Archive for September, 2010

Puffin perfect picture

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010


Puffin, originally uploaded by Gunnar Marel.

This picture has the grainy feel of a painting. Excellent photograph!

Premium puffin painting

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

premium puffin (2), originally uploaded by eastwitching.

I found another artist who has painted our sweet little puffin. This one fits his personality, doesn’t it?

This is in her about profile,

For the Love of Animals !

This is what this shop is about – my love of animals, painting them and selling art that helps protect them.

At eastwitching I am using my art to help people to appreciate animals and the integral part they have in our world. I hope to help raise awareness of animal rights, reduce suffering and cruelty by being able to donate what I can each month to several international charities as a result of sales on Etsy.

www.wspa.com
www.advocatesforanimals.org
www.rspb.org

Here is a lot more about me for those interested in reading!:)

Freelance artist painting animals, nudes, landscapes and flowers – previously worked as a teacher of primary school children and adult language students in France, Spain and UK. Worked in tourism abroad and for the National Museum of Wales for 10 years as a front of house administrator and then as Directorate PA. Now studying for a professional Reflexology qualification with the Association of Reflexologists.Qualified as a Traditional Japanese Reiki Practitioner in 2008. Self-taught in art I began painting in 1994. Several of my contemporary florals have been published by Beechwood Publications and sell UK wide. My first love is watercolor followed by pastel and more recently acrylics. Two of my works were selected by jury headed by the late Sir Kyffin Williams for inclusion in the Young Wales V Exhibition at the Royal Cambrian Academy in Caernarfon in 2001. Exhibited in many solo and joint exhibitions in South Wales including fundraisers for the RNID and AIDS victims in Africa.

You can peruse or purchase more of her work here: http://www.eastwitching.etsy.com/

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) portrait

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010


Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) portrait, originally uploaded by Andrew Sproule.

This is my perfect new desktop on my computer. If you would like it as well simply click on the link below the picture (with the title and photographer’s name) and it should take you to the Flickr page. Once there you follow these simple instructions:

Actions –> View all sizes
Choose 800 x 533
Then right click and set as desktop background

Puffin 3 fish sculpture

Monday, September 20th, 2010

 

Puffin 3 fish, originally uploaded by alison catchlove sculptures.
Alison Catchlove of the UK has created some absolutely amazing metal sculptures of puffins. The one above is titled, “Puffin 3 fish”. She also has “Puffin 1 fish” and “Pair of Puffins” (See below). You can see and/or buy her work at her website. She even has greeting cards and postcards with the puffin sculptures!

Puffin 1 Fish by Alison Catchlove

Pair of Puffins metal sculpture by Alison Catchlove

Thank you Alison for making such creative art and for choosing puffins as your subject not once, not twice but three times!

Horned Puffin on a rock

Friday, September 17th, 2010


Horned Puffin on a rock, originally uploaded by MacSmith.

Notice how subtle the beak colors are… that is because it is not mating season. =)

Tufted Puffin, eating?

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010


Tufted Puffin, originally uploaded by tears_up_the_mountain.

I absolutely LOVE the tufted puffin’s eyebrows! I know…they are really his tufts but…

Sez who, Fishbreath?

Monday, September 13th, 2010


Sez who, Fishbreath?, originally uploaded by 1 RareBird.

Haha how adorable is this little bird?

Puffin Pokemon

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

How interesting…


Puffin Pokemon by *JoshKH92 on deviantART

Puffin Drawing by FlyingMuleStudio

Friday, September 10th, 2010


Puffin, originally uploaded by FlyingMuleStudio.

What a fun drawing this is…a colored pencil illustration by Flying Mule Studio. =)

At the sign of the Puff-inn

Thursday, September 9th, 2010


At the sign of the Puff-inn, originally uploaded by she_who_must.

How fun is that? A play on words… Puff-Inn

INTERESTING FACT
It was onced believed that a Puffin was a fish as well as a bird. People thought it was born from rotting piece of wood floating in the sea, instead of hatching out from an egg as we know it does today.