Friday, March 21, 2025

Silhouettes

02-27-25-sparrow
 
03-20-25-grackle

03-16-25-crow

03-15-25-muskrat

03-07-25-crows02

03-18-25-crow02








Friday, March 7, 2025

Yellow Paper

01-06-25-bridge

03-06-25-crow

03-06-25-sparrow


02-24-25-island

02-12-25-willow01

01-18-25-mergansers01

12-07-24-ducks01

10-17-24-pickerelweed

09-26-24-swan01







Friday, February 28, 2025

Blue Shadows

 Spring is coming and the ice is retreating (for the moment at least). In the early morning, the trees cast blue shadows on the white snow and ice.

02-26-25-dam02
ink, pencil, pastel

02-28-25-puddle
ink, oil pastel on yellow paper

02-14-25-mallows
charcoal, pastel

01-24-24-island
pastel, ink

02-24-21-geese
pencil





Tuesday, January 14, 2025

New book: "Color & Landscape"

 My new book is titled Color & Landscape. It's filled with beautiful colored drawings/paintings and my thoughts about what those categories even mean.

It's 67 full color pages, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4", paperback, $18.00 w/o shipping.

book: Color & Landscape by Rob Dunlavey

from the Introduction:
"Drawing or Painting? Who cares? If I draw on canvas, is it a painting? If I paint on paper is it a drawing? Which has more to say? Which has more to tell us? Whatever your opinion, truth is, the artist only wants to steal some of your precious time (you will be rewarded) and could care less about these categories."












Tuesday, December 31, 2024

End of the Year

 

Happy New Year (almost)

A pair of Hooded Mergansers and reflections of houses in the Charles River in South Natick.

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Crows Today

Last night and into today: the first snow of the winter season. A dusting was the perfect foil for a family of crows which foraged in the plowed garden beds at the arboretum.

12-05-24-crows01
pastel, ink

03-27-24-crow
pencil, ink

12-05-24-crows02
pastel, ink
11-06-24-crows
pastel, charcoal
11-16-20-crow
pencil, ink
01-30-24-crow
ink








Friday, November 8, 2024

The Cardinal

 

11-08-24-cardinal
Is a flock of cardinals a conclave? Would you birds please intervene here! The humans seem to have some serious problems. I wonder what the animals would enact were they to vote and legislate?

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

The Water's Edge

10-03-24-mallows
10-08-24-cattails
10-04-24-pickerelweed02
10-02-24-pickerelweed
10-02-24-island



 

Monday, August 26, 2024

Black eyed Susan

I haven't been walking much since I hurt my leg but I have been able to focus on things closer to home. My wife built and tends this garden in our backyard and the rest of us benefit. Black eyed Susan is particularly lush right now.

08-22-24-flowers
08-24-24-blackeyedsusan
08-14-24-flower
08-10-24-blackeyedsusan
08-07-24-flowers





 

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Wabbits!

 It's been a good summer for rabbits :)

04-28-24-rabbit
05-19-24-rabbit
07-04-24-rabbits01
07-07-24-rabbit

07-05-24-rabbits
07-30-24-rabbits03
08-19-24-rabbit02