Day 13 - an Owl

 

"Barn Owl"

6" x 6" acrylic painting on Claybord

"Barn Owl"

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Painting 30 in 30 - Day 19/Fox

"Urbanite"

9" x 12"

mixed media

gouache and watercolor

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 17/Coyote

"Winter Coat"

8" x 10"

Acrylic and watercolor inks

Painting 30 in 30 - Day 9/Deer

"Innocence"

7" x 9"

mixed media

watercolor/colored pencil/gouache

Painted from a photo that I borrowed from my

friend - Danni.  I loved

the sweet look on this white-tail's face

as he obviously was aware that

something was going on.

Danni has an awesome blog

On the Way to Critter Farm.

You can visit it HERE.

Thanks Danni!

Original SOLD however...

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An Oil Painting of a Coyote

"Rogue"

6" x 6"

oil on Raymar canvasboard

This coyote turned out to be looking rather - 

"I'm not so sure...maybe I better be on my way.."

I like the results I got - it's all in his eyes.

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Work in Progress - Third DAY

Working on middle raven today...

color in.

LOTS of work to do on background, foreground - 

mucho details to be done on biggest guy on the right.

You get the idea..

Number 26 out of 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

"Moose"

7" x 7"

Oil on Arches OLEO

Wet paint causes shine again.  I usually wait for a few days to photograph 

my paintings to avoid that.

This moose is a 'local' (in Colorado) at a 

National Forest campground 

we frequent in the RV.

I will be doing a large one - whole body - soon, 

thought I would take this opportunity

to get a feel for him.

Only 4 more days to go!

30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

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Where I Stand Sunday

Even country dogs need exercise...especially since they have to be "penned" against the elements of other dogs, animals, varmints, people...this dog is referred to in the 'kenneling world' as "dog aggressive". He came that way, we tried many ways to change it, to no avail.

We went for a 3 mile walk around the "section" - saw no humans or cars or farmers - or quite luckily neighbor dogs, however saw evidence of big cat, coyote, deer, turkey, and spooked up 4 pheasants.
He loves being able to run, but stays close. He's a great pointer. We never have had him in a hunting situation. Wouldn't want to.
He is a pretty insecure dude and very highstrung - comes with the breed.
A trainer once told us, "He's no Alpha!", but he is our special dog.
We love him anyway.

Where I Stand Sunday

Today, I stand over a controversy. It's a controversy for ME and maybe for YOU?

It has been playing in my mind for over 19 years. It started when I went back to college to become a classroom elementary educator and was involved in making a learning unit on "Wolves". At that time, the U.S. was in hot debate about what to do with wolves - since they had been mostly eradicated from the lower 48 states. They existed in Alaska, on Ellesmere Island and around the Mexican border. I was passionate about protecting them. I was upset when I heard that farmers and ranchers had the right to shoot and kill any renegade wolf found off of the preserve area that had been established where they were being reintroduced to the US "wild", mainly Idaho and Yellowstone. Wolves don't know how to read physical boundaries created by man. If you have seen the movie "Never Cry Wolf" you understand that the wolf has an important job to cull the herd of the sick and unable animals - especially in caribou. In my unit of study, I helped kids gain the knowledge of the issues at hand and let them form their own opinions and form them they did. It isn't too difficult for a child living in the city to adopt the thinking of 'protection of wildlife' - at all costs. (BTW, nothing made the hair on my neck bristle so, as to hear Sarah Palin talk about aerial hunting for sport of wolves in the state of Alaska and I still read everything I can about the current affairs with wolves in Alaska and elsewhere.)

I have learned something about myself in the past few years. I now live in an area where wild animals are not appreciated, unless they are, of course, "hunter's bounty". Before now, I thought of them as the cute raccoon, the sweet looking skunk, the rugged badger, the awesome coyote that howls across the plains at night, these animals still remain - alway 'beautiful' to me. I have begun to understand the damage to livestock and livelihood that they can wreak at any given time - winter, summer, spring or fall. My thinking has been changed to "finding a balance" - watching how hard people work to make a living off of crops they plant and harvest and the livestock they raise for whatever reason. It isn't easy. It isn't cheap. It isn't something to take lightly or make fun of. It's the way of the American farmer.

There are four new vulnerable little calves across the road. I try to not think of them as cute...but I can't help it. I learned that this fellow (update: I guess I should say his 'carcass') was laying near the chicken compound, so I had to come take a look. Although - not a wolf, it's the counterpart in this area, the coyote. It isn't easy to stand here but I had to come see...I think I am beginning...to understand.
One less song on the night's breeze.

Where I Stand Sunday is an ongoing photo essay examining the different places I spend my life standing. Too often we take for granted the everyday places we spend our lives walking on. The ground we tread on has its own stories to tell.