http://www.greatgrayart.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434482113277-BJ5FMGS9IMQVSMK85V09/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Great Gray Owl I am often inspired to paint animals after seeing them in the wild. This great gray owl is an exception, a species I have long hoped to see but haven't yet had the good fortune. 15" X 30" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434482113277-BJ5FMGS9IMQVSMK85V09/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Great Gray Owl I am often inspired to paint animals after seeing them in the wild. This great gray owl is an exception, a species I have long hoped to see but haven't yet had the good fortune. 15" X 30" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434482085779-7RP2X48H5Y0SGHFNFLO7/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Rainbow Trout In some paintings I want to show the subject without much distraction, while in others I put more emphasis on the setting. In this case the setting is invisible water, and I'm pretty happy with the effect, particularly the sense of vertical space. 16" x 20" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434482053494-DAGHL2AN74DK7B9ZY57U/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Pacific Tree Frog The Pacific tree frog is a common springtime sight (and sound) in Oregon, where I was living when I painted it. It seemed like a natural fit inside a leaf of skunk cabbage, another harbinger of spring in the Northwest. Steam is sometimes seen rising from skunk cabbage when the sun strikes the leaves on a chilly morning. 11" X 14" 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1499189490892-SDI8KGAYCRWPJ33WLZ6Y/ANHU_edit_2.jpg Paintings - Anna's hummingbirds Hummingbirds ferociously defend their favorite sources of nectar from intruders. This painting shows the instant before a tiny brawl breaks out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434482018801-RTLYGQ2XUZ3N8HQDEEQ3/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - American Pika Searching for pikas is a staple of summer hikes in the mountains of the west. These little lagomorphs (relatives of rabbits) gather plants and dry them into hay to eat while waiting out the winter in their rock dens. 11" x 14" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1517109870144-WUA7HTZW3EVDD0M72KRG/pelican_edit_resize4_website.jpg Paintings - Brown Pelican https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1449544780625-VDKPRXESDULQ3WND19SI/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Painted Turtles Turtles, painted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1501371323923-6B703X5N14KWEFT3RKGZ/salamander_website.jpg Paintings - Marbled Salamander Looking through all my paintings, I realized there was very little red. This painting tries to correct that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1619302459895-0T7L0U0ZJ54U1PST7XMG/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - American Kestrel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1584919297907-FRZ3JASOV7E0U0172TVW/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Red Fox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1667074065606-WECC4YQ2U5OU3BH69FKR/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Kangaroo Rat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1490842141632-973YAWBW4PAQ81UURVGT/dipper001_edit_resize.jpg Paintings - American Dipper The dipper lives like a tiny penguin, swimming through the rapids of cold mountain streams in search of aquatic insects. I've even seen them swimming beneath the ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1593556366722-2XW41A4NDFIJ8GAGVG39/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Sandhill Cranes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1650845234488-U0TG60NG08E5E2KUUQ21/image.jpg Paintings - Five-lined Skink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1490842215993-LM2Q1OCJE9Y0DDTXTXJ1/lizard_stitch_resize.jpg Paintings - Coast Horned Lizard This horned lizard (not a horny toad) paused its search for ants to pose amongst Phacelia flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1609903104385-3ULMPYOJ9GR6IZFL4WOD/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Black Bear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1740261826102-O6YUMQGLPSIQC4CFVAAQ/pronghorn_edit_small.jpg Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1559500966466-H4ZS670SAYWE2RM9LGEX/snail001_edit4_small.jpg Paintings - Forestsnail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481747605-MRO1T3F07ROLV1F4UIP3/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Northern Flicker This is the yellow-shafted eastern form of the northern flicker. I painted it shortly after moving to the west coast, and had not yet shifted my wildlife allegiances. It is the first original painting that I sold. 11" X 14" 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1674002129667-DZKCKS4BTUQFB8V1QBM7/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Scarlet Tanager https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1626832795133-IZEUUICBTWH9TN5RK4I4/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Periodical Cicadas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1587737334714-YK1K0CMUJUGWYVT9XZJR/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Greensnake in Dogwood 3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1530998391466-6K6YSJ39IAFOU3KP6AEC/ringtail_facebook.jpg Paintings - Ringtail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1767747657217-KDAZ4BQI8KGSZH638Y7U/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Candy Darter and Freshwater Mussels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1578082079488-6P0V5CXQY225TE7UM1CG/roadrunner001_stitch_crop_edit2_small.jpg Paintings - Greater Roadrunner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481564145-V65D8ULNXORLJZF4FHNH/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Townsend's Big-eared Bat I really enjoyed painting the moon in this picture. We all see the moon so often, but don't usually give much thought to its specific geography. 