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The Societ y of Animal Artists
Small Works
Big Impressions Exhibition 2009
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The Society of Animal Artists Small Works Exhibition at The Wildlife Experience in Denver, Colorado, November - December 2009
The Society of Animal Artists produces a
“Small Works – Big Impressions” Show and
Sale annually in conjunction with The Wildlife Experience of Parker, Colorado. On display during the months of November
and December, the artworks in this show are simply smaller, more affordable pieces produced by
members of the SAA. It is the ideal opportunity for
collectors to purchase a little gem by one of these
distinguished artists for themselves… or as a truly
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one, contact us for photos of the artwork you purchase. You can then wrap the photo in a Gift Envelope or Gift Box to be opened by the recipient – and
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in January.
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Diane D. Mason
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The Societ y of Animal Artists
Small Works
Big Impressions
Exhibition 2009
Beverly Abbott
Newport News, Virginia
Pond Crossing
$300
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Pond Crossing”
White Tiger
Oil on Ivorine
3 1/4 x 5
My fascination with this scene
begins with the light sparkling
across the white fur and rusty
brown strips, and the dancing
water as it ripples across the
golden sand. It continues with
the intriguing shape of the
tiger’s shadow and soft focus
effect of the moving legs under
water. The final enchantment
is the fall leaves floating on the
surface, as they swirl out of the
sunlight and into the shadows,
giving the sense of depth to
the water. The diagonal placement of the tiger adds to the
drama of the dramatic lighting
of Pond Crossing.
Beverly Abbott
Newport News, Virginia
Long Shadows of Evening $450
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: It is late fall in Canada. The long shadows of the late afternoon are creeping along the ground turning the icy snow blue in the shadows. In the sunlight the snow sparkles and the dried grass and leaves glow with the glancing side light.
The wolf pauses, his attention caught by a faint sound. Still for only a moment, the fringes of his coat catch the light and radiate fire and vitality.
“Long Shadows of Evening”
Wolf
Oil on Ivorine
3 1/4 x 6 1/4
Joy Kroeger Beckner
Chesterfield, Missouri
Sunnyside Up Smooth
$575
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Sunnyside Up, Smooth”
Dachshund
Bronze
1 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/4
Every morning Edgar hops out
of bed and rolls around, actively arching his back to get a full
frontal stretch and -- a complete back massage. Oh, that
feels good! I thank my husband
Brian for the perfect title he
created years before I sculpted
this piece. Each “Sunnyside Up
Smooth” is made by hand, one
at a time, in Colorado, USA.
Each is signed, numbered and
includes my mark, JKB. May
“Sunnyside Up” bring a smile to
your face and a giggle to your
heart. Enjoy!
Sally M. Berner
Green Bay, WI
Got Milk / $575
Growing up in Wisconsin,
I have always had a fondness for the dairy cows
that dot the countryside.
They have an innate curiosity and will all come
up to watch you if you
stop to admire and photograph them. This particular cow had a great
expression and this, plus
the wonderful backlighting, made for an irresistible combination.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Got Milk”
Holstein Cow
Oil
9 x 12
Linda Besse
Mead, Washington
Last Light / $1,100
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Last Light”
Zebra
Oil
4 1/2 x 15
When I saw these zebra in Kenya,
the sun was almost set. The last
rays touching them created brilliant orangey-reds on their manes
and tails. I thought
Linda Besse
Mead, Washington
Penguin Party / $1,250
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Penguin Party”
Adele Penguins
Oil
8 x 13 3/4”
My trip to Antarctica was the trip of a lifetime. The first morning on shore,
brilliant sunlight made the ice floes glow. I wanted to capture the nuances
of the colors in the ice and the endearing character of the Adele penguins.
The successful colony had tens of thousands of breeding pairs.
Allen Blagden
PO Box 625
Salisbury, CT 06068
Dogwood Cat
$650
“Dogwood Cat” is an etching
I did from a series using my
cat named “Elvis” because he
was a stray from Tennessee. I
use the etching and aquatint
method to produce the finished image and then work
with a professional printer
so that I know the edition
will be consistent.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: Click to Visit The Society of Animal Artists Museum
“Dogwood Cat”
Black Cat
Etching
8 x 10
Beatrice Bork
New Jersey
Bees / $950
This painting was inspired from my interest
in what was happening to our honey bees. It
was a beautiful spring day and I was enjoying the warmth of the sunshine after a cold
winter, as I was observing the early blooms
it really hit me that I wasn’t seeing as many
bees as before. They are such fascinating
creatures, and we owe so much to this one
insect.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Bees”
Honey Bees
Mixed Watercolor
9 5/8 x 4 1/2
Guy Coheleach
Box 527
Hobe Sound, Florida
Simba Rest
$3,900
In the heat of an African afternoon, lions will head for
the shade. While there isn’t
very much of it out on the
plains where they find most
of their prey, any protection
from the sun will do.
This fellow is ventilating,
shedding heat from each
exhaled breath.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Simba Rest”
Lion
Oil on Board
9 x 12
Guy Coheleach
Box 527
Hobe Sound, Florida
Puma Patrol
$3,300
These great American cats are most
familiar in the west. With the banning of hunting in so many of their
areas, they are expanding ever more
where they come in confrontation
with the ever expanding human
population.
Their population in Florida is doing
very well probably because of some
new blood from western animals.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Puma Patrol”
Puma
Oil on Board
12 x 9
Barbara Conaway
Tucson, Arizona
Lucy / $810
Lucy was an indoor cat who used to sit
on the back of this chair and watch everyone as if she was pretty tough. Her
cool, confident attitude would always
disappear if someone offered her the
chance to go outside, then she would
become indifferent and slowly leave the
room. With this painting I was hoping
to capture that cool, confident attitude.
Title:
Subject:
“Lucy”
Domestic Cat
Oil
12 x 10
Barbara Conaway
Tucson, Arizona
Where’s Momma?
$750
“I’ve always been fascinated with animal behavior
and watching the cows &
calves following roundup is
no exception. Sorting them
creates quite a bit of noise
with the calves calling & the
cows responding. But even
though it was noise to me,
they actually seemed to recognize each others voices &
eventually everyone would
settle down.”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Where’s Momma?”
Calf
Oil
8 x 10
Carrie Cook
Dallas, Texas
We 5 Kings $650
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “We 5 Kings”
King Penguins
Oil on Canvas
6 x 22
As art director for the Dallas Zoo, I’ve learned so much.
Whether researching the causes of amphibian decline
for educational graphics, or learning of the devastating effects of habitat destruction while working on a
butterfly exhibit, I’ve become more involved and focused on animal conservation.
I’m lucky enough to be able to observe African Penguins whenever I like. In this case, I’m afraid my
sketches of the African Penguins quietly morphed into
King Penguins. I just love the color of the Kings.
Jean Cook
Paola, Kansas
It’s a “Cape” Buffalo / $800
In 1975 I was thrilled to make my first trip overseas to Africa.
I returned there in 1999 for another trip around the game
reserves. The Cape buffalo, (wrongly aka “water buffalo”) are
among the most dangerous of the ‘big five‘. With their big
horns and imposing manner they strike a presence that can’t
be missed. It is what I have tried to capture in this painting.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “It’s a “Cape” Buffalo!”
