-
North American birds are in decline. A 2019 Cornell study found that there are around 3 billion fewer breeding songbirds in the eastern US than there were fifty years ago. Read this recent article from NPR to learn eight simple ways you can help birds where you live. https://www.npr.org/2022/04/13/1092678564/north-american-birds-are-in-decline-here-are-8-simple-ways-you-can-help
-
I’m making a series of fun postcards, the first of which is “Support Your Local Murder,” featuring my monochrome watercolor of an American Crow. Admittedly, I’m not the first person to use the phrase “support your local murder” with a picture of a crow. You can find stickers, pins, and whatnot featuring this meme all…
-
This is a Boston Terrier that I painted earlier this year from a photograph online. I really love BTs, especially the typical black-and-white variety. This one has that intense BT expression and I think it looks fantastic on its almost-fluorescent green “grass” vignette.
-
I wanted to make something to share my love of birds that would be more participatory than my paintings and sketches, so I decided to make a coloring book. I wanted to include only birds that are actually found in the Raleigh area. I hope to make an NC birds edition in the future, but…
-
This is a watercolor of a Ruby-Crowned Kinglet that I painted from a photo I found online. It’s a postcard-sized painting, 4″x6″. Prints available.
-
Here’s a cute French Bulldog that I created based on a photograph I found online.
-
North American bird population has fallen by 2.9 billion since 1970, according to a study published in Science in 2019. John Fitzpatrick, the director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, called this “a staggering loss that suggests the very fabric of North America’s ecosystem is unraveling.” One of my personal favorite birds, the Dark-eyed Junco,…