11" X 17" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1440530245039-983VI044LSXLJKEWKKJP/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Paddle-tailed Darner This dragonfly painting was inspired by a long, hot summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481946145-U3X3AAIIXFE0BFADOA11/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Pacific Giant Octopus I've been lucky enough to find a couple of these in tide pools, although they are famously elusive and well camouflaged. 16" x 20" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1468787596176-60U4I8SOBSO12OZA4P4R/bees001_edit_resize_2.jpg Paintings - Honeybees This was painted as a wedding gift for a friend who works to promote sustainable agriculture. No bees, no food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1468787926850-IMBBJ89T0U1WOCKR1570/otter_edit_resize_2.jpg Paintings - Sea Otter I deliberately try to avoid painting "cute" animals, but come on - who can resist a sea otter? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1523238846816-UJE1WOJ6LENJDIAXOHMS/mantis_edit3.jpg Paintings - Mantis and Leafhopper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481831326-0GSGW1XL5XHTI9LRFWNJ/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Roseate Spoonbill This spoonbill painting was done before any of the others on this site. I made it as a gift for my girlfriend (now wife) while we were in graduate school in Florida. It may still be my favorite. 15" X 20" 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1449544917501-PG608C4YO8P3AHNG47II/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Common Raven This was a wedding gift for my sister. The subject of a raven was her idea, which I mention in case it seems insensitive of me to have chosen this traditional omen of misfortune. Of course, in reality, ravens are impressive animals that hardly deserve the reputation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1580669379391-4V5IW09OD5DM3MKFB6NL/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Monarch Caterpillars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1720126495328-MT4Q50C7FDIJSFDUAFZU/toad_v2_edit_small.jpg Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481920897-59NSQPF6DRMID8SX6328/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Taylor's Checkerspot This endangered species was suggested to me by a friend who works with the Xerces Society, an organization devoted to the conservation of invertebrates. It is perched on a paintbrush flower. 11" X 14" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1719793679041-9V0WDMWJKHWGND1TP5QF/hermit+crab_v2_edit_square_small.jpg Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1559498798505-K4EL3EBBRNZ5MBD2AVH4/Elk_stitch_edit4_small.jpg Paintings - Elk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481663571-PXUX97ABP1YTQ6FD7X5V/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Firefly Fireflies! One of the things I miss most about living in the east. 12" X 12" 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481717507-6KCFJQHWVBXCPEP3YIQG/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Diamondback Rattlesnake Rattlesnakes got my attention in a serious way while I was working on a bird project in Arizona. I saw them often - fortunately never while I was crawling on my stomach under thorny desert scrub. 11" X 14" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481892520-9I75EUBA8HW03Z3KNE2L/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Porcupine I used to see porcupines frequently when growing up in western Massachusetts. The highlight was the time I came upon a mother nursing two tiny babies in the crook of a low tree branch. 16" x 20" 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1597610738459-3EV3YG7RUANOA5GIB8FM/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Polyphenus Moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481983726-UBEKEWYUZ1M49TS27G4X/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Lazuli Bunting I wanted to paint a local bird with striking colors, and settled on the lazuli bunting. I had some misgivings about placing it in Himalayan blackberry, an invasive species, but couldn't shake the image of a bird among thorns. 11" x 14" 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481433460-GJAEN0RBN91D3OTNTELL/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Harbor Seal When I worked at a bird-banding station on the Massachusetts coast, I could see harbor seals bobbing in the surf and lounging on the rocks all day. And I could hear them belching and snoring throughout the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1499189728978-Z5QX0NSIBF1QSDJYOLZC/rabbit001_edit_resize_6a.jpg Paintings - Black-tailed Jackrabbit A friend of mine has tried to convince me to turn this jackrabbit into a jackelope (he makes wine under the name Jackelope Wine Cellars), but I haven't been able to bring myself to embrace cryptozoology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481532660-A8EQWZQTOWEGUTTXTS76/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Violet-green Swallows After drawing these swallows on sketch paper, I cut them out like paper dolls and spent an hour moving them into different arrangements before settling on this one. 16" X 20" 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d53d6be4b04f95d151e0cd/1434481468482-NQRCE2AQ1TWIW9N73CCA/image-asset.jpeg Paintings - Marbled Orbweaver However one feels about spiders, a dew-dropped web in the morning sun is a beautiful thing. 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