[Art] Etsy update!

[moonvoice]

The following have been added to my sale of original totem illustrations:

Wild Rabbit
Eagle Owl and;
Red-Tailed Hawk.

Etsy ravensdreaming

Comments

[silverjackal]

I really find that particular piece mesmerizing. It's odd, because I'm generally not into raptors particularly aside from my general interest in all animal life, and a fondness for vultures. But here I own (and love) your Bateleur Eagle, and now I'm attracted to Red Tailed Hawk? This makes me suspicious, though of what I don't know. :D

[moonvoice]

This makes me suspicious, though of what I don't know. :D

That is interesting. Maybe there's something the raptors are communicating to me through the artwork; that you don't get from them in 'real life'? I don't know. There have been some animals I would never have looked at twice (beyond the fact that they're animals), until I illustrated. And others that I really loved I began to click with less after illustration, like something in the process of genuinely engaging with the energy took the romanticism away for me.

[silverjackal]

Well, to be fair I haven't seen a Bateleur eagle in years, but in the warmer months I see Red-tailed Hawks daily. Usually more than one bird as they're very common here. I'm particularly fond of the youngsters. In late summer many of the young birds will perch unconcerned on fence posts and other low vantage points, and you can walk right up within 2 m of them. They're simply not afraid, so if you don't move quickly or make noise they'll just sit and look at you, looking at them. :) They're charming birds, but I've never felt an real connection. But I find your artwork on the subject mesmerizing. Curious.