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"Dolly" Llama is my 3rd scratchboard drawing. This project was completed on thick scratchboard material rather than paper. Completed April 2025

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We see this mule frequently as we hike the Abbington Trail in the Saguaro National Park West. I'm naming the mule "Abby" . This scratchboard project was completed February 2025. My second attempt in this media.

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This scratchboard/sgraffito drawing of Birdie was my first attempt in this media. I call this drawing "Snooze" as Birdie fell asleep sitting on Terre's lap with her head on the kitchen table. Scratchboard is a unique but unforgiving media, since the image is created by scratching off the black film with exacto knife leaving a white image on the paper. Completed February 2025.

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Hand carved Black Forest gnome, I've named Helga. Color pencil completed December 2024. A colorful whimsical creature.

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Photo taken of Mount Rushmore in September 2023 on my first visit. Drawing this granite sculpture was a challenge. So many grays to choose from! Completed June 19, 2024

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The Anna Hummingbird is native to Arizona and frequents my backyard. This male is feasting from a penstemon flower. Color Pencil drawing completed on December 6, 2023.

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This vibrant succulent was drawn at request of my daughter, Jessica. It took 15 pencils to achieve colors in this drawing. Completed: September 2023

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The Cactus Christmas Wreath was created for a Seasons Greeting 2023 mailing. The image will likely be edited for a Shutterfly production. The prickly pear needles were challenging. August 11, 2023

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This drawing of Linh and her young son is from a September 2022 photo taken in a small mountain village near Sapa, Vietnam. Linh accompanied us on a walking tour through her village. The vibrant colors of her native tribe made a great color pencil subject. This was my first attempt at trying to replicate flesh tones. Project completed: May 2023

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This screech owl and his mate were seen frequently on our front porch during the recent mating season. This color pencil drawing was placed on black paper to practically a life size scale. The paper was not high quality: and therefore, difficult for a colored drawing. Completed January 4, 2023.

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We named this drawing “Fanny” for obvious reasons. This drawing comes from a photograph taken at an elephant orphanage in Kenya. With my mentor’s concurrence, this original piece was submitted for Giclee prints. Completed September 6, 2022.

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This leopard was captured by my daughter, Jessica, while on a photo safari in Kenya. It is rare to see this cat on safari. I couldn’t pass on the opportunity of making the leopard the subject of my second color pencil drawing. I enjoyed the “whiskers” challenge. Completed April 13, 2022.

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This is my first color pencil drawing. The grey-headed kingfisher is native to parts of Africa. The image is from a photo taken by my son, Peter, in Kenya. For me moving from graphite pencil to color pencil is a steep learning curve, but fun! November 15, 2021

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This project has family significance in that my wife’s father Marvin and her grandfather Joe are posed as sparring partners in a St Louis gym during the 1950’s. So many fun elements in this project such as boxing gloves, boxing trunks, speed bag in addition to the father /son combo. Marvin was gifted the original drawing. Completed July 31, 2021.

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This photo of a mule deer was taken in our front yard in Tucson. It was my first drawing attempt on black paper with white pencils. I enjoyed the process but found it to be much more limiting than graphite on white paper. Completed May 28, 2021

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This portrait is of my parents Eva and Lynn Ziegler. This is taken from a 1947 Wedding Portrait. It was amazing to see the air brush touches on the original portrait. Both parents passed in 1992, so the project became very special. Graphite drawing completed March 12, 2021.

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This drawing is of my son and daughter in law’s new puppy -Birdie. The photo was taken when Birdie was 12 weeks old. As a miniature Golden Doodle, she is a little fluff ball with tons of personality. Drawing completed January 20, 2021.