Change

Happy Change to all!

And happy spring too!  I say this though it snowed less than a week ago.  But then again, I am originally from a place where it can blizzard as late as May.  Regardless, the recent snow, which stuck around for a few hours in this corner of the country, still brought a flurry of bird activity at my local park, Matthews Beach.  There were hummingbirds, robins, green-winged teals and bald eagles all movin' about.  

With the change of season (and of various other grand things!), so it comes to my artwork as well.  I am mid-way through my Certificate program in Natural Science Illustration at the University of Washington in Seattle.  It is a challenging and enriching program that has taught me how to draw and illustrate all over again.  Not like I was very set in my ways in the first place.  It has been the art and natural science illustration education that I have craved for years.  My classmates and instructors are pretty awesome and we motivate each other and dialogue quite a bit about the intersection of natural science and the arts.  

I just wanted to also send out a big "hang in there!!" during these unpredictable times, especially to artists and others who do what inspires them to do what they do.  To all, hang in there!

A Pacific squid (in watercolor, above) and a fiddler crab (in color pencil, below) for your enjoyment...