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Tag Archives: Birds
Video of Lazuli Buntings at Bird Feeder, Montana
The Lazuli Buntings and Western Tanagers are some of my favorite birds to watch in my garden in Montana.
Spring – almost
Scary climate change making Montana too warm and dry this winter, but it is feeling like spring. Here’s a painting from my portfolio. The birds are checking out all the bird houses in my yard. This painting is a small … Continue reading
Sparrows and Bees
Watercolor from my nature series is available on items at Society6.
Posted in Art, Birds, Freelancing, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Montana, Nature, News, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, bird watching, Birds, culture, design, fine art, gift, illustration, life, nature, news, Paintings, people, spring, watercolor
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Spring, Please Hurry
If you live in a part of the world that has long winters, like I do, the longer days and melting snow have you yearning to see tulips and daffodils. This is a scene I imagined and painted in watercolor. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Freelancing, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, Birds, culture, designs, environment, fine art, gift, illustration, landscaping, life, nature, news, painting, Paintings, ponds, spring, watercolor, weather
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Gift Ideas For The Nature Lover
This Rocky Mountain nature watercolor is a painting I initially created for a souvenir tee shirt manufacturer. It’s a timeless design for people who love nature. Now I offer it on numerous gift items online, like jewelry, mugs, shirts, tiles, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Business, Butterflies, Etsy, Gardening, Graphic Design, Illustration, Life, Montana, Nature, News, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, bird watching, Birds, butterflies, christmas, computers, environment, family, friends, holidays, illustration, jewelry, life, lifestyle, mountains, nature, news, Paintings, people, shopping, simplicity, tee shirt design, travel, watercolor
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Cotoneaster In November Snow
This cotoneaster with dark berries is the view out my window this morning. A peak of the Bridger mountains can be seen in the distance. The birds need those berries in this cold weather.
Posted in Art, Birds, Life, Nature, Photography
Tagged Art, beauty, bird watching, Birds, nature, photography, photos, snow, travel
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Western Tanager Watercolor
Here is the finished watercolor from the work in progress posted yesterday. The native wildflowers included in the composition are Indian Paintbrush, Columbine, Shooting Star, and Lupine. The western tanager bird was the last to be painted. Now it just … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Illustration, Life, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, bird watching, Birds, grand teton national park, illustration, moose, nature, Paintings, watercolor, wildflowers
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Wildflowers and Tetons Watercolor
This is a watercolor on my drawing table right now, almost finished. I have only to paint the Western Tanager bird that is pencilled in on the bottom right. You may recognize this as another version of a view of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Freelancing, Illustration, Life, Montana, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, bird watching, Birds, Daily Painters, fine art, gift, grand teton national park, illustration, life, moose, nature, painter, painting, Paintings, watercolor, western tanager
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Thistles – weeds or habitat?
Thistles can be invasive weeds that destroy natural habitat and they can be supportive plants in their native locations that feed birds, butterflies, moths and bees. This is a watercolor from my nature series (see previous posts for more). I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Butterflies, Gardening, Graphic Design, Illustration, Life, Love, Montana, Nature, Watercolors
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More fun watching Western tanagers
The day has been cold, rainy and windy, but these four male Western tanagers have persisted at the bird feeders. There are also several female tanagers, some chickadees and sparrows, as well as a grackle and a flicker at the … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gardening, Life, Nature
Tagged alice flynn, bird feeders, bird watching, Birds, chickadee, flicker, nature, Paintings, tanager, western tanager
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Western tanagers, nature watercolor illustrations
The Western tanager migration through Montana in the spring is one of my favorite experiences in bird watching every year. As part of my watercolor nature series, this painting illustrates the Grand Teton mountains, a male Western tanager, a moose, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, bird watching, Birds, fine art, grand tetons, illustration, indian paintbrush, lupine, moose, nature, Oil Paintings, Paintings, photography, spring, tanager, watercolor, western tanager
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More inspiration from nature
Nature has such beautiful colors. This pair at my bird feeder, with the shades of green behind them, made an inspiring picture outside my studio window.
Posted in Art, Birds, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Nature
Tagged alice flynn, bird watching, Birds, nature
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Nature Cap for Gardening
Many of my clients over the years have been manufacturers of souvenir gifts and apparel for National Parks, destination resorts and tourist locations. If you have bought a coffee mug or souvenir shirt at a National Park, ski area or … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Butterflies, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Birds, butterflies, illustration, nature, Paintings, watercolor
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April Snow and Robins
Last month I posted a photo of March snow, much like the April snow I awoke to today. The robins were plentiful in the yard, looking for dried cherries and seed on the ground below the feeders. This robin is … Continue reading
Watercolor nature series
This large watercolor painting was one of three that I licensed to a manufacturer. Unfortunately, they lost the original paintings after they scanned them, so they were not returned to me. Such events are the bane of an artist’s profession.
Posted in Art, Birds, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Art, bird eggs, bird house, Birds, garden, illustration, nature, nesting, nests, painter, Paintings, raspberries, sunflower, watercolor
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Nature illustrations
This painting is part of a nature series I created for imprinting on souvenir sportswear. The illustrations were sold nationally in hotel and resort boutique gift shops. I love watching the birds at the feeders outside my studio window. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Gardening, Illustration, Life, Nature, Watercolors
Tagged alice flynn, Birds, illustration, nature, nest, Paintings, rose hips, sparrow, watercolor
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The Downy Woodpecker Is Back
Today the downy woodpecker gave me a better view of himself. I’m inside at my laptop, shooting at a distance through a window, so the quality is a bit blurry. This time I could see his pretty red feathered head … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gardening, Life, Nature
Tagged bird watching, Birds, nature, photography, woodpecker
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Small downy woodpecker out my window
The suet block and seed feeder have been visited often by brazen large Flickers, flocks of house finches and chickadees, crows, magpies and starlings, and finally today a shy Downy Woodpecker. All the other birds were gone, and … Continue reading
Irish Folk Song Winter It Has Passed art and music Alice Flynn
Posted in Art, Birds, Life, Nature, Oil Paintings
Tagged alice flynn, Birds, darcy, etsy, fine art, folk music, folk song, Ireland, jane austen, jewelry, leitrim, love, mr darcy, Oil Paintings, Paintings, pride and prejudice, Saint Patrick, song, watercolor
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September 6, 2010, No Place Like Home
The humble home of a family of vireos this summer is the large weeping birch tree trunk that still stands in my back yard. The weeping birch was an awesomely beautiful tree when I moved here 23 years ago. It … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Birds, Family, Gardening, Life, Nature, Oil Paintings, Uncategorized
Tagged A painting a day, Art, Birds, Daily Painters, Daily Painting, Oil Paintings, Paintings
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