Work accepted for a Gallery Show

Yeah! Two of my pieces have been accepted for a gallery show at The Brush Gallery in Lowell, MA, details below. They chose my Flamingo and my Great Horned Owl. Now to get them professionally framed. I'm am over the top psyched!

May 7 - June 18, 2011
FOR THE BIRDS

Juror: David Allen Sibley; well-known author, illustrator and ornithologist

Organized by Eileen Byrne

Artists' Reception: May 14, 2011, 2 - 4 pm

A collaboration with the Massachusetts Audubon Society to focus attention on birds and their habitats and to raise funds for the volunteers who care for injured birds until they are able to be returned to the wild.

An exhibition in the series Art of Nature.

The Brush Gallery is at 256 Market Street, Lowell MA. Here's their website:http://www.thebrush.org/aboutBrush.htm

Great Horned Owl stage 1

I promised a Great Horned Owl. Here's the light pencil sketch. This took me about an hour. It helps to get all the eyes and beak and main owl parts down first before trying to add any colored pencil. It's much easier to erase at this point! Once you start adding color, it's way to late to more eye balls around! At least for me.