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New Year Greetings to you!
The trip to Africa exceeded my
loftiest expectations. I was hoping to see one leopard in the
wild during the 27 days in Kenya and Tanzania, and maybe take
a few reference shots of it. We saw nine leopards and
were with an adult pair for over an hour and a half! The biggest
difference from previous trips is that there were only 2 of us
with our own guide. We couldn't wait for the action to unfold.
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Linda photographing
flamingos at
Lake Nakuru, Kenya.
Photo by Becky Hutton, Scissortail Gallery |
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Heads and Shoulders
Original
Oil 14" x 15" $2750 |
A number of paintings
have resulted from the trip and you can see the biggest one in
progress to the right. This is the mating pair of leopards we
saw in the Masai Mara. Quite the amorous male. He would lick
her ear, nuzzle her, and throw his paws around her neck. Such
a treat to spend time with them and watch them interact as if
we weren't there. |
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Work in Progress - The Courtship
Original
Oil 30" x 48" |
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numerous lions and all kinds of antelope, we also saw bat-eared
fox, black and white rhino, a pair of servals, cheetah with cubs,
a purple-crested turaco, the wildebeest migration, and a hyena
nursing her cubs. |
NEW
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS
(North American too!)
The Face of Kenya
8.25"
x 9.75" $1150 |
Behemoths
10.75"
x 18" $2300 |
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Loon Magic
5.25"
x 15.5 $950 |
Best Dressed
8.25"
x 11.75 $1250 |
The Return
(Whooping
Cranes)
14.75" x 24" $3300 |
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UPCOMING
SHOWS
Jan 23rd
- 26th Safari Club International, Reno-Sparks Convention
Center, Reno, NV, Booths 447, 449 & 451
Feb 22nd - 24th Natureworks, Renaissance Hotel, Tulsa,
OK www.natureworks.org
March 7th + 8th Workshop by Linda Besse, Coeur d'Alene, ID
www.coeurdaleneartassoc.org
March 27th - April 12th Two Artist Show, Interplayers, 174 S.
Howard St., Spokane, WA |
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