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Indoor Cat sketches

Indoor Cat Poster sketch

Sketch page #1

The thing I am most excited to work on in the future is the Starlings Mobile which is in the upper righ...

Sandhill Cranes sketch

This is pretty much the exact opposite of how I find myself feeling at the moment- like many I am pretty depressed about the US election results. I can't really say anything that hasn't been said b...

Hex Sketches

I know we're still pretty far out from Gay Cardinal season... but I thought I would share some new hex sign sketches! I like to place new sketches in a grid of my previous hex signs to see if they ...

Whip-poor-will decoy progress

For the past week I've been painting a Whip-poor-will! I am very happy with how it's turning out so far.

The process behind the scenes...

1. Draw profile silhouette of Whip-p...

Cunning Cowbird sketch

Shop Update!

Apologies for the lack of updates recently-

The real, brick-and-mortar Pigeon Post shop will be open for the first time ever this October 26 in Scranton, PA for a spooky Halloween art fair!!...

Pigeon's daily routine sketch

Shop is open!

Pigeon Post is back! My vacation is officially coming to an end, and I will be back to mailing out orders in the first week of O...

American Dipper sketch

Still experimenting with patterns inside of the silhouettes, and I might have the submerged dipper blink with their distinctive white eyelid!

Number Stamp Sketch

Some ongoing sketches for a numbers counterpart to my alphabet stamps!

Eurasian Magpie sketch

Two for good luck!

Red-Eyed Birds Poster or Sweatshirt? (Poll)

 
I want to make Red-Eyed Birds into another product for my shop! I'm considering either a poster or ...

Hermit Thrush sketch

Common Raven sketch

Fall Wood Pigeon sketch

I hope you are as ready to see summer go and fall begin as I am!!!

Red-Eyed Birds of North America

It's 95% finished! Thank you for your species suggestions when I posted the more WIP last time. I was able to include some of them! :)

Might adjust the colors a bit, I usually don't make th...

Meet the artist on Tumblr

I was was approached for a Meet The Artist on Tumblr so I made this cover image! It should be up Augus...

Starling murmuration sketch

I have been trying to draw a murmuration for awhile and I feel very good about this attempt! :)

Whip-poor-will dinner sketch

Red-Eyed Birds Poster 2 Sneak Beak!

This October I am planning on having a much more extensive version of my Red-Eyed birds poster from last year. If you remember- I only picked about 8 bird to feature which quite a few people did no...

Moths by Size Lamp Pattern

Something I am planning to paint on a cube-shaped bedside lamp. I hope to share more photos as the lamp progresses!

Arranged by size beginning out from the largest. Took a few artistic ...

Spotted Towhee sketch

I have been drawing more red-eyed birds for a "complete" red-eyed birds poster this fall- but in the meantime I wanted to highlight one of them! Here is a Spotted Towhee with some California Poppie...

Shrike Strike!

A poster I made for the Bird Union which I am a part of

The Bird Union is the official union representing Audubon Soci...

Rebellious pigeon sketch

Tea-kettle tea-kettle sketch!

Black-and-white Warbler print photos

A sharper preview of the print supporters will get in the mail soon! If you would like to see the process, please check out the previous post! :)

Printing the Black-and-white Warbler!

Printing these out to mail to all my wonderful Patreon supporters soon! Prints will be signed and numbered. I believe I will be able to print about 60 in total, so the rest will find their way to m...

Black-and-white warbler sketch

I've always wanted to try something bold and graphic with the Black-and-white warbler's pattern. The first couple tries I used a checkerboard pattern but it always ended up looking like a bad ska ...