The box…quiet now
Nature walks to her own drum
Empty nest syndrome.
Art Prescription: I’ve so enjoyed watching my little nest box beside my studio active with life.
Index card:
birds
Nature’s Gifts May 17, 2016
Nature’s works of art
Design driven by instinct
Essential life.
Art Prescription: As spring continues on her course, I’m completely in awe of how the natural world takes care of itself without missing a beat. I have two beautiful nests in my trees, one of Mourning Doves, and the other Robins. I so enjoy sneaking a peak at the females as they sit on their brood, as the males nervously bring food as an offering. Seems most bird species have the parenting thing down-pat. Each “person” knows their role and there is no arguing about who last took out the trash.
Bluebird Egg Collage – framed and listed in my Etsy shop 🙂
Planning Ahead May 9, 2016
Two different nests
One for now, one for later
Industrious bird.
Art Prescription: I’ve had bluebirds building a nest inside a box in the yard for a month. Curious about this behavior, I asked the crew at Carolina Birders. Evidently these birds are building an alternate nest. While the pair takes care of sitting on eggs or feeding current fledglings, they spend their mornings building another nest. So if something happens to the first nest they have a new nest to lay eggs in or they may just use it as the next home. Fascinating how nature equips itself with procreation!!
8 x 8 mixed-media on watercolor paper
Paint a Bird Day May 8, 2016
Blue-Grey Knat Catcher
Builds her spring nest with lichens
So industrial!
Art Prescription: Found a Blue-Grey Knat Catcher’s nest at Mason Farm. What a joy to watch the female sit and the male fly in for occasional relief.
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
Nature Journal May 2, 2016
A paper bird’s nest
Nature journal style study
Tear, glue, draw, and paint.
Art Prescription: So fun to work spontaneously with my art buddies! As we talked, our hands moved and art was made.
8 x 8 mixed-media on paper
Tuesday Warbler April 19, 2016
Peck, preen, fluff, and sing
Yellow Prothonotary
Unaware of me.
Art Prescription: Sam and I went for an early hike around Mason Farm. We were rewarded!
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
This Too is Spring April 17, 2016
Fast furious swoop
A near miss, the dove chortles
Hungry red-eyed hawk.
Art Prescription: I was sitting outside when I heard a sudden ruffle of wings. A hawk swooped in after a morning dove in the trees. Lucky for the dove, the hawk went hungry. The yin and yang of nature.
Nature Collection
Warbler March 5, 2016
Yellow Pine Warbler
Sings in tree tops, evasive
Suddenly appears!
Art Prescription: I’ve been trying to see a Pine Warbler for a while now with my binoculars. “Hunting” the woods, listening for their song, and scanning the tree-tops for a view. Then today there they were, a pair, right in full view. And yes they are cute as can be.
Index card with pen and ink and colored pencil:
Cold Front January 10, 2016
Cold front moving in
Wind whips tree branches, rattles
Blue birds hunker down.
Art Prescription: What a fuss? Blue birds claiming territory so early? Perhaps a warm box seems like a good idea!
Watercolor
Robins December 13, 2015
A flock of robins
Supervise evening shift
Owls begin to hoot.
Art Prescription: Love being at Mason Farm at sunset. The birds are foraging for their last snack and the night-time creatures begin to stir.
8 x 8 Sumi-Ink (My chop hand-carved in China, says, “Hope”
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