Animal Wednesday: Whoooooo, Us?

I was looking around Etsy yesterday to get some ideas of what's hot out there even though I hate hate hate following trends! But I also hate being unemployed. I see owls everywhere lately but the real stylized, cutesy kind which isn't my thing. (Although I do have a really cute notepad!) Anyway, I sat down and did a couple of miniature paintings in a new series I'll be doing called "Me And My Peeps."  Just little cropped views of owls. Maybe another type of bird will sneak in there too, but there are already two artists on Etsy doing that and I don't like to copy/steal/borrow ideas. But I didn't see any realistic owls, so yay! My new series begins.

Happy Animal Wednesday! 

IF : Little Things

So many images come to mind for this topic~some are whimsical, while others are just quiet observations.

I get most of my inspiration from nature. I love trees. I draw them, paint them, photograph them~can't get enough of them. If the old, stately trees could talk, imagine the history they'd share. The younger trees are just starting out, reaching towards the sky with so much hope and promise. Not much different from us in many ways.

I love the way the same tree looks so different in morning light as compared to dusk. It's these seemingly little things that are huge to me.

It's the little things that make up the big picture.

Be sure to check out my entry for this topic in my Moleskine!