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The OwlPortfolio

December 2012


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Art MacKayThe Nature of Art.

My art training began at elementary school in St. Stephen, NB, Canada where Prin-

cipal, Tom Acheson, a passionate ar tist himself, began weeding out and training the

talented kids almost the minute we walked through the door. I was blessed (or cursed

depending on your point of view) with this early attention and pursued art as both a vo-

cation and avocation for many decades. Viewing the world through an artists eyes has

influenced the nature of all my work. Please enjoy this small sampling.


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Short-eared

OwlFor years I had this

labelled as a hawk owl.

My birding friends tell

me differently. An early

watercolor based on

swipe file images.

Snowy

OwlLove the snowy owls

that visit each winter.

Original in pen and ink.

Hand-coloured printout

with several versions

available.

Great Horned

OwlNice shot from my pho-

to files. Owls are gener-

ally hard to photograph

unless they are nesting,

so I take them when I

can!


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Night OwlThis image was created with mixed media (ink, pencil, spray paint). Designed as

a T-shirt application.


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Barred Owls

From my photographic files. Barred

owls are very common in our area.

Great Horned Owl

Original pen and ink drawing. Print isa hand-coloured original.


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Saw-whet Owl with Luna Moth

A pen drawing on 11 x 17 illustration board. Some stipling left to do. A digitalprint will be generated to create a hand-painted original.


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Owl in

Wash

My course, the

art of seeing,

featured this owl

sketch - an original

in ink, wash and

yellow acrylic for

the eyes.

Wasis

The Baby

I needed a logo

for a kids camp.

this fun little owl

was used for that

purpose. Wasis is

a native American

character.

The Eyes

Have It

An early sketch for

a planned series of

owl protraits. The

original is a light

pencil sketch with

some ink work.

Midnight

Flight

This sketch was

created as part

of a test of a new

style I was consid-

ering. It still has

some possibility.


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Barn Owl Hunting The EdgeA pen drawing original on 11 x 17 illustration board. This digital print was paint-

ed to create a hand-painted original.


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Barred Owl

Portrait of a barred Owl from my photographic files

Great Horned Owl

A drawing of a great horned owl scanned from a late

1800s publication. I maintain numerous public domain

images for commercial work.


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Art MacKay Studios5474 Route 127

Bocabec, NB, Canada, E5B 3J4

www.artmackay.com

[email protected]

All content is Art MacKay, 2012

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