I remember, some years back, reading a wildlife artist–he painted mostly birds–who said something to the effect that “People ooh and ahh over paintings of the exotic birds–toucans and hoatzins and cock-of-the-rock*–but what they buy are the birds they recognize from their garden.” This struck me as probably true, but I didn’t think all that […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
A much shorter installment this time, but Celadon had less to say right off the bat. She’s really more a woman of action. Don’t worry, I’m not cruel enough to leave you at that cliffhanger for long. Promise.
WE SOLD NURK! Okay, actually my agent sold it, to Harcourt Brace, and the lovely editor there. I…err…I got nothin’. Dude. Sold a book. Dude. I think I may actually be, like, a writer now or something. I may have to get over my “no, no, I’m an artist,” denial and just deal. I could […]
People wanted to see the meeting between Sings-to-Trees and Celadon Toadstool. This might not have mattered, except that I wanted to see it too. I cannot say that it is a good story. It rambles badly. I cannot even say it will be a finished story–y’all know me and my perverse muse by now. I […]
Just a reminder, today is the last day for the EMG T-shirt sale. Order now, or forever hold your wallet! And, speaking of T-shirts… I contributed a sketch of Digger & slug to a T-shirt design, along with a couple of other furry artists back at ComicCon, which is being sold by Team Xoflow for […]
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40497391/ Painting of magnolia warbler, with collage and splotch background. Nothing particularly extraordinary–looks kind of like a particular sort of greeting card!–but I’ve been wanting to paint a magnolia warbler since I saw one for the first time. I occasionally get the grandiose notion of painting every bird on my life list, but since we’re […]
Every now and then, I get this urge to do collage. Generally, I confess, there’s a tendency on my part–and a few other artists of my acquaintence, who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty–to mutter “I don’t need to do collage, I know how to draw.” Which says more about us being bad people […]
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Ever wanted one of my paintings on a T-shirt that I don’t offer? Well, now, for a limited time, you can probably get it! The incomparable Ellen Million is offering a fabulous deal where any of my designs can go on any color shirt available! (Bear in mind that […]
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/40398624/ The return of Celadon Toadstool, orcish poet.
Today’s been fairly productive. Got some work done on a painting, slathered down an abstract background on another piece that might get a critter on it, generally amused myself. Plus I bought some art supplies, and that’s always fun. Spent an hour at Lake Crabtree this morning. It was a good morning for birding–cool, overcast, […]