Fauna – Creatures Great & Small

“The camera captures the likeness of a subject, but recording those same details with pencil or paint will etch them into the artist’s soul.  We meet as two creatures, and a silent communication connects us.  Working from photos or from life – hours or even days later when the studies are finished,  we are connected forever.” – Lisa Brunetti

Green Kingfisher; Peruvian Pygmy Owl

 

Squirrel Cuckoo Feather study – Watercolor

 

 

Great Antshrikes y Orchids (Watercolor y acrylic)

 

Tres Toucanes- Watercolor y Acrylic

 

Whooping Motmot (more on this bird later!)

 

Watercolor – Olive-Crowned Yellowthroat

 

Butterfly Study – Acrylic

“Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed — chased and hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns, or magnificent bole backbones. “ – John Muir

Acrylic Illustration for ‘The Muir Tree

 

Acrylic on Wood for Trail

Thanks for taking time to view the art; do you have a favorite?!

Southern House Wren – Watercolor with acrylic highlights

Detail – Happy Birds -(Saffron Finch) – Acrylic

(Detail) Common-Tody Flycatcher – Watercolor – Copyright Lisa Brunetti

(Detail) Water Lilies & Friends – Acrylic – copyright Lisa Brunetti

Meditations in Pencil Series – Scarlet-rumped Cacique and Tropical Gnatcatcher – 4B Pencil