"Night Flight" by Celia Hart

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Image used with the permission of the artist. See more of Celia Hart's work at her website.

The trees bend back, rabbit and birds flee, as the owl gazes upward and rises with the wind.
All night and sky are her domain.

K-2nd Grade Dinocuts Collages

These are relief prints of dinosaurs that were then cut out and integrated into collages by K-2nd graders at the University City Arts League for my Art and the Animal Kingdom class. Students took some of their inspiration from Matisse's The Parakeet and the Mermaid, and a picturebook by the same name written by Veronique Massenot and illustrated by Vanessa Hie.

Because why should I be the only one having fun making dinosaur art?

Hand-Colored "Spectacled Owl", "Great Horned Owl", and "Burrowing Owl"

These are the final three color owls for the 2018 owl calendar project I've been working on. Will be launching the pre-sale campaign soon!

Black and White "Spectacled Owl", "Great Horned Owl", and "Burrowing Owl"

Last three owls for the calendar. I will post the hand-colored ones tomorrow.

Hand-Colored "Snowy Owl", "Great Great Grey" and "Barred Owl"

Here are the three owls in flight that I posted yesterday with hand-coloring with watercolors.

Black and White Owls In Flight: "Barred Owl", "Great Grey", and "Snowy Owl"

Here are black and white proofs of the three owls that are in flight for the owl calendar I am working on. Hand-coloring these today and will post those images tomorrow. I especially love these in black and white because all the busy mark-making deliberately emphasizes how these predators blend in with their surroundings. I imagine that most of their prey never even see what's coming.

Hand-Colored Bay Owl, African Wood Owl, Long-Eared Owl

Here are the finished versions of the three linocuts I posted about yesterday, hand-colored with watercolors.