Barney’s Garden
My mostly companion, my best dogfriend Barney passed away last autumn, of old age, which is the best we can hope for, but that only makes it a little easier…
Recent Collages
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet...
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
I was excited to see one of these when I was a kid, only in the summertime if I was away from the city. This sketch gave me some trouble…
Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)
At first I wasn't very enthusiastic about painting this scorpion— it looked pretty drab. But the longer I stared at the reference photo and layered timid washes of ink over…
Fuzzy Golden Nautilus (Allonautilus scrobiculatis)
The Fuzzy or Crusty Golden Nautilus looks like most other nautiluses I've seen, except for the layer of thick yellow slime coating about half of its shell, so from what…
Dragon-head Caterpillar (Polyura athamas)
This pudgy little dragon-headed caterpillar will grow up to be a Common Nawab Butterfly someday. See a photo of their future self here. I'm definitely coloring this one in, with…
Common Buckeye Butterfly (Junonia coenia)
Another butterfly in colored ink for Invertober! See the reference photo I used here.
American Comb Jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)
I've always thought ctenophores (comb jellies, not jellyfish!) look really pretty, and it's challenging to paint something almost completely transparent without making it look too flat. Also I'm feeling spacey…
Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)
This was a challenging one for Invertober! I don't care for slugs or overripe bananas, and yellow/brown is an icky color combination. So I leaned into the grossness and painted…
Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly (Battus philenor)
Invertober got me to paint more butterflies than I ever have before! Here is the reference photo I used (figure 4, and it's the ventral side- the dorsal side is…
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