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January 2021 Newsletter

January 4, 2022

I subtitled this newsletter “Time to Rest and Reflect.” While I see a lot of energy and good intentions and goal setting each year-end, for me it’s a time to rest up, recharge, and start off slow and steady. I have a number of client projects underway already, but chose to share some 2021 highlights…

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Painting with @peggymacnamarawatercolors again for

Painting with @peggymacnamarawatercolors again for day 3 of the @indianaaudubon Dunes Birding Festival
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#birdpainting #birder #watercolorart #drawing #birdillustration #workshop

It’s that glorious time of year when I take a fe

It’s that glorious time of year when I take a few days off and ramble off into the woods with my binoculars with hundreds of other folks from all over the country to see all of the wonderful winged beasties visiting us in the Indiana Dunes. Please follow @indianaaudubon for lots of great info, rare sightings, and more! You don’t have to be registered for the festival to see great birds in our area right now. It’s peak migration for many species, and I’m sure to be adding some lifers to my list this week/end. (C’mon cerulean warbler!) This photo represents the height of my photographic prowess, so I can’t promise any great shots of what I’m seeing. I’d rather get a good look and observe than fuss around with a camera. This is a green heron hanging out a few blocks from my house near one of my favorite walking paths.
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#birds #birding #indianadunesbirdingfestival #greenheron #illustratorlife #indianaaudubon

I’m really excited about @theydrawandtravel prom

I’m really excited about @theydrawandtravel prompt for jigsaw puzzle “mood boards”. This is mine - the first in a series of regional maps of the US highlighting wildflower species that grow there. I am lucky to live in one of the most biodiverse regions of North America - the Lake Michigan Dunes area. When we think of biodiversity we often think of fauna, but there are over 32,000 flowering plants in the United States, with 1/4 of them federally threatened or endangered. I hope this map will introduce you to some of the beauty and variety that exists in the Northeast! And if you want to give it a “like” you can head over to theydraw.com to see all the cool jigsaw puzzle proposals.
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#wildflowers #natureillustration #mapillustration #flowers

There’s been lots of interest in my cicada art l

There’s been lots of interest in my cicada art lately… it’s almost time for these screamers to start emerging. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never felt more like screaming in my LIFE. So we won’t have a big emergence like last year, but the annual cicadas are always about, doing their thing for a few wonderful weeks. Let’s try to enjoy it.
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#cicada #cicadas #cicadaart #summertime #natureillustration #insectart

Check out the 2022 Indiana Dunes Birding Festival

Check out the 2022 Indiana Dunes Birding Festival online auction! You can pick up some awesome bird merch like bird feeders, books, and even framed posters from the festival (including this piping plover art of mine!) https://e.givesmart.com/events/pBv/i/
All proceeds go to fund Indiana Audubon @indianaaudubon .
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#birds #birdart #indianadunesbirdingfestival #framedart #auction

SAMPLE SALE! Samples, remainders, and misprints, a

Putting the finishing touches on some figs to acco

Putting the finishing touches on some figs to accompany the harlequin beetle, who has been patiently waiting in my flat file for a home. Final art (and hopefully some prints) coming soon.
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#botanicalart #fig #figleaf #watercolorart #illustration #workinprogress

Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you, lol.

Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you, lol. This illustration has nothing to do with Star Wars the movie franchise, but it does have to do with THE STARS. I’m married to an astronomer, so a while back when @theydrawandtravel had a challenge they called “Out of this World” we collaborated on a tour of the universe that featured some notable and favorite features from the Messier catalog, an 18th century document cataloging some of the most fascinating celestial objects that we can observe from the northern hemisphere.
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#starwarsday #maythefourth #astronomy #illustratedmaps #travel #science #artandillustration

My allergies have informed me that May and its ple

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