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99 creative works found
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12×18 colored pencil on “Artagain” paper. Original is sold. / A portrait of a Snow Leopard, a very rare and solitary animal. There is only one place in the world they live and that’s in the Himalayas! The cat has been rarely photographed in the wild but things are changing. / This particular cat has bits and pieces from cats at the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Zoo.. bits and pieces meaning photographs.. not the real cats!! Complete 2004
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10×14 watercolor enhanced colored pencil. The original is sold. / A double portrait of the North American Cougar.. truly a beautiful cat, even if it is a little on the bland side. Did you know that cougar’s purr? It’s a wonderful sound. On this particular piece, the color washes really helped bring out the cats coloring without having to break my arm with the pencils. The cougar (Puma concolor), also puma, mountain lion, catamount, or panther, is a mammal of the Felidae family, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere, extending from Yukon in Canada to the southern Andes of South America. An adaptable, generalist species, the cougar is found in every major New World habitat type. It is the second heaviest cat in the New World, after the jaguar, and the fourth heaviest in the world, after the tiger, lion, and jaguar, although it is most closely related to smaller felines. A capable stalk-and-ambush predator, the cougar pursues a wide variety of prey. Its primary food is ungulates such as deer, particularly in the northern part of its range, but it hunts species as small as insects and rodents. It prefers habitats with dense underbrush for stalking, but it can live in open areas. The cougar is territorial and persists at low population densities. Individual territory sizes depend on terrain, vegetation, and abundance of prey. While it is a large predator, it is not always the dominant species in its range, as when it competes for prey with animals such as the gray wolf. It is a reclusive cat and usually avoids people. Attacks on humans remain rare, despite a recent increase in frequency. Due to persecution as a dangerous pest animal following the European colonization of the Americas, and continuing human development of cougar habitat, populations have dropped in many parts of its historical range. In particular, the cougar was extirpated in eastern North America, except an isolated sub-population in Florida; the animal may be recolonizing parts of its former eastern territory. With its vast range, the cougar has dozens of names and various references in the mythology of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and in contemporary culture. (info from Wikipedia)
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9×12 colored pencil. Original unavailable…. make me a reasonable offer.. all will be looked at and taken into consideration. / This dachshund is one in a series of 12 pieces that were done for a client that changed their minds. It happens.. Completed 2005
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9×12 colored pencil, part of a series of 12. Original available…. make me a reasonable offer.. all will be looked at and taken into consideration. Completed 2005
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19×25 pastel on sandpaper. Original is sold and in a private collection. / Multiple images of the African Cheetah. Would you believe the hardest part of this piece was finding some cheetah feet?? Most pictures of the cat are in tall grass, thank God for one of my photographer friends (Pete Carmichael). He had two great shots and this is the result. Completed 1998
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18×24 colored pencil collage. The original is presently in the Grant’s Pass Museum in Oregon, I donated it to them. The Serval (Leptailurus serval) is a medium-sized African wild cat. The length is 85 cm (34 in), plus 40 cm (16 in) of tail, and the shoulder height is about 53 cm (21 in). Weight can range from 9 to 20 kg (20-44 lbs). Life expectancy is about 12-20 years. It is a slender animal, with long legs and a fairly short tail. The tall, oval ears are set close together. The pattern of the fur is variable. Usually, the Serval is boldly spotted black on tawny. The “servaline” form has much smaller, freckled spots. In addition, melanism is known to exist in this species, giving a similar appearance to the black panther. White servals are white with silvery grey spots and have only occurred in captivity. Its main habitat is the savanna, although melanistic individuals are more usually found in mountainous areas. The Serval needs watercourses within its territory, so it does not live in semi-deserts or dry steppes. It is able to climb and swim, but seldom does so. It has now dwindled in numbers due to human population taking over its habitat and also hunting its pelt. It is protected in most countries. The Serval is listed in CITES Appendix 2, indicating that it is “not necessarily now threatened with extinction but that may become so unless trade is closely controlled.” (information from Wikipedia) Complete 2004
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12×18 colored pencil on Artagain paper. Original unavailable. A male tiger that was raised by the owners of Noah’s Lost Ark. / I truly hope that another message comes through.. that these animals DO NOT MAKE GOOD PETS.. that’s why places like Noah’s are in existence. If people would just think before they buy that cute LITTLE cub.. life would be easier on all of us especially the animals. After all.. they didn’t ask to be in the situation they are.. and there are far to many unscrupulous people out there that are in it for the money.. / At least with education, we might make a little difference.. even if we save just one animal.. it’s a beginning!! / All proceeds from any sales will be donated to Noah’s Lost Ark Sanctuary for the care and feeding of the animals. / Completed 2004.
