Saw this guy a few days ago. Just a few houses up

Then last night I hear this screech again from our upstairs bedroom window. So I use the Merlin app to identify it as a Great Horned Owl. Then I played the various sounds and learned that this is a juvenile doing a "begging call", which is a raspy screeching sound young owls use to solicit food from their parents.

Kids, man. They always need something.

A late, late thanks to my 7/8 #FineArtAmerica client from Fort Myers Beach, FL. for their purchase of a 5x8 lustre photo paper print of "Wisdom." May you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed capturing this image!!

At my website: https://lois-bryan.pixels.com/featured/wisdom-lois-bryan.html

And at #FineArtAmerica, here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/wisdom-lois-bryan.html

Camouflage.

So, can I just say I think I’m experiencing an art-making groove that I really love yet never expected.

I’m in this gloriously lucky position where I get suggestions for subjects from visitors who visit my art booth at the weekly street fair/festival that I’ve been doing for the last couple months.

And because I do livestreaming for six hours a week, I have a carved out time to make art. Lately, I’ve been doing these suggestions.

But they’re not commissions. They’re not requests. They’re subject matter suggestions from patrons who may or may not come back to buy them but are genuinely interested in seeing me succeed so they think I’d do well with a specific bird or animal or other idea.

I’ve take a handful of them. And done them. And sold a LOT of items featuring those suggestions. Sometimes they circle back to buy them, sometimes not.

But I’m realizing these aren’t “fans”. These are connections. I’ve had several folks come back to see me just to visit. Just to say hello. And sometimes they buy the stuff they prompted. Sometimes they don’t.

But it’s because I respond, because I believe in their ideas, and they see me doing the work for others, it’s *real*. The relationships are authentic. They live here. With me. They’re neighbors. They’re not anonymous.

And THAT is why I’m doing this. Relationships. Art that connects people. Art that makes human links.

So. A request this last week: A Northern Spotted Owl.

#IndieArtist #BirdArt #Birds #Owl # ArtistLife

#AvianAugust Hawaiian #Birds Day 5:
Pueo aka Hawaiian Short-eared #Owl (Asio flammeus sandwichensis)
Conservation Status: ENDANGERED (Hawaii), IMPERILED (NatureServe)
“Pueo” by artist-author Caren Loebel-Fried (Hawai`i, USA) from the book, Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits (2002)
Hand-pulled block print 11 x 14 in.
https://www.carenloebelfried.com/black-and-white-art?pgid=lqdib3w1-5d6fa734-6b3d-4b27-98b2-13160768c005
#BirdsInArt #WomenArtists

Eulen. So majestätische Tiere!
#eule #owl #Naturfotografie #birds #birding #ornithology

In unexpected visitor on the reserve at WWT Castle Espie this morning; a young Long-Eared Owl hunting baby rabbits!

#nature #wildlife #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #bird #birds #birdofprey #owl #longearedowl #SuperbOwl #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

For #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay here is a cute silver #owl vessel (with two owlets!) from the Chimú culture (Peru), 14th-15th c., spotted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

August 4th is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay .

A reminder that just because you aren't aware of us, we are totally aware of you.

nightly forest walk
a big owl
keeps its eye on me

Haiku: @MarjoleinRotsteeg

Handmade watercolor painting: @KarenKasparArt

I hear it's #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay (that's a hashtag and a half...) so please be aware of this owl

Watercolor, gouache and pencil on hotpress paper about 11x16"

Another one for today's #owlAwarenessDay ...

This is a detail of my eagle owl portrait painting, focusing on the bright orange eyes - hand painted with soft pastels.

Here: https://karen-kaspar.pixels.com/featured/eagle-owl-portrait-cropped-karen-kaspar.html

"durn, i'm good, nobody will spot me here, my camouflage is unspottable"--snoozing tropical screech owl

I just learned today is #owlAwarenessDay ...

So here is my Snowy owl in the snow dreaming of a white Christmas - enjoy!

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