A black and white duck floats in rippling water, moving towards the camera. The “black” is actually a mix of iridescent greens, blues and dark pinks
More excellent ducks! This one is in the running for Cutest Duck Ever.
(Bufflehead Duck) #birds 🌿
One of the top serene photos for me this year would definitely be Peyto Lake in Banff! #SkySky 🌿
Finished this painting last week. A small portrait of a Bohemian waxwing
Acrylics on board13 x 13 cm (5.1” x 5.1”)
Original is available 🙂
#SciArt #animalart #birdart #wildlifeart #birdpainting #animalpainting
A White Pelican starts to take off from a small prairie marsh. The Pelican is backlit, and the water splashing from its orange feet are lit up while the background is black
#ArtAdventCalendar 2024
Day 24!
Taking off is a production for these giant birds! This White Pelican is just starting to take off from a small prairie marsh.
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
One of my favorite water features from Glacier NP was probably this little gorge with Avalanche Creek on Trail of the Cedars! These are the peaceful nature vibes I want all of the time. #ArtAdventCalendar
A path through a dense, vibrantly green forest, moving center frame into the distance, where very blurry, people can be seen far off. The path passes by a bench, where you may stop to rest, if you like. This path is in Saratoga Springs, part of what I believe to be the Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail, though don't quote me on that. Onward we go, through the forest. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 -- the last day!
I leave you with one of my favoritest photos
THE PATH
Merry happy, y'all.
(photo by me)
One of my favorite feathered friends!
A bright orange/red stream of lava flowing into the ocean diagonally from top right to lower left, as a wave breaks at the top left, the whole scene surrounded by steam. Kamokuna ocean entry, Big Island, Hawaii 2016
Since Kilauea is erupting again, let me bring back another Kamokuna ocean entry shot from 2016 for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 23. You can see a large wave about to break on the lava...an ocean entry is beauty and violence, Pele and her sister Namakaokahai's ongoing sibling rivalry :) 📷🌿
A White House-breasted Nuthatch perches right side up on the side of a spruce tree trunk. There is light snow falling that shows up against the dark background
#ArtAdventCalendar 2024
Day 22
A white-breasted Nuthatch pauses to admire the falling snow.
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
A pale brown short-eared owl floats over the prairie in the early spring. The pale yellow grass is spotted by patches of grey snow that reflects the light from the cloudy sky.
My only other major acrylic painting for Day 22 of the #artAdventCalendar I did this short-eared owl a few years ago now and it tuned out well, considering I hadn't used my acrylics for 20 years. The canvas is 30 inches by 15 inches.
Sitting at the top of Cinder Cone by myself during my Lassen trip was a very magical/peaceful experience. #ArtAdventCalendar
Great crested flycatcher brown and yellow bird in a branch to the right of the pic looking to the left with a spruce tree in the background
#artadventcalendar day 22 the Great Crested Flycatcher chilling out in front of the spruce tree! #birds
Image of a wood-burned artwork portraying the head of a Great Gray Owl. The medium is a piece of pale brown wood. It is marked by fine brown strokes made by a wood-burning tool. The face of the Great Gray Owl is looking directly at the viewer.
Here's a wood-burned Great Gray Owl for today's #ArtAdventCalendar.
I have never actually seen a Great Gray Owl, although I looked for them in Sax-Zim Bog a few winters ago.
#BirdArt #WildlifeArt #birds #owl
A 5 inch by 7 inch art print of a turkey vulture perched on a snag in front of a hilly background and crescent moon in the daytime sky.
20 days into #ArtAdventCalendar, where does the time go? Today we'll share our most recent Turkey Vulture art print. We call this one the Majestic Turkey Vulture. 🎨🐡🪶
Watercolor painting of a burrowing owl.
Burrowing Owl in watercolor ~ #ArtAdventCalendar day 20
I loved painting all the details of this owl, inspired by one of @burrowingowl.bsky.social's wonderful photos. I just love #owls.💙 #birds #birdart #nature
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Here’s Lake Helen with a reflection of Mt. Lassen in the background for more alpine lake scenery. #ArtAdventCalendar
Acrylic painting of a great gray owl perched on a white birch, snag with bark peeling off of it. Behind the owl are snow covered, conifers, and bare white birches against a gray sky.
A late addition for Day 18 of the #ArtAdventCalendar. This acrylic painting of a great gray owl took a very long time partly because the background ended up being way more detailed than I intended it originally to be. It was a lot of fun though.
Saw some in real life for the first time this past fall and I love their wing colors so much!
Rocky ground covered with small green vegetation in the foreground. Then a turquoise, reflective lake and rocky ground and conifers in the back. A mountain peak with one snow is in the distance.
