Twittering Tweeters...The Real Deal

(File under: Be Careful What You Wish For...)

For several weeks, I have been looking forward with great anticipation to seeing my first goldfinch of the spring. My wish was fulfilled today. I saw my first goldfinch, plus at least 40 of his closest friends at our bird feeders...As we say here in the Pacific Northwest, "When it rains, it pours". Enjoy!

Vote for Tamayo {{{Pretty Please}}}

My handsome cat nephew Tamayo is famous!

Etsy.com has chosen his handsome mug for their weekly poll featuring Pet Items this week. Please vote for him at http://www.etsy.com/voter_list.php?ref=voter&room_id=44 (he is the Custom Cat Portrait item). If you aren't already a member of Etsy, it's easy to sign up! Voting ends early Monday morning...

You'll notice that Tamayo is extra special, because he is an Odd-Eyed Cat (one blue eye, one green)!

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Bee Nice To Your Planet...Your Earth-Mates Will Thank You

Some beautiful earth-mates I had the pleasure of meeting over the past few days:

At the Woodburn, Oregon, Tulip Festival: A Picture-Perfect Pollinator

At the Tualatin River National Wildlife Preserve: A Handsome Bald Eagle

Also at the Tualatin River: A Flirtatious Pair of Tree Swallows

All photos copyright 2009 Susan Faye. Do not reproduce without permission. Thanks!

Happy Earth Day!

Illustration Friday...Bird Brain No. 6

Illustration Friday
(theme:
"impossibility" )



It seemed a complete impossibility to Ferguson, and yet, this was the second time in one day that a bird had landed on his head.




Bird Brain 6 can be found on tote bags, tees, note cards and more at my Cafepress Shop.

It is also available as a matted print and as an original ACEO at my Etsy Shop

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Illustration Friday...Fleeting Moments

Illustration Friday
(theme: "fleeting")

My bear cub will be celebrating his 22nd birthday on Easter Sunday.

A million fleeting moments have gone by in 22 years, many still fondly remembered, many more simply gone forever from the memory banks...

(Happy birthday son, from your loving mama bear.)

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This Mama Bear image is available on clothing and gifts at my Cafepress Shop: www.cafepress.com/SusanFayeNature

Illustration Friday is a wonderful website that presents a different theme each week, then encourages illustrators to submit an illustration about that theme.

Spring, On the Wing

I'm always happy when one of my creations finds its way to a new home. Sometimes it takes a while to find just the right person. "Crown Jewels" was one of those paintings that was "oft admired, but not acquired" for two years...But I'm happy to report that this watercolor of two white-crowned sparrow finally flew away last month !

Another creation that is waiting to fly away is this original watercolor painting called "Two Days 'Til Spring", available at my Etsy Shop:
Spring Robin

To celebrate spring, I am offering a 10 percent discount/rebate on any of my original paintings through the end of April. Just put the code AprilShowers in the Notes to Seller when you purchase the item, and you will be refunded the 10 percent.

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Illustration Friday...Lucky Charms

Illustration Friday
(theme:"talisman" )


Having possibly used up seven of his nine lives to date (the incident with the shi-tzu is still unconfirmed as actually having been a life-threatening situation...), Clancy never leaves the house now without wearing his Good Luck Talisman around his neck.


Bird Brain 3 can be found on tote bags, tees, note cards and more at my Cafepress Shop.

It is also available as a matted print at my Etsy Shop: Bird Brain 3 print

Communing With Nature...

Bertram just loves communing with nature, and it loves communing with him!

This is an ORIGINAL miniature pen/ink with watercolor painting and is No. 1 from my "Bird Brain Series". It is in ACEO (Art Card Editions and Originals) format, which means that the artwork size is 2.5" x 3.5".

It is is hand-painted on super-heavy Arches 300-lb. acid-free cold-press watercolor paper with professional quality watercolor paints. These mini paintings are adorable when matted and framed!