Cape buffalo
Oil
8 x 24
Mary Cornish
Warrenton, Virginia
Picasso’s Muse / $875
I had taken several good reference photos of the SaddleBilled Stork preening. It struck me how much this bird
reminded me of Picasso’s deconstruction of his figures,
only to reassemble them in a whole new context (such as
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Head of a Woman). I saw
a direct correlation between Picasso’s paintings and the
physical appearance of the Saddle-Billed Stork. I choose
to paint a very abstract shape, with the intention of creating a moment of visual confusion for the viewer; until
he/she sees the stork in its realistic context.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Picasso’s Muse”
Saddle-Billed Stork
Oil on Linen
16 x 8
Anni Crouter
Flint Michigan
Polar Bear $395
Most of my trips to the zoo to
collect reference for my paintings are in good weather. When
it is warm the polar bears are
not very active. I decided to
visit them in January, hoping
for more activity. The sub zero
temps made them so happy,
they played the entire time I
was there.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Polar Bear”
Polar Bear
Acrylic
9 x 12
Anni Crouter
Flint Michigan
Racquet Tailed Roller
$375
The Raquet tailed roller is a resident of Africa. They prefer open
woodlands and dine on insects.
They somersault in mid air, which
is how they got their name. I like to
paint them because of the beautiful blue color they wear. They are
not endangered.
Title:
Subject:
“Racquet Tailed Roller”
Racquet Tailed Roller
Acrylic
8 x 10
Dennis Curry
Templeton, California
Hanging Around $300
My career as a professional artist began as a printmaker creating works in various original print medium. Beginning with silk screen ‘70 - ‘74, etching
and engraving ‘74 - ‘80 and Mylar Lithography ‘80 to
98. Since 1998 oil painting has been my medium of
choice.
“While much of the art of the past has dealt with the
glories and follies of mankind, I feel a need to portray
nature for its own sake. I hope my work promotes
value and respect for our unique planet and it’s great
variety of life.”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Hanging Around”
Leopard
Original Mylar Lithography
3x6
Dennis Curry
Templeton, California
Nature’s Patterns $675
My career as a professional artist began as a printmaker
creating works in various original print medium. Beginning with silk screen ‘70 - ‘74, etching and engraving ‘74 ‘80 and Mylar Lithography ‘80 to 98. Since 1998 oil painting has been my medium of choice.
“While much of the art of the past has dealt with the glories
and follies of mankind, I feel a need to portray nature for its
own sake. I hope my work promotes value and respect for
our unique planet and it’s great variety of life.”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Nature’s Patterns”
Leopards
Original Mylar Lithography
8 x 16
Nancy Darling
Durham, North Carolina
Rociadas Pick Up Dog
$300
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Rociadas Pick Up Dog”
Dog
Oil on Board
5x7
Sue Dickinson
Nelspruit, South Africa
SECONDS OUT,
ROUND NUMBER 3
$860
There are few fights more
spectacular and intense than
2 zebra stallions duking it out.
The fights that I’ve been privileged to see have almost always been vicious and bloody,
with hooves and teeth used as
formidable weapons.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Seconds Out, Round Number 3”
Zebras
Watercolor
11 x 15
Still, they make very interesting subjects for painting. I love
how the sunlight makes their
black stripes look light blue.
Sue Dickinson
Nelspruit, South Africa
UNTROUBLED TWOSOME
$860
This relaxed lion couple had been
mating about every 15 minutes for
one day. Four days later they went
their separate ways, looking lean and
hungry after a marathon mating session.
I find lions difficult to paint because
their colour varies so much depending upon their age, the weather, the
surrounding bush … and many more
variables. Their colour doesn’t come
out of a tube, it has to be mixed without becoming a dirty mess.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Untroubled Twosome”
Lion and Lioness
Watercolor
11 x 15
Paul Dixon
Cape Town,
Republic of South Africa
Laid-Back Cat $950
Given the scarcity of these beautiful, endangered cats, it is a rare privilege indeed when I
spot one in it’s natural habitat. Being diurnal means that the light is usually more conducive to getting ‘that shot’ and making hurried sketches before the cheetah is up and off in
search of it’s next meal. This guy was very considerate and posed for me long enough to
get the necessary material for ‘Laid-back Cat’.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Laid Back Cat”
Cheetah
Oil on Linen
8 x 23 1/2
Shane Duerksen
Denver, Colorado
Crumb Patrol $550
Shane Duerksen divides clayboard’s dark India
ink from its light china clay, atom by painstaking atom, blunting “a fistful” of X-Acto blades
per wildlife portrait. Reaching deeply beneath
the shallow chaos of darkness, Shane draws
forth the majestic light of an animal’s soul into
it’s first day, creating harmony and beauty that
evoke profound emotions.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Crumb Patrol”
Chipmunk
Clayboard
7x5
Shane Duerksen
Denver, Colorado
His Majesty $1300
Shane Duerksen divides
clayboard’s dark India ink
from its light china clay,
atom by painstaking atom,
blunting “a fistful” of X-Acto
blades per wildlife portrait.
Reaching deeply beneath
the shallow chaos of darkness, Shane draws forth the
majestic light of an animal’s
soul into it’s first day, creating harmony and beauty
that evoke profound emotions.
Title:
Subject:
“His Majesty”
Lion
Clayboard
11 x 13
Melanie Fain
Boerne, Texas
Ladybug $150
I have a fondness for many garden bugs because of their colorful, interesting geometric
markings, and how they live
their lives. Ladybugs always
bring a smile to my face when
I see them in the garden. The
little red ladybug stands out
as one of the most recognized
garden bugs, happily gobbling up the pesky aphid.
Title:
Subject:
Medium:
Size: “Ladybug”
Insect
Etching & Watercolor
2x2
Melanie Fain
Boerne, Texas
American Robin
$395
Title:
Subject:
Medium:
Size: “Robin”
Songbird
Etching & Watercolor
5 1/2 x 7
The American Robin is one of
the most familiar and widespread birds in North America. Considered a harbinger
of spring in many areas, the
Robin is recognizable for it’s
brick red chest and melodic,
caroling song. I love watching
them search for earthworms
on a grassy lawn: running,
stopping to listen, running
again, then grabbing a succulent, juicy earthworm!
Trey Finney
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Big Bull,
Small Gathering $800
“Big Bull, Small Gathering”
was inspired by the small
groups of Bison scattered
about the area. They were
clearly part of the same herd
but the bulls seemed to have
each claimed a territory and
group of cows. The round circular shapes of these animals
are a nice contrast to the horizontal lines of the plain and
diagonals of the surrounding
mountains.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Finney
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
These Brown Pelicans
posed for me very patiently as
I painted them from the front
porch of our vacation apartment at Hilton Head. I love pelicans because of their almost
prehistoric design.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Big Bull, Small Gathering”
Bison
Oil
8 x 10
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Cynthie Fisher
Hamilton, Montana
Respite–Zebras
$1400
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Respite - Zebras”
Zebras
Graphite
11 x 14
Zebras are such a joy from an artistic perspective with their wild
patterns. I chose to break from
my normal medium and depict
them in black and white, using
graphite and charcoal. After 14
trips to Africa I had lots of inspiration, and I really enjoyed the
challenge of creating texture and
three dimension with only black
and white. Graphite for me is a
delicate procedure, and I can’t use
color to create drama, but I really
liked the effect the graphite produced.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
Cynthie Fisher
$400Hamilton, Montana
Title:
“We Three Kings”
Scratchboard is also a challenging medium, but nothSubject:
King Penguins
ing can produce the delicate detail and wonderful
Medium: Scratchboard
impact when depicting birds, and when I color the
Size: 8 x 14
We Three Kings
scratches with watercolor, the effect is more intense.
