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These are all works by Nathan Cole, done by hand using a metal quill on scratchboard. It is a masonite panel, covered in porcelain and India ink, then scratched away with the quill until the white appears underneath the ink. It is a meticulous process, as the surface is extremely fragile and difficult to correct,…
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A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Andalucia, Spain. Areas explored include Seville, Huelva, Donana Parque Natural, and Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche.
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A place to show all my animal photography that wasn’t encountered in the wild (to see those lists, please check out my photography tab). I have been tracking every species of wildlife I encounter in the wild since August 2019, so I decided to expand that to include every kind of animal I photograph at…
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A listing of all wild species I have encountered in New Zealand, listed by their taxonomy categories of Class, Family, and Species (except Invertebrates, it will be a bit different). This was a visit in 2014 when I had older equipment and before I was prioritizing animal photos, so the photos aren’t quite up to…
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A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Australia, listed by their taxonomy categories of Class, Family, and Species. This was a visit in 2014 when I had older equipment and long before I was prioritizing animal photos, so my apologies that the photos aren’t up to my current standards. I have also…
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A listing of all wild species I have encountered in Ontario, listed by their taxonomy categories of Class, Family, and Species (except Invertebrates, it will be a bit different). All photos are my own.
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A personal photographic account of my month-long travels in Rajasthan, India in February 2020. Most of the sightings were within 5km of my stay at the Farm Studio artist residency in Andore. However, there would also be sightings included from Jaipur, Ranthambore National Park, Ranakpur, Kumbalgarh, Jawai Bandh, and Sirohi. I am self-trained in wildlife…
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The beach at Santa Monica is large, flat, and long. Palm trees, playgrounds, and restaurants are interspersed in the landscape, but the Santa Monica Pier rises above the water as a monolith among the sand. It draws people in with its lights, sound, and size. With it being the epicentre of excitement on the beach, it…
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The first time I remember being really good at something is when I began drawing. I was a decent runner, pretty good at soccer, a decent chess player – but I was better at drawing. Even as a child, animals were one of my fascinations. My reading habits included Ranger Rick (a kids environmental magazine),…
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The most asked question I receive at art fairs is, how are the scratchboard portraits made? Well, I buy the boards premade at art shops; it is called Ampersand Scratchbord. It is masonite board coated with white clay and black India ink, you use metal tools to scratch away the surface ink to show the…
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My encounters with different animal species after a month at an Artist Residency in Costa Rica.