orange spider and silver web painted on an oyster shell.
Orb-weaver Spider

What tangled webs we weave. [...]

14
May
purple crab painted inside an oyster shell, with a banner reading, "I am not bound to please thee with my answers." and "Shakespeare"
Crabby Crab

Crabby Crab has boundaries. [...]

14
May
mountain lion stretching on a log, painted inside an oyster shell
Mountain Lion

All cats love a good stretch. [...]

14
May
oyster shell painted with a quotation from Jane Austen, "Let us have the luxury of silence." Words are on a banner, with a background of deep blue with gold stars.
Jane Austen, on Silence

Let us have the luxury of silence. [...]

14
May
A tiny orange beetle with three black bands crawls up a birch leaf: all of it painted inside an oyster shell.
Three-banded Lady Beetle

This little lady beetle is a native of the Pacific Northwest, unlike many of the [...]

20
Apr
Green sea anemones, orange starfish, and purple sea urchins are painted inside an oyster shell, looking like a tide pool.
Tide Pool

The shell is bumpy, tempting one to touch it -- much like one loves to [...]

20
Apr
A painting of a brown and orange squirrel crouched with a bushy tail waving, painted in an oyster shell, with fir boughs in the background.
Douglas Squirrel

A Douglas squirrel and Douglas fir boughs. I can almost hear it chittering. [...]

20
Apr
turquoise and black snake and orange wild lily, painted inside oyster shell with gold trim
Garter Snake and Lily

The blue morph form of the Puget Sound Garter Snake, and native Columbia lilies. [...]

13
Apr
blue and turquoise snake and orange and brown butterfly, painted inside an oyster shell with gold trim.
Garter Snake and Butterfly

The Puget Sound Garter Snake has blue morph form that is bright turquoise. [...]

13
Apr
a delicate, pale green winged bug raises a tiny front leg in a gesture toward a silvery moon, all painted inside a small oyster shell
Green Lacewing and Moon

A pretty little bug, should you happen to see one some night. [...]

13
Apr
a thin blue damselfly painted inside a small, oblong oyster shell
Familiar Bluet Damselfly

Damselflies can fold their wings all the way back, whereas dragonflies cannot. Or so I [...]

13
Apr
orange-brown many-legged centipede, painted inside an oyster shell
Bark Centipede

Legs for days! [...]

13
Apr