$1200
Penguins are always fascinating subjects, familiar to
most people, evoking a smile usually.
Jeanette Fournier
Bethlehem, New Hampshire
Eastern Screech Owl
$548
“I chose to paint this little owl, safely
hidden away up in a tree, as a visual
reminder of how important it is to
have and maintain wild places for animals and birds to live. The inspiration
for this painting was the intense gaze
of this owl as it peered out at the world
from it’s perch.”
Title:
Subject:
“Eastern Screech Owl”
Eastern Screech Owl
Watercolor
15 x 9
Sharon Fullingim
Luis Lopez, New Mexico
Turtle Baby
$150
I was struck by how few sea turtle hatchlings actually survive
the trek from their nest to the
ocean, and then return as adults
to lay eggs on that same beach. I
couldn’t resist the urge to sculpt
a mass of the babies skittering
across the beach towards their
goal, and I like to think here is
one of the lucky few who made
it, and may return in a few years.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Title:
Subject:
hatchling
Medium: Size: “Turtle Baby”
Loggerhead Turtle
Bronze
1 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Andrea Gianchiglia
Bedminster, New Jersey
Barn Owl
$300
Living in the rural parts of New Jersey
my entire life has exposed me to various types of wildlife. Owls are one of the
many neighborhood birds in my area.
Seeing them perched up on the tall trees
guarding their territory below fascinated me. This particular owl ‘posed’ in a
way showing off his most regal attitude.
www.agillustration.com
Title:
Subject:
“Barn Owl”
Barn Owl
Charcoal
11 x 8 1/2
Daniel Glanz
Masonville, Colorado
Bacon on the Breeze
$1250
Cooper, one of the best black Labrador Retrievers I know is a blocky,
cannonball of a lab who loves his
food. “Bacon on the Breeze” brings
out Cooper’s response to the wonderful bacon fragrance wafting
from the counter in the morning!
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
“Bacon on the
$400Title:
Breeze”
Subject:
Medium: Size: Labrador Retriever
Bronze
11 x 10 1/2 x 6
Shawn Gould
Eureka, California
Black Bear
$1500
The pose of the bear was everything in
this painting, and it was either going to
make it or break it. Because it has an almost human feel, there is an immediate
connection with the viewer, but I wanted
to be cautious not to anthropomorphize
the bear. My goal was to capture the
spirit of a bear just being a bear.
Title:
Subject:
“Black Bear”
Black Bear
Acrylic
16 x 12
Shawn Gould
Eureka, California
Sparrow Song
$1500
Walking through a marsh along
Humboldt Bay, I noticed these
blackberry leaves glowing in the
light and was immediately struck
by their beauty. Song sparrows
are common in this area, so including it really completed the
scene for me.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Sparrow Song”
Song Sparrow
Acrylic
12 x 16
Grant Hacking
North Conway, New Hampshire
New England Spring
$1800
When Spring final broke this year I was
eagar to get out doors and do some plein
air painting. I guess that everything was
getting out to enjoy the warm weather.
During the trip up to Squam Lake I saw
so much wildlife, moose, turkey, fox,
canada geese, all with young. There was
so much wildlife that, instead of doing
landscape, I headed back to my studio to
paint this Canada goose family.
Title:
Subject:
“New England Spring”
Canada Geese
Oil
14 x 11
Hap Hagood
Clover, Virginia
The Red Dove
$2800
Whenever possible, I try to connect
my animal sculptures to mankind
through symbolism, animism, or
myth and legend. The inspiration
for “The Red Dove” came from a
medieval bestiary, in which it was
stated: “Of all the colors of doves,
the red dove rules them all---Red
because Christ redeemed man
with his blood.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “The Red Dove”
Mourning Dove
Wood (mahogany)
4x8x3
Gary Hale
Tulsa, Oklahoma
One in Every Crowd
$1100
Certain bird and animal species
seem to invite human comparisons. Burrowing owls are one group
that makes this connection almost
unavoidable. We have all experienced the sentiment depicted in
this sculpture, either as one of the
larger group or as the one who
happens to “see the world” a little
differently.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “One in Every Crowd”
Burrowing owls
Bronze
6 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 5 1/2
Mark Yale Harris
Carbondale, Colorado
Little Worries I
$1300
I make art because art seduced
me, chose me, called me and
would not let me go.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Little Worries I”
Bear
Bronze
7 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2
Leslie Hutto
Aiken, South Carolina
Contemplation
$900
I often wonder when observing
creatures size each other up, exactly who is contemplating whom and
......what are they contemplating?
Perhaps the title of this should be
“Contemplations”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Contemplation”
Fox and turtle
bronze
6x4x7
Wes Hyde
Arvada, Colorado
High Strung
$1500
I have always had a fascination
with music, and as a painter, two
of my favorite subjects are still life
and wildlife. Bringing these elements together in High Strung was
a true joy. I hope this composition
will resonate with the viewer as
strongly as it has with me.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “High Strung”
Costa’s hummingbird
Oil on linen
10 1/4 x 12
Terry Isaac
Penticton,
British Columbia, Canada
A Walk in the Woods
$2850
This painting was inspired by the
light filtering through the trees.
The late summer rays on the yellow
leaves and grass seemed like the
perfect place for a loping grizzly
bear. As the majestic animal walks
through the trees part of it is illuminated by the same golden light
which focuses the viewers eyes on
the bears face.
Title:
Subject:
“A Walk In The Woods”
Bear in Aspens
Acrylic
18 x 8
Joni Johnson-Godsy
Shawnee, Kansas
Humble Abode
NFS
This old abandoned shed leans to
one side, as though the weight of
time itself has caused it to tire. Man
has long since given up any use for
it. But one man’s junk is a Carolina
Wren’s treasure. This little lady is
happy to find a nice dry place for
her babies to come into the world.
She has no care that her family’s
home is so modest.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Humble Abode”
Carolina Wren
Acrylic
8 x 10
Joni Johnson-Godsy
Shawnee, Kansas
Tiny Falcon
NFS
A Kestrel takes a temporary rest
to survey his surroundings. This
snarled dead limb fits the bill just
fine. The kestrel’s rest is brief, as
he spies a potential meal and is off
again. Such is the fleeting magic of
nature...
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Tiny Falcon”
American Kestrel
Acrylic
12 x 16
Richard R. Jones
Kattskill Bay, New York
White Breasted Nuthatch
$700
Richard R Jones, a unique sculptor,
carves one of a kind pieces made out
of hardwood with finishes of high gloss
urethane. His artwork shows the basic elements of a bird. Often, he takes
three characteristics specific to that
species and that’s all he carves. He eliminates all the rest. This simplicity gives
the viewer what is necessary to identify
the bird. Nothing else is needed.
Dixon
White Breasted Nuthatch is often
iltonThe
Head
Pelicans
found in many back yard bird feeders.
