October 7th, 2007 at 8:10 pm (African Wildlife Paintings & Sketches, Large Cat Paintings & Sketches, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)
This is a sketch for a painting of a leopard. I hope to have a painting of it completed relatively soon for an upcoming exhibition.
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May 7th, 2007 at 12:27 pm (Flower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Inspiration, Research Study, & Field Trips, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)
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May 5th, 2007 at 7:26 pm (Commissioned Paintings, Fox, Coyote & Wolf Paintings & Sketches, Inspiration, Research Study, & Field Trips, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)
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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February 24th, 2007 at 10:00 am (African Wildlife Paintings & Sketches, Bison/Buffalo Paintings & Sketches, Conservation, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)

This is the initial sketch for my "quick draw" painting for the Minnesota Safari Club auction this evening. :)

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February 2nd, 2007 at 11:08 pm (Owl, Eagle & Hawk Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)

This is a a drawing that I’ve been working on today - the beginnings of my next painting
. It’s a redtail hawk, Jamaica, from the Minnesota Raptor Center. I am just about finished with the sketch and should begin painting it in tomorrow
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October 1st, 2006 at 1:12 pm (Owl, Eagle & Hawk Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)

This is a new miniature painting of a Great Horned Owl that I just started. It is shown here in it’s sketch phase.
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July 18th, 2006 at 5:53 pm (African Wildlife Paintings & Sketches, Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)
I started this small Rhino painting recently for an upcoming exhibition. The photo shows the sketch phase of the piece.

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July 15th, 2006 at 5:01 pm (Large Cat Paintings & Sketches, Larger Works 'in miniature', Paintings, Paintings of Animals, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles)

This is a sketch for a new painting that I am working on at the moment. This is a large piece, about 24×36.

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June 27th, 2006 at 7:31 pm (Inspiration, Research Study, & Field Trips, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings, Paintings of Birds, Sketches, Studies, & Doodles, Songbird & Hummingbird Paintings and Sketches)

I just sketched out a few designs for some new paintings of western hummingbirds. They have such a variety of them out here in the western states. In Minnesota and the rest of the eastern US we have only the ruby throated hummingbird species visiting. The two hummingbirds featured in my sketches in this post are the Allen’s hummingbird and the Rufous hummingbird. 


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