Making really good progress on my snow leopard cub wool painting. ##snowleopard #sciart #wildlifeartist

Making good progress in my snow leopard needle felted wool painting. About 6 hours in with this one so far, working with just a single needle. I'm completely in love with this little one. #snowleopard #wildlifeartist

Kicking off 2026 with my first box of birds. Meet the box of boobies, left to right: red footed, blue footed, masked, nazcs, brown and Peruvian. Little 5cm needle felted sculptures made from 100% wool. They will be available soon to adopt. #birds #birdart #wildlifeartist

#SundaysAreForSnuggles This mom and baby Verreaux’s sifaka are serving peak cuddle goals. Sifaka moms invest a lot in their babies—timing births to when conditions are just right and balancing the energy it takes to raise a youngster in Madagascar’s unpredictable environment. 📷: William Stephens

I've started work on my next needle felted wool painting. Snow leopard cub from my own images, just using a single needle to paint with wool #snowleopard #wildlifeartist

Following on from introducing the herring gull yesterday. This one has stolen a chip 😆 #birds #wildlifeart

Meet Herring Gull, the latest addition to the Wild Woolley Friends Collection. Needle felted sculpture, made from 100% wool. #birds #birdart #wildlifeartist

Back at the end of November I spent a couple of hours with a good friend at a lake photographing birds. I was particularly taken with the herring gulls. The light was perfect for something a different. I'm inspired to create some drawings from these. These are straight from the camera. #birds

Finally catching up on with video editing, spent some time looking through old pictures to share for #StunDay (and since it's still #Caturday at other side of the planet) Here's P151 photographed early misty morning #Photography #Mammals #Nature #JungleSafari #IndianForest #SilentSunday #Wildlife

'Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct, marking the first official loss of a bird species in the country for two decades...' signalling 'a significant shift at the southern edge of its range.' Such sad news. #birds www.birdguides.com/news/snowy-o...

My European brown bear is complete, she just needs stretching over the mount & framed. She is a needle felted wool painting on a sheet of 12 inch square felt, it took 10 hours to do using just a single needle working from my own reference photos from the Bären Park in Bern. #wildlifeartist #bear

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar ☃️ I sculpted this large humpback whale last year, and it found a new home through Bsky! Made from coarse paper mache which I really love sculpting with due to the organic surface texture it gives you. Painted with acrylics.

I'm delighted to inform you that it is once again #sharkawarenessday ! 🦑🐡🦈 #art #painting #watercolour #shark #sealife #zebrashark

🪸🎨🐙 Handcrafted Coral + Octopus sculpted from poly clay #ArtYear #Art #Coral #ArtGallery #MarineLife #Invertebrates #InverteFest #ArtAdventCalendar 🦑🐡

Nearly 2 weeks post op and finally felt up doing a little bit more on my bear wool painting. #wildlifeart #bear

Blue footed booby would like to say hello Needle felted sculpture made from 100% wool. #birds #wildlifeartist

Needed to cheer myself up today (Chris had to go back out tonthe athletes). So I made a mosquito complete with a full tummy of blood.

If you see this, QP with your green art. Coloured pencils on black paper

Silly guys

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me Seven wasps a-swimming, Six flies a-laying, Five gold beetles! Four buzzing bees, Three French worms, Two turtle bugs, And a painting of a small flea. 🖋️ 🐝 🐡 #invertebrate #advent #ArtAdventCalendar ⬇️

Although my body is busy recovering and repairing itself, it seems my brain is enjoying the freedom! I have so many ideas for 2026 including "box of....." collections and Acorn the tamworth piggy.

Anyone else love little grebes and their little fluffy bottoms. #birds #britishwildlife

Spinal surgery done and all went well, although the disc was worse than the scans showed. I'm very very sleepy and they said that could last a few days, and the first 2 weeks I have to take things very slowly.

Today is rhe day! The @hawkconservancy.bsky.social Christmas Market opens today and runs until Sunday. Really looking forward to this and catching up with friends. #christmasmarket

SOUND ON. Instead of a photo, here's a short video from Borneo. Normally I don't condone handling of wildlife, but something was obviously stuck beneath our truck. You might say we were a bit surprised about what our guide pulled out...

