NearbyNature2025

I'm proposing a #SciArt Challenge for 2025! Every month, make art of one of the animals that lives in your area. Post your work with the hashtag #NearbyNature2025 along with something you find interesting about them. Bonus points for organisms that most of your neighbors won't know live close by!

First finished piece since the end of Birdtober! A Ruby-crowned Kinglet enjoying the beautiful fall leaves. #NearbyNature2025 fun fact: apparently they run on just 10 calories a day, which is funny considering how they never stay still! #BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt #Watercolor #AnimalArt #ArtYear

October’s #NearbyNature2025 post is of Ctenus hibernalis, a harmless species of wandering spider found almost exclusively in Alabama. They are comparable in size to large wolf and fishing spiders, but are way more secretive than either (I’ve only ever found three). #sciart #wildlife #alabama

I finished this Northern Parula last week but only just got around to photographing it. Somehow, I've often seen these guys facing towards me, and I think they look adorably inquisitive. #Watercolor and Chinese ink on Fabriano hot press #BirdArt #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #FineArt

#NearbyNature2025 June drawing, because I almost tripped over a skunk last night in my neighborhood🦨

For June’s #NearbyNature2025, I’ve drawn a Red-Shouldered Hawk. These are commonly seen in my area, as there are abundant forests and wetlands. Although a species of Buteo, they’ve converged on the form of large Accipiters as reptile/bird-hunters in dense forests. #wildlife #alabama #raptor

A fox! #NearbyNature2025

Reduction block print inspired by the Anna's Hummingbird 🪶🌿 Done for the month of May Print Pals' crew over on my patreon ~* www.patreon.com/lioninthe… #art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking