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AuthorbyKLRFebruary 16, 20210

Writing Postcards to Nature Daily for a Year

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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

AuthorbyKLRJanuary 1, 20207

Be Kinder, Be Bolder, Be Braver and…

Emmylou, the enigmatic cat

…don’t take any sh*t. I said goodbye to my beloved cat Emmylou yesterday, on the last day of 2019. Emmy was diagnosed with a very aggressive type of mouth cancer …

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Posted in Inspiration, Painting, Tales from TuckerWoods Farm

AuthorbyKLRJanuary 14, 20191

Winnie-the-Pooh, Part Too!

“So he sat down on the stone in the middle of the stream.” – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh   Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends were pretty much my all-time favorite books as …

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Posted in Drawing, Inspiration, My Travels

AuthorbyKLRJanuary 7, 20193

Inspiration… My word for 2019

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Inspiration: the action or power of moving the intellect or emotions. An artist seeks inspiration for their work both consciously and unconsciously.  We must nurture our creativity with our own …

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Posted in Works-in-progress

AuthorbyKLRDecember 28, 20180

My Favorite Things

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“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” For starters, the Sound of Music is one of my all time favorite movies (I just watched it again last week.) My sisters, …

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Posted in Inspiration, My Travels

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

AuthorbyKLRJuly 9, 20180

An Epic Road Trip – My American Anthology

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ROAD TRIP! Fifty two years ago, I was five years old. It was 1966 and my  parents took us on an epic road trip. We drove roundtrip around the country …

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AuthorbyKLRMay 11, 20180

Designing Websites and Tulipmania

  [easy-image-collage id=4178] Website, website, website – can you say website? I have been immersed in redesigning my website for the past month. I have even been waking up thinking …

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Posted in Botanical Art, My Travels, Photography

AuthorbyKLRDecember 19, 20163

The Artist and the Art Career Coach – A Match Made in Creative Heaven

The beauty and benefits of an artist/art career coach relationship… We all need a helping hand sometimes but we also need to give ourselves permission to seek out and accept …

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Posted in Inspiration, Painting

AuthorbyKLRSeptember 28, 20160

Impressions of Oswegatchie Hills

A place can be many things – somewhere you go in your own mind to remember, revisit or relax, or a physical place you experience in person. I go to …

