Boats (2019)

In the studio with windows open for a breeze (in January wtf), burning some incense (my “deep animal” blend), treated wood with lemon oil and beeswax (bonus turpentine smell), other surfaces with my oakmoss sandalwood spray, and wearing aged vanilla attar while the occasional orchid scent wafts by.

Wishing for cold and snow in the new year.

I sketched some of the views along the I-70 on our way home from Steamboat Springs.

Wishing for cold and snow in the new year.

A kingfisher made from a circular saw blade, paint pen, and spray paint. I sketched it, Echo cut it out and added the copper eye, and I painted it. This was a gift, but we'd love to make more birds like this! What birds would you want to see?

I like to decorate cookies as if a glitter factory exploded.

Not thinking, just drawing.

P S A

Full sketchbook page of studies. Bat wings are so cool, I love the elegance in their shapes.

Jaguar streeeeeeetch

Some fanart from the old book series “The Alien Chronicles: The Golden One”. This is my take on the main characters from the first book, when they are still young.

Gouache and watercolor sketch of Yolo the baby king vulture. He’s such a cute baby. 🥹

Some fanart from the old book series “The Alien Chronicles: The Golden One”. This is my take on the main characters from the first book, when they are still young.

Gouache and watercolor sketch of Yolo the baby king vulture. He’s such a cute baby. 🥹

Neostylis Fuchs in flower, one of my favorite orchids.

From putrid fungal infection rot to pushing out healthy roots and pseudo bulbs, this orchid seems to be recovering! I just treated it for mealybugs cause it doesn’t need that stress. I’m optimistic for a full recovery, but probably no blooms for a couple years. 💊🪴💊

A sketchbook page for those of you into that kinda thing. Do you like any of the compositions?

Tiger filigree halo, an old digital sketch commission.

Tiger filigree halo, an old digital sketch commission.

Felt shiny this morning so you all get some of my favorite art of my bird ranger and shiny hoarder, Fritti of the Smokecrest! [ #art #illustration #ttrpg ]

Gauche sketch of @foxfeather.bsky.social’s baby king vulture, Yolo.

Merry Cambrius! #art #paleoart

Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute! You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.

Morning momma moose and calf mosying by the house.

Yellow headed vulture sketch painted in gouache.

Very happy that I decided to try a Huion tablet and Clip Studio Paint.

Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) in Hokkaido.

Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki) in Hokkaido.

Happy little bat

Have you ever heard of an allonautilus? The fuzzy sea peach at the top of my oil painting is the extremely rare allonautlius. Its only been documented in the wild a couple of times. *more in comments* #nautilus #allonautilus #marinelife #cephalopods #wildlifeart #oilpainting 🐡 🦑 #deepseamining

Back in the states after 6 weeks in Japan. Outstanding, unforgettable trip. I left with a lot of thoughts, inspirations, and memories to cherish. One such experience was watching endangered Blakiston’s fish owls in Hokkaido. This was taken with an iPhone through a scope.

#SanDiego locals, on Dec 7 the Volcan Mountain Foundation is hosting an artist’s reception for their 2025 grant recipients (me!) where I’ll be discussing my painting “Forest Treasures - Mountain Lion” based on my Volcan Mountain residency. Hope to see you there! volcanmt.org/events/event...

Vantid+Water

Vantid+Water

Did I pet the deer in Miyajima? You bet I did. They are so chill, nothing phased them, not even school kids dashing past.

Some coyote ego.

Jaguar streeeeeeetch

Some coyote ego.

Vantid+koi

We visited Miyajima Island, and its profound morning beauty made me tear up.

Half the time I see a large billed crow, it’s got a goodie. This looks like a piece of karaage to me. Kaw-raage

Old painting of a phoenix, based on a photo of the back view of a sunning sea eagle doing droopy wings and looking like real bad anatomy.

-This is not the sky- 😢It is really sad to see adorable birds dying because of the reflection on windows, so I made this illustration for some bird protection organizations to propagandize this situation. #bird #illustration #animalprotection #originalart #animal #digitalart #animalart #artist

Full sketchbook page of studies. Bat wings are so cool, I love the elegance in their shapes.

Fifth of #fatbatweek is the Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum with a fried chicken burger. Shout out to all the US bat rehabilitators, researchers and educators @azbatrescue.bsky.social @albertabats.bsky.social @batgirlsusan.bsky.social @batconreslab.bsky.social @batcon.org

Had to participate in #artjamolantern Draw your OC carving a pumpkin! Here's Ira and his ghoulish creation. #art #Halloween #goatsandghouls #comic #goat #furry #furryart

Happy little bat

Flamingo dragon color tests. I’m playing with the limited pinks available in the Luminance line of colored pencils. It’s a great exercise!