When the reference image isn’t go wonderful, sometimes I just leave that part out. I think it worked just fine. This is an acrylic on canvas, 5″x7″.
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American Pika
The lake wasn’t frozen, that was just the name of it. At Sunrise, the alpine portal on the northeast side of Mount Rainier, these pikas seemed to be everywhere – collecting grass for their winter stores. This one just sat there giving its signature shreek of dismay to warn everyone else of me, the intruder.
Chickadee – Snowy Day
Gray Squirrel in Cherry Tree
This painting is from a photo I took several years ago during the cherry blossom festival at the University of Washington. As hundreds of people scurried about taking and posing for photos this little gray squirrel watched the show from his safe perch in one of the iconic trees. I love cherry blossoms and not […]
Our Little Campground Host
I have fond memories of our little campsite host, a golden-mantled ground squirrel, at Lake Wenatchee last summer. He was living in the log bordering our site. Very friendly and entertaining, as most critters in campgrounds tend to be, looking for handouts. Now his memory lives on in this painting I just finished.