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18×24 colored pencil. Original unavailable. Edward S. Curtis photo used as reference. Complete 1988
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12×18 graphite. Original unavailable. Edward S. Curtis photo used as reference. Complete 1986
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16×20 scratchboard. Original unavailable. Edward S. Curtis photograph used as reference. Complete 1996
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12×18 graphite on tinted paper. Original unavailable. Edward S. Curtis photograph used as reference. Complete 1986
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12×16 graphite, white charcoal on Strathmore grey paper. Original unavailable. Edward S. Curtis photograph used as reference. Complete 1983
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19×24 colored pencil on gray pastel paper. Original unavailable. Range / Snowy Owls winter south through Canada and northernmost Eurasia, with irruptions occurring further south in some years. They have been reported as far south as Texas, Georgia, the American Gulf states, southern Russia, northern China and even the Caribbean. Between 1967 and 1975, Snowy Owls bred on the remote island of Fetlar in the Shetland Isles north of Scotland, UK. Females summered as recently as 1993, but their status in the British Isles is now that of a rare winter visitor to Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and the Cairngorms. / Diet / This powerful bird relies primarily on lemmings and other rodents for food, but at times when these prey are not available, or during the ptarmigan nesting period, they may switch to ptarmigan young. As opportunistic hunters, they feed on a wide variety of small mammals and birds, and will take advantage of larger prey, frequently following traplines to find food. Nesting birds require roughly two lemmings per day, and a family may eat up to 1500 lemmings before the young birds set off to fend for themselves. / Human interactions / Due to their beauty, Snowy Owls are kept in captivity by wildlife centers, zoological gardens and by serious hobbyists. They are known to be sensitive to disease, stress and heat, frequently perishing during attempts to train a wild owl during the summer. These owls are not suitable for beginning raptor keepers. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 1997
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9×12 colored pencil. Original unavailable. The Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas) is an arboreal hylid native to Neotropical rainforests. / Description / The Red-eyed Tree Frog is a small-sized tree frog, reaching lengths of 9.5 millimeters. Its dorsal surface is green of varying shades, and its ventral surface is white. The sides of the frog are purple or blue, with vertical white stripes and orange toes. Both, females and males, have bulging red eyes with vertically narrowed pupils resemble the eyes of domestic cats. Red-eyed tree frogs have soft, fragile skin on their belly, and the skin on their back is thicker and rougher. Bright markings along the sides and limbs reduces predation, Most animals that prey on A. callidryas (some bats, snakes, and birds) often rely on their vision. When the frog moves to avoid the predator the bright colorations flash into view (hence their name, flash colors) they throw off the predator. This is achieved by leaving a ghost image in the visual field of where the frog was originally. This confuses the predator and gives the frog time to hide. These flash colors may also deceive predators by making the frog appear poisonous. Red-eyed tree frogs are not poisonous and rely on camouflage to protect them. During the day, they remain motionless, cover their blue sides with their back legs, tuck their bright feet under their belly, and shut their red eyes. They thus appear almost completely green, and well hidden among the foliage.Their eyes seem to glow in the dark. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 1996
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9×12 colored pencil. Original unavailable. Did you happen to know that this is the “year of the frog”?? Complete 1999
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19×25 soft pastel on Pastelboard by Ampersand. Original available. Snow Leopards have always been one of my favorites possibly because they were so hard to find when I first started drawing them. A beautiful example of what nature has given us. Complete 2003
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11×15 stipple. Original available. Anyone interested, this is the end result of a tutorial in my journal entries. Very time consuming but well worth it. Completed 2008
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12×18 pastel. Original unavailable. Just liked the look. Complete 1993
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12×18 colored pencil. Original unavailable. He looks the way I feel most mornings.. grrrrrrr! Complete 1985
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10×14 watercolor. Original available. Just finished it today and wanted to share it with you all. This is the companion piece to “Diamonds”. Complete 2008
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Now.. here’s a story to tell the grandkids!! / There was a man living in a New York city apartment with Ming (a 300 pound bengal tiger, an alligator and I can’t remember the third creature). The authorities found out about the animals due to the neighbors complaining about noise and smell. Must have been a VERY surprised police officer when he actually saw the “little kitty”! They had to tranquilize Ming for the trip out of the apartment (they took him through the window) and all the way to “Noah’s Lost Ark Sanctuary”. / He was NOT a very happy camper when he arrived. He hated everybody! And, once he got to Noah’s he had his first “feel” of the outside and grass under his feet. Over the years, he’s calmed down a lot.. but.. isn’t he beautiful!! / All proceeds from any sales will be donated to Noah’s Lost Ark Sanctuary for the care and feeding of the animals. This photograph was taken by Nina Wolf, a good friend who happens to be a pretty good photographer! I have her permission to do this.
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9×12 colored pencil. Original available. Part of a series. Complete 2005
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10×14 watercolor enhanced colored pencil. Original unavailable. Photographic reference from “Macky”. The Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris) is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia. Like all the elanid kites, it is a specialist predator of rodents. / The name “Black-shouldered Kite” was formerly used for a European and African species, Elanus caeruleus, and the Australian bird (and also a North American species, the White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus) were treated as subspecies of this. However the three species are now regarded as distinct, and the name Black-winged Kite is used for E. caeruleus. Modern references to the Black-shouldered Kite should therefore unambiguously mean the Australian species. / Black-Shouldered Kites are around 35 to 38 cm in length and have a wingspan of between 80 and 95 cm. Adults are a very pale grey with a white head and white underparts. The leading edge of the inner wing is black. When perched, this gives them their prominent black “shoulders”. / Although reported from almost all parts of Australia, they are most common in the relatively fertile south-east and south-west corners of the mainland, and in south-east Queensland.They are also common throughout Southern Africa. They are rare in the deep desert and appear to be only accidental visitors to northern Tasmania and the Torres Strait islands. Although found in timbered country, they are mainly birds of the grasslands. European occupation of Australia has, on the whole, benefited them by clearing vast expanses of forest for agriculture and providing suitable conditions for much larger numbers of mice. (information from Wikipedia) Complete 2008
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10×14 watercolor enhanced colored pencil. Original available. Photographic reference from Mike Dulaney. The Mexican Wolf is the rarest, most genetically distinct subspecies of the Gray Wolf in North America. / The Mexican Wolf is the smallest grey wolf subspecies present in North America, reaching an overall length no greater than 135 centimetres (53 inches) and a maximum height of about 80 cm (31 in). Weight ranges from 27 to 45 kilograms (60–100 pounds). / History’ / Until recent times, the Mexican Wolf ranged the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts from central Mexico to western Texas, southern New Mexico, and central Arizona. By the turn of the 20th century, reduction of natural prey like deer and elk caused many wolves to begin attacking domestic livestock, which led to intensive efforts by government agencies and individuals to eradicate the Mexican Wolf. Hunters also hunted down the wolf because it killed deer. Trappers and private trappers have also helped in the eradication of the Mexican Wolf. (Note that recent studies completed by genetics experts show evidence of Mexican wolves ranging as far north as Colorado). / These efforts were very successful, and by the 1950s, the Mexican Wolf had been eliminated from the wild. In 1976, the Mexican Wolf was declared an endangered subspecies and has remained so ever since. Today, an estimated 200 Mexican Wolves survive in the wild. / Reintroduction to the Southwest / In March 1998, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) began reintroducing Mexican Wolves into the Blue Range area of Arizona. The overall objective of this program was to reestablish 100 Mexican Wolves in the Apache and Gila National Forests of Arizona and New Mexico by 2005. On March 30 1998, government biologists released 11 gray wolves — 3 adult males, 3 adult females, 3 female pups and yearlings and 2 male pups — from 3 chain-link acclimation pens within the 7,000-square-mile, federally designated Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area in east-central Arizona. A population count completed by the Interagency Field Team (IFT) in the winter of 2006–2007 estimated 60 wolves living in the recovery area in several packs. (info from Wikipedia) Complete 2008
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