to produce a high-quality sketch on every page.
Blue-capped Motmot Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I’ve never gotten to see a motmot in the wild. Maybe someday! I’ve had to be satisfied with seeing them in zoos. In fact, the photos I took as reference for this were from the Syracuse and Toledo zoos.
Eastern Phoebe Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I always love seeing my first Eastern Pheobe of the spring. Often it is before many of the other insect-eating birds return.
American Redstart Warbler Watercolor and Time-lapse Video
I always love seeing American Redstarts. I got the photo references for this painting in northwest Ohio, on our annual spring migration birding trip.