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Drawing The Motmot

Nature, art, and everything.

Category: rainforest

This Fly Makes Its Own Candy

Posted on December 18, 2016September 24, 2017 by zeladoniac

My family sends a holiday package every year filled with treats from Trader Joe’s. The chocolate-covered sea-salt butterscotch caramels are purely amazing. But I… Read more This Fly Makes Its Own Candy

The Trogon’s Sultry Lashes

Posted on May 27, 2016 by zeladoniac

Trogons have movie-star eyelashes, and I’d always admired and wondered why they had them. My bird artist friend, Mike DiGiorgio,… Read more The Trogon’s Sultry Lashes

What do Toucans Really Think?

Posted on May 6, 2016 by zeladoniac

Morning ritual in Panama: take coffee cup to the chair at the back door landing, open the sketchbook, raise the… Read more What do Toucans Really Think?

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About the Motmot

Exploring the natural world with pencil and paper from high atop a one-story bungalow in the middle of Oklahoma.

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