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  • The Sunflower; a flower of hope, happiness and strength. And the National flower of Ukraine . We stand by you in strength, with hope for a bright future of self-determination. #ukraine #hope #sunflower #sunflowers
    by kellyleahyradding 3 months ago
    The Sunflower; a flower of hope, happiness and strength. And the National flower of Ukraine . We stand by you in strength, with hope for a bright future of self-determination.  #ukraine   #hope   #sunflower   #sunflowers 
  • There is a lot of thinking, researching, drawing, and color-study-creating behind the scenes of my paintings. I love every step of the journey, including these paintings for the book, You Me Qi and the Tree, by @laing.rikkers #ilovemywork #creativeprocess #lostinmyart #bookstagram #bookart #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #botanicalpainting #naturelovers #naturewriting #pandemicwriting #griefjourney #wearenature #botanicalartist #botanicalartist #contemporarynatureart
    by kellyleahyradding 4 months ago
    There is a lot of thinking, researching, drawing, and color-study-creating behind the scenes of my paintings. I love every step of the journey, including these paintings for the book, You Me Qi and the Tree, by  @laing .rikkers  #ilovemywork   #creativeprocess   #lostinmyart   #bookstagram   #bookart   #botanicalillustration   #botanicalart   #botanicalpainting   #naturelovers   #naturewriting   #pandemicwriting   #griefjourney   #wearenature   #botanicalartist   #botanicalartist   #contemporarynatureart 
  • Wrapping up my tribute to National Parks for #nationalparkweek are my @postcards_to_nature that I created last year during my year-long project. Looking through all my cards for todays post made me eager to start brainstorming my next step with 365 postcards to nature. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy my custom postcards to Nature and our National Parks. #nationalparkweek #nationalparkgeek #nationalpark #nationalparks
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    Wrapping up my tribute to National Parks for  #nationalparkweek  are my  @postcards_to_nature  that I created last year during my year-long project. Looking through all my cards for todays post made me eager to start brainstorming my next step with 365 postcards to nature. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy my custom postcards to Nature and our National Parks.  #nationalparkweek   #nationalparkgeek   #nationalpark   #nationalparks 
  • Today is World Tree Day, the International Day of Forests as proclaimed by the United Nations. "It is a day of celebration declared to protect forests and wooded areas. The day also wants to be a reminder of the importance of trees for life, since they are a source of purification of the air and provide materials and fruits to humans." Trees, and in the bigger picture, forests, are my north star, without them I would be a shadow of myself. In honor of The Day of the Tree - a small offering of details of the tree paintings I
    by kellyleahyradding 2 months ago
    Today is World Tree Day, the International Day of Forests as proclaimed by the United Nations. "It is a day of celebration declared to protect forests and wooded areas. The day also wants to be a reminder of the importance of trees for life, since they are a source of purification of the air and provide materials and fruits to humans." Trees, and in the bigger picture, forests, are my north star, without them I would be a shadow of myself. In honor of The Day of the Tree - a small offering of details of the tree paintings I've been creating for the book You Me Qi and the Tree by  @laing .rikkers.  #dayofthetree   #worldtreeday   #worldforestday   #treepainting   #treepaintings   #bookstagram   #bookart   #botanicalillustration   #botanicalart   #botanicalpainting   #naturelovers   #naturewriting   #pandemicwriting   #griefjourney   #wearenature   #botanicalartist 
  • . This is a painting for @laing.rikkers book to be published in May 2023. For breaking hearts everywhere.
    by kellyleahyradding 2 days ago
    . This is a painting for  @laing .rikkers book to be published in May 2023. For breaking hearts everywhere.
  • Wishing you all a hippity hoppity Happy Easter! #bunny #bunnydrawinb #beatrixpotter #happyeaster
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    Wishing you all a hippity hoppity Happy Easter!  #bunny   #bunnydrawinb   #beatrixpotter   #happyeaster 
  • Continuing celebrating #nationalparkweek with a tour through Theodore Roosevelt National Park and a drawing of a prairie wildflower - the narrow-leaved purple coneflower. This horse-crazy girl was so thrilled to see the wild (feral) horses throughout the park, a gem of our park system and in my top five at the moment! I got to commune with a bun while watching a horse herd fade into the sunset. And I think that’s the youngest baby bison I’ve ever seen. Love, love, love this park! theodorerooseveltnationalpark #ilovemynationalparks #wildhorses #wildhorsesofinstagram #wildflowers #prairiewildflowers #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #roadtrip #nationalparkroadtrip