Meet my little burrowing owls. Little needle felted sculptures made from 100% wool. #birds #wildlifeart

A little owl in a pile of beech leaves #birds #wildlifeartist #owls

A new post about the three #newspecies of toad we have just described from Tanzania, feat @christianthrane.bsky.social, Simon Loader, @alicepetzold.bsky.social, John Lyakurwa, and Michele Menegon! 🧪🐸🇹🇿 www.markscherz.com/archives/6208

Meet Raven, the latest addition to my Wild Woolley Friends Collection #birds #wildlifeart #raven

🌙 Sorcha the Starry Night Octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) 💫🐙 Hand sculpted from clay 🎨 #ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BlueSkyNightMarket #BSNM #Invertebrates #InsertAnInvert 🦑🐡

If you know a frog collector, this artwork is a great way to get them a unique gift for Christmas, you will find it in my Folksy shop... folksy.com/find/item/85... #Frog #AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #ChristmasGifts #bsnm

When you have been gifted some beautiful Falkland Islands wool to make your Falkland Islands penguins to help raise awareness and funds for conservation of their wild counterparts. 🥹🐧🥰🐧🥹🐧🥰🐧🥹🐧

Just 4 weeks to go until the @hawkconservancy.bsky.social Christmas Market. I'll be there with my birds & wildlife sculptures & wool paintings, not to mention my cows and gingerbread men. #wildlifeart #wildlifeartist #birds #christmasmarket

Adding and smoothing the base layer and little bits of highlight on my black chested buzzard eagle wool painting. Next stage is starting to add the details of the feathers. These are right up there as one of my favourite birds. #birds #birdart #wildlifeartist

Just found out it's #WorldReptileDay 🦎🐊 #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Autumn magical woodland #autumn #woodland

A little hedgehog checking out the fly agarics in the woodland #wildlifeartist #hedgehog

Sometimes you just need to make something that is extra cute, like a highland cow holding a penguin chick.

This year seems like a bumper year for fungi, so many species and abundance in the woodland. #fungi #fungifriday

Brown Roll-rim (Paxillus involutus) at Stockhill Wood. A deadly poisonous species that causes the immune system to attack red blood cells. #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #fungi #mushroom

NEW COLLECTION NEWS Meet Thistle the Highland Cow. A brave little Highland cow ready to take on whatever is needed & spread some much needed happiness, cuteness & love. The Thistle is a symbol of devotion, bravery, determination and protection against evil.

I spent some time at the BärenPark in Bern yesterday morning. The bears are preparing for hibernation, and it was lovely to watch them eating and snoozing. I have lots of inspiration and ideas for artwork and projects going forward. #bears #inspiration

A stunning view on an autumn hike yesterday. #autumn #Switzerland

This has definitely been one of the hardest birds to create for my Wild Woolley Friends Collection. After many hours surrounded by photos from every angle of Angola from the Hawk Conservancy, I've made a secretary bird. Measuring 8m tall and made from 100% wool plus felt for the head feathers.

Needle felted Gentoo and emperor penguin chicks, some adorable cuteness for the weekend. #birds #scriart ##wildlifeartist

What does it take to paint a dragon? Perhaps some crushed up garnet! Starting with the base layer at this stage. It's always a pleasure to paint my favorite fantasy creature into my favorite type of landscape ⛰️🌲 #dragons #WIP #painting #watercolor #traditionalart #PNW

My last birds for Birdfest Hawaii are done! The extinct Hawai'i Mamo was revered by the Ali'i for their golden yellow feathers. At Birdfest, prices are higher than last time. Supply is extremely limited. See comments for more info. #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #BirdArt #Birds #Hawaii

The perfect birthday. A lovely day with Chris, a good swim, homemade brownie, raclette and wine. It's been a long time since I've felt this relaxed.

Pretty much my days and weeks right now and making the most of it. When I get home, things all go a bit crazy busy with work and impending C5/C6 spinal surgery.

After all the rain, the moody mountains emerge.