Colorado Galloping Goose

I am originally from Colorado and an interesting tale of the "Good Old Days" is of the Rio Grande Southern Narrow Gauge railroad in Southern Colorado.  I will give the  short version of its history, the railroad had the misfortune of starting in a depression over 110 years ago.  The road limped on for years through some of the most impression scenery in the state.  One of the financial crises was a lack of money during the 1930s depression, the road faced a loss of the U.S. Mail contracts because a steam engine was too expensive to run.  The Rio Grande Southern's engineering department created rail cars which eventually became known as Galloping Geese.   They wobbled down the track and looked a little like a goose trying to fly, hence the nickname.   The road made seven of these geese, most used Car bodies and boxcar like rear areas.  Eventually the front car bodies were replaced with Wayne Bus bodies on some.  This is what I depicted above with art markers.  The history of the Rio Grande Southern is really interesting, full of ingenuity, and the photo's of the road are of spectacular scenery.  So if you want more look around on line.

Happy Sunday - Blue Jay

He is not the BlueBird of Happiness, but the Blue Jay is always are entertaining and intelligent bird.  They are always around, active, and very vocal.  They have been very prevalent in North Carolina and Maryland, but we have seen them in other states, too

Valentines Day

The wife loves the Day of the Dead so I always do something skeletony for Valentines Day, Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Halloween/Day of the Dead.  So Happy Valentines Day! +1 

Bluebird of Happiness

Happy Valentine's Day - a little Eastern Bluebird colored pencil sketch.  He is the perfect bird for the Valentine's day with my wife since she makes me happy.

Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Snowy, sleety day in Maryland. I have been fighting a headache all day, so new art.  This is a colored pencil sketch of a male Ruby Throated Hummingbird in warmer days.

Stellar Sea Lions

Stellar Sea Lions frolicking on an island in Auk Bay near Fairbanks, Alaska.  They were loud and happy.  They were enjoyable to see and to draw in pencil.

Crow Woman Statue

This is a pencil sketch of another artist's statute of a Native American woman with a Crow head.  I am going to search around and add the name of the artist and the piece.  I did this about ten years ago for practice and for myself.  I really liked the idea and captured it in pencil.