Rhino and Ox pecker Bird

Happy Friday, this is an ink sketch of a rhino and an Ox Pecker bird.  The bird eats bugs and other things off the rhino so they are tolerated for their service.

Nite before D-Day aniversary

75 years ago tonight, the 82nd Airborne, 101st Airborne, and the 6th Airborne all took off from airfields in England and jumped into Normandy, France.   They started the invasion from the west and with the invasion of the Russians from the East, sealed the Nazis fate as ending.  So not an original piece but I thought it fitting for the anniversary.

Nikki Tugboat

This is an oil painting I have been working on recently. This is a Tugboat working the grain barge in Virginia on the Tappahannock River.   This is 9 x 12 oil on canvas.

Chickadees

Every now and then, I'll work on a series of birds, every time I do it reminds me of my Grandmother and how she turned me on to birds and watching them.  They are the easiest wildlife to watch and see every day.  This is an oil painting of a pair of Chickadees on Orange berry branches.

Osprey

I have been working on some oil paintings, which has been slow as I am not happy with how they are progressing.  I have also been working on some ink brush birds.  This is one I have finished up with markers to take care of this "Fish Eagle" as Ospreys seem to be to me.

Pen and Ink Donkey

Not too many of these left. I did a bunch of the donkeys and mules for a small book I gave my parents.  This is one of the last images.  I have been starting some oil paintings but none are ready to post yet.

Nanny Donkey

I have been working on a few oil paintings but they are not ready to post.  I sketched this Donkey out after hearing about these Donkeys from my parents.  Shepards use them to carry the lambs until they are big enough to travel with the flock on their own.  I had never heard of this before and I think it is a pretty brilliant way to take care of a problem and protect the lambs.