Owl Heart.

Trial proof of new exlibris (Owl Heart) I made for Caroline Olin
who was the Selected Winner of a drawing in December.

Here is another chance to win ex libris dedicated to your name:
http://marinaterauds.com/chance-to-win/index.htm

Strix Occidentalis, New Etching.

Strix occidentalis, or Spotted owl -
new etching.

Meet Kajika.

Kajika was brought to Carolina Raptor Center in 2007 as an orphan. He had fallen from his nest, breaking bones in his right wing. Unfortunately, his injuries did not heal well enough for him to be able to fly. His name comes from the Native American culture and means "walks without sound," referring to owls' ability to fly silently. Kajika is a member of our education team and travels to schools all across the Carolinas.

I adopted Kajika today and you can do that too. Make a great gift to yourself or your friends and family: support this wonderful Raptor Center.

Silent Night.

New etching.

Hermes.



Hermes, the Eastern Screech Owl

 Hermes, my adopted owl.

"Hermes, an eastern screech owl, was brought to Carolina Raptor Center in December of 2004 in his hatching year. She came to us with a fractured right humerus, most likely the result of a window collision. She was named for one of the messenger owls in the Harry Potter series. Hermes is an education bird, participating in on-site presentations, school programs and off-site exhibits". - via Carolina Raptor Center website.

Rittenhouse Square Art Show.

This upcoming weekend I am in Philadelphia at Rittenhouse Square Art Show.
September, 17-19, 2010
Friday: 11am-7pm
Saturday: 11am-6pm
Sunday: 11am-5pm
My booth #3

I will show couple of new small etchings:
Screech Owl (left) and Barred Owl.

New Etching and New Birds.

Today I have something new to show you. This new etching does not have a name yet. It is bigger variation of my older small etching of flying owl - "Wings of Night". The new one is really big: 2 plates for wings and 3rd plate for owl body. Wing plate is 18"x24". This work took very long time. I finished first wing before Xmas. At the end of February I finished the second wing, and now I have all 3 plates etched and printed. Some pictures of the process:
3rd plate in progress

wing #1 in progress

plates in acid bath

first trial proof printed

trial proof of the wing ( I did not make photo of the second wing)

I will try to show this etching (still a lot of work there) at upcoming Art Birmingham Festival this weekend.

New visitors on my feeder: rosebreasted grosebeak - boy

...and very sweet rosebreasted grosebeak girl.

Oreole arrived some days ago.

And Some Aliens..

Goldfinch portrait, I thik it is my best bird photo ever:)

Barn Owl - I used it as my Xmas/NY card in 2009.

...and another winter owl.