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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.
Category Archives: self-indulgence
2015 flutters to a landing
It was a year when plein air painting got a lot more fun, which I think is worth noting, and when I found new beauty in old and familiar places. I had a decent year of painting, exhibiting, teaching, drawing, writing, and learning how to breathe … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, Animals, Art, bird art, birds, Drawing, natural history, Nature, plein air painting, self-indulgence, Sound clips, Uncategorized, Wildlife
Tagged bird art, birds, drawing, life in review, Nature, New Year's Resolutions, pastels, pensive ruminations, plein air painting, sketching
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Art of the Day: Still Life with Danish Pastry
Greetings from Seville, Spain, actually, from a biological field station south of there in Doñana National Park. Just trudged in from a long day in the field, but had, for starters: wild boars, griffon vultures, sardinian warblers and a pink flock of flamingoes. And right now some owl … Continue reading
Posted in Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Food, Pastel, Pop culture references, self-indulgence, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged art, Copenhagen, Danish food groups, Danish Pastry, Denmark, Doñana National Park, food, griffon vulture, life drawing, painting, pastel, Seville, snails, Spain, Spanish wildlife, tebirkes, wild boars
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Art of the Day: I Must Be Hungry
Posted in Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Food, Pastel, self-indulgence, Shopping!, Still Life
Tagged art, Copenhagen, Denmark, Food and Drink, pastels
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Art of the Day: Still Life with Akvavit
Posted in Art, Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Food, Pastel, self-indulgence, Shopping!, Still Life, travel
Tagged Akvavit, art, Copenhagen, Denmark, food, groceries, pastels, Still life, Torvehallerne
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Copenhagen Culture Night, and an unrelated Paris question
Still recovering from Copenhagen’s Culture Night (Friday) and have no sketches to show for it, although it was fun surfing the tide of humanity in and out of concerts, Danish military drills, museums, 12th century ruins under a palace, the halls of power at the Danish Parliament (think: … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure!, architecture, Art, Artists, Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Exhibits, Family, garden, museums, Music, Politics, Pop culture references, Sculpture, self-indulgence, Sketching, travel, urban sketching
Tagged art, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen Culture Night, Danish Parliament, Denmark, France, Paris, sketching, Urban Sketching
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Friday Sketchbook: Odds and Ends
Not a big day for drawing, but a splendid one nonetheless. The agenda included smorrebrød with biologists and a visit with ornithologist/mind-bendingly fine bird artist Jon Fjeldså at the University of Copenhagen. A seven mile walk was taken with a stop at Assistens Cemetary for a moment … Continue reading
Posted in Art, bird art, birding, birds, Copenhagen, Culture, Denmark, Diversions, Drawing, field sketching, Food, Music, plein air, self-indulgence, Shopping!, Sketching, travel, Uncategorized, Urban Nature, urban sketching, Wildlife
Tagged art, bird art, bird artists, bird watching, Copenhagen, Cormorants, Denmark, food, gray heron, grebes, Hans Christian Andersen, Lapwings, Learning Danish, life drawing, natural history, Nature, Norrebro, shopping, sketchbooks
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