Artist & Painter Rebecca Latham’s Nature & Wildlife Art

This is the beginnings of the black leopard miniature painting with the initial rendering of the fur.  (The sketch post can be seen here.)  There is much more to do on the piece of course, but the feel of the fur texture is in place. 

I am eager to begin painting the soft subtle tones of color reflected in the fur and eyes - the contrast of the look of intensity of the cat and the delicate shades I will add in watercolor.

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This is the beginnings of a drawing for another miniature watercolor piece I have in the works.  I was requested to paint a more aggressive pose of a black leopard as a smaller miniature, so this is a 5×7 of a leopard ready for an attack. 

The subject of the painting is a cat that, though he was in captivity, he was very intent on stalking my sister.  (Which was odd, because I am usually the one who is stalked. )  So…  it was a nice opportunity to gather some wonderful references of a very intense cat. He was absolutely beautiful.  I hope to do him justice in the painting.

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This is another painting that I am working on…still in progress…a Polar Bear. It’s a smaller miniature (…as you can see by the coin ).

I was really intrigued by the light and ambient feeling when I saw the subject and tried to bring that out in the painting.

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Mute Swan, 30in x 40in, watercolor

I have quite a schedule coming up if all that is planned comes through… 

We are now represented in Fredericksburg , TX at Whistle Pik Galleries and will be sending them more work (and larger paintings) to have in their gallery.  As in previous years, all three of us will have work in their annual Christmas Miniature show.  http://www.whistlepik.com/

Galleries West Fine Art, within minutes of the Grand Teton National Park, in Jackson Hole, WY is hosting a wildlife exhibition, “Wild Spirit: Interpretations of Wildlife”, August 10-24 in their newly expanded gallery.  A collection of my (and my family’s) new pieces will be shown there as well.  We will be painting in the gallery on the 14th & 15th for their annual “Fall Roundup” during the Jackson Fall Arts Festival (6th - 16th) in September.  http://gallerieswestjacksonhole.com/

Another gallery showing in beautiful Paradise Valley at the North entrance to Yellowstone National Park - Moose Horn Gallery in Livingston, MT also has a show for my family planned in September – we will be painting in the gallery on the 16th & 17th.  http://www.moosehorngallery.com/

There are a number of other exhibitions that are still being confirmed…so more updates soon….

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Black Leopard, 18in x 24in, watercolor

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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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These are a few scans of some of the recent progress on the fox kit miniatures that I’m painting (one of them is a commissioned work - the inspiration for the collection).  In my studio right now, they are farther into the color stages than what is shown here - I should have some more complete scans of them to post soon. The sketches for these pieces can be found in this post.

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This is the sketch of a blooming lupine that I made for a new miniature painting.  I started this piece to work on during our show this past weekend at the Carpenter Nature Center. 

The flowers are from one of my trips to the Grand Teton National Park to study the wildlife and plants (and Tetons ).  There were so many different wildflowers blooming during that trip, the landscape didn’t seem real - it was so beautiful!

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I’ve been commissioned to paint a small fox kit painting - a portrait.  These are three sketches I made in preparation for the painting, though I might just paint all of the poses.  The painting is for a very nice lady that just loves red foxes.

I had the wonderful opportunity to actually hold this little guy - so painting him is always special to me.  It was so much fun to be able to get that close to him - he was just adorable! (Actually, he started to get a little sleepy and doze a little because he was so comfortable. ) 

I’ve been really lucky to be able to get up close to animals and wildlife and study them like I have.  (Even bottle feeding a litter of hungry wolf puppies once….that was really a unique experience! )  It has made a world of difference in the inspiration that I draw from in my work.  (A huge thanks to all of you that have helped me have these opportunities!!!)

I don’t post myself on the blog too often, but I just enjoyed my time with this little fox so much, I couldn’t resist (sorry).  (Umm… my mouth is open because I’m talking. )

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I just received notice that the three paintings that I sent to the "16th International Miniature Art Show" at the Seaside Art Gallery in Nags Head, North Carolina were juried into the exhibition. The Outer Banks gallery was founded in 1961 (the barrier islands of North Carolina). A reception for the show will be held at the gallery on May 26th from 7-9pm.

The gallery posts the entire show online (and will remain online for a full year) - the only miniature show of this type that does this, that I am aware of. (artwork featured in the show is still being added - the online exhibit will be complete by May 4th) The show usually exhibits over 600 works of art by artists from around the world. The miniature show will run May 4, 2007 - June 02, 2007. Visit the the event online by following this link. My Mom, Karen, and sister, Bonnie, also have paintings in the exhibition.

This painting is one of my new miniature pieces I made for the show that pre-sold before the exhibition opened - "A Little Unsteady - Whitetail Fawn". (My recent paintings "Ruby Throated Hummingbird" and "Marsh Evening - Snowy Egret" also found new homes during the pre-sale.)

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I was in an accident a while back, some of my blog visitors may have heard, it was an incident with an overly playful cougar about a year ago.  The event slowed me down a bit with my injuries and pulled muscles, but everything turned out fine (thankfully).  …am very cautious around cougars now.

This is a painting in progress of the cougar that attacked me - the watercolor painting is 24×36. 

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