The Fauna Collection

A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on medium grey paper. The artwork shows a bat with its wings spread, drinking nectar from the blooms of a saguaro cactus plant. It is flying in front of a grey moon with black background fading out. The artwork is sitting on a brown wooden crate with a white bowl behind it on the right and a large piece of quarts in front of it to the left.
A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on medium grey paper. The artwork shows a bat with its wings spread, drinking nectar from the blooms of a saguaro cactus plant. It is flying in front of a grey moon with black background fading out. The artwork is sitting on a brown wooden crate with a white bowl behind it on the right and a large piece of quarts in front of it to the left.
A photograph of a black and white charcoal drawing on medium grey paper. The artwork shows a bat with its wings spread, drinking nectar from the blooms of a saguaro cactus plant. It is flying in front of a grey moon with black background fading out. The artwork is sitting on a brown wooden crate with a white bowl behind it on the right and a large piece of quarts in front of it to the left.
A flat photo of the black and white bat drawing on medium warm grey paper. The bat is mid-flight, it's wings partially open, poised above the saguaro blossoms. The light body of the bat is silhouetted against a dark grey moon against a fading black background. The bat's black eyes are set in the white face, with softly pointed ears and elongated snout. The bat's tongue is dipping into the center of an open white blossom. Three other blossoms underneath have yet to open, while a second open blossom frames the unopened ones.
A flat photo of the black and white bat drawing on medium warm grey paper. The bat is mid-flight, it's wings partially open, poised above the saguaro blossoms. The light body of the bat is silhouetted against a dark grey moon against a fading black background. The bat's black eyes are set in the white face, with softly pointed ears and elongated snout. The bat's tongue is dipping into the center of an open white blossom. Three other blossoms underneath have yet to open, while a second open blossom frames the unopened ones.
A shallow-depth-of-field detail photo showing the rigid texturing of the charcoal marks that make up the closed buds of the saguaro cactus.
A shallow-depth-of-field detail photo showing the rigid texturing of the charcoal marks that make up the closed buds of the saguaro cactus.

Night Feast

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

Let me introduce you to the lesser long-nosed bat. These nectar-lovin’ little cuties help pollinate saguaro cacti (blooms pictured) and blue agave plants (so if you’re a tequila drinker, tip your hat to these pretty babies now). ⁣While we don’t have this type of bat in North Carolina, bats are prevalent, and it is one of my very favorite activities to watch the sky darken on summer evenings and the dark shapes swooping through the trees, munching on bugs.

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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