Artist & Painter Rebecca Latham’s Nature & Wildlife Art

This is a new miniature I painted that went to England for a miniature art exhibit. It is a finch with apple blossoms and is a little smaller than 4×6. My Dad has some awesome flowering fruit trees that I love …which inspired this painting… (I have ’spring fever’ -I’m really wishing for spring around here to look like spring. :p )

The little bird isn’t life-sized…which I really would have loved to paint him (I love painting things life-sized and the challenge to make them look like they will walk off my artboard ). The piece was painted to be shown in this exhibition which has an image area limit, and he had to be arranged compositionally in the painting with the flowers…this was the most pleasing arrangement that I came up with.

I really would like to paint the concept as a 6×8 or a little larger sized miniature so that I would have more space for everything… (Maybe the next painting… lol!)

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Greetings from Florida!

I’m in a bit of a rush - this is just a quick post with snapshots from our shoots today.  Thought some would like to see. I will be posting more photos later.

Some friends are coming with us tomorrow who are going to help me chase down some references on the beach… lol!

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A quick note - ArtsWOM, a British blog for the arts sponsored by Sky Arts (Sky TV network), posted a very nice review of my artwork and blog as their "Showcase Pick" on June 4th - see it here.  A big "thank you" to them! 

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Parklane Gallery in Kirkland, Washington opens their "15th Annual Miniature Show" today - an international exhibit of miniatures.  The show will run May 8th to June 3rd, 2007. 

The painting in this post, a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo, is one of five of my miniature paintings are on display at the exhibit.  The other artists in my family are showing work in this exhibit also.  For more information please visit the gallery’s website: http://www.parklanegallery.com 

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This is a new Trumpeter Swan miniature painting that was also recently completed (4″x6″). The sketch for the painting can be found in this post.

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This is a new miniature painting I started not long ago.  A snowy egret.  I have been doing  quite a bit of painting, but not enough posting here on the blog.  One of my friends wanted to see this piece, so here it is…  

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This is a new little screech owl piece that I just started working on.  This, of course, is the sketch for the painting. 

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This is a new little painting that I’m starting.  It is a female snowy owl, so she has some nice black barring and pattern.  She also had a little bit of an attitude when I was able to study and photograph her , which I think will look nice in the painting.

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I went for a short walk the other day and saw an adult American bald eagle soaring overhead. It was soaring fairly low, which surprised me a little. There are quite a few of them that appear to be nearby residents and frequent the local area throughout the year. Their numbers seem to be growing, which is wonderful.

I believe the Bald Eagles are beginning to migrate down the Saint Croix and Mississippi rivers, as they always do this time of year. A trip to Wabasha during the migration is quite an experience. I could watch the bald eagles fish in Lake Pepin for hours, and often do when I’m able to make the trip. Sometimes they fly up to perch in the trees along the edges of the lake, letting us get a closer look at them. There are usually crowds of people and cars around the birds that have situated themselves so close to everyone.

During one migration a number of years ago, one of my birding friends spotted hundreds of bald eagles, with a strong pair of binoculars of course. I was able to see between 50 and 100, all of which were close enough to photograph or sketch. It was definitely an inspiring trip, though it was cold, as it usually seems to be during fall migration. Everyone is bundled up in layers and layers of clothing, and still chilled with numb faces and no feeling left in their fingers. The joys of birdwatching. As frozen as everyone is after an outing, no one regrets the trip.

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 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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