More excellent ducks! This one is in the running for Cutest Duck Ever. (Bufflehead Duck) #birds 🌿

One of the top serene photos for me this year would definitely be Peyto Lake in Banff! #SkySky 🌿

Finished this painting last week. A small portrait of a Bohemian waxwing Acrylics on board13 x 13 cm (5.1” x 5.1”) Original is available 🙂 #SciArt #animalart #birdart #wildlifeart #birdpainting #animalpainting

#ArtAdventCalendar 2024 Day 24! Taking off is a production for these giant birds! This White Pelican is just starting to take off from a small prairie marsh. #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

One of my favorite water features from Glacier NP was probably this little gorge with Avalanche Creek on Trail of the Cedars! These are the peaceful nature vibes I want all of the time. #ArtAdventCalendar

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 -- the last day! I leave you with one of my favoritest photos THE PATH Merry happy, y'all. (photo by me)

One of my favorite feathered friends!

Since Kilauea is erupting again, let me bring back another Kamokuna ocean entry shot from 2016 for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 23. You can see a large wave about to break on the lava...an ocean entry is beauty and violence, Pele and her sister Namakaokahai's ongoing sibling rivalry :) 📷🌿

#ArtAdventCalendar 2024 Day 22 A white-breasted Nuthatch pauses to admire the falling snow. #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

My only other major acrylic painting for Day 22 of the #artAdventCalendar I did this short-eared owl a few years ago now and it tuned out well, considering I hadn't used my acrylics for 20 years. The canvas is 30 inches by 15 inches.

Sitting at the top of Cinder Cone by myself during my Lassen trip was a very magical/peaceful experience. #ArtAdventCalendar

#artadventcalendar day 22 the Great Crested Flycatcher chilling out in front of the spruce tree! #birds

Here's a wood-burned Great Gray Owl for today's #ArtAdventCalendar. I have never actually seen a Great Gray Owl, although I looked for them in Sax-Zim Bog a few winters ago. #BirdArt #WildlifeArt #birds #owl

20 days into #ArtAdventCalendar, where does the time go? Today we'll share our most recent Turkey Vulture art print. We call this one the Majestic Turkey Vulture. 🎨🐡🪶

Burrowing Owl in watercolor ~ #ArtAdventCalendar day 20 I loved painting all the details of this owl, inspired by one of @burrowingowl.bsky.social's wonderful photos. I just love #owls.💙 #birds #birdart #nature 🎨 1-elizabeth-kennen.pixels.com

Here’s Lake Helen with a reflection of Mt. Lassen in the background for more alpine lake scenery. #ArtAdventCalendar

A late addition for Day 18 of the #ArtAdventCalendar. This acrylic painting of a great gray owl took a very long time partly because the background ended up being way more detailed than I intended it originally to be. It was a lot of fun though.

Saw some in real life for the first time this past fall and I love their wing colors so much!

Another California place I need to make it back to is Lassen National Park! I loved the alpine lakes. #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 18 of #ArtAdventCalendar. This is a miniature clay sculpture of a Black Throated Diver (also known as an Arctic Loon) which would easily sit in the palm of your hand.

Common Eastern Bumblebee making the most of autumn blooms. (Bombus impatiens) on bee balm (Monarda sp.) #ArtAdventCalendar

For #ArtAdventCalendar Day 17, an illustration I completed earlier this year. It's meant to show the different animals and plants that benefit from badgers in southern Alberta. It's a digital painting and is included in the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 2024 juried show. #SciArt

I definitely have to give some California landscapes in addition to California birds, so here’s an idyllic image from Table Mountain this past spring! #ArtAdventCalendar

#ArtAdventCalendar 2024 Day 17 This Horned Grebe kept watch to make sure NOTHING encroached upon his 97% of the marsh! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar day 17, a snowy #TalonTuesday scene! A Great Gray Owl watches from dense conifers as snowflakes fall. Originally done for @instbirdpop.bsky.social as a winter thank you card illustration. 🎨🪶🐡 #birdart

New comic: aurora part 1. Based on a comment by @nepeteaa.bsky.social a couple months back.

