Black-crowned night heron is standing on a fallen log in a pond where the surface of the water is sprinkled with white cottonwood seeds in a way that makes them look like twinkling stars.
#AdventArtCalendar Dec 25.
Black-crowned night heron in a pond surrounded by a galaxy of cottonwood seeds.
New York City 2025
#NewYorkCity #NYC #AdventArtCalendar #Photography #Christmas #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #Nativity #Leica #M11M #EastCoastKin
New York City 2025
#NewYorkCity #NYC #Christmas #AdventArtCalendar #Photography #Leica #Q3 #EastCoastKin
A Common Raven is sitting on a rotting log, surrounded by a mix of sandy beach and yellowing grasses. It is in profile to us, proudly facing camera left
#AdventArtCalendar Day 23:
A magnificent raven posing just for me, in between rounds of poking at that dead log for snacky bugs. My first (and so far only) good photo of these amazing birds
-- Centennial Beach, January 2023
#photography #birds
An illustration of the comic character Hellboy, seated, one elbow on a knee, the other holding a stogie to his mouth. He has just slain a scaled monster, sword still embedded into severed body, and now sits on it. Hellboy looks resigned, and worn out, as is traditional for the character.
Day 21 of #AdventArtCalendar features one of my all time favourite characters. Hellboy, I think we're all feeling you right now, and we're gonna make it through together.
Watercolour
#Hellboy #Fanart #Sketchbook
Evergreen wreaths hang from the wooden entrance doors of the stone church building, at the Episcopal Church in Baraboo WI. The sky is blue, and bright sunshine casts shadows on the snow.
Heron on a branch against a pond surrounded by dry grass
#AdventArtCalendar #Birds #Wildife
Blue heron in December, two days before the shortest day of the year.
Oil painting of river in fall foliage, clouds in a blue sky. Oranges, yellows reds across the water
I had a lot of fun painting this oil landscape of Fredericton Fall Foliage #AdventArtCalendar #Day20
An 1800s stone building sits on a steep tree-covered hill. Late afternoon sun shines on the structure, the sky is clear and blue, and there’s snow covering the ground. This is an operating winery in S Wisconsin.
First light on a winter day: looking east, a neighbor’s windows are enlightened, so I know that someone else is awake before dark. The sky glows in shades of violet and purple.
photo taken across the water of a bay, showing in the distance the sprawl of a seaside port city with more low buildings than tall ones. It is a still, misty morning giving a dream-like quality to the setting.
View of a city: Long Beach #day18
On a still, misty morning even the most industrial of cities can take on a mythical feel...
#adventartcalendar #photography #SoCal #day18
Looking through an old wooden window from inside, out towards a snowy landscape. Trees and a weathered building are observed outside; a plant is in the foreground inside, framed by sheer curtains.
Small, iridescent blue butterfly with a two toned border of a broader white edge band and a narrower and more irregular dark band just inside that. Towards the back edge there is another like consisting of small dark, irregular shaped spots and a "tiny, thread-like tail on the hindwing with a white tip and orange spot at its base." It's very small with a wingspan of 3/4 to 1 inch across and is on a buff colored rock that makes the blue wings stand out really nicely in contrast.
#AdventArtCalendar, Day 18.
Eastern tailed blue butterfly on a big stone.
Our black and white “cow cat” rests on a plush cat bed. His bed sits on a wide shelf in a little sunroom filled with plants. Outside, the ground is covered with snow, icicles hang from the roof, and sunlight enlightens the scene.
A drawing of a Bee-eater. A bird with bright red head feathers, green and yellow wing feathers and a grey tail. It has a black beak with white markings on the head.
#AdventArtCalendar #Day17
A Bee-eater sitting on a branch. Done in colored pencil and pan pastel on drafting film.
#Birds
A Wisconsin winter scene: sunshine, blue skies and snow, railroad tracks curve to the left, then disappear into the horizon. Evergreen, deciduous trees, and shrubs line the tracks, and are covered with lacy, white frost.
Warbler with a buff-colored tummy, reddish-brown throat and sides, and a dark face is standing on a small branch in a leafy green area and is facing upwards towards where it just found a tiny spider to eat. The spiders legs are just barely visible at the end of its beak.
#AdventArtCalendar, Day 16
Bay-breasted warbler found a tasty little spider for a snack.
Glowing cat head shaped lantern with electric battery powered light inside sitting on an outdoor table on a very dark night. In the far distance one can just see a small row of house lights. Red side bars frame the phone on either side.
#adventartcalendar A festive colored Hello Kitty battery-powered outdoor lamp for a festive season.
My neighbor’s Redbud tree, adorned with red and silver Christmas ornaments, and a fresh dusting of snow.
A mixed-media artwork on textured off-white paper showing a solitary, elongated human figure viewed from the side, positioned slightly left of center. The figure appears genderless and vulnerable, with sloping shoulders and a narrow back tapering downwards. Its form is loosely defined rather than anatomically precise, created with washes of muted grey and violet, overlaid by raw, vertical streaks of deep red that run down the spine and torso, suggesting exposed emotion, injury, or internal strain rather than literal blood. The edges of the body are unstable and blurred, outlined in thin, wavering black ink lines that trail and dissolve into the surrounding space. To the left of the figure, darker charcoal-grey smudges and smoky marks bleed outward, as if the body is emerging from or being absorbed by shadow. The surface texture of the paper is clearly visible, with grain catching the pigment unevenly. In the upper right corner, handwritten text in black ink reads “Don’t turn your back,” written loosely and slightly slanted, as if added quickly or emotionally. Below this text, on the right side of the composition, a small rectangular collage element is attached to the paper. It contains printed Chinese text on thin, pale paper, partially obscured by grey and black ink splatters and vertical drips that run across and beyond the collage. Scattered ink splashes dot the right side of the image, adding a sense of disruption and unease. The overall composition feels sparse and exposed, with large areas of empty paper amplifying the isolation of the figure. The work conveys tension, fragility, and warning, emphasizing the act of turning away as both physical and emotional withdrawal.
#AdventArtCalendar With 2026 on the horizon "Don't Turn Your Back" on people, places, things, bills, heartbreak, your own heart etc. - Ink, Gouache, Collage, acrylic, on watercolor paper 15x15cms #Christmasart #Christmas2025 #xmas2025 #artyear #eastcoatkin #art The #Samaritans are always there 4U
A garden steppingstone sits in the snow. It is embellished with a mosaic of the sun, in shades of yellow.
A decorative garden fountain: an angel grasping a flute, stands over a basin that resembles a water lily. She and the basin are dusted with snow ❄️
Watercolour painting of a crystal wine glass with red wine on an antique silver tray, with grapes and grape leaves from our garden arranged around the stem. Black brocade fabric forms the backdrop.
#adventartcalendar Day 11
Something to remind you of warmer times on this cold winter's day!
"Summer Vintage" Watercolour, 7 x 10.5"
(Sold, Private collection)
#stilllife #canadianart #watercolor #art
Gorgeous! You should post it to the #AdventArtCalendar.
After sunset on the Winter Solstice, a man and woman sit on a bench, warming before a roaring campfire 🔥
