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Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
Fruit Bats, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, 27H x 33W inches framed size (2021). White mat, white wood frame with crackle finish.
Showcased in Exhibizone’s international online exhibition, Kingdom Animalia 2025 September 20th – November 20th.
One of my most memorable and favorite experiences of all time was seeing what we initially thought were pinecones until they started moving – thousands of fruit bats in the pine trees at Adelaide Botanic Gardens, located within the city limits. On a very hot summer day at sunset we sat and watched them fly low across the river while skimming their bodies across the water, then fly back to a tree, settle on a branch and lick the water off their fur.
Humorous 2025
Friday, May 23rd, 2025
Sleepy Kitty, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” (2021), white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Showing in Exhibizone’s “Humorous 2025” May 24 – July 24, 2025.
Doe and Fawns
Monday, May 19th, 2025
Doe and Fawns, Tualatin Hills Nature Park, Beaverton OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish. Details showing work as it progressed:
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Extinction – Save the Planet 2025
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
Organic – Wildorado Wind Ranch, 25 miles from Amarillo, Texas – 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Framed size 27H x 33W” white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
“Organic” will be showcased in Gallerium’s ‘Extinction – Save the Planet 2025’ May 7th – July 7th.
Teravarna Gallery’s “Animals” Exhibition
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
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Received Honorable Mentions in Teravarna Gallery’s 10th Annual “Animals”: Bearded Dragon, New Feathers, and Sea Anemone, all 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W inches framed size.
American Green Tree Frog
Thursday, June 20th, 2024
American Green Tree Frog, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, framed size 27H x 33W”. Details of work in progress:
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Sea Anemone
Monday, May 20th, 2024
Sea Anemone, Cannon Beach OR, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. 27H x 33W” framed – white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.
Originally posted on April 8th, Sea Anemone won a Silver Award in J. Mane Gallery’s 2024 “H2O” Exhibition showing May 20 – June 20th.
Mallards
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
Mallards, Rood Bridge Park, Hillsboro OR, 18H x 24W soft pastels on watercolor paper. Framed size 27H x 33W inches, white mat and white wood frame with crackle finish.
Animals of the Planet 2024
Monday, April 29th, 2024
Feeding Cockatoos at Apollo Bay, Australia, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper, drawn and originally published on Jan. 3rd, 2021. 27H x 33W” with white mat and custom-built white wood frame with crackle finish.
Showcased online in Exhibizone’s Animals of the Planet 2024 April 29th through June 29th.
Chipmunk
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
Chipmunk, 18H x 24W inches soft pastels on paper. Left thumbnail shows how the drawing started with composition mapped out. 27H x 33W inches framed size.