Long distance migrant (2022) This tiny tree swallow flies thousands of kilometres every spring to raise the next generation. No wonder he looks so serious #ArtAdventCalendar #photography #birds

Lower Falls in Johnston Canyon from this past fall provided some more of that beautiful blue water though! #ArtAdventCalendar

Lower Falls in Johnston Canyon from this past fall provided some more of that beautiful blue water though! #ArtAdventCalendar

Back to some more American Dipper youngster appreciation for #ArtAdventCalendar today! #BirdPhotography 🪶

Day 15 of the #ArtAdventCalendar. I've posted this one before, but it's one of my favourite drawings, a side portrait of a great horned owl in graphite.

#ArtAdventCalendar day 15 meets #SciArt Sunday! (That's every day for me). This illustration from 2023 depicts a potential difference in UV spectrum reflection on eye combs in female/immature vs adult male Red Grouse/Willow Ptarmigan w/ males showing less reflection. See reply 🎨🪶🐡🧪 #birdart

River of redpolls (2022) Some winters, the redpolls arrive in numbers and the usually quiet winter landscape explodes with flapping wings #ArtAdventCalendar #photography #birds

#ArtAdventCalendar 2024 Day 14 We occasionally see them during migration and usually they are foraging in the leaf litter on the ground. This Fox Sparrow flew up into a spruce tree for a few seconds to scope out where to forage next! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

Another cute bird sighting from this trip to Lassen in August of 2023 was this Common Merganser and her hoard of young ones! #ArtAdventCalendar 🪶

Day 14 #ArtAdventCalendar -page of my Illinois prairie nature journal, covering July2-6, 2021. As the prairie goes, so does the Regal Fritillary. This gorgeous butterfly is endangered in IL and IN, but there are still populations left where prairies have been preserved and cared for. #SciArt

Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar! I love capturing an image of an owl when it is looking backwards. Their neck mobility is so fascinating. #birds #owl #nature #photography

#ArtAdventCalendar 2024 Day 13 At sunrise on a foggy morning, a Great Blue Heron flys in to land in a prairie marsh. #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

Color wise it wasn’t as impressive, but I found Consolation Lakes to be quite beautiful as well! #ArtAdventCalendar

Good morning Bluesky and happy weekend! Here’s a winter pic from Arches National Park. Taken as the lovely, golden-hour light was illuminating the sandstone. Those are the La Sal mountains in the background. #artadventcalendar #nature #photography #travel #art #artist #nationalparks

I see #ArtAdventCalendar is thriving... Remember, the owls are always watching (and they are slightly judgy)

Moraine Lake is also close to Lake Louise, so here’s Lake Louise for #ArtAdventCalendar today!

Chomp! Fox kit having a little fun with its litter mate. #ArtAdventCalendar

Transitioning my #BirdArt era for #ArtAdventCalendar to actual avian works of art, starting with a close look at Blue Jay wing feathers. The blue color doesn't come from a pigment, but rather it is structural --- due to light-scattering microscopic particles in the feather. #birds #photography

Early morning, Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I really like this shot, it feels so zen. Some days I just want to park myself under the tree and let the world go by. #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar - Wading into my Dreams. Jasper National Park.

#ArtAdventCalendar 2024 Day 11 An American Avocet flys over prairie marsh grass.

More ridiculously blue glacial lakes with sunrise at Moraine Lake this past fall! #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar. A few years ago, I made some miniature bird sculptures out of clay. Painting this Woodcock was good fun - that cryptic plumage of their’s is beautiful! I love the warm russet tones.

One of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen for #ArtAdventCalendar Day 11. This is really what the colors looked like, no editing. Just wow #SkySky 🌿