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
red and green warty toad crouched on feathery green moss, painted inside an oyster shell
Western Toad

Toad and beaked moss, enjoying the damp together.

13
Apr
fawn curled asleep in a patch of vetch, painted inside an oyster shell with gold trim
Deer and Vetch

Fawns curl up alone in greenery to keep safe while their mothers forage elsewhere.

13
Apr
blue and white kingfisher with a gold halo, backed by pink wild roses, painted inside an oyster shell
Belted Kingfisher

The female kingfisher wears a brown "belt" across her torso, but the male does not.

13
Apr
blue butterfly and green mistletoe painted inside an oyster shell with gold trim
Hairstreak and Mistletoe

The Great Blue Hairstreak butterfly lays its eggs exclusively on mistletoe.

13
Apr
poem by Herrick written in calligraphy around a moon snail shell, all painted inside an oyster shell
Love Is a Circle

An effort to evoke eternal love.

13
Apr