09Dec
I thought that I would post a little of my inspiration.
I do quite a bit of digging around researching earlier miniature art through various different sources. The art of miniature painting has so many different facets to it and connected to so many cultures. Seeing so much that has come before me is very inspiring in my own painting.
These are a few Flemish miniature paintings of nature subjects from around 1600. They are stunningly intricate and delicate. I find them absolutely beautiful and so inspiring. They are painted in watercolors on vellum in much the same way that I paint my work.
I think I find them particularly fascinating because my painting methods originated with my studies a number of years ago with a Flemish artist who also paints nature like this. He had studied it in his native country. It is rooted deeply in their culture. …and continues today.
Miniature paintings, like these, show wildlife art being carefully depicted by artists who also shared a connection with nature 400 years ago.
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25Nov
Thanks to Ron Kobli and everyone from the Decoys & Wildlife Gallery in Frenchtown, NJ for such a nice show! My family and I were pleased to meet many of our collectors from the area.
If you happen to be near Frenchtown, be sure to drop by the gallery to browse the paintings and art. They still have quite a collection of our pieces for the holiday season - both smaller and larger pieces. (www.decoyswildlife.com)
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17May
This is the progress of the three fox kit miniature paintings in my studio right now. I have a lot of the detail on the foxes themselves painted in already, though I’m not completely finished with them yet. For the commission, I am fortunate to have no set deadline, so I am able to set these pieces in my studio and study them and determine how to proceed to completion. (Though, I am eager to see them proceed as are a number of my blog visitors.) I am not quite sure how I would like to complete the logs in two of the paintings - what lichens or mosses to add, etc. I have done some research for the paintings recently during a short research trip with my family (to be posted soon) and may also bring some of the local forest habitat into my studio for reference to paint from life. 
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07May
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30Mar
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11Feb
This is a recent image of my miniature landscape painting that I am working on. It still has some more details and textures to be added to it, but the in-progress picture should give you an idea of how the miniature landscape is coming out.
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