Tag Archives: Audubon

Dove 

Posted on October 15, 2017 by sketchjay

My Dove design will be featured on a tee shirt available only though our Kickstarter campaign ‘Brooklyn Tee Time’ I am so very excited about starting this new project with my mother!We have created a tee shirt company highlighting endangered … Continue reading →

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Birds on Paper at the Wild Bird Fund

Posted on September 23, 2017 by sketchjay

Please stop by the Wild Bird Fund sometime before October 15th and you can see 10 of my paintings and you can learn all about the great work the Wild Bird Fund do to support and rehabilitate the wildlife of … Continue reading →

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Dove

Posted on August 19, 2016 by sketchjay

Happy to be blogging again.  I have always loved to paint Doves and Pigeons. They are capable of being extremely beautiful representing joy and hope and peace or they exist in the background as quiet observers of your daily life. … Continue reading →

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Revisiting – Je Suis Ici

Posted on July 10, 2014 by sketchjay

I am busy working on a new project that I am very excited about, it is a collaboration with someone I respect and admire very much.  It is a labor of love and it will take some time to complete. … Continue reading →

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New Blue Grackle

Posted on October 20, 2013 by sketchjay

Working on a new project, I stumbled upon this Grackle.  It was part of a study – that has me experimenting with a new palette.  More to come soon… Great excitement over the new possibilities, new imagery and new mediums. … Continue reading →

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Love’s Labour’s Lost

Posted on August 8, 2013 by sketchjay

I reworked a drawing while waiting in Central Park for tickets to Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.  It has been too long since I posted any new work, maybe the new surroundings helped clear my head.  The park was lovely this morning, … Continue reading →

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Working through “Artist’s Block”… Help me choose the top 4 birds for a limited edition suite of prints while I am waiting for the block to pass.

Posted on June 8, 2013 by sketchjay

Quick note:  Thanks to all those who have responded to my post below thus far.  Your feedback has been immensely helpful and interesting, some true surprises!  I will get back to everyone and will continue to collect your choices through … Continue reading →

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Side By Side As Crows

Posted on October 23, 2012 by sketchjay

This is my first new post in some time. It was difficult to get started again. I wanted to take a moment to thank those of you who have sent your supportive comments and great feedback over the past weeks … Continue reading →

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A Cormorant in New York Harbor ~ φαλακρός κόραξ

Posted on May 2, 2012 by sketchjay

We would watch for hours as the Cormorants on Block Island would hold their wings out wide to dry them in the sun only to dive right back into the water once accomplished.   We are lucky to have them … Continue reading →

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Day 286, Magpie Revisited

Posted on October 13, 2011 by sketchjay
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