2020-2021
During this time I was working as a wildlife biologist in the summer and winter and as an elementary school teacher during the school year. I mostly had time to draw some of the animals with which I was working. I worked primarily with black ballpoint pen during this time.
Magnolia Warbler: Setophaga magnolia
Ball point pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
Eastern Hercules Beetle: Dynastes tityus
Ball point pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
Gyrfalcon: Falco rusticolus
Ball point pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
11 x 14 in.
Monarch: Danaus plexippus
Ball point pen and watercolor on Strathmore Bristol Vellum
11 x 14 in.
Eastern box turtle: Terrapene carolina carolina
black ballpoint pen and watercolor on Strathmore drawing paper
9 x 12 in.
Northern flicker: Colaptes auratus
Ball point pen on Strathmore 400 Series drawing paper
9 x 7 in.
Bottlenose dolpin: Tursiops truncatus
Ballpoint pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
11 x 14 in.
Red-breasted nuthatch: Sitta canadensis
Ballpoint pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
Cerulean warbler: Setophaga cerulea
Ballpoint pen and watercolor on Strathmore Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
Wood thrush: Hylochichla mustelina
Ballpoint pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
11 x 14 in.
Brown pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis
Ballpoint pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
11 x 14 in.
Gray squirrel: Sciurus carolinensis
Ink pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
11 x 14 in.
Black bear: ursus americanus
Ink pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
American bison: Bison bison
Ink pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
Northern dusky salamander: Desmognathus fuscus
Ink pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.
Barred owl: Strix varia
Ink pen on Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Vellum
9 x 12 in.