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Works on Paper
"OCELLATED TURKEYS (Meleagris ocellatus)"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, into Belize (formerly British Honduras) and Guatemala. Named for eye-shaped spots on tail feathers, also distinguished by red and yellow warts on head and neck.
"Red-winged Blackbird"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
9" x 12" (with 6" diameter circular "cameo") watercolor paper (12" x 16" with matting & frame)
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
9" x 12" (with 6" diameter circular "cameo") watercolor paper (12" x 16" with matting & frame)
Displayed at 2022 Flushing Town Hall Member Exhibit "Welcome Back."
The pandemic has had the incidental effect of reducing the impact of human activity on wildlife, which in turn has led to a partial rebound in populations, habitat, territory and behavior that is more natural to them, tying in with the exhibit's theme.
A male Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) coming in for a landing (homecoming?) in his wet-lands environs. I have the opportunity to see these blackbirds (members of the Oriole Family, Icteridae) at various locales in the area, particularly Kissena Park in Flushing and Oakland Lake Park in Bayside. Even looking at a photo (or painting) of one, I can hear the whirring trill that is their signature song
The pandemic has had the incidental effect of reducing the impact of human activity on wildlife, which in turn has led to a partial rebound in populations, habitat, territory and behavior that is more natural to them, tying in with the exhibit's theme.
A male Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) coming in for a landing (homecoming?) in his wet-lands environs. I have the opportunity to see these blackbirds (members of the Oriole Family, Icteridae) at various locales in the area, particularly Kissena Park in Flushing and Oakland Lake Park in Bayside. Even looking at a photo (or painting) of one, I can hear the whirring trill that is their signature song
"OSPREYS(Pandion haliaetus)"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
2022
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24"
Pair of North American Ospreys ( Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) in the Florida Keys. Female (larger than male) awaits her mate returning to nest with caught Yellowtail Snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) gripped in his talons, the fish's head facing forward to reduce (wind) resistance...
"OAKLAND LAKE (Bayside , NY park) WILDLIFE "
2021
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24 "
2021
Mixed Media (Ink, watercolor, tempera) on watercolor paper
18" x 24 "
A crepuscular (twilight) painting of the Bayside Marina (near Crocheron Park).
MUTE SWANS (Cygnus olor), CANADA GEESE ( Branta canadensis), MALLARD DUCKS (Anas platyrhynchos) , RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius phoeniceus) , RED-EARED SLDER TURTLE ( Trachemys scripta elegans) , GREEN DARNER DRAGONFLY (Anax junius) ...
MUTE SWANS (Cygnus olor), CANADA GEESE ( Branta canadensis), MALLARD DUCKS (Anas platyrhynchos) , RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelaius phoeniceus) , RED-EARED SLDER TURTLE ( Trachemys scripta elegans) , GREEN DARNER DRAGONFLY (Anax junius) ...