The Fauna Collection

A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on tan paper. The artwork shows an opossum curled up in a circle in front of a solid copper crescent moon. The artwork is hanging on a brown wall behind a bouquet of dried flowers and three charcoal pencils standing upright on a shelf under this nature art.
A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on tan paper. The artwork shows an opossum curled up in a circle in front of a solid copper crescent moon. The artwork is hanging on a brown wall behind a bouquet of dried flowers and three charcoal pencils standing upright on a shelf under this nature art.
A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on tan paper. The artwork shows an opossum curled up in a circle in front of a solid copper crescent moon. The artwork is hanging on a brown wall behind a bouquet of dried flowers and three charcoal pencils standing upright on a shelf under this nature art.
A flat photo of the black, white, and copper opossum drawing on tan paper. The opossum's body and tail are curled around the head in a circular shape, silhouetted against a solid copper crescent moon. The opossum is facing left with three paws visible. The tail arcs over the head. A snaggle tooth protrudes down from under its top lip.
A flat photo of the black, white, and copper opossum drawing on tan paper. The opossum's body and tail are curled around the head in a circular shape, silhouetted against a solid copper crescent moon. The opossum is facing left with three paws visible. The tail arcs over the head. A snaggle tooth protrudes down from under its top lip.
A shallow-depth-of-field detail photo showing the scalloped, velvety, and flecked texturing of the charcoal marks that make up the opossum's tail, face, ears, and belly.
A shallow-depth-of-field detail photo showing the scalloped, velvety, and flecked texturing of the charcoal marks that make up the opossum's tail, face, ears, and belly.

Misunderstood

— 4×6” original art
— charcoal, pastel, and copper metallic pencil
— toned, acid free paper

I remember in grade school, making that typical kid mistake of thinking the opossum began with the letter ‘p’. I didn’t give them much thought then, but now, opossums are one of my most favorite wild creatures. If you can get over their scaly tails and hairless hands (which I can – my favorite pet growing up was my rat friend, Freckles), they are pretty dang cute. While they suffer a bad rap from whoever makes up creature stereotypes as gross, dirty pests that you sometimes find stuck in your trashcan, they are actually amazing.

Here are four facts to win you over to the opossum fan group: Opossums decimate tick populations by groom constantly, eating ticks they find. They also eat baby venomous snakes, as they are immune to most snake venom. They almost never get rabies, thanks to their low body temperature,⁣ and have a really good memory, testing better than rats, cats, dogs, and pigs⁣. So the next time you have a little opossum cutie running around in your yard, send them a little mental gratitude for all the good they do. ⁣

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The

Fauna Collection

This collection of beautiful 4×6″ charcoal pencil and linoprint originals were created in the month of October as a meditation on the diversity of nature found in our back yards. Following prompts from the Wild October draw list, many of the creatures featured are characters in my own life story. Now it’s time for them to have a place in your home.

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Habits — Original LinoprintA photograph of a black and white linoprint on light grey paper. The linoprint shows the black silhouette of nine Canada geese flying in a V formation over a white solid circular sun. The artwork is sitting on a brown wooden shelf in front of a dark grey wall with a piece of grey driftwood behind it and a small rock with white quarts vein in front of it.A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on tan paper. The artwork shows a honeybee landed on the center of a coneflower. Over the honeybee is a solid copper sun. The artwork is hanging on a brown wall behind two brown leaves and acorns laying on a grey shelf.Eusociality — Original Charcoal Drawing