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    Continuing celebrating  #nationalparkweek  with a tour through Theodore Roosevelt National Park and a drawing of a prairie wildflower - the narrow-leaved purple coneflower. This horse-crazy girl was so thrilled to see the wild (feral) horses throughout the park, a gem of our park system and in my top five at the moment! I got to commune with a bun while watching a horse herd fade into the sunset. And I think that’s the youngest baby bison I’ve ever seen. Love, love, love this park! theodorerooseveltnationalpark  #ilovemynationalparks   #wildhorses   #wildhorsesofinstagram   #wildflowers   #prairiewildflowers   #ballpointpen   #ballpointpenart   #roadtrip   #nationalparkroadtrip 
  • Today’s National Park visit is to @cratersofthemoon_nps. Such a cool moon landscape. On our 2018 trip we got there at end of day so that we could attend a star party ⭐️ . The clouds rolled in just as we were lining up to look at Saturn’s ring - I got a glimpse before it was obscured. But I did get to see this lovely blazingstar glowing against the lava rock at dusk. I visited again in 2019 after teaching a workshop in Ketchum and got to see a whole other side of the park. And lots of cool wildflowers! #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #nationalparkweek #cratersofthemoon #wildflowers #iloveournationalparks
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    Today’s National Park visit is to  @cratersofthemoon_nps . Such a cool moon landscape. On our 2018 trip we got there at end of day so that we could attend a star party ⭐️ . The clouds rolled in just as we were lining up to look at Saturn’s ring - I got a glimpse before it was obscured. But I did get to see this lovely blazingstar glowing against the lava rock at dusk. I visited again in 2019 after teaching a workshop in Ketchum and got to see a whole other side of the park. And lots of cool wildflowers!  #ballpointpen   #ballpointpenart   #nationalparkweek   #cratersofthemoon   #wildflowers   #iloveournationalparks 
  • Happy little faces! I’m a little obsessed with pansies right now… @laing.rikkers #pansies #bookillustration #botanicalart #botanicalpainting #bookstagram #bookart #naturelovers #naturewriting #pandemicwriting #griefjourney #wearenature
    by kellyleahyradding 2 weeks ago
    Happy little faces! I’m a little obsessed with pansies right now…  @laing .rikkers  #pansies   #bookillustration   #botanicalart   #botanicalpainting   #bookstagram   #bookart   #naturelovers   #naturewriting   #pandemicwriting   #griefjourney   #wearenature 
  • I have a million(!) stories I can tell about Yellowstone National Park -today’s National Park Week honoree. The first time I saw this flower - Lewis’ Monkeyflower (yes, named in honor of Merriwether Lewis, of Lewis & Clark fame, who documented it on their trek to the Pacific)- I almost got into a car accident. I was driving in our convertible and after leaving my husband Greg off at his fishing spot, was heading over to the Hayden Valley via Dunraven Pass. This was my first time in the park in July, we had always gone in September. The masses of wildflowers were making my head spin. On a hairpin turn against a steep bank, I saw this cluster of neon magenta flowers hanging on the edges of a mini waterfall- I hauled on the brakes and tried to pull off the road. Yes, there was an impatient driver behind
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    I have a million(!) stories I can tell about Yellowstone National Park -today’s National Park Week honoree. The first time I saw this flower - Lewis’ Monkeyflower (yes, named in honor of Merriwether Lewis, of Lewis & Clark fame, who documented it on their trek to the Pacific)- I almost got into a car accident. I was driving in our convertible and after leaving my husband Greg off at his fishing spot, was heading over to the Hayden Valley via Dunraven Pass. This was my first time in the park in July, we had always gone in September. The masses of wildflowers were making my head spin. On a hairpin turn against a steep bank, I saw this cluster of neon magenta flowers hanging on the edges of a mini waterfall- I hauled on the brakes and tried to pull off the road. Yes, there was an impatient driver behind
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    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    I'm so pleased to receive the news that my painting Shadow Shimmer has been juried into the 62nd Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists. The exhibition will be at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California from September 24, 2022 through January 1, 2023. I'm so looking forward to attending our opening weekend and seeing all of my SAA family IN PERSON!! This is a very cool bird, a type of silky-flycatcher called a phainopepla that I found perched in this Mojave yucca in Joshua Tree National Park.  #casein   #caseinpainting   #societyofanimalartists   #turtlebay   #birdart   #birdartist   #phainopepla   #joshuatreenationalpark 