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This original ACEO pen/ink with watercolor illustration is currently for sale at my Etsy shop: BIRD BRAIN ACEO


"Bird Brain No. 1" is also available on giftware and t-shirts for Kids and Grownups at my CafePress Shop:

www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye

I'M SO GLAD IT'S SPRING...

...and boy, am I glad! The daffodils are blooming, the tulips aren't far behind, and all of our feathered friends are finding their way back to our bird feeders after their winter vacation in sunnier climes....

"I'm So Glad It's Spring" is the title of this watercolor painting of a White-Crowned Sparrow , and I'm happy to report that the painting is currently winging its way to its new home Missoula, Montana, having just sold yesterday at Lawrence Gallery Sheridan (thank you Margot!). To celebrate, there will be extra suet for all this week, maybe the fancy peanut delight kind...

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"I'm So Glad It's Spring" is also available as a limited edition print at my Etsy Shop.

Each print is personally signed and numbered by me, and is printed on Epson 100 percent cotton rag acid-free art paper with archival quality inks using a "giclee" (ink-jet) process. The image itself measures 9-1/2" x 12-1/2" and is matted in white, ready to frame in a standard 16" x 20" frame. The edition is limited to 200 prints.

BIRD BRAIN

Illustration Friday
(theme:"subtract" )







Abercrombie is fairly certain that he saw FOUR birds on the wire just minutes ago...








This original ACEO pen/ink with watercolor illustration is currently for sale at my Etsy shop:
BIRD BRAIN ACEO


"Bird Brain" is also available on gifware and t-shirts at my CafePress Shop:
www.cafepress.com/SusanFaye

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Illustation Friday: Legendary

For at least 700 years, the legendary Havasupai Native Americans have lived along the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Imagine generation after generation telling and re-telling their fireside legends about Raven and Bear.

The Havasupai call themselves the “people of the blue-green water”. This raven is halfway down the trail that goes to the canyon floor, and if you look closely, you can catch a glimpse of the blue-green glint of the mighty and timeless river below...

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This Grand Canyon Raven image is available on clothing and gifts at my Cafepress Shop: www.cafepress.com/SusanFayeNature

Illustration Friday is a wonderful website that presents a different theme each week, then encourages illustrators to submit an illustration about that theme.

IF: Intricate

My entry for Illustration Friday is a watercolor study of a little song sparrow that I painted last year.

I love the INTRICATE pattern of banding that he had on this throat and chest...it was a fun challenge to paint. He had a favorite fence post and would appear every late afternoon and serenade us with his beautiful song after eating his fill of seeds spilled on the ground by the feeder birds.

I just put this painting up for sale in my Etsy Shop:

Song Sparrow Watercolor

Illustration Friday is a wonderful website that presents a different theme each week, then encourages illustrators to submit an illustration about that theme.

Enjoy!

Let Your Dreams Take Wing

"Breezy" is this week's theme for Illustration Friday. My entry is my watercolor of a hawk dancing on the wind. We have a wonderful array of hawks, eagles and vultures in the Willamette Valley and Coastal Hills of Oregon, and I always find inspiration when I see one of these splendid birds floating through the sky.

This image is available on my line of Mother Nature giftware at my Cafepress shop: Susan Faye For Nature Lovers

Illustration Friday is a wonderful website that presents a different theme each week, then encourages illustrators to submit an illustration about that theme.

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A Tale of Two Rabbits

I'm happy to announce that both of these rabbits have recently found new homes, thanks to the beautiful and talented Margot Cole, super Sales Consultant at Lawrence Gallery Sheridan, and a wonderful artist herself.

The jackrabbit was one of many that Dave and I spotted on one of the dusty back roads of Anza Borrego State Park in the California Desert, several springs ago. The cottontail was an inhabitant of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont, California, caught munching on a grape leaf one bright morning....


Both have made their way to the Great Pacific Northwest, where they now reside as watercolor paintings in the private collection of a Portland couple. Like me, hopefully these Southwest bunnies will get used to a little less sunshine and thoroughly enjoy their new home.

To see my current collection of paintings at the Lawrence Gallery, please click here: Susan Faye at Lawrence Gallery

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