Another California place I need to make it back to is Lassen National Park! I loved the alpine lakes. #ArtAdventCalendar
A clay sculpture of an Arctic Loon (Black Throated Diver - Gavia arctica) by Kerrie Ann Gardner. Loons are large water birds with dagger-shaped bills, webbed feet and legs so far back on their bodies that they cannot walk. Instead, when they are on the land, they slide along on their bellies.
Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar.
This is a miniature clay sculpture of a Black Throated Diver (also known as an Arctic Loon) which would easily sit in the palm of your hand.
I’m excited for tiny flower time to roll around again! Even more reasons to enjoy winter rainy weather.
A fuzzy bee with yellowish fuzz on the body and dark grayish fuzz on the abdomen. It is sitting in the middle of fading bee balm flowers. Gray skies fill the background.
Common Eastern Bumblebee making the most of autumn blooms. (Bombus impatiens) on bee balm (Monarda sp.)
#ArtAdventCalendar
A colourful digital illustration of a cross-section of prairie. In the middle, a North American badger digs down into a tunnel after a Richardson's ground squirrel. In an offshoot of that tunnel a black and green tiger salamander sleeps. Above ground and to the left, a mom and kit swift fox sit near the entrance to a burrow, surrounded by grasses and orange and yellow blanket flowers. To the right, an adult and juvenile burrowing owl peek out of a tunnel. Below them, a western rattlesnake sleeps. Above it all against the orange of a setting sun, a common nighthawk flies to the right.
For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 17, an illustration I completed earlier this year. It's meant to show the different animals and plants that benefit from badgers in southern Alberta. It's a digital painting and is included in the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 2024 juried show. #SciArt
A small reflective creek with a rocky bed running between two hills that have a lot of small yellow flowers. Several trees dot the background before the blue sky with some fluffy clouds.
I definitely have to give some California landscapes in addition to California birds, so here’s an idyllic image from Table Mountain this past spring! #ArtAdventCalendar
A Horned Grebe, with his rust coloured body and yellow ear “horns” floats on a calm marsh with his reflection. The water is green and reflects the surrounding reeds.
#ArtAdventCalendar 2024
Day 17
This Horned Grebe kept watch to make sure NOTHING encroached upon his 97% of the marsh!
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
A digital illustration of a Great Gray Owl facing right. Its bright yellow eyes stand in contrast to the mottled gray feathers. Light snow dusts the owl's head and the background of conifer branches. For The Institute for Bird Populations, 2022
#ArtAdventCalendar day 17, a snowy #TalonTuesday scene! A Great Gray Owl watches from dense conifers as snowflakes fall. Originally done for @instbirdpop.bsky.social as a winter thank you card illustration. 🎨🪶🐡 #birdart
A seven-page comic. On page 1, the sun begins to set over an autumnal scene in a forest. The sun continues to set, reflected in the eye of a bird. The sun finishes setting, reflected in the bird's eye and zoomed out a bit. The bird has various hues of stormy blue feathers. The sun has fully set and the stars are out, and the bird, a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, says "It's time."
On page 2, the bird says "Ready for another night of migration?" to a male Black-throated Blue warbler, who replies "I ate all the good bugs in this forest, so, sure." She says "Okay. Let's do this." They take off from a branch, saying "Up up up." They hit their cruising altitude and fly through the starry darkening sky.
On page 3, they are flying along and the male says "I think this trip is going pretty good so far-" And the female interrupts "Wait." There's a green reflection in her eye. She says "There's something behind us." They turn and see the eerie glimmer of aurora. The male says "Oh"
On page 4, the male says "What is... Is that wildfire smoke?" And the female says "I don't think so." They book look alarmed. He says "Should we fly faster? Try to get away?" and she says "No, now it's in our flight path, too!" The aurora has spread and dances through the sky. Some of it becomes pink. He says "It's everywhere!" and she says "I... I don't understand."
New comic: aurora part 1.
Based on a comment by @nepeteaa.bsky.social a couple months back.
Head and shoulders potrain of a bird with a white chest and a metallic blue shiny cap. It is staring intently at the viewer with bright black eyes. Background is green bokeh.
Long distance migrant (2022)
This tiny tree swallow flies thousands of kilometres every spring to raise the next generation. No wonder he looks so serious
#ArtAdventCalendar #photography #birds
Lower Falls in Johnston Canyon from this past fall provided some more of that beautiful blue water though! #ArtAdventCalendar
Lower Falls in Johnston Canyon from this past fall provided some more of that beautiful blue water though! #ArtAdventCalendar