He gets a seed and uniquely travels top
$400to bottom of a tree looking for a place
to store it.
www.jonessculptures.com
518-656-3439
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “White Breasted Nuthatch”
White Breasted Nuthatch
Maple wood & Urethane
7x7x3
Karryl
White Oak, Pennsylvania
Little Horse
$385
I have had a passion for horses all
my life. The lovely long legs and
grace of a filly mixed with the awkwardness of youth took my heart.
She can just reach that itchy spot. I
chose the miniature format for her
because I love the intimacy that
this size brings to a piece.
Title:
Subject:
“Little Horse”
Horse
Bronze
4 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4
James Kiesow
Port Washington, Wisconsin
Wild Apples
$650
While grouse hunting, I came across
an old abandoned apple orchard. I
didn’t flush a grouse, but did see a
cardinal. I decided to combine the
apples with the cardinal, and this
painting is the result.
Dixon
iltonTitle:
Head Pelicans
“Wild Apples”
Subject:
Cardinal
Acrylic
$400Medium:
Size: 12 x 12
Leslie Kirchner
Green Valley, California
In the Air - Bull Elk
$625
In The Air- Bull Elk came about from a
reference gathering trip to the Yellowstone/ Tetons area. Another artist and I
came across some cow elks one morning
by a lake, with the lake fog rising around
them. A beautiful image. More interesting, however, was the bull elk coming
down off the side of a hill, with the morning light bathing him in a warm glow,
walking by us to check on the status of
his harem.
Title:
Subject:
“In The Air- Bull Elk”
Bull Elk
Acrylic
7x5
Yvonne Kitchen
Talent, Oregon
John Mule
$1850
My art, in one form or another, like my animals have
been driving forces in my life
since early childhood. Even
now my artist father’s voice
echoes “Yvonne, if you want
to draw horses, you have to
really look at how the legs
go” whenever I am teaching.
I think we all express our life
experiences and personality
through our art, and in my
case keen observation and
attention to detail combined
with years of grooming ani- Title:
“JOHN MULE”
mals have culminated in my Subject: Mule Gelding
love of creating my highly de- Medium: Bronze
8 x 9 1/2 x 5 1/2
These tailed
BrownBronze
PelicansPortraits from Size: posed Nature.
for me very patiently as I painted them from the front porch of our vacation apartment at Hilton Head. I love peli-
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Jack Koonce
Hailey, Idaho
Desert Ghost
$600
One can always count on
these crafty wild dogs
offering one last look,
before
disappearing
into the landscape like a
ghost.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Desert Ghost”
Coyote
Oil
8 x 10
Kim Kori
Sedona, Arizona
Bayou Bouquet
$1300
Pitcher plants grow in wetlands and produce a fragrance that attracts insects which
nourish them. Green tree frogs are attracted by the insects and often enter inside the
pitcher plant to eat them.
In my minds eye I saw someone picking a
bouquet of these beautiful plants along
with some of its blossoms. After arranging
them in a vase the tree frog makes an appearance.
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400 Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Bayou Bouquet”
Green tree frog
Bronze
11 x 4 x 4
Kim Kori
Sedona, Arizona
Mouse Geisha
$1500
I enjoy sculpting mice because they
have a huge amount of character.
I have two mouse sculpture series.
This piece is the first in “Mice of the
World” series. She is a geisha from
Japan. Her clothing has been researched, however her accessories
are what would be suitable to a
mouse including mushroom parasol, acorn hair pins and moth fan.
Title:
Subject:
series
“Mouse Geisha”
Mice of the world
Bronze
7 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 3/4
Laney
Crow Heart, Wyoming
Zero
$2500
A frigid morning along Dry Creek and the
mist is making the morning seem fuzzy
in the still air and crusty snow.
The Downy Woodpecker is fluffed out to
keep his feet warm.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Zero”
Downy Woodpecker
Oil
13 x 10
Brent Langley
Coal Valley, Illinois
Mountain Bluebird
$800
The beautiful pastel blue mountain
bluebird looks like a piece of sky
fell to earth and grew feathers. Its
plumage perfectly complements
the showy wildflowers of its summer home in our western meadows.
Title:
Subject:
“Mountain Bluebird”
Mountain Bluebird
Acrylic
14 x 11
Brent Langley
Coal Valley, Illinois
Rain Forest Wren
$800
One of our favorite birds seen
on a recent trip to Vancouver
Island was one we hardly ever
saw: the winter wren. In all
the forested areas we heard its
beautiful, jaunty song which
seems to go on forever. But,
given its small size, somber
plumage, and reclusive habits,
it usually remained hidden. Finally, in Cathedral Grove, we
discovered a winter wren posing nicely for us in the open and
got some good reference photos. It seemed the perfect small
“Rain Forest Wren”
bird for a small works painting Title:
Subject:
Winter Wren
depicting the Northwest’s tem- Medium: Oil
These perate
Brown rain
Pelicans
forest close-up.
Size: 11 x 14
posed for me very patiently as I painted them from the front porch of our vacation apartment at Hilton Head. I love peli-
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Rebecca Latham
Denmark, MN
Peeking $895
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Peeking”
Raccoon
Watercolor
4 1/2 x 6 1/2
Rebecca Latham
Denmark, MN
Wistful ~ Timberwolf
$2,175
Title:
Subject: Medium: Size:
“Wistful - Timberwolf ”
Timberwolf
Watercolor
12 x 9
Dixon
ilton Head Pelicans
$400
Rod Lawrence
Kalkaska, Michigan
High Country
$1,800
“High Country” was inspired by a
very old photograph sent to me by a
high school friend of my fathers. The
photo showed the friend’s dad with
a mountain goat he was hunting in
the mountains near Seward, Alaska. I decided to paint the mountain
goat in this actual setting, based on
the photograph. I lived in Montana
for a few years and while camping
in the high country I would often
see mountain goats in a setting
such as this.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “High Country”
Mountain goat
Acrylic
8 x 10
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Rod Lawrence
Kalkaska, Michigan
White Light &
Blue Shadows
$325
White Light & Blue Shadows
I was photographing shore birds
at Lido Beach in Florida one
year and I arrived at daybreak
to capture the early morning
activity of the birds. Once the
sun was up I was struck by the
bright light on some nearby
Ibis and the blue tinted shadows. This small painting was
published as a step-by-step
demonstration in my instruc- 231.258.4724
tional book “Wildlife Painting Email: [email protected]
Basics, Waterfowl & Wading Website: www.rodlawrence.com
Birds” published by North Light
Books.
Title:
Subject:
“White Light & Blue Shadows”
White ibis
Watercolor on paper
4 1/2 x 6 1/4
Patsy Lindamood
Gainesville, Florida
Camouflage,
Amphibian Style
$290
Camping at Rocky Bayou
State Park on the Florida
Panhandle last October, we
found a visitor in our camp
site one night. He was so
complete camouflaged by
his environment, it was a
wonder we even noticed
him. For my painting, I
relied on a limited orange
and brown palette to accentuate the unity of this
beautiful amphibian with
his dried leaf environment.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Camouflage, Amphibian-style”
Orangish Toad
Colored Pencil
8 x 10
Patsy Lindamood
Gainesville, Florida
Silver Dragon
$290
The Houston Museum of Natural Science’s Cockrell Butterfly
Center provides a fabulous environment in which to observe
and experience butterflies. The
Center is also home to a handsome iguana. Use of a limited
palette with strong light and
dark contrast enabled me to
convey the drama of the “silver
dragon” as I first detected him
emerging through foliage from
a dark hidden space into the
light. His incredible texture
and the bounce of local color
off his scales make him almost
appear to be reflecting his environment, as if he were silver.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Silver Dragon I”
Iguana
Colored Pencil
7 x 10
Janeice Linden
Ponca City, Oklahoma
Wait Up $695
Mallard ducklings can swim
and feed themselves on insects
as soon as they hatch, but stay
near the female for protection. I spotted this family in a
nearby lake. It was entertaining to watch their antics and
one duckling always seemed
to be falling behind.