  • Today is World Water Day- as appointed by the United Nations. It focuses on freshwater and brings awareness to the millions living without access to safe water. Freshwater also sustains ecosystems an their wildlife. Here is a sampling of my @postcards_to_nature cards from last year featuring water and some of the wildlife that depend on it. #worldwaterday #freshwater #waterfall #ducks #swans #geese #turtle #gouache
    by kellyleahyradding 2 months ago
    Today is World Water Day- as appointed by the United Nations. It focuses on freshwater and brings awareness to the millions living without access to safe water. Freshwater also sustains ecosystems an their wildlife. Here is a sampling of my  @postcards_to_nature  cards from last year featuring water and some of the wildlife that depend on it.  #worldwaterday   #freshwater   #waterfall   #ducks   #swans   #geese   #turtle   #gouache 
  • I took the northern route eastward - crossing over the ‘Mighty Mississippi’ close to its headwaters in northern Minnesota- heading to Voyageurs National Park. The flora and fauna were becoming familiar! Isolated, quiet, all dark woods and blue water, fresh piney scent and oh so peaceful. I took the photo of the light-strewn forest path on my phone- one of my favorite photos of my road trip! I chose to draw a grass- Minnesota is the land of wild rice after all. This one is called woolgrass- I love this drawing and think I need to paint it. Now about that adorable little bear cub / full disclosure - he was at the nearby Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary- a bit controversial as they feed the bears, but they are wild bears, free to come and go, using the sanctuary as part of their foraging. Humans are up on a platform
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    I took the northern route eastward - crossing over the ‘Mighty Mississippi’ close to its headwaters in northern Minnesota- heading to Voyageurs National Park. The flora and fauna were becoming familiar! Isolated, quiet, all dark woods and blue water, fresh piney scent and oh so peaceful. I took the photo of the light-strewn forest path on my phone- one of my favorite photos of my road trip! I chose to draw a grass- Minnesota is the land of wild rice after all. This one is called woolgrass- I love this drawing and think I need to paint it. Now about that adorable little bear cub / full disclosure - he was at the nearby Vince Shute Bear Sanctuary- a bit controversial as they feed the bears, but they are wild bears, free to come and go, using the sanctuary as part of their foraging. Humans are up on a platform
  • On this Earth Day for my 7th National Park I’m celebrating during #nationalparkweek I’m visiting our easternmost park, Acadia NP. It’s also one of the first places in the US to see the sunrise (2nd photo on top of Cadillac Mt.) Fresh sea air, rocky coastlines, crashing waves, seabirds and one very cute young porcupine! Oh, and my drawing is of a Cardinal flower- a beautiful scarlet red lobelia that I can find on my own woods- usually in wetlands alongside streams. A magical park on a wooded island surrounded by water. #acadianationalpark #acadia #nationalparkweek #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #wildflowers #wildflowersofamerica #earthday #ilovemynationalparks
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    On this Earth Day for my 7th National Park I’m celebrating during  #nationalparkweek  I’m visiting our easternmost park, Acadia NP. It’s also one of the first places in the US to see the sunrise (2nd photo on top of Cadillac Mt.) Fresh sea air, rocky coastlines, crashing waves, seabirds and one very cute young porcupine! Oh, and my drawing is of a Cardinal flower- a beautiful scarlet red lobelia that I can find on my own woods- usually in wetlands alongside streams. A magical park on a wooded island surrounded by water.  #acadianationalpark   #acadia   #nationalparkweek   #ballpointpen   #ballpointpenart   #wildflowers   #wildflowersofamerica   #earthday   #ilovemynationalparks 
  • Peaceful dark forest sheltering shimmering white birch trees. Work-in-progress for @laing.rikkers book You Me Qi and the Tree. #gouache #gouachepainting #legionpaper #legionpaperstonehenge #bookstagram #bookart #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #botanicalpainting #naturelovers #naturewriting #pandemicwriting #griefjourney #wearenature #botanicalartist #natureart #forestlandscape
    by kellyleahyradding 3 months ago
