This classic bird is a ring-necked pheasant, an upland game favorite...

Over the next few months, I will be working on a series of birds known as upland game.  These little guys are called Gambel's Quail, and are native to Arizona and surrounding desert areas...

I'm giving away some flowers! Here's how you can enter to win :)

This little wreath is all over the place :)  I love it so much, not entirely for reasons I can explain, other than I just like the way it is.  This summer I had a lull in orders and so I decided to work on something that was personally either meaningful, or just fun :)  It did however, come from some inspiration inside me that I will try to flesh out here.  It started with these words...

This series of 8x10" warm grayscale drawings displays the lyrics to the first three verses of the eighteenth century hymn, "Come Thou Fount."  Kelly, the purchaser of these drawings shared her reason for choosing this hymn...

Lynda Redding (far right, above), a Phoenix-area realtor, commissioned this drawing as a gift for this dear family, her real-estate clients, right after selling their long-time-Arizona home.  They are headed to Colorado for a new job and an exciting new season of life...

Okay drawing babies has got to be one of my favorite things.  Not only that, but getting to be there at this moment, for this picture. He's my nephew, and I was there the day he was born. It's amazing how much you can love a little person so immediately and so completely...