Welcome to the Children's Room Collection
There's been more than a few occasions that we have looked out the window of our house in the Columbia Valley and seen a Black Bear. Most of the time, they are foraging for natural foods. One year we spent the better part of an hour watching such a a bear efficiently eat all the saskatoon berries off of the bushes. This episode was the inspiration for 'Tea Time', a look at bears - real - and not so real.
With the arrival of fall, food for this White-rumped Bumblebee is harder to find. The morning air is cold, but for the moment she is excited with her new found bounty. The bee will collect what food is available and return it to the hive as she has done for every day of her adult life. In this artist pencil work I wanted to share the texture and colour of this bee filled moment.
In this artist pencil piece I wanted to represent a few of the simple yet timeless toys of childhood; a rocking horse, a wooden pull toy, and a couple well loved stuffed animals.
22" x 30" acrylic/gouache on watercolour paper. No prints
This artist pencil piece represents a moment on a walk with my children. As autumn advances nights become chilly and in the morning bees can be found clinging to flowers, or like this one sitting on a scattering of leaves. As the sun's heat removes the morning chill the little bee will continue about her duties and hopefully make it back to the hive before another cool night.
15" x 22" artist pencil on watercolour paper.
Chickadees & high-bush cranberries
Life transforming.