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What's happening at FernWood

Working on a new website, running around with the dog, enjoying the lovely fall weather.... The only complaint is not enough hours in the day, but then that does come with the seasons, so no complaints...

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a new FernWood website

I did it, updated the technology and the site.  Iweb you served me well and lasted much longer than you were meant to :)  Nice to be able to add galleries & slideshows, will experiment with other...

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my work featured in a 2016 calendar

The Horse Magazine has published this great calendar featuring illustrations I created for their "A Closer Look" series.  It's both beautiful and practical, with insightful illustrations and timeless...

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It's Never Too Late!

It's never too late to give a painting gift certificate, could be the best gift ever and you don't even need to wrap it!  I'm offering holiday gift certificates for small works paintings (6x6" or 5x7"...

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Holiday Commissions

These are small (7x5") commission paintings made for two great kids who ride at North Wind Farm.  My goal is to capture the gesture and I did well with these two.  They are both very good riders with...

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Planning for a new year

Every new year I like to make an appointment and "journal" calendar from favorite photos taken over the past 12 months.  This year they're all from FernWood where I live.  Besides the usual holidays,...

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What's in a name?

Art Journal, artists journal, sketchbook.... what's it all about?  These terms have different connotations; "altered book" where both context and content are "artistic", diary with drawings, drawings...

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Hello Kitty

Lately my sketch book studies have been mostly individual small paintings. This one looks a lot like a sketch book page and the "paint daubs" filter in Photoshop, but it's acrylic on stretched canvas....

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Blue Skies

Craving some blue so I painted a sky window.  Cheers!  

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NoteSketch BookJournal

  “there's still nothing better than pen and paper”  “unfiltered”   My notebook isn't precious; it's a workhorse.  I prefer loose sheets of paper to [bound] notebooks.         I take my journal...

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Documenting Change

In 2010 I self published a book about my artist residency in Gates of the Arctic National park.  You can read the whole thing online HERE.  We could see the evidence of melting permafrost for ourselves...

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Natural Science Illustration

I attended the fledgeling natural science illustration graduate course at UC Santa Cruz way back in 1992.  It was one of very few in the country and it continues to be a highly successful & sought...

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Preliminary Sketch

Sketching for illustration projects is a way to get ideas down to work on them within the constraints of the particular job.  It's kind of like an idea factory, as you crank it up more ideas reveal...

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Composite Portrait to Honor a Champion

Here is the published painting (see sketch from previous blog post) honoring Kim Allen's "Supreme Champion" versatility award in the American Quarter Horse Journal (June).  It was originally designed...

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Interview for Chronicle of the Horse

Whoohoo!  I recently furnished illustrations for the classic horse magazine, The Chronicle of the Horse.  I used to hover over it's pages when I was a horse crazy kid so it was a treat to work for...

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Accepted!

I'm happy to report that these two paintings, Spirit Bear and Salt Marsh, have been accepted into the 2016 Peninsula Art League open juried art show to be held at the beautiful Harbor History Museum in...

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What's happening at FernWood

Working on a new website, running around with the dog, enjoying the lovely fall weather.... The only complaint is not enough hours in the day, but then that does come with the seasons, so no complaints...

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a new FernWood website

I did it, updated the technology and the site.  Iweb you served me well and lasted much longer than you were meant to :)  Nice to be able to add galleries & slideshows, will experiment with other...

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my work featured in a 2016 calendar

The Horse Magazine has published this great calendar featuring illustrations I created for their "A Closer Look" series.  It's both beautiful and practical, with insightful illustrations and timeless...

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It's Never Too Late!

It's never too late to give a painting gift certificate, could be the best gift ever and you don't even need to wrap it!  I'm offering holiday gift certificates for small works paintings (6x6" or 5x7"...

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