Just a quick dash~

I’ve been hard at work on a few different pieces, none of which are fit to share yet. Here is a little one I did quickly for the Daily PaintWorks site. Curvy trunks of a service berry reach up into blustery skies while native sunflowers tumble gleefully down a hill. It will be changeover time

Rubber Duck Pond

Grant Woods boasts many habitats with surprising amounts of biodiversity. But it also boasts a sweet little pond, with a sweet arched bridge over one side of it. From the bridge you can make out the shape of a rubber duck~hence its fun name. A couple of summers ago I was botanizing along the shoreline

Fall on the Dunes

Here is another tree with personality, it seemed to me. A black oak, Quercus velutina, he is in the vanguard, stepping out early onto the dunes. Some decades from now organic matter will build up here and there will be more trees but for now he is alone. You can see his family there behind