Raven, Work in Progress

Posted on April 29, 2017 by admin

Ravem, WIP,
oil on linen, 22 x 40

Littlefield Gallery, Winter Harbor, Maine

Posted on April 28, 2017 by admin

BEST IN SHOW:
ANIMAL-INSPIRED ART
Robert Pollien, Don Best, Ben Lincoln, Diana Arcadiapone & Matt Welch
May 26-June 18 Reception for artists Saturday, June 10, 4-6pm

Robert Pollien “Flying Raven” 12 x 18″ Graphite and Chalk on toned board, 2016

Robert Pollien, a painter from Mount Desert Island, has been painting crows for 20 years. Some of his recent studies of the bird are remarkable—and set him alongside Wyeth as one of master renderers of this ubiquitous bird. Carl Little from his presentation “The Wyeths: All Creatures Great and Small” Ogunquit Museum of American Art, August 2, 2016.

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Posted on April 22, 2017 by admin

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, 12 x 18 in. Graphite and chalk on toned board

Eagle 2

Posted on March 16, 2017 by admin

Eagle, 12 x 18, pencil and conte on canson board

Eagle

Posted on March 3, 2017 by admin

Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, pencil and chalk on toned board

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke just overturned a federal ban on hunting with lead ammunition in national parks and wildlife refuges.
Bald eagles are frequent victims of lead poisoning from ammunition, ingesting bullet fragments as they pick at scavenged carcasses. Other scavengers that have been documented as being affected by lead in this manner include golden eagles, hawks, ravens, turkey vultures, the California condor and grizzly bears.