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AuthorbyKLRFebruary 16, 20210

Writing Postcards to Nature Daily for a Year

group of postcards to nature

Dear Nature, In 2020 my art world and my travel world came to a screeching halt due to the pandemic. All of my workshops, exhibitions and art fairs got canceled. …

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Posted in Bird Art, Botanical Art, Drawing, Inspiration, Works-in-progressTagged color studies, nature, postcards

AuthorbyKLRDecember 21, 20181

Practice Makes Perfect

A daily drawing practice – something an artist should be able to do just like that (sound effect – snap of the fingers), right? Well, only partially right. Artists face …

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Posted in Bird Art, Botanical Art, Inspiration, My Travels, Wildlife Art, Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRSeptember 1, 20160

Hummingbirds, Raccoons, and Great Blue Herons

The month of August was full of hummingbirds, raccoons, great blue herons and generally, birds! Despite a very hot & humid month, I still managed to get outside with my …

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Posted in Bird Art, Botanical Art, Inspiration, Photography, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRJuly 7, 20141

Egg Tempera on Mounted Vellum Work-in-Progress

  I know that I like to watch work-in-progress posts so I will try to  blog more often about my works-in-progress. Here is my latest experiment. I have wanted to …

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Posted in Bird Art, Wildlife Art, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progressTagged artwork, Baltimore Oriole, bird, calfskin vellum, egg tempera, vellum, Works in Progress

AuthorbyKLRDecember 17, 20130

Long Overdue Works-In-Progress Post!

I will just pretend that today is Works-In-Progress Tuesday! I will blame it on the craziness of the Holiday Season. Anyway – I am continuing to work on 4 Mische …

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Posted in Bird Art, Miniature Art, Wildlife Art, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progressTagged artwork, buffalo, calfskin vellum, cat, egg tempera, feather, gouache, great blue heron, lipizzaner, pronghorn antelope, squirrel, watercolor, wildlife art, Works in Progress, yellowstone

AuthorbyKLRJuly 26, 20120

Tiny Dancer – Sold

Tiny Dancer watercolor on Cowley’s Kelmscott calskin vellum I photographed this flamingo at the London Zoo. I was in London to attend a reception for the Brooklyn Botanical Garden Florilegium …

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Posted in Bird Art, Miniature Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum

AuthorbyKLRFebruary 27, 20122

Nocturne – Sold

Nocturne watercolor on Kelmscott calfskin vellum sold   I had the great fortune to photograph this barn owl at the Center for the Bird’s of Prey near Charleston last year. …

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Posted in Bird Art, Works on Vellum

AuthorbyKLRJanuary 21, 20100

Owls & lemons on the Table -Works in Progress

Here are the current works-in-progress for the week. I started this owl painting, in watercolor on calfskin vellum,  last year (or was it 2 yrs ago?!) and I have been …

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Posted in Bird Art, My TravelsTagged calfskin vellum, eagle owl, egg tempera, Florence, Italy, owl, vellum, watercolor, Works in Progress

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