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ACEO ("Art Card, Edition and Original") no. 002.
This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media drawing.
Pen & ink, pencil, and cut paper on 100 lb vellum-finish Strathmore Bristol.
Blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper is adhered to the back of the card.
3.5 x 2.5 inches with rounded corners (standard ACEO size).
Cut-paper text reads:
spindle-like birds,
whirring wings
buzzed all around
black-and-white
different tones --
fly swiftly
and disperse
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haiku bird's first ACEO -- "Art Card, Edition and Original."
This is an original, one-of-a-kind mixed-media drawing.
Pen & ink, regular & metallic colored pencil, and cut paper on 100 lb vellum-finish Strathmore Bristol.
Blue-on-blue handmade "Tibetan Cloud" print paper is adhered to the back of the card.
3.5 x 2.5 inches with rounded corners (standard ACEO size).
Cut-paper text reads:
your mind
the pencil,
scissor-cutting
gathering
paper stars.
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33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and metallic & regular colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a 1/4-inch border.
S O L D
33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a 1/2-inch border.
S O L D
33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and regular & metallic colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a 1/2-inch border.
S O L D
33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and regular & metallic colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a .25-inch border.
S O L D
33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and regular & metallic colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a .25-inch border.
S O L D
Inspired by the 29 December "Illustration Friday" theme, Phoenix.
Pen & ink and regular & metallic colored pencil (background in metallic gold) on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
8 x 5 inches with a .5-inch border.
S O L D

33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and regular & metallic colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a .25-inch border.
S O L D

33 Birds in 33 Days: a New Year's project in which a new hummingbird drawing will be published each day from December 30, 2006 to January 31, 2007.
Pen & ink and regular & metallic colored pencil on 90 lb Canson drawing paper.
4 x 4 inches with a .25-inch border.
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over all was the singular beauty
the snow fields
repeated a cloud-formed mass
when the sky cleared off brightly,
the gleaming line
of life renewed,
perfectly satisfied
a bird that is not afraid
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Cut paper hummingbirds and text; background in several layers of acrylic pearlescent white and iridescent acrylic medium; the background was gloss varnished before the application of the birds and text; the entire piece is sealed with fixative. On 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
5.5 x 9.75 inches.
Buy this piece from the haiku bird shop at etsy.com: haikubird.etsy.com
encourage, foster,
all illumination from
the usual course
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Pen & ink, colored pencil, graphite, and cut paper; background in regular and metallic acrylic paint, and iridescent/pearlescent acrylic medium; on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. The black ink border is part of the drawing.
5.75 x 8.5 inches.
NFS
Awaiting her turn
Voices soft in the silence,
Among the budding
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Pen & ink, colored pencil, metallic acrylic paint, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. 5 x 7 inches.
NFS
more uncommon than
which birds brood over their eggs
now in readiness
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Pen & ink, colored pencil, acrylic paint, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper. 7 x 5 inches.
NFS
strong and resilient
will fly in the greatness of
intricate channels
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Pen & ink, colored pencil, acrylic paint, matte acrylic varnish, pearlescent pigment, and cut paper on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper.
Archival and acid-free materials used whenever possible.
The background has a violet pearlescent sheen that increases or diminishes depending on lighting and angle.
4.75 x 4.75 inches S O L D

a fluttering of
the warm eggs beneath her wings,
that each nest contains
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Pen & ink, pearlescent liquid acrylic, and cut paper on 90 lb Canson drawing paper; approximately 7.5 x 10.25 inches.
NFS
the rainy season,
babies in long, noisy trains,
delicate petals
* * *
Pen & ink, colored pencil, graphite, and cut paper on 90 lb Canson drawing paper; 7 x 9 inches. S O L D
The deeps of the sky
wings of every color and
mottled with singing
* * *
Pen & ink, colored pencil, and cut paper on 90 lb Canson drawing paper
7 x 9 inches.
NFS
the wind suddenly
suddenly swept off toward
more open waters
sunlit translucent
for some distance at least, in
milder glories
* * *
Pen & ink, colored pencil, and cut paper on 90 lb Canson drawing paper
7 x 5.75 inches
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clear and beautiful,
songs, rising on the wing as
prolonged autumn fog
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Pen & ink and colored pencil; cut paper; background in metallic antique silver acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper; 5 x 7 inches.
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