LOL .. hadn’t thought about that .. but there are so many tangents that could take .. too funny 😄

Thank you 😊

Thanks . Love the visual reference on that one !!

“The Calling” .. Spring in wetlands is immersed in the sounds of returning migratory birds .. none more recognizable than the Red Winged Blackbird.
Image 5”x 7”
Watercolor /Gouache
Fabriano HP

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Redwing Blackbird calling .. upper torso ( median coverts ).. painted in watercolor / gouache

“The Calling” .. current wip Thinking spring.. Thinking spring after a ditch ride in last weeks blizzard .. all okay but car needs a little re-hab ..
Watercolor / Gouache on Fabriano HP
Image size 4” x 7”
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“Swag in the Hood”
Hooded Merganser
8” x 7”
Really enjoyed working in the “black” range on this one .. only used a bit of black on the pupil .. otherwise using combinations to pickup the veridian and purples .. def a learning work
Watercolor / Gouache
Fabriano Artistico HP

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“Tranquility”
Cygnet asleep
3” x 5”
Graphite on Fabriano HP

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Trumpeter swan flying over a calm cattail covered waterway with a few background willows ahead of an impending front of changing weather with darker clouds on the horizon

Current wip .. “Flyte Tyme - Trumpeter Swan”
( with a nod to the Minneapolis Music Scene )
Trumpeter Swans were a constant companion over the Rat Root River ( Int’l Falls , MN ) last month before the freeze up
Image - 8.5” x 5”
Watercolor / Gouache / Polychromos
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Ruby Throated Hummingbird in flight through a series of lupin flowers done in graphite pencils

Wip update. . “Farewell To Summer
Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Lupines
Fabriano Artistico Arctic White HP
Fabr-Castellated Graphite Pencils
“Sold”

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Hummingbird in flight over lupines done in HB graphite pencils

Current wip .. a bit of HB pencil work watching World Series .. Trying to hang onto Summer with baseball, lupines and a hummingbird 😊

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Baltimore Oriole momentarily perched on a branch beneath a canopy of maple leaves .. leaves done in colored pencil .. Oriole and branch painted in watercolor and gouache

Current wip … wrapping up details on the Baltimore Oriole piece for the Bakken Museum’s Gala… this piece will be in the auction for their fundraiser October 10th .. so important to give back so we can all move forward and inspire 💙

Watercolor / Gouache / Polychromos
Fabriano Artistico HP

The crow on watch peering over the left shoulder perched on a post with the number 13 etched ito it with a bit of creeping charlie climbing the post .. background in shades of blue and purple with a moonrise to the right

“The Sentinel on 13“
Image size 13 x 9
Watercolor / Gouache on Fabriano HP

Intensely Loyal and Remakably Intelligent, Crows and the Corvid Birds are amazingly social with lifelong companions .. This character is on watch for the rest of the flock 😉

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Thank you Prasad 😊

Barn Swallow flying over farm fields .. Pileated Woodpecker scaling a moss covered tree trunk.

… and so it begins
Celebrating Birds Exhibition opens Friday May 9th in my first solo exhibition .. 15 pieces
Bakken Museum
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Soaring Barn Swallow over the farmlands of the Midwest ..

“Fly By”
Barn Swallow

Image size 10.5” x 12”
Watercolor / Gouache
Polychromos background

Fabriano Artistico HP

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WIP .. work in progress this weekend for the May 9th opening of the show at the Bakken Museum … see you all there .. should look great in a Picture Woods Frame 😉
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First solo show .. Bakken Museum .. Recent Works by Steve Krause .. shown with a White Breasted Nuthatch in a Mountain Paper Birch Tree branch .. with Fall leaves

First Solo Show 😊
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Today, more than ever, we need to fill the @bsky.app with this. What an appalling scene in the White House. #boycottUSA #slavaUkraini Zelensky is the hero and those other '2' are cowards and bullies. #Shameful

Thanks TS 😊

Thank you !!

Thank you Chad !

Sandhill crane lifting its head to the sky in a call .. watercolor / gouache

“Lift Up Your Voice”
Sandhill Crane

Image Size 5.5” x 8”
Watercolor / Gouache
Fabriano HP

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Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.

Watercolor painting of a peregrine faclon standing on a rock, seen from the side. The falcon is looking up. The background is white. The painting is highly detailed

Peregrine Falcon on a rock
Watercolor and colored pencil on board
12.2″ x 11.4″ (31 x 29 cm)
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Remember what the Bishop said

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus). Photo © Enrique Shore
#birds #nature #birding #flying #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #birdsinflight #beauty #chickadee #birdwatching #bird #dancingintheair #wings #feathers