    Peaceful dark forest sheltering shimmering white birch trees. Work-in-progress for  @laing .rikkers book You Me Qi and the Tree.  #gouache   #gouachepainting   #legionpaper   #legionpaperstonehenge   #bookstagram   #bookart   #botanicalillustration   #botanicalart   #botanicalpainting   #naturelovers   #naturewriting   #pandemicwriting   #griefjourney   #wearenature   #botanicalartist   #natureart   #forestlandscape 
  • It
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    It's National Park Week! So to celebrate I'm featuring recent drawings of wildflowers from my July 2018 cross-country trip by way of our National Parks and Monuments. The landscapes I traveled through were bursting with wildflowers from coast-to-coast. I think I found a new project... Here's a turks-cap lily from Lassen Volcanic National Park. What a cool park! On one side rocky, volcanic habitat, on the other, lush mountain scenery full of flowers. I've also included critters and scenes from the park, definitely in my top 10 so far!  #wildflowers   #wildflowerdrawing   #wildflowerodyssey   #ballpointpen   #ballpointpenart   #turkscaplily   #lassenvolcanicnationalpark   #naturedrawing 
  • Happy World Bee Day! A UN-designated holiday. On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem. We must all do what we can to support bees for all the life-giving work they do for us! From my 2021 daily series @postcards_to_nature. #worldbeeday #worldbeeday2022 #supportbees #lavender #postcardart #watercolor
    by kellyleahyradding 7 days ago
    Happy World Bee Day! A UN-designated holiday. On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem. We must all do what we can to support bees for all the life-giving work they do for us! From my 2021 daily series  @postcards_to_nature .  #worldbeeday   #worldbeeday2022   #supportbees   #lavender   #postcardart   #watercolor 
  • July in the Rocky Mountains is definitely wildflower time and Grand Teton is no exception. I’ve been going to National Parks since I was a wee thing. Grand Teton - today’s National Park Week honoree- is a regular for me. That’s me in the Disneyland Tinkerbelle shirt with Mom & siblings- circa 1966 on a cross-country road trip. Flash forward to 2018 and there I am again- though not ‘wearing’ my Tinkerbelle. Up in the high damp meadows, the mountain bluebells were abundant amidst the lush array of colorful wildflowers. #mountainbluebells #mountainwildflowers #wildflowers #grandtetonnationalpark #grandtetons #ballpointpen #ballpointpenart #ilovemynationalparks #roadtripsarethebest #roadtrips
    by kellyleahyradding 1 month ago
    July in the Rocky Mountains is definitely wildflower time and Grand Teton is no exception. I’ve been going to National Parks since I was a wee thing. Grand Teton - today’s National Park Week honoree- is a regular for me. That’s me in the Disneyland Tinkerbelle shirt with Mom & siblings- circa 1966 on a cross-country road trip. Flash forward to 2018 and there I am again- though not ‘wearing’ my Tinkerbelle. Up in the high damp meadows, the mountain bluebells were abundant amidst the lush array of colorful wildflowers.  #mountainbluebells   #mountainwildflowers   #wildflowers   #grandtetonnationalpark   #grandtetons   #ballpointpen   #ballpointpenart   #ilovemynationalparks   #roadtripsarethebest   #roadtrips 
  • Cool color palette for this painting! I’m already having fun with an artichoke. Painting for the book You me Qi and the Tree by @laing.rikkers. #bookstagram #bookart #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #botanicalpainting #naturelovers #naturewriting #pandemicwriting #griefjourney #wearenature #botanicalartist #natureartist #natureart #watercolor #stonehengepaper
    by kellyleahyradding 3 months ago
    Cool color palette for this painting! I’m already having fun with an artichoke. Painting for the book You me Qi and the Tree by  @laing .rikkers.  #bookstagram   #bookart   #botanicalillustration   #botanicalart   #botanicalpainting   #naturelovers   #naturewriting   #pandemicwriting   #griefjourney   #wearenature   #botanicalartist   #natureartist   #natureart   #watercolor   #stonehengepaper 
  • Painting with a part of the color spectrum that warms up a winter day! ❄️ Work-in-progress for You Me Qi and the Tree by @laing.rikkers #gouache #gouachepainting #strathmoretonedgray #strathmore #strathmorepaper #bookstagram #bookart #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #botanicalpainting #naturelovers #naturewriting #pandemicwriting #griefjourney #wearenature #botanicalartist
    by kellyleahyradding 3 months ago
    Painting with a part of the color spectrum that warms up a winter day! ❄️ Work-in-progress for You Me Qi and the Tree by  @laing .rikkers  #gouache   #gouachepainting   #strathmoretonedgray   #strathmore   #strathmorepaper   #bookstagram   #bookart   #botanicalillustration   #botanicalart   #botanicalpainting   #naturelovers   #naturewriting   #pandemicwriting   #griefjourney   #wearenature   #botanicalartist 

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