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eagle, fox, and wolf fan :)
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Well, the opening recetion for the spring art show at the library was this past Tuesday.  It was pretty well attended.  I didn't win anything, but I did take the winners' group photo which will be in the local paper!  My "Sitting Wolf" painting looks great up on the shelf above the books - ironically, it's in the young readers section and is a few feet away from a poster for "Twilight"! *LOL*  My bald eagle portrait is on one of the display racks, and also looks really good there.  

I had an accident with the wolf painting when I was framing it, though! :O  I accidentally drilled a hole through the canvas!  Fortunately, it was off to the side, and went through where part of the sky background is.  I was able to fix it up by temporarily duct taping the back of the canvas and touching up that part of the sky, so now it just looks like an imperfection in the canvas - my father said I'm probably the only one who'll notice, and he's right.  Looking at it in the library, if you didn't know about it, you'd just think it was part of the canvas.  Anyway, when I get it back, I really need to put a real canvas patch on that spot on the back.

Anyway, I also have an opening reception to go to on Saturday at another local gallery, where I have 2 more paintings displayed.  I had submitted 3, but they rejected my Egyptian Vulture!  I keep thinking that the Egyptian vulture will be a hit somewhere, because it's something you don't often see painted, but so far, I've been wrong.  The ones that made it are my "Screaming Golden Eagle" and my Harris' hawk painting titled "Moonglow".

Also, I just began my 100th painting, "Golden Eagle in Widescreen" (tentative title).  It's going to be a 24" x 36" golden eagle, but done horizontally rather than vertically, how I usually do them.  I'm really excited to be starting it.

I found out recently that Hawk Creek Wildlife Center, where I take most of my photo sources for paintings, is moving!  At first I was concerned, because I don't want them to move too far away, but if I'm right about where they're moving, they will actually be even closer to where I live now!  I don't know for sure when the move is taking place, though.

Well, that's all for now!
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I've been an oil painter since 1993, focusing on wildlife, particularly birds of prey, foxes, and most recently, wolves. Before that, my primary artistic focus was drawing my own comics, which I did throughout elementary and high school. (I did one oil painting as part of my high school studio art course, which didn't turn out very well - don't look for it here, because you won't find it - and said I'd never do another! *lol*) I have little interest in doing art to make a living, though, and mainly do it because I like to do it. I feel I'm an "adequate" painter, but was not a very good cartoonist, which is why I tend to really enjoy looking at other people's cartoon and fantasy art here at dA. I also enjoy other people's realistic artwork, as well!

I became very interested in metaphysical spiritual ideas many years ago, and I enjoy reading books on the subject, especially any books by Ernest Holmes. I find that his Science of Mind philosophy really gels with my own beliefs quite well. It seems to be the answer I've been searching for my whole life.

I also love music! In fact, I prefer listening to music as my primary source of entertainment, even more than watching TV and going to movies. Most of my entertainment budget is spent on music. I've been collecting CDs since 1992, and will continue to do so as long as they make them! I like a lot of different genres, too! Having grown up in the 80s, I like a lot of bands from that decade, many of which I still follow now. In the 90s, I drifted more towards ambient and new age, which is really what I tend to listen to the most, especially when I paint. I also like a lot of other electronic music, including some techno, lounge, trip-hop and chill-out. That being said, there are also a lot of rock and pop bands I like, most of which started out in the 80s and are still together now, as well as a few rock bands from the current decade. About the only genres I can't really get into are rap and country-western (although I can tolerate some music from both of these genres to a point). I've confused many people over the years with my eclectic music tastes. It's not unusual for me to be listening to some ethereal ambient music one minute, then some electric guitar-driven rock the next! :)

I love animals and own several, including a dog and 2 foxes. I like to spend a lot of time with them when I can, and love to take my dog for long walks. My favorite wild animals are eagles, foxes, and wolves. I live out in the middle of nowhere, which is preferable to me over city life. I hope to someday move someplace where it doesn't snow, because I really can't stand cold weather, and look forward every year to the hot weather months. (Anything below 70 feels too cold to me!)

I'm very much a loner/introvert and prefer to keep to myself for the most part, but I find it much easier to open up on the internet.

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  • Current Residence: USA
  • Interests: oil painting, metaphysical studies, collecting CDs, spending time with my animals, Babylon 5
  • Favourite movie: The Rescuers Down Under
  • Favourite band or musician: Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Erik Wollo, The Church, U2, Delerium, Conjure One, lots more!
  • Favourite genre of music: ambient, new age, electronic, shoegaze, and rock
  • Favourite artist: Robert Bateman, M.C Escher, Andy Warhol, Steve Kilbey, Rabbiata ;)
  • Favourite poet or writer: Ernest Holmes
  • Favourite photographer: Brad Cole, Anton Corbijn, W0LLE, woxys :)
  • Operating System: windows xp
  • MP3 player of choice: Zune (but still prefer CDs)
  • Wallpaper of choice: one of my Marahute screenshots
  • Favourite cartoon character: Marahute, vulpix, ninetales, Groseille :D, Randy & Cindy (from Faux Pas)
  • Tools of the Trade: various brushes

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Mood: Joy ~clearfishink Jan 27, 2012  Professional Artist
I would love to see a bald eagle. I have a connection with them on a very spiritual level. Be super BA to see.
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I always felt that way, too! I have a deep connection to eagles on a spiritual level. I was so excited the first time I saw a real one (at African Lion Safari in Canada) back in 1991. I went back there in 1993 and stayed in the eagles section for well over an hour! I'm so glad that I now know about Hawk Creek, which is a local wildlife refuge (only 30 minutes away, where African Lion Safari is like over an hour away, and in another country!) They have their "Walk With the Eagles" enclosure where you can see their 2 bald eagles up close and take as many photos as you want! Wonderful place! :)

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we never realized,
while watching time pass on and on,
we never realized,
until the wolves stopped howling what was gone...
- Hex, "Antelope"
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~clearfishink Jan 27, 2012  Professional Artist
I saw a bald eagle (in the wild) for the first time w my dad heading to work one day, it was prolly the coolest thing ever. I am a very spiritual individual and I deff have a deep connection with "native Americans/Indians" beliefs w an animal that guides your spiritual path. Its some deep reading but there are some AMAZING books on them. I have a bald eagle I drew but its very pop art ish. Also it sounds AMAZING there. Here in colorado we have a zoo with 2 bald eagles they are magnificent.
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*raptor-painter Jan 29, 2012
I have never seen one in the wild. But I feel the same way you do, that I have a deep spiritual connection to eagles, and that certain animals are your guides (for me, it's especially eagles, foxes, and wolves). I have this set called "Medicine Cards" that's supposed to give you insight into your animal guides, and I also have "Animal Speak" by Ted Andrews, "The Souls of Animals" by Gary Kowalski, "Animals as Teacher and Healers" by Susan McElroy, and a few other such books. But anyway, I am glad Hawk Creek lets the public see their eagles up close a few times a year, because that way I can see them and get some great photos!

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we never realized,
while watching time pass on and on,
we never realized,
until the wolves stopped howling what was gone...
- Hex, "Antelope"
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