January Blue Jay

Click to Buy                8 by 10 inches,     Acrylic on acid free illustration board.
With the recent heavy snow and extreme cold due to the polar vortex the wild birds have been eating from the bird feeder set up behind our home.  The blue jays have been taking command of the feeder over the smaller birds.  This blue jay was photographed in front of a cedar tree. The photos were used as reference in the painting.

Furry Explorer

Click to buy                    15 by 20 inches,                    Acrylic on acid free illustration board.             Except for the "bird series" of paintings I usually avoid painting wild life artwork.  I did make an exception in this piece.  I had a number of reference photos taken during a trip to Colorado a few years ago.  I couldn't resist doing this one.