Snowy Perched Blue Jay

A vibrantly colored, detailed, close-up of a blue jay in profile. The jay gazes skyward while clenched to the snow covered pine branch, on this cold, overcast, wintry morning. A segment of a birch tree in the background, serves as a nice compliment to the “dominant blue jay”.
Original Art Medium: acrylics on illustration board

Winter Day Gray Squirrel

A gray squirrel, poised on hind legs, looks into the distance from a snow-covered tree stump. In this “up-close image”, one can appreciate the soft, detailed, texture and the grayish-brown color variations of the fur, as the squirrel’s tail wraps into the wintry foreground.
Original Art Medium: acrylics on illustration board

Chilly Autumn Chipmunk

This perky, bright-eyed chipmunk, standing on all four legs, in a close shot image depicting smooth, subtle, variations of browns in the soft-textured fur, highlighted with his prominent beige and black stripes and facial markings. A surprising late autumn snowfall, makes the whitish-blue back drop, an excellent contrast for the chipmunk. A snow covered acorn can also be seen in the foreground.
Original Art Medium: acrylics on illustration board

Springtime Cottontails

A mature cottontail rabbit chews on a dandelion leaf while standing next to a brush pile, (visible as an eye-catching back-drop to this lush, sunny, spring setting.  Two baby bunnies can be easily spotted in the background, (one grazing, the other, sitting still), surrounded by lots of greenery, each blade of grass becoming more detailed toward the foreground.  The sky is sunny, with interesting cloud formations, and green trees fading off in the distance.
Original Art Medium:  acrylics on illustration board

 

Portrait of a Cheetah

A portrait of a young cheetah was created from a detailed personal photograph captured while visiting the Philadelphia zoo.  The Cheetah’s yellow, orange, brown finely detailed fur texture and large, orange-brown, bright eyes, contrast brilliantly with the cheetah’s distinctive black spots and markings around the snout.
Original Art Media:  acrylics on canvas

Northwest Autumn Elk

A dominant male elk sporting the ever distinctive set of trophy antlers stands in the foreground, looking upward, while a female elk follows closely behind.  Reflections of blue in a shallow pond bring a splash of coolness to the blazing orange foliage of the surrounding white poplars, so plentiful in this sunny autumn Wyoming landscape.  Among the thick, colorful, underbrush, another antlered elk can be seen meandering in the background.
Original Art Media:  oils on masonite panel