This is the same drawing as the black and white saw whet owl, except I added a touch of colored pencil on top. As with the other, a portion of sales will be donated to the Santa Fe Raptor Center to help rehabilitate injured birds.

This little guy is a saw whet owl. They are only 5-7" long, but aren't even the smallest owls! I was inspired to draw him after reading that the local raptor center rescued four of them in two months after being hit by cars. Drawn in charcoal and ...

A female lion roars in the Serengeti plains. Lions can tell if a neighboring pride has more or fewer members than their own by counting the roars. Drawn in charcoal on vellum, 2008. Original is unframed.

A black leopard hunts in the moonlit rainforest of southern Asia. Black, or melanistic, leopards are just darker versions of "regular" leopards. They are not completely black, as you can usually still see their spots. Original is not framed.

...is a good offense. When threatened, they open their frill and hiss. If the threat is not scared away, they run at it on their hind legs, taking the first opportunity to run up a tree. With the frill flattened, they blend right in to the bark. The ...

I came across this bird while researching the rhinoceros. They live in the same areas of Africa. The lilac breasted roller is so named because of its lilac-colored breast feathers and the rolling action it does in flight while trying to impress a pot...

Here is one of my two cats doing what she does best: waiting for dinner.

A cougar spots a potential meal. Original is not framed.

The black rhinoceros is distinguishable from the white rhino by the shape of its upper lip, not by its color. The original is not framed.

This green sea turtle came ashore on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. He is my first reptile.

A mule deer munches on a dandelion she found in my backyard last summer. Original is framed.

This bengal tiger is a resident of the Albuquerque Zoo.

This pair of wolves is representative of the yin yang in nature. Opposites, but not extremes. The black wolf has white, the white wolf has black. White is often associated with male and black with female, so I made the white wolf bigger and more masc...

Koalas sleep even more than cats in order to digest all those leaves. I drew this one from a photograph I took at the zoo. Original is framed.

I drew this snow leopard from a photograph I took at the zoo. The poor guy looks so bored. Original is framed.