Harlequin 4" x 4" acrylic $225

A male harlequin swims and flaunts his decorative plumage in the choppy surf - their preferred habitat in the winter. During the summer these handsome ducks migrate to streams with rapids to rear their young. For some reason the camera is reading this water as blue, but in the actual painting there are subtle color changes...

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Coast Guard 5" x 5" acrylic $245

Among the islands of the Queen Charlotte Strait, bald eagles are common. In fact, they seem more numerous than gulls. The eagles roost and watch from their perches in the trees and when other birds find a food source on the open water the eagles fly out to feed in droves. Often there will be 20 to 30+ eagles feeding together. The coast lines are rugged up there and I enjoyed creating this landscape and the weather that is so normal to the area.
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Turnstones 'n Tattler 9" x 12" acrylic

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Two black turnstones and a wandering tattler forage among the rocks during a low tide. When the tides recede along the coast it is like the dinner table is set for birds and other land animals because a plethora of food that is normally submerged becomes exposed. I was inspired to create this painting by the subtle hues of the overcast day and how the water reflected the rocks. The wave in the background was added to enhance the coastal effect of the scene.

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Goldfinch and Snowbells 9" x 12" acrylic

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A handsome American goldfinch sits resplendently among some Japanese snowbells. The new leaves of this young tree are unfurling and it's spring flowers are starting to fall off their stems as they past their prime. This painting was commissioned to compliment my painting Cardinal and Blossoms. Both paintings represent different points of time during the spring.
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Red-Breasted Nuthatch 4" x 4" acrylic

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A male red-breasted nuthatch creeps down the side of an old tree. They seem to have no regard for what is up and what is down while foraging for food in bark crevices. These birds are common among flocks of feeding chickadees and will come to feeders in years that natural food supplies are low.

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White-Crowned Sparrow #2 4" x 4" acrylic

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This is the same individual white-crowned sparrow that I painted yesterday. He is on a different branch in a different position and as you can see he was very vocal. And, he was a very good model! White-crowned sparrows are common in most states during the winter and have been know to fly up to 2,600 miles during migration. In Oregon, they are common throughout the year and are one of the easiest sparrows to identify.
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White-Crowned Sparrow 4" x 4" acrylic $225

A white-crowned sparrow sings from a branch as he gets ready to fly. This is the first daily painting in a while as I have been traveling quite a bit the past couple of weeks including to the Oregon Coast where I saw this bird. I may paint him again in a different pose tomorrow. He was a very understanding model and offered many close views. I really like their stiking headgear which is where they get their name.
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