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Wildlife of Coastal Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wildlife is why I enjoy art. It really makes you appreciate the world around you more when you start to look at nature from the standpoint of an artist. You notice every shade of the sunset, the color of each speck of sand on the beach, the symmetry in plants and seashells, the lay of the fur or feathers on an animal's back. When you try to reproduce that on paper, you do your best to capture the emotion behind the eyes and the vivid colors of each scene. Of course, I always fall miserably short of the real thing, but usually the minimal detail and likeness I am able to capture is enough to get the point across, and hopefully it's enough to make the viewer stop and appreciate these little details and perfections the next time he is out in the world. |
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For those not familiar with the area, coastal Georgia boasts some of the largest and most pristine spans of marshland on the Atlantic Ocean. Tidal marshes stretch miles inland. Most of the coast is unreachable except by boat. A series of barrier islands protects the mainland from the ocean winds and waves. Of the eight largest barrier islands, only three are connected to the mainland by bridges and roads. The remaining are protected as state, federal, or private lands. This creates a coastal habitat unlike any other, which in many parts thrives with the absence of human contact. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The four pieces to the right are my first in a series I am working on of the wildlife of coastal Georgia. Shown are a ghost crab, a blue heron, a brown pellican, and a loggerhead turtle. These are available as 5" x 7" prints, or as bi-fold greeting cards. As a greeting card, each animal stands alone on a borderless cover; the inside flap contains a paragraph of background information on the animal. The opposite inside flap is blank for writing a message. Cards are available in sets of 8, either 2 of each animal or 8 of one animal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is a watercolor done in 2001 - a whitetail deer on the sand dunes. A fairly typical scene for coastal Georgia - more so on the uninhabited islands. The original is 9" x 12". I don't typically do watercolors -- frankly, the fact that once you put your brush on the paper, it's permanent, is a little too daunting for me. This is the one medium in which if you make a mistake, it really is tough to pass it off as being intentional. You won't see many of these. Sorry, but prints are not available at this time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Trip to the Beach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I love this one. This is scratchboard, my favorite medium. Scratchboard essentially turns out looking like the negative to a pen-and-ink drawing, but it's done completely different. The paper is coated with a colored enamel or paint (typically black). Sharp tools such as Exacto knives, wire brushes, steel wool, etc., are used to scratch through the black surface to reveal the white paper underneath. To add a little color to the white, watercolors can be brushed on, though I rarely do this. The lagoon behind my house has a heron of some sort or another fishing in it at all times. This particular one, is a blue heron (well, its supposed to be a blue heron, but I didn't see the need to add any blue). To get it on the web, I had to take a digital picture of it, which did not turn out too good - there is a fairly detailed reflection of the entire bird in the water, and the marsh grass is less blurred. The original is 18"x24". I have not made prints as of yet, but contact me if you're interested - I've been looking for an excuse to make prints. |
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Wading for Something | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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