Title:
Subject:
“Wait Up!”
Mallards
Oil
10 x 10
Richard Karl Malenky
Woodside, New York
Asian Rhino $1,200
Rhinos have always held a fascination for me. They speak
of a primitive brute force melded with the more recently
evolved, and more familiar, features of mammals. The
plates, flaps, and unusual skin textures of the Asian Rhino
accentuate this odd combination better than
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Asian Rhino”
Indian Rhinoceros
Bronze
4 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 8
Roger Martin
Albemarle, North Carolina
Curious $475
I have always enjoyed sculpting bears.
Curious was a study in bear posture, experimenting with pose and balance.
Title:
Subject:
“Curious”
Bear
Bronze
8 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8
Jan Martin-McGuire
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Waiting for Mom $1,300
The inspiration for this painting are
my two wolves - Denali and Willow. I
took lots of photos of them when they
were pus - I loved the “innocent” look
to them. Pups are quite different in
looks to adults. They have big ears, big
paws and are “fuzzy”. It’s always quite
startling to me when I see a painting
where the artist simply tries to make
smaller “adults” as . Think about a
painting of humans with the mom
holding an “infant” that is just a scaled
down adult! Infant humans look quite
different from adult humans - and so
do baby animals look quite different
from adults!
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Waiting for Mom”
Wolf Pups
Acrylic
8 x 10
Diane Mason
Berthoud, Colorado
Ham & Eggs $525
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Ham ‘n Eggs”
Pig and chicken
Bronze
3 1/2 x 7 x 4
A sculptor friend had admired my
chickens at the Loveland Invitational Show, and said that since I
did chickens so well, why didn’t I
put them into compositions with
other animals? He suggested that
I come up with a sculpture having
the title of “Ham ‘n Eggs”, and thus
the idea was “hatched”. I needed
a happy-looking pig, preferably
rounded but immature, and a very
contented-looking hen. As my hens
tend to enjoy riding around on my
back at times, I figured they might
occasionally sit on the backs of other animals as well. A nice little pig
might make the ideal perch at nap
time, thus was the composition determined - and the sculpture itself
came together quickly once I began
to work on it.
Eileen Matias
Akron, Ohio
Floating $850
Floating - The thing I love most about animals are colors and patterns that most of
them have. This Lion Fish was watching me
as I photographed him/her. The fish seemed
to be floating peaceful, comfortable, watching me as I watched the fish.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Floating”
Lion Fish
Colored Pencil
8x5
Darin Miller
Fremont, Ohio
Pride of Pennsylvania
2,100
Both favoring dry wooded hillsides,
the Worm-eating Warbler and the
Pink Lady’s Slipper are an uncommon sight. The Worm-eating Warbler builds its nest of dead leaves and
moss on the ground, so staying on
designated trails is very important
during nesting season. The bird is
often found searching in dead leaves
for insects, and a singing male high
above in the canopy can indicate a
nest close by.
Title:
Subject:
“Pride of Pennsylvania”
Worm-eating Warbler
Oil
14 x 10
Ron Orlando
Hawley, Pennsylvania
Gyrfalcon Study
$1,500
During a trip out west we happened
upon a falconer giving a demonstration in an open field. He had numerous birds, one being this beautiful
Gyrfalcon. This falcon struck me as
being the most beautiful bird I have
ever seen.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Gyrfalcon Study”
Gyrfalcon
Acrylic
14 x 11
12” x 9 “ Transparent Watercolor on
Arches 140lb. Rough
Paper
Ron Orlando
Hawley, Pennsylvania
Tiger’s Stare
$1,600
While doing some research on
big cats at a rehabilitation center I came across this magnificent young male tiger. While
we watched each other for quite
some time, only feet apart, I
could not help but be enthralled
by those eyes. The intensity of
his stare was quite intimidating
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Tiger’s Stare”
Tiger
Acrylic
11 1/2 x 11 1/2
Leo E. Osbourne
Anacortes, Washington
Lunar Spirits
$2,720
Embracing sprites
Winged beings of delight
Swallow tailed nymphs
They swoop
into the night
Flying home
to the moon light
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: On my island home there lives a
renowned stained glass artist,
Robert Hill. My friend created a
window for his ‘Beloved’ with two
beautiful, swooping, caressing
angels. With wings like swallows,
“Lunar Spirits” I was captivated and caught in
Ethereal Swallows their magic, and so honored RobBronze ert by creating Lunar Spirits in my
8 x 12 x 7
own fashion.
Leo E. Osbourne
Anacortes, WA
Winter Mountain Stream
$1,570
Aquatic songs
Ice laced river rock and
Dipping of the Ouzel
The diver of
Fast frigid waters
Warms my heart
On this winter walk
Trudging through mountain snow along a
rushing river in Joseph Oregon, I was dazzled
to delight coming upon a Water Dipper (Ouzel)
diving into freezing fast waters to feed. Being
that it is our only aquatic songbird, and though
I no longer do detailed carvings, I had to respond visually to this moment’s story by doing
this piece.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Winter Mountain Stream”
Water Ouzel
Bronze
6x6x6
Victoria Parsons
Parker, Colorado
Lady Luck
$350
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Lady Luck”
Lady Bugs
Wood - Bristlecone
4 x 5 x 3 1/4
Victoria Parsons
Parker, Colorado
Winged Jewels $850
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Winged Jewels”
Hummingbird
Bronze
8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4
Patricia Pepin
Bromont, QC Canada
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Blushing Tom”
Wild turkey
Acrylic on board
8X3
Blushing Tom $600
Wild turkeys are magnificient birds and I
like to paint them because there is nothing
fluffy about them, looking as if they where
made of hammered sheets of metal, with
heads of molten lava.
Patricia Pepin
Bromont, QC Canada
Hector, the Turtle
$1,100
A friend of mine has a big decorative pond beside her house and
in the spring this painted turtle
found itself at home there. The
region is very wet, with many
rivers, lakes, and marshes, and
turtles and amphibians abound.
Hector, like my friend named
him, is probably very happy to
have found his own little pond.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Hector the turtle”
Painted Turtle
Oil on board
6x8
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Goalie”
Great Dane
Bronze
4 x 6 x 3 1/2
My Great Dane, Bella, has a soccer ball that she plays
with. We kick it for her but she’s so fast she intercepts
it most of the time.....then she “kills” it.
Louise Peterson
Guffey, Colorado
Goalie $450
Louise Peterson
This is your typical Great Dane keeping an eye on things.
