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“Northwest Birds, 2011″
This pen and pencil series was inspired by the many eccentric behaviors of birds found in our local areas. Consisting currently of 15 pen and pencil illustrations and one acrylic and pen sculpture. The series highlights in detail some of the beautiful species around us. I hope this series inspires you to learn more about the amazing company that surrounds us every day.
-Annsimone Mickelberry
$60. Acrylic and pen on paper-mache. Anna’s Hummingbird. This beautiful bird expanded it’s range from the California area in the 1930’s. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$20. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 4”x6”. Song Sparrow. When a male Song Sparrow is only a few months old, he has already created a courtship call of his own. Different dialects occur by area. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$20. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 4”x6”. Red-winged Blackbird. The males raspy song and red shoulders are worn like armour, defending and warding off others from his territory. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$20. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 4”x6”. Wilson’s Warbler. This energetic bird rarely pauses for even a moment, in constant movement after his tireless search for insects. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
SOLD $20. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 4”x6”. Anna’s Hummingbird. Once restricted as a nesting species in California, these little birds expanded in the 1930’s making itself known in the upper Northwest. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011. SOLD
$25. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 5”x7”. Red-tailed Hawk. This Hawk’s piercing call is often paired with images of an eagle in television commercials and movies. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$25. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol, 5”x7”. Ring-necked Duck. This duck is common to find sitting quietly around a pond in winter. Some areas have year round residents. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$45. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x10”. Western Screech Owl. This chunky little nocturnal hunter is fierce, often adding birds larger than itself to it’s usual diet of insects and small mammals. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$45. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x10”. House Wren. These birds carry their tails high and often build numerous nests as decoy nests. They are aggressive to other birds, tossing other species eggs to the ground. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
SOLD $45. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x10”. American Kestrel. Formerly known as a “Sparrow Hawk” this colorful bird is adaptable and has actually benefited from the grassy rights-of-ways created by interstate highways. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011. SOLD
$45. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x10”. Northern Shrike. Extremely vicious, this shrike is known as “The Butcher Bird” due to his tendency to impale his prey on barbs and thorns. Shrikes are the world’s only true carnivorous songbirds. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$45. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x10”. Golden-crowned Kinglet. Not much bigger than a hummingbird, they are prone to unique hazards like thorns and brambles. These tiny birds can be identified by constant wing flicking and motion. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$50. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x11”. Burrowing Owl. During the day this endangered owl perches at the entrance of his burrow, often being mistaken for a ground squirrel, whose abandoned burrows he nests in. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
$50. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x11”. Western Screech Owl. This stout owl is a ferocious hunter, often making prey out of birds larger than itself. Like the owls of tradition, he can be found nesting in the hollow of an Oak tree. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
SOLD $50. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x11”. Rufous Hummingbird. Hummingbirds beat their wings 80 times per second and can fly up to 60mph. A Rufous hummingbird’s heart can beat up to 1200 times per minute. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011. SOLD
$50. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x11”. Olive-sided Flycatcher. His upright posture contrasts with his comical cry of “quick-three-beers!” He builds his nest with twigs bound with spider silk. His numbers are declining and is of federal concern. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011.
COMMISSIONS:
The following are commissions that were not a part of the original series.
SOLD $45. Pen and colored pencil on Bristol. 8”x10”. Great Horned Owl. Annsimone Mickelberry, 2011. SOLD