Chip and Dale

Chip is a Golden Mantle Squirrel that I feed peanuts. It has been around for two years. I enjoy its company and love sketching it. There is a constant battle with the groundies, (California Ground Squirrels) and Chip as to how the peanuts are divided up. The groundies also enjoy cuttings from vegetables which aren’t … More Chip and Dale

Woody

This pileated woodpecker show up at the birdbath this week. With all the smoke and fires on the West coast it looked as frazzled as I felt. I painted this on a wooden 10×10 inch panel. The arrow points to Truckee where this Woody was sighted. In the photo below there is a white headed … More Woody