Watch Dog $450
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: Guffey, Colorado
“Watch Dog”
Great Dane
Bronze
1 1/2 x 6 x 4 1/2
Anne Peyton
Phoenix, Arizona
Hoodie $1,200
Hooded Mergansers don’t
often come to the Sonoran
Desert. But once in a while
they can be found on Phoenix
ponds in the winter months,
mixed in with our usual duck
locals and migrants. The
drakes are proud, dapper little guys. What lady merganser could resist them?
Title:
Subject:
“Hoodie”
Hooded Merganser
Acrylic
10 x 10
Marie E.
Pierce-Ruhland
Koehlinger
St.Louis, MO
Jade and Maliha
Raja’s Bouncin’ Baby Girls
St Louis Zoo 2009 Series
$1,400
Raja, born at the St. Louis Zoo 16 years
ago, is the daddy of these precocious
baby girls ---- half sisters and best
friends. On the day of their photo
session they romped together, shoved
and splashed one another, and tickled
each other behind their ears with their
trunks. It was thrilling to watch them
demonstrate their joy of living with
such high energy.
I had never drawn elephant hide before, and I
enjoyed the challenge. It was like drawing liquid rock, and I alluded to that by drawing little
contrast between the elephants and the rock
wall behind them.
Title:
“Jade and Maliha-Raja’s Bouncin’ Baby Girls”
Subject: Baby elephants
Medium: Pencil
Size: 12 x 16
Marie E.
Pierce-Ruhland
Koehlinger
St.Louis, MO
Rimba $950
St Louis Zoo 2009 Series
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Rimba”
Malaysian Sun Bear
Pencil
12 x 16
Rimba is a Bornean Malayan Sun Bear residing at the St. Louis Zoo. I was struck with
his apparently innocent sapphire blue eyes
and peaceful pose. At the same time, however, I could not overlook his potential for
ferocity shown by his extraordinarily long
nails, quietly poised near his powerful
jaws. He seemed to be a complex combination of opposites, and I strove to capture
every detail down to his eyelashes framing
those very blue eyes.
Also available is the original hand colored
giclée: “Rimba, the Blue-eyed Malayan
Sun Bear”
Justin Prigmore
Carrbridge, Scotland
Mara Monarch
$1,250
Seeing a big male lion in the wild
is an awe-inspiring experience.
As the top predator of the Masai
Mara ecosystem, this male exuded a confidence that can only
come from knowing that he was
the king of his domain.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Mara Monarch”
Lion
Oil on Canvas
12 X 16
Linda Relis
Port St. Lucie, Florida
Foreign Intruder $950
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Foreign Intruder”
Iguana
Oil
11 x 14
Having lived in Florida for two decades
and never seeing an iguana before I was
surprised one morning to see one on my
dock. I was intrigued by it’s prehistoric
look and made some quick studies of it.
Iguanas are native to South and Central
America as well as the Caribbean. These
non-natives have adapted well to Florida and now number in the hundreds of
thousands. Our climate keeps them from
going any further north. They live in the
wild for 20 + years (much less in captivity) and grow to 6 feet or more. They
are primarily herbivores and love to eat
leaves and ornamental flowers. Not all
Floridians are happy with these new arrivals, but I was glad to get an up close
and personal look. They’re sort of cute in
their own way.
Paul Rhymer
Point of Rocks, MD
Chippy $350
I sculpted this chipmunk at the
“Speed Sculpt” at the Southeast
Wildlife Expo show earlier this
year. At SEWE artists sculpt or
paint a piece in one hour and
then it is auctioned for charity.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Chippy”
Chipmunk
Bronze
2 1/2 x 4 x 4
Paul Rhymer
Point of Rocks, MD
Shell Game
$200
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Shell Game”
Sliders
Bronze
1 x 2 x 1 1/2
These slider turtles were
sculpted at the NatureWorks
show in Tulsa this year. The
show was held in a lovely hotel with ponds and waterfalls
that had live fish and turtles.
I have loved turtles since early childhood and had a great
time “sketching” these in clay
while at the my booth.
Martiena Richter
Naperville, Illinois
Autum Fox
$1,195
This fox is at rest, enjoying a
sunny autumn day. However,
something has caught its attention and it may leap up at
any moment. It’s a joy to use
my scratch board technique to
portray the wonderful texture
and beautiful colors of the fox’s
plush fur, and have the strong
light play across its back.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Autumn Fox”
Red Fox
Scratchboard Engraving
5x7
Rosetta
Loveland, Colorado
Curly $320
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Curly”
Domestic cat
Bronze
1 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4
Every position a sleeping cat
assumes seems to offer a different design solution for a
sculpture. Inspired by one of
my studio cats, this one, obviously, suggested swirls and
curls to me, so that’s what I
emphasized in this miniature,
classic spiral formed piece.
Curly was my 2003 “Quick
Draw” sculpture at the Western Rendezvous of Art in
Helena, MT, number 1 in the
edition being purchased at
auction there.
Rosetta
Loveland, Colorado
Vantage Point Miniature
$650
I’ll never forget the day I watched our
valley’s resident bobcat catch a mouse
in the open field. I waited by the culvert I knew he used to cross under the
road and we were locked in each other’s
gaze as he passed no more than 15 feet
away, mouse dangling from his mouth.
What a beautiful animal! And what
a thrill to observe him at such close
range in his natural habitat! “Vantage
Point” catches a young Bobcat using a
craggy rock outcropping as an observation tower, always alert to that sound
or slight movement that might indicate the presence of his next meal - or
imminent danger.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Vantage Point Minature”
Bobcat
Bronze
4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4
Linda Rossin
Oak Ridge, NJ
Maritime Migrator
$1,250
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Maritime Migrator”
Monarch Butterfly
Acrylic
3 1/8 x 3 1/8
The greatest spectacle of migration on earth
is that of the Monarch as each spring and
fall millions of these feather light butterflies
flutter across our North American landscape.
Traveling thousands of miles from its winter
habitat in California and Mexico, and covering only 40 to 100 miles a day, can take several
generations for this insect to reach its northern breeding grounds. Come autumn the migration reverses. I’m fortunate to be located
in a state where this southward phenomenon
can be witnessed along our many inlets, bays
and shores.
Linda Rossin
Oak Ridge, NJ
Romancing the
Reef $875
Mans love affair with the sea
has captivated him for eons and
he has gone to great lengths to
uncover many mysteries of the
deep. Today’s explorer has just to
don some SCUBA or snorkel gear
to investigate or admire what’s
beneath the waves. Frankly I
find that snorkeling provides
some of the best and most colorful viewing of undersea life
in this mystical world where
sea fans sway and dolphins play
among the jeweled reefs of our
oceans.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Romancing the Reef ”
Spotted Dolphin
Acrylic
2 3/4 x 4 1/4
Donald Rubin
Cold Springs, Colorado
The Challenger
$460
I have always liked longhorns.
I encountered this longhorn
defending its territory. He
had his head down, looking at
me in a challenging manner.
Aah the perfect bas relief, I
thought, if I could only dodge
his horns.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “The Challenger”
Longhorn
Bronze
7 x 10 x 2 1/3
Terri Russell
Harp Seal $650
“Working with clay was love at first touch. A spark ignited within me setting aflame a creative response.
My spirit soared with a new sense of inner freedom
and excitement, as well as an increased awareness of
my connection with the earth and to my Creator.”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Harp Seal”
Harp seal
Raku Clay
4 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 11 1/2
Robert Salo
Milliken, Colorado
Winter Round Up $625
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: On this frigid winter day, these three large bull elks are heading down to the
winter feeding meadows. I enjoy working with snow as it adds another element to the painting.
“Winter Round Up”
Elks
Oil
6 x 12
h
Sherry Sander
Kalispell, MT
Narcissus at the Pool
$3,000
“Love and beauty can be truth in
the eye of the beholder, even if experienced through the reflection of
one’s own image in a pool.”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Narcissus at the Pool”
Moose
Cast Bronze
11 x 11 x 11
Sharon K. Schafer
Boulder City, Nevada
Golden Moment
Cheetah
$600
The cheetah on the attack is a
golden blur. It is the fastest land
animal and its short bursts of
speed can reach an astonishing
70 – 75 mph .
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Golden Moment”
Cheetah
Acrylic on Hardboard
9 x 12
I had followed this lithe, athletic
animal for an afternoon as he
hunted with his two brothers in
the Great Rift Valley of the Masai
Mara. The sun was hesitantly sinking down behind the escarpment
and the fading light washed this
great cat with the fading light golden eyes, golden grass in a
land spun of golden light.
Suzie Seerey-Lester
Osprey, Florida
Evening Dance
$2,200
We are lucky to have lots of Sand Hill
Cranes in our area, and we are visited
by migrating flocks during the winter
and spring. We have a secret place
called the Celery Fields (a state wetlands park) where we go to see a myriad of different birds. Late last year,
flocks of 75 to 100 Sand Hill Cranes
were flying into the Celery Fields at
night to take shelter. I was fortunate
to be there to see them take their eve- Title:
ning dance across the amber lit ponds Subject:
Medium: as they joined the rest of the flock.
Size: “Evening Dance”
Sandhill Cranes
Oil
9 x 12
Cathy Sheeter
Aurora, Colorado
All Smiles
Red Panda
$650
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “All Smiles”
Red Panda
Scratchboard & Ink
5x7
The happy expression on this
Red Panda’s face is what initially attracted me to this image. He looks like his is simply
having a great time and ready
for more fun. I chose the
close crop to really highlight
this expression. Red Pandas
(also called lesser panda)
are primarily bamboo eaters
and spend much of their life
in trees, where they are very
agile. They’re native to the
Himalayas and are continuing
to decline in numbers due to
habitat loss and poaching.
Cathy Sheeter
Aurora, Colorado
Needing a Shave
$500
There is probably no animal that is better
suited for the medium of scratchboard than
the zebra. Their contrasting colors and delightful patterns are perfect for the medium.
I photographed the reference for this piece at
the Denver zoo one morning where this zebra
was backlit making his long and abundant
whiskers really stand out, making me think
that he really was ‘needin’ a shave‘!
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Needing A Shave”
Grevy’s Zebra
Scratchboard
7x5
Rachelle Siegrist
Townsend, Tennessee
Crested Cara-Cara
$1,200
Growing up in South Florida,
I was fortunate to see Crested
Caracaras occasionally, as they
would sit on the fence posts
along the roadsides. Catching a
glimpse of these beautiful birds
was, and always will be, a joy for
me. I found the lighting in this
particular pose to be quite inspiring, adding to the Caracara’s
own regal dignity.
Title:
Subject:
“Crested CaraCara”
Crested CaraCara
Opaque Watercolor
3 1/2 x 3 1/2
Rachelle Siegrist
Townsend, Tennessee
The Cliffs at La Jolla
$1,200
Being my first trip to Southern California, I found the beautiful area
of La Jolla Cove truly amazing. The
intense hot pink flowers that cascaded gracefully down the sides
of the of the sandstone cliffs added to the almost fairytale setting
surrounding the areas scattered
along, in which the Pigeons were
nesting. This particular Pigeon
in the perfect secluded location,
amidst the pink flowers, made for
a most ideal painting.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “The Cliffs at La Jolla”
Rock Dove
Opaque Watercolor
4 1/2 x 3 1/2
Wes Siegrist
Townsend, Tennessee
Frosty Morning
$850
The tranquility and peace surrounding this Mourning Dove
one winter morning outside our
bedroom window immediately
inspired me and I ran for the
camera to capture the moment.
Adding the highlights of frost
was particularly fun in recreating
the moment. I also liked the tension of the warm leaves and bird
against the cool evergreens.
Title:
Subject:
“Frosty Morning”
Mourning Dove
Opaque Watercolor
2 3/4 x 2 3/4
Wes Siegrist
Townsend, Tennessee
Marsh Hen $850
I never tire of watching birds.
They’re certainly my favorite
subject when viewing wildlife.
Waterfowl I find especially enchanting with the ever changing patterns of water and reflections. I was privileged to live for
a few years directly on a canal
in Florida with abundant waterfowl right outside my studio
window. Sometimes, it was the
fish that called and I’d have to
lay down the brush for my pole
for awhile!
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Marsh Hen”
Marsh Hen or American Coot
Opaque Watercolor
2 3/4 x 2 3/4
Kelly Singleton
Havre de Grace, MD
Red-Legged Honeycreeper
$720
This painting was inspired by my wonderful trip
to Trinidad last year as part of the Don Eckelberry Award I received from the SAA. I loved the
beautiful jewel tones on many of the birds. One
of my many favorites was the male Red-legged
Honeycreeper. He is depicted here in his striking
breeding plumage. It was very challenging to
capture just the right shade of violet-blue in his
plumage, but it was fun to paint with brilliant
colors I don’t normally get to use!
Title:
Subject:
“Red-legged Honeycreeper”
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Oil on Ampersand cradled panel
12 x 6
Kelly Singleton
Havre de Grace, MD
Tufted Titmouse
$795
When feeding at a birdfeeder,
the Tufted Titmouse will scout
the area from the cover of trees
before flying to the birdfeeder.
It will scoop up a seed and return
to the trees to eat it. This bird is
in scout mode eager to retrieve
another seed.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Tufted Titmouse”
Tufted Titmouse
Oil on linen
8 x 10
Jill Soukup
Lakewood, Colorado
Ambling Triad
$600
Ambling Triad is a statement
about color and movement.
In terms of color, I pushed the
triad combination of green,
orange and purple. The motion of the three horses is the
inspiration for the structure
and composition of the piece.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Ambling Triad”
Horses
Oil
6x8
Eva Stanley
Loveland, Colorado
Space Invasion
$3,200
Commissioned work frequently gives
me the opportunity to study creatures
often much maligned. This piece began as a request from The Wildlife Experience in Parker, Colorado!
Rattlesnakes fill a 3.5 million year old
niche in nature, keeping rodent populations in check. They, in turn, are food
for hawks, eagles, ravens, roadrunners,
kingsnakes, bullsnakes, badgers, coyotes, bobcats, alligators and bullfrogs!
But humans are their greatest threat.
Mostly nocturnal creatures, they are
reluctant to be active below 40° or
above 94°, during windy periods or
full moonlight, spending most of their
secretive lives in cool dark rodent burrows and deep rock crevices.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Space Invasion”
Prairie Rattlesnake
Bronze
3 1/2 x 10 x 6
Eva Stanley
Loveland, Colorado
This is My Pad
$2,300
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “This is my ‘pad’”
American Alligator hatchling
Bronze
3 x 9 1/2 x 7
The Florida Everglades is a fabulous
place for viewing alligators of all ages!
The 2 ounce babies come fully equipped
with camouflage, a loud distress call,
excellent hearing and vision, and needle-like teeth! Although mother will
stay near her babies to guard them,
each baby must fend for itself. These
feisty little hunters will start with
worms, insects, minnows, and tadpoles.
Alligators cannot produce body heat,
and use the sun and water to warm up
and cool down. Surrounded by water
for safety, this baby has discovered
that a lily pad makes a great place to
soak up some sun!
Debbie Stevens
Cypress, TX
Ready for Flight
$750
Living on the Texas Coast provides endless opportunities to
observe and experience birds
often overlooked. This Lesser
Yellowlegs was a fleeting moment in my life. As quickly as he
landed he crouched into position for flight. We usually find
the Lesser Yellowlegs in shallow water habitats or common
drainage areas and shorelines.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Ready for Flight”
Lesser Yellowlegs
Oil on canvas
12 x 16
Jan Sharkey Thomas
Salt Spring Island, BC Canada
A Natural Blend
$1,300
“Several red squirrels frequent the immediate area
surrounding my studio on Salt Spring Island - I am
always amazed at how well they are camouflaged
in the balsam and douglas fir, knowing so well their
many highways and byways among the branches
and along the trunks of the trees. This is one of a
series of paintings in which I have attempted to
capture the special blend of coloration that is such
apt protection for these swift energetic creatures in
their natural habitat.”
Title:
Subject:
“A Natural Blend”
Western Red Squirrel
Oil on Canvas
14 x 11
Debra Trent
Myersville, MD
What was That?
$295
This little black bear cub was
waiting for Mom to return when
he (or she) heard a noise. I love
the timid yet curious expression, which is what I wanted to
capture in this painting.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “What Was That?”
Black bear cub
Oil on hardboard
6x6
Joseph Vance
Durham, North Carolina
Lion Study $600
“Lion Study” is based on a field
sketch I did in Tanzania some
years ago. The relaxed attitude of
this fellow is typical of lions which
spend well over two-thirds of
their day sleeping or lying around
not doing much. And that is how
I often portray them....I guess
that being the top predator in the
neighborhood has its perks.
Title:
Subject:
“Lion Study”
Lion
Pencil
12 x 9
Joe Weatherly
Santa Ana, California
Coyote Sketch
$450
Coyote Sketch is an example of
an oil quick study that I do while
studying a particular animal before making a more developed
painting of it. This approach is
“gesture drawing” with a paintbrush, and allows me to study
the canine’s movement, color,
form and shapes in a short
amount of time. Bold, direct
strokes of paint and economy of
detail were the key ingredients
to capturing the essence of the
coyote.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Coyote Sketch”
Coyote
Oil on Panel
9 x 12
Joe Weatherly
Santa Ana, California
Wolf Study
$450
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Wolf Study”
Wolf
Oil on Panel
9 x 12
Wolf Study is an oil sketch of
a white wolf with an abstract
background done freely and
rapidly. The background colors are kept simple to allow
the wolf to stand out as the
main theme and to help convey the canine’s character and
poise. The beautiful form and
snowy fur of the white wolf is
what gave the inspiration to
paint this piece.
Pat Weaver
Dade City, Florida
Heads Above All Others
$600
When I saw this giraffe, he had such an
air of superiority and I knew he would
make a great subject to paint. Giraffes
are such elegant animals, towering
above all others and thus the title of
the painting: “Heads Above All Others”
I chose to focus on the giraffe’s facial
features, keeping the background very
simple. This is a mixed media painting
underpainted in transparent watercolor and then I used black acrylic to create a strong contrast against the lighter
values used to paint the giraffe.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Heads Above All Others”
Giraffe
Watercolor
8 x 10
Ronnie Williford
Georgetown, Texas
Omile Indlovu
(Zulu for Thirsty Elephants)
$895
Title:
“Omile Indlovu (Zulu for Thirsty Elephants)”
Subject:
African elephants
Medium: Oil on Panel
Size: 12 x 16
The title of this piece comes
from the Zulu. It means “Thirsty
Elephant.” Having spent the last
two summers in the stifling heat
of the Texas hill country, I’m
empathetic to creatures forced
to endure months of relentless
heat and drought. This painting
is a kind of self portrait expressing faith in the inevitable rain
and cooler weather that has
been worshiped and counted
on by terrestrial life for millennia. Till then, the slightest opportunity for relief is embraced
with grateful enthusiasm.
Kay Witherspoon
Englewood, Colorado
Summertime
$1,200
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Summertime”
Geese and child
Oil on canvas
8 x 10
Terry Woodall
North Bend, Oregon
Coho Crowning
$450
“Supple and smooth, the Coho
Salmon weaves through numerous obstacles in a migration fraught with hardships
and challenges. Their cycle of
life takes them from mountain streams into deep ocean
reaches and back again. At
the end of their journey, their
crowning acheivement is to
reproduce and die.”
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Coho Crowning”
Coho Salmon
Myrtlewood
12 x 12 x 10
Steve Worthington
Santa Fe, New Mexico
3 Bunnie Rabbits
$255
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: Moving to Santa Fe in 2005 and seeing sculpture everywhere fueled my interest in
it and convinced me to take it up seriously a year later. There’s rabbits all around
where we live, so they were my first subject. I started out with life sized ones and
moved on to tiny miniatures later.
I aim to make sculptures which quiver with life and are also as accurate as pos-
“3 Bunnies”
sible. But if I had to sacrifice one for the other, I would keep the life in them and
Rabbits
lose the accuracy.
Bronze
1 - 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 - 2 x 2 - 2 1/4
Steve Worthington
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Miniature
Bumper to Bumper
$250
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: My working background as an artist is primarily drawing storyboards for tv
commercials. I’ve been telling other people’s stories in long strings of images,
for my entire working life. Now I also tell my own stories in sculpture.
These turtles are a tribute to the freeways of Los Angeles where I used to live.
Slow moving and overcrowded. Or could it be a single turtle just passing through,
sculpted in sequence like a 3d storyboard?
“Miniature Bumper to Bumper”
Turtles
Bronze & Graphite
1 1/4 x 10 1/2 x 2
Scott Yablonski
Littleton, Colorado
A New Dawn $600
My inspiration for this piece
came from the rose and the
arbor, and the almost stainedglass quality of the light passing
through the leaves. The rose is a
variety called New Dawn and it
seemed only appropriate to put
a young bird in the “dawn” of its
life perched in the painting as a
celebration of new life and the
natural world around us.
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “A New Dawn”
Baby Robin
Acrylic on masonite
8 3/4 x 14 1/8
Aaron Yount
Towanda, Illinois
Gros Ventre King
$750
Title:
Subject:
Medium: Size: “Gros Ventre King”
Moose
Oil on Linen
9 x 12
“Gros Ventre King” was inspired by a recent trip to the
Gros Ventre river in Grand
Teton National Park. The
moose that I painted was
browsing in the willows near
the water’s edge and was difficult to see clearly. Finally he
entered an area that provided
better viewing and upon raising his head revealed his impressive antlers as if to show
that he was the king of the
river.

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