A little sketch of Marabou and Painted storks. I got to observe these amazing birds down in the Okavango Delta along with many other animals. The Marabou in particular is a huge bird standing 4.9 ft with a wingspan of 10.5 ft. In flight reminds me more of a Pterodactyl.

This is a sketch of a male white-throated sparrow. I enjoy painting simple sketches like the goldfinch and more involved ones such as this.

" Goldfinch Sketch "

" Hailey "

This is a little portrait of my niece Hailey. My sister adopted her when she was about a year old from China. I was inspired to paint her because she sometimes reminds me of a little American Indian princess, minus the designer jacket of course. She's a very sweet little girl. Because my family is Irish, when people ask what she is, she says " Chirish".

" Lenny's Castle"

The finished painting.

" Castle Sketch"

I recently finished a painting in the trompe l'oeil (literally, "fool the eye") style. The client wanted a large stone window overlooking a European style landscape with a castle. It is a very large painting for me about 40"x60". I did a few thumbnails and he picked this one.

"Kestrels"

Today I got my rejection letter from "Birds in Art", the annual art competition hosted by the "Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum" in Wisconsin. I entered this painting and "Chobe Fisherman" from an earlier post. I guess there's alway's next year.