As I filled my birdfeeders this morning I thought I might take a moment this weekend to write about my feeding stations and routine. I still might, but the neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk trumped the post. I’ve always maintained that feeding stations were for the usual guests — wrens, cardinals, bluejays, woodpeckers. You know the list. [...]
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Put a Bird on It
Posted in Art Shows, tagged art, bird, Birding, cardinal, folk folk art, folkart, harrision, Indiana, Indianapolis, Music, Noblesville, party, portlandia on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, March 2, 6 to 10 Put A Bird On It artist reception and open studio night In the Harrison Gallery, Annex, Gallery No. 2 and Hank & Dolly’s – group show featuring work from over 75 artists! In the City Gallery – new work by Erin Drew. In the gym – demonstrations by Rock [...]
Red-Winged Blackbird in Flight
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bird, Birding, blackbird, cardinal, carved, carving, red-winged blackbird, skin-on-frame on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m spending the day at a hospital waiting room. My wife is undergoing a series of surgeries to restore sight to her left eye. Today’s round should be the last. When we began this, in November, she had no sight in that eye and the doctor offered no prognosis. We are now optimistic that [...]
Finally Back at It!
Posted in carving, tagged art, Birding, Birds, blackbird, cardinal, carving, finch, Folk, folkart, goldfinch, Indiana, Indianapolis, Noblesville, pileated, sculptuire, swan, woodcarving, woodpecker, woodworking on February 5, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I took a break from my typical work cycle to experiment and adapt skin-on-frame boatbuilding techniques to construct large birds. It’s been almost six weeks since I’ve put a knife to wood and carved a bird. I’ve some important art shows on the horizon and work going to galleries all of the time. It was [...]
Skin-on-Frame Cardinal Finished!
Posted in skin-on-frame birds, tagged art, bird, Birding, cardinal, Folk, skin-on-frame on January 29, 2012 | 11 Comments »
Shooting my Own Reference Photos
Posted in Bird References, Equipment, Field Study, Photography, tagged Birding, Birds, camera, cardinal, lens, nature, nuthatch, Photography, starling on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My bird carvings are stylized forms of the birds that I see and experience. No one would mistake my birds for the real thing. Realism is the current trend in bird carving. I’m headed in the other direction. To carve my birds I reference my own sightings (sometimes fleeting), field guides and photos that I [...]
Migratory Bird Law and Art (You Might Want to Skip the Photos)
Posted in Bird References, tagged bird, bird carving, Birding, cardinal, carving, reference photo, woodcarving on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote yesterday about the importance of collecting specimens to early bird enthusiasts. In response to several extinctions at the turn of the last century the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) enacted the Migratory Bird Act in 1918. This legislation was groundbreaking in the protection of wildlife and is the backbone of conservation [...]
Holiday Ornaments – Available Soon!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Birds, Blue Jay, bunting, cardinal, chickadee, christmas, garden, holiday, ornament, pileated, tanager, whip-poor-will, woodland on October 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
For the last two years I’ve gone into production mode to cut out and paint flat Christmas ornaments based upon my bird carvings. The very first were made directly from the scraps that I made when I cut out the bird carving profiles. My mom made similar cut-out ornaments when we were little. She spent [...]
50 Little Birds – Illuminated
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Birds, cardinal, carving, chickadee, finch, goldfinch, ironing board, lamp, sparrow on July 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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