Praying Mantis.

I made this one some months ago.

I met this one today.
 

Bethesda Row Arts Festival

Iris - etching/aquatint, new piece from
"Victorian Garden" set.

This weekend stop by my booth #E14 (Elm St.) at Bethesda Row Arts Festival
October 20-21, 2012,
Saturday 11am-6pm,
Sunday 10am-5pm

Grasshopper.

The differential grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
was visiting my studio today.

Bellevue Arts Museum Artsfair.

If you are in Seattle this weekend stop by my booth # Q-15 at Bellevue Arts Museum Artsfair
JULY 27, 28 & 29, 2012
Friday & Saturday: 9:30am - 9:30pm, Sunday: 9:30am - 6pm
At Bellevue Square and Bellevue Arts Museum • FREE!

"Day&Night" - new multiple plates etching/cuts.
I worked on it from March to July. Sold at Madison show.

Beekeeper Heart Ex Libris.

First proof of ex libris I made for Robin Wallace from Louisville, Kentucky! She is the Selected Winner of a drawing in May!
"Beekeeper Heart", etching.

Spicebush Silk Moth.

Spicebush Silkmoth on my porch.

Carpenter Bee.

I found this little guy in my frame shop this morning.

Chance to Win #3.

"Entomologist Heart", ex libris I made for Sara Dinyari.

I am having next promotional drawing at my website!
MAY 8th IS THE DEADLINE FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN ex libris dedicated to you. Go to my website for more details:
http://marinaterauds.com/chance-to-win/index.htm
If you are signed up before you are already in for this next one.

Cricket.

ST. James Court Show Photos.

Madison.

Interesting bug on the wall of my booth
at the end of the show.

Madison, Art Fair on the Square.

Upcoming show: Art Fair on the Square in Madison, WI.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 • 9 am - 6 pm
Sunday, July 10, 2011 • 10 am - 5 pm
My booth #442 on Main St.

July.

Magic hour.

Yucca flower.

Wings.

The First Day of Summer.



Catalpa flowers.


The first day of summer officially kicks off today at 1:16 p.m. ET, the beginning of the summer solstice and of the longest day of the year, at least in the Northern Hemisphere.

Humboldt Redwoods State Park.

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Praying Mantis

Today we did some hiking in Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California. The park is famed for its coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens), many of which grow to over 90 m in height. Humboldt Redwoods State Park is California's largest redwood state park and includes the Rockefeller Forest, the largest remaining contiguous old-growth coast redwood forest in the world. With an average lifespan of 500-700 years, coast redwoods can live to more than 2,000 years and grow to over 360 feet in height. Their great longevity is not why redwoods are called sequoia sempervirens, or sequoia ever-living. Rather, the scientific name refers to their ability to sprout from root stock as well as from seed. Redwoods have few natural enemies. Tannic acid makes them resistant to disease and insect infestation, and their thick, fibrous bark effectively resists fire. Goose Pens are where the base of a redwood has been hollowed out by fire, but the top of the tree is still thriving. These openings are so large that, in earlier days, settlers in the West could corral their livestock in them, thus giving the goosepens their name. Redwood Burls are wart-like protuberances from which redwood shoots may be sprouting. Nursery Trees are where a fallen or cut redwood is surrounded by a circle of younger redwoods, all receiving nutrients from the original tree's root system.

Oregon Sky, Flowers, Bees.

East Lansing Photos and ...

It was a great show: nice weather, big crowds, good sales. Also I got the City of East Lansing purchase award, and my etching "Nature Book" is in East Lansing City Hall art collection now.
Thank you to all my customers and to the City of East Lansing for supporting the arts!

Just a small moth I found on the steps of my house today.

New Orleans Insectarium.

И вот мне приснилось, что сердце мое не болит,
Оно — колокольчик фарфоровый в желтом Китае
На пагоде пестрой… висит и приветно звенит,
В эмалевом небе дразня журавлиные стаи.

А тихая девушка в платье из красных шелков,
Где золотом вышиты осы, цветы и драконы,
С поджатыми ножками смотрит без мыслей и снов,
Внимательно слушая легкие, легкие звоны.

My very favorite poem by Nikolay Gumilyov came across my mind in NO Insectarium. I did not find any traslation in English (I'm sorry, my English readers) - it is about sorrowing heart transformed into a porcelain bell in China where a girl in embroidered silks